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God is a comic playing to an audience that's afraid to laugh.
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely
rearranging their prejudices.
-- William James
In the olden days in England, you could be hung for stealing a sheep or
a loaf of bread. However, if a sheep stole a loaf of bread and gave it
to you, you would only be tried for receiving, a crime punishable by
forty lashes with the cat or the dog, whichever was handy. If you
stole a dog and were caught, you were punished with twelve rabbit
punches, although it was hard to find rabbits big enough or strong
enough to punch you.
-- Mike Harding, "The Armchair Anarchist's Almanac"
After a number of decimal places, nobody gives a damn.
According to Arkansas law, Section 4761, Pope's Digest: "No person
shall be permitted under any pretext whatever, to come nearer than
fifty feet of any door or window of any polling room, from the opening
of the polls until the completion of the count and the certification of
the returns."
It would be nice if the Food and Drug Administration stopped issuing
warnings about toxic substances and just gave me the names of one or
two things still safe to eat.
-- Robert Fuoss
Life is like a simile.
Never settle with words what you can accomplish with a flame thrower.
Monday, 4 May 2026 Michael J. Chappell Contact me at:
mcsuper5@freeshell.org
