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|text=The aphorism is: “Every man likes the smell of his own farts.” I first heard it long ago from Harrill Bjornson, former reporter and editor at The Sun. Harrill’s family hails from Iceland, and he maintained, I think with some pride, that the aphorism was an old Icelandic saying | |text=The aphorism is: “Every man likes the smell of his own farts.” I first heard it long ago from Harrill Bjornson, former reporter and editor at The Sun. Harrill’s family hails from Iceland, and he maintained, I think with some pride, that the aphorism was an old Icelandic saying | ||
|author=Pete McMartin, Vancouver Sun [http://www.vancouversun.com/Pete+McMartin+really+just+natural+odeur+things/8529029/story.html] | |author=Pete McMartin, 24 June 2013, Vancouver Sun [http://www.vancouversun.com/Pete+McMartin+really+just+natural+odeur+things/8529029/story.html] | ||
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Revision as of 17:49, 24 August 2019
Lillias Bjornson (nee Heylar) (born 1937) is a Vancouver resident.
Early life
She is the daughter of Flora Heylar and Charles Heylar and grandaughter of Alex Currie.
Marriage and family
She married Harrill Bjornson (1933-) on 24 November 1958. Her husband was a former reporter and editor at the Vancouver Sun. He was born in Iceland:
The aphorism is: “Every man likes the smell of his own farts.” I first heard it long ago from Harrill Bjornson, former reporter and editor at The Sun. Harrill’s family hails from Iceland, and he maintained, I think with some pride, that the aphorism was an old Icelandic saying
— Pete McMartin, 24 June 2013, Vancouver Sun [1]
Sources
Ron Currie
Marilyn Hermiston