From buddy Mon Nov 7 19:08:57 1994 Date: Thu, 10 Feb 1994 14:23:15 Subject: misc Biology is the only science in which multiplication means the same thing as division. Blore's Razor: Given a choice between two theories, take the one which is funnier. Bore, n.: A person who talks when you wish him to listen. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary" Brady's First Law of Problem Solving: When confronted by a difficult problem, you can solve it more easily by reducing it to the question, "How would the Lone Ranger have handled this?" BULLWINKLE: "You just leave that to my pal. He's the brains of the outfit." GENERAL: "What does that make YOU?" BULLWINKLE: "What else? An executive..." -- Jay Ward Bumper sticker: All the parts falling off this car are of the very finest British manufacture Bureaucrat, n.: A person who cuts red tape sideways. -- J. McCabe Call on God, but row away from the rocks. -- Indian proverb Canada Post doesn't really charge 32 cents for a stamp. It's 2 cents for postage and 30 cents for storage. -- Gerald Regan, Cabinet Minister, 12/31/83 Financial Post Celestial navigation is based on the premise that the Earth is the center of the universe. The premise is wrong, but the navigation works. An incorrect model can be a useful tool. -- Kelvin Throop III Chicago law prohibits eating in a place that is on fire. Chicago, n.: Where the dead still vote ... early and often! Conservative, n.: One who admires radicals centuries after they're dead. -- Leo C. Rosten Corrupt, adj.: In politics, holding an office of trust or profit. Creditors have much better memories than debtors. Democracy can learn some things from Communism: for example, when a Communist politician is through, he is through. Democracy is a government where you can say what you think even if you don't think. Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse. -- Jawaharlal Nehru Don't get suckered in by the comments -- they can be terribly misleading. Debug only code. -- Dave Storer Don't knock President Fillmore. He kept us out of Vietnam. Don't worry about avoiding temptation -- as you grow older, it starts avoiding you. -- The Old Farmer's Almanac Don't worry over what other people are thinking about you. They're too busy worrying over what you are thinking about them. Do the things which you will be proud to remember when you are old. Economists state their GNP growth projections to the nearest tenth of a percentage point to prove they have a sense of humor. -- Edgar R. Fiedler