If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles.

He was born in Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin. The column was originally syndicated through United Media under the title "Senator Soaper Says"; Larson took over authorship in 1980.

Doug Larson (born February 10 1926) was a columnist and editor for the Door County Advocate (1953-1964) and wrote a daily column for the Green Bay Press-Gazette (1964-1988) — both Wisconsin-based newspapers. He was born in Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin.