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Hummingbirds never remember the words to songs.
I don't mind going nowhere as long as it's an interesting path.
-- Ronald Mabbitt
There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full.
-- Henry Kissinger
Keep America beautiful. Swallow your beer cans.
Mother is the invention of necessity.
If you live in a country run by committee, be on the committee.
-- Graham Summer
Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.
-- Euripides
Lobster:
Everyone loves these delectable crustaceans, but many cooks are
squeamish about placing them into boiling water alive, which is the
only proper method of preparing them. Frankly, the easiest way to
eliminate your guilt is to establish theirs by putting them on trial
before they're cooked. The fact is, lobsters are among the most
ferocious predators on the sea floor, and you're helping reduce crime
in the reefs. Grasp the lobster behind the head, look it right in its
unmistakably guilty eyestalks and say, "Where were you on the night of
the 21st?", then flourish a picture of a scallop or a sole and shout,
"Perhaps this will refresh that crude neural apparatus you call a
memory!" The lobster will squirm noticeably. It may even take a swipe
at you with one of its claws. Incorrigible. Pop it into the pot.
Justice has been served, and shortly you and your friends will be,
too.
-- Dave Barry, "Cooking: The Art of Using Appliances and
Utensils into Excuses and Apologies"
Friday, 3 July 2026 Michael J. Chappell Contact me at:
mcsuper5@freeshell.org
