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Re: Agatha Christie quote
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Carol McDavid <[log in to unmask]>
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Carol McDavid <[log in to unmask]>
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This has been interesting.

Seems to me that for a lot of these, the story of how they came about (or 
might have come about!) is just as interesting as whether or not you find 
confirming data...that is, it might be nice to include them anyway, with 
whatever story you discover!

my two pence worth.

carol

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Carol McDavid, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Community Archaeology Research Institute, Inc. (CARI)
Co-Director, Yates Community Archaeology Project
Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Houston
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Rice University
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "K. Kris Hirst" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2009 9:05 AM
Subject: Re: Agatha Christie quote


>A couple of people have sent along that famous Agatha Christie quote, you
> know the one "An archaeologist is the best husband any woman can have; the
> older she gets, the more interested he is in her."
>
> But the way I understand it, is that Max Mallowan (the archaeologist 
> married
> to Christie) said that to a news reporter and claimed that Christie said 
> it.
> Now--that's pretty funny, because Christie was a lot older than Mallowan,
> and it says a lot about their marriage (lucky them!). But I don't have a
> very good context for that fact, dang it, and I can't even remember 
> exactly
> where I found that out, over a decade ago.
>
> http://archaeology.about.com/cs/quotes/qt/quote4.htm
>
> Does anybody know for sure that I'm right, or have another idea that I'm
> wrong? I would dearly love to include it, especially if I can find the 
> right
> confirming data.
>
>
> K. Kris Hirst
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