# I didn't say it first.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-say-it-first/36234>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 9, 2000, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-say-it-first/36234 "2000-10-09T06:39:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mofo\_Rising](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mofo\_Rising](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mofo_Rising)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2000, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-say-it-first/36234/1 "2000-10-09T06:39:11Z")

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“People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them that Benjamin Franklin said it first.”  
-Anonymous

**"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."  
-Benjamin Franklin**

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**Author:** ![Lazarus7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/67e7ee/32.png) [@Lazarus7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lazarus7)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2000, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-say-it-first/36234/2 "2000-10-09T06:40:21Z")

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Damn Benjamin Franklin to HELL!!!

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**Author:** ![Wanted\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce73a5/32.png) [@Wanted\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wanted_Man)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2000, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-say-it-first/36234/3 "2000-10-09T06:42:04Z")

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I have a good mind to fuck good ol’ Benjy right up the ass…damn beers is got me all fuckered up…

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**Author:** ![OrcaChow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e47c2d/32.png) [@OrcaChow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OrcaChow)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2000, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-say-it-first/36234/4 "2000-10-09T07:29:17Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Mofo Rising \*  
> **"People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them that Benjamin Franklin said it first."  
> -Anonymous**

Ben Franklin said it. This is actually the only thing Ben ever did say.