“Confucius say: Man who drive like hell bound to get there”
An advertisement for La Palina cigars in the Detroit (MI) Free Press (and other newspapers) on October 26, 1947:
“Old Cfiief Smokum Say: ‘Fellow who drive like hell bound to get there sooner or later.’”
“Confucius Say (...) ‘Man who drive like hell bound to get there!’” was posted on the newsgroup alt.tasteless.jokes on March 4, 1995. It is usually told with “Confucius say” or “old Chinese proverb” rather than the Indian chief.
“Those who drive like hell are bound to get there” was printed in the Ukiah (CA) Daily Journal on November 25, 1997. “Those who drive like Hell are bound to get there” was posted on the newsgroup alt.penpals.forty-plus-yrs on May 25, 1999.
“People who drive like hell are bound to get there” was posted on Twitter by Kirsty Rose on January 3, 2010. “People who drive like hell are bound to get there” was posted on Twitter by Katherine Abraham on November 27, 2011.
Newspapers.com
26 October 1947, Detroit (MI) Free Press, pg. C3, col. 6 ad:
Old Cfiief Smokum Say:
“Fellow who drive like hell bound to get there sooner or later.”
(La Palina cigars.—ed.)
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11 January 1955, Council Bluffs (IA) Nonpareil, “The Whirligig,” pg. 2, col. 2:
MAX BEBENSEE OF 307 Locust Lodge put a sign on the insurance desk at the Farm Bureau which reads:
“Old Indian Chief say—Fellow who drive like hell, bound to get there sooner or later.”
Google Groups: alt.tasteless.jokes
Confucius Say
Robert Nykvist
Mar 4, 1995, 7:39:52 PM
(...)
17. “Man who drive like hell bound to get there!”
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25 November 1997, Ukiah (CA) Daily Journal, “Letters,” pg. 4, col. 4:
Please drive with care and remember… “Those who drive like hell are bound to get there.”
Eric Larson
Wagenseller’s Neighborhood Committee
Ukiah
Google Groups: alt.penpals.forty-plus-yrs
Ottawa meet - pics
Karen Ferguson
May 25, 1999, 3:00:00 AM
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Karen ~Those who drive like Hell are bound to get there~~
Google Books
Internet Joke Book - Volume Two:
Fresh Jokes, Bizarre Humor and Witty Satire
By Keith Evans
Xlibris Corporation (Xlibris. com)
2000
Pg. 24:
WISE CHINESE PROVERBS
(...)
16. Man who drives like hell bound to get there.
Google Books
My Little Bit of Nonsense
By Charlie Walker
Published by author
2000
Pg. 4:
Chinese Proverbs
(...)
Man who drive like hell, bound to get there.
Google Groups: rec.humor
Chinese proverbs
Ablang
Apr 8, 2003, 12:09:50 AM
(...)
Man who drive like hell, bound to get there.
Twitter
Lei
@chinared
Confucius says: Man who drive like hell, bound to get there.
11:04 PM · Apr 21, 2008·Twitter Web Client
Twitter
Courtesy Ford
@CourtesyFordATL
Confucious says:
Man who drives like hell bound to get there.
4:47 PM · Mar 11, 2009·Twitter Web Client
Twitter
Avinash Dutt
@A_D7
Those who drive like hell are bound to get there…
2:48 PM · Jul 2, 2009·Twitter Web Client
Twitter
Kirsty Rose
@kerstinrose
People who drive like hell are bound to get there
4:58 PM · Jan 3, 2010·Twitter Web Client
Twitter
Bele
@FadzliBele
people who drive like hell…are bound to get there
3:30 AM · Sep 3, 2011·Twitter Web Client
Twitter
Katherine Abraham
@katie_abraham
People who drive like hell are bound to get there.
5:42 AM · Nov 27, 2011·Twitter Web Client
Twitter
ThabaniMnyamaJr
@thabanimnyama
People who drive like hell are bound to get there.
3:44 AM · Sep 19, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/Spatanky October 23, 2020
CONFUCIUS DID NOT SAY…
(...)
Man who drives like hell is bound to get there.
Twitter
ıngenıous
@M1X9000
CONFUCIUS SAY:
“Man who drive like hell bound to get there.”
10:44 AM · May 30, 2021·Twitter Web App