"Sir, if I were your wife, I would put poison in your coffee."
-- Lady Nancy Astor speaking to Winston Churchill
"Madam, if I were your husband, I would drink it."
- -- Churchill's reply
+ -- Winston Churchill's reply
~
If God had intended us to drink beer, He would have given us stomachs.
-- David Daye
-- Umberto Eco
~
The subjects that were dearest to the examiners were almost invariably those I
-fancied least... I should have liked to be asked to say what I knew. They
+fancied least. ... I should have liked to be asked to say what I knew. They
always tried to ask what I did not know. When I would have willingly displayed
my knowledge, they sought to expose my ignorance. This sort of treatment had
-only one result: I did not too well in examinations.
+only one result: I did not do well at examinations...
-- Winston Churchill
~
One of the great movements in my lifetime among educated people is the need to
Tsong kha pa’s Lam rim chen mo", by Guy Newland from Changing Minds:
Contributions to the Study of Buddhism and Tibet in Honor of Jeffrey
Hopkins, edited by Guy Newland, published by Shambhala Publications
+~
+inexplicably ted was awoken,
+incredibly loud noise of the broken,
+his cat invaded the stash,
+seeking out some tasty hash,
+sis boom *bong* goes crash--ted won't be tokin'.
+ -- fred t. hamster
+~
+shania the stony gal really dug her twerkin',
+slingin' her booty all around was really workin',
+but the other dancers looked askance,
+and asked "can this chick actually dance?",
+shania wasn't so much dancin' as berzerkin'!
+ -- fred t. hamster