Who said "I love my cigar but I take it out sometimes"

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or words to that effect may not be the exact quote.

[Magrittes Pipe]

1. President Clinton?

:shrug:

[Bridget Burke]

2. Groucho Marx!

When interviewing a lady with far too many children on You Bet Your Life!

(No Google cheating!)

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3. Why do I remember that, but I went into the kitchen a

few minutes ago and forgot what I was there for?

[meegbear]

7. I remember reading that in The Straight Dope

[matcom]

4. Monica?

:P

[medeak]

5. Winston Churchill

on asking a soldier how many kids he had and he answerd "six sir"

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6. So Groucho stole that line from Churchill?

[medeak]

8. that was the story I heard

Winston was inspecting the troops and he struck up a conversation with one...

Winston quotes are so prolific...he was amazing.

[kay1864]

9. I doubt that Churchill said that...

If he had, the great Cecil Adams (of The Straight Dope fame) would have mentioned it in his answer. Appears to have originated with Groucho.

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_024.html

[Dan-W]

10. George Burns?

He'd take it out of his mouth and look it at several times during any standup routine.

[CBHagman]

11. The story behind the quote is even funnier.

You have to read the exchange on which the quote is based.

That said, there is some debate as to whether Groucho really said it or whether it just grew into a legend. Snopes regards the validity of the story as undetermined. Read article here:

http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/groucho.htm

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12. Interesting, I was sure I had heard him say that

on his TV program. Apparently I had heard the story and filed it away in my memory that I had actually witnessed it.