Only one braincell more than a cow.
Mar. 20th, 2006 05:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
franceslievensThe rest is hidden under the skirt.
Margaret Atwood draws Barbara Gowdy when she gives one of the best returns ever to counter a dumb remark. Let's paraphrase (and use Maud Newton to do so):
Margaret Atwood draws Barbara Gowdy when she gives one of the best returns ever to counter a dumb remark. Let's paraphrase (and use Maud Newton to do so):
- In 1990, Barbara Gowdy appeared on a televised book panel, and a fellow panelist made some "joking remark along the lines of, ‘That’s smart,’ or ‘You’re smarter than you look.’" Gowdy shut him down, saying, "‘There’s a big brain under this skirt.’"
