![]() Here were three of the sayings: 1898 October 22, Trenton Evening Times, Why?, Quote, Column 3, Trenton, New Jersey. One may become a saloon habitué facing the dangers of dissipation, indolence, and alcoholism.Īlso in 1898 several newspapers printed a miscellaneous set of sayings that included a skeptical remark about “free lunch” that was thematically pertinent. This adage suggested that partaking of free food did have a price. (Newspapers_com)Ī free lunch es not very cheap teng after all, ven von consider how many faller get poor eatin’ ’em.Ī free lunch is not very cheap thing after all, when one consider how many feller get poor eatin’ ’em. (Newspapers_com) 1898 July 7, The Holton Recorder (The Recorder-Tribune), Our Swedish Philosopher, Quote, Column 5, Holton, Kansas. Here is one germane saying about free lunch followed by a restatement using conventional spelling: 1898 April 4, The Nebraska State Journal, Swedish Philosophy, Quote, Column 3, Lincoln, Nebraska. The statements were presented with exaggerated Swedish accents. In 1898 several newspapers printed a collection of sayings using nonstandard spelling. There is no free lunch business about getting to heaven.” “If we are to have happiness and a heaven we will have to work and pay for it. He thought they would have a hard job trying to have a good time with the Trinity. People needn’t expect to go into heaven like little jugs just to be filled up and put on a shelf in one of the parlors of heaven so that they could sort of have a good time. Ingersoll Draws a Line Between Them, Quote, Column 2, Chicago, Illinois. Emphasis in excerpts added by QI: 1892 October 31, The Chicago Daily Tribune, Myth and Miracle: Col. This figurative usage was precursor to the modern saying. Ingersoll contended that one must pay to achieve happiness and to enter a hypothetical heaven. ![]() Ingersoll employed the phrase “no free lunch” while discussing differing perceptions of heaven. In 1892 the notable freethinker Robert G. Details are given further below within the following collection of selected citations in chronological order. Journalist Walter Morrow is currently the leading candidate for creator of this fable. The earliest known instance that matched the modern economic sense appeared as the punchline of a fable published in June 1938. ![]() ![]() But the saying was already in circulation. Also, Milton Friedman was credited with the saying by 1969, and he used an instance as the title of a book in 1975. Robert Heinlein did use the expression under investigation in his 1966 novel “The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress”. The “free lunch” food functioned as a loss leader. The saloonkeepers hoped to increase the number of clients and the amount of alcohol purchased. Quote Investigator: During the nineteenth and early twentieth century many saloons in the United States offered a midday buffet selection of gratis food to customers who purchased at least one drink. The prominent economist Milton Friedman and the famous science fiction author Robert Heinlein both employed this expression, but I do not believe that either one coined it. This phrase is sometimes presented as an initialism: tanstaafl. There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch. A well-known acerbic economic adage reflects a skeptical attitude: Subsidies, indirect costs, and displaced costs are sometimes difficult to fully discern. However, the true cost is usually not zero. Ayres? Jake Falstaff? Herman Fetzer? Anonymous?ĭear Quote Investigator: Today many goods and services are available for free especially via the internet. Ingersoll? Michael Montague? Walter Morrow? John Madden? Harley L. Milton Friedman? Robert Heinlein? Robert G.
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