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It's getting so people no longer count the silverware when I come to dinner.

Wilson Mizner

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Wilson Mizner
Age: 56 †
Born: 1876
Born: May 19
Died: 1933
Died: April 3
Playwright
Screenwriter
Writer
Benicia
California
Getting
Come
People
Silverware
Count
Dinner
Longer

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