'there's got to be a pony'

Posted by ESC on February 16, 2004

In Reply to: 'there's got to be a pony' posted by Ward Fredericks on February 16, 2004

: : : In a message to my favorite Aussie restauranteur, I used the expression above. It comes from an old joke about two sons, one an optimist, and one a pessimist. I won't go into the jokes' details, but want to ask, worldwide, if that expression is used and understood?

: : In the U.S., yes. (Where are you?) It was one of President Ronald Reagan's favorite jokes.

: : Thanks. I'm in Southern California now, but have lived all over the US, and the joke seems to be well known here. I don't know about other parts of the expanse of the english speaking world.

W.Va. & Ky. -- I have heard the joke and understood it.

• 'there's got to be a pony' Lotg 18/February/04
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