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by Stableboy on December 18th, 2007
Ebenezer Scrooge (in Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" ) is credited with this gem. He was speaking to a couple of businessmen who were trying to collect money for the poor at Christmas. Scrooge declined, and uttered this quote to make the point that the poor were undeserving of any more than the prisons and workhouses provided at the time.
He was what we call "a mean man" :) But he was visited by 4 ghosts that night (including his ex business partner Jacob Marley) who scared the mean out of him.
Do you have any funny or even better, insulting nicknames for family or friends? hehe
by friday1322 on February 11th, 2012
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