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" I thought, oh well, maybe nobody will notice it, but not at all.

Two nights after it opened, I ran into Noël Coward in a restaurant, and he walked over and he said, " Dear boy, it is hanged, not hung.

" I said, " Oh, Noel, I know it, I know it!

You know, shut up!

" So, and there's another, " Than to ever let a woman in my life.

" It should be, " as to ever let a woman in my life ," but it just didn't sing well.