# Happy Birthday to Dorothy Parker

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to-dorothy-parker/918733>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 22, 2020, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to-dorothy-parker/918733 "2020-08-22T09:29:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to-dorothy-parker/918733/1 "2020-08-22T09:29:53Z")

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This is a major celebration in my family.

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to-dorothy-parker/918733/2 "2020-08-22T17:43:08Z")

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“Tell him I was too fucking busy – or vice versa.”

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to-dorothy-parker/918733/3 "2020-08-22T18:45:11Z")

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I have a few of her books. Happy Birthday, Mrs. Parker!

**Rivkah** , why is it a major celebration in your family?

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**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to-dorothy-parker/918733/4 "2020-08-22T18:58:56Z")

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Because it’s Dorothy Parker.

Star Wars Day and Election Day are also very big around here too.

Today is a little lower key than usual, because it’s Shabbat, but after sundown, the Scotch comes out.

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**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to-dorothy-parker/918733/5 "2020-08-22T19:02:57Z")

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Very sensible, down to earth lady.

**If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they’re happy.**

- From a review of the revised edition of “The Elements of Style” by William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White published in Esquire, November 1959.

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to-dorothy-parker/918733/6 "2020-08-22T19:09:29Z")

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Thanks, **Rivkah**! I can get behind “Because it’s Dorothy Parker.” And I agree that that is a great reason to celebrate with a glass of Scotch this evening.

I’ll drink it while I read my copy of _Enough Rope_. 😉