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Accordion, n.:
	A bagpipe with pleats.

I realize that the MX missile is none of our concern.  I realize that
the whole point of living in a democracy is that we pay professional
congresspersons to concern themselves with things like the MX missile
so we can be free to concern ourselves with getting hold of the
plumber.

But from time to time, I feel I must address major public issues such
as this, because in a free and open society, where the very future of
the world hinges on decisions made by our elected leaders, you never
win large cash journalism awards if you stick to the topics I usually
write about, such as nose-picking.
		-- Dave Barry, "At Last, the Ultimate Deterrent Against
		   Political Fallout"

Earn cash in your spare time -- blackmail your friends

"You are old," said the youth, "one would hardly suppose
	That your eye was as steady as ever;
Yet you balanced an eel on the end of your nose --
	What made you so awfully clever?"

"I have answered three questions, and that is enough,"
	Said his father.  "Don't give yourself airs!
Do you think I can listen all day to such stuff?
	Be off, or I'll kick you down stairs!"
		-- Lewis Carroll

Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men.
		-- Kim Hubbard

MESSAGE ACKNOWLEDGED -- The Pershing II missiles have been launched.

You can learn many things from children.  How much patience you have,
for instance.
		-- Franklin P. Jones

God is a polytheist.

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Sunday, 1 February 2026   Michael J. Chappell   Contact me at: mcsuper5@freeshell.org