From 02f3a74a1e00cf3e8203cb1b5d78a80baf01c2a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Fred T. Hamster" Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2023 09:39:17 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] new fortunes fruit and flies --- infobase/fortunes.dat | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+) diff --git a/infobase/fortunes.dat b/infobase/fortunes.dat index 0a6f0ba7..bbc355c0 100644 --- a/infobase/fortunes.dat +++ b/infobase/fortunes.dat @@ -44232,3 +44232,26 @@ i am the universe, and the universe is me, but we don't have an exclusive. -- fred t. hamster +~ +time flies like an arrow. +fruit flies like a banana. + -- Anthony Oettinger +~ +Time Flies Like an Arrow +An Ode to Oettinger + +Now, thin fruit flies like thunderstorms, +And thin farm boys like farm girls narrow; +And tax firm men like fat tax forms-- +But time flies like an arrow. + +When tax forms tax all firm men's souls, +While farm girls slim their boyfriends' flanks; +That's when the murd'rous thunder rolls-- +And thins the fruit flies ranks. + +Like tossed bananas in the skies, +The thin fruit flies like common yarrow; +Then's the time to time the time flies-- +Like the time flies like an arrow. + -- Edison B. Schroeder (1966) -- 2.34.1