“If all is not lost, where is it?”

“If all is not lost, (then) where is it?” is a jocular one-line saying that has been printed on many gift items, such as posters, buttons and T-shirts. The saying has been cited in print since at least 1998 and is of unknown authorship.
 
 
Joke and Humour Lists
When Age Happens
Date Received: Wed, 1 Apr 1998
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If all is not lost, where is it
     
Rosanna Martella
January 28, 1999
Mental Health, Main Meal of the Day, and Mail List
PONDERINGS   forwarded by our dear friend,
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If all is not lost, where is it?
 
23 March 1999, Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO), “Spotlite”:
If all is not lost, where is it?
 
Google Books
Yada, Yada, Yada.Com.Org.Edu.Gov.Email:
What I Learned on the Www/Internet
By Joan E. Miller
Lincoln, NE: iUniverse, Inc.
2000
Pg. 43:
6. If all is not lost, where is it?
 
Google Books
The Almost Wet Your Pants Book of Humor
By R. Bruce Baum
Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse
2010
Pg. 2:
If all is not lost, where is it?
   
ThirdAge.com
Senility Sayings
Posted by Writing Staff on December 20, 2011 4:47 PM
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If all is not lost, where is it?