When Thomas Jefferson was disconsolate about the many edits the committee made to his draft of the Declaration of Independence, Ben Franklin tried to console him with the story of the fellow who was opening a hat shop.
The original sign for the shop the fellow proposed had many words: “"John Thompson, hatter, makes and sells hats for ready money" above a picture of a hat. His friends noted that many words were redundant, unnecessary, etc. So the fellow ended up with a sign that had his name "John Thompson" and the picture of a hat.
When Thomas Jefferson was disconsolate about the many edits the committee made to his draft of the Declaration of Independence, Ben Franklin tried to console him with the story of the fellow who was opening a hat shop.
ReplyDeleteThe original sign for the shop the fellow proposed had many words: “"John Thompson, hatter, makes and sells hats for ready money" above a picture of a hat. His friends noted that many words were redundant, unnecessary, etc. So the fellow ended up with a sign that had his name "John Thompson" and the picture of a hat.