The Loony Bin
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loonies@bloodaxe.demon.co.uk
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Thu, 25 Apr 1996 21:58:52 +0100
Hiya People... I think the big question is how long can Chuck avoid doing any work...???...here's another one from him... Wishes & Dreams... - ANDREA xx -- ************<andrea@bloodaxe.demon.co.uk>************ ******************<ajc6@ukc.ac.uk>******************* *** *** *** THE LOONY BIN *** *** loonies@bloodaxe.demon.co.uk *** *** *** ******************Internet Goddess******************* *********************ANDROMEDA*********************** ------- Forwarded message follows ------- > IDIONYMS > ON METAPHYSICS > Deja Fu: The feeling that somehow, somewhere, you've been kicked in > the head like this before. > ON DEEP THOUGHTS > A day without sunshine is like night. > ON PARADOX AND RETURN POLICIES > There is a CD out entitled "The Worst of Jefferson Airplane". If you > buy this, take it home, play it, and enjoy it, should you take it back > and demand a refund? > ON HIGHER EDUCATION > College is a fountain of knowledge...and the students are there to > drink. > ON MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMS > A polar bear is a rectangular bear after a coordinate transform. > ON YOUTH > "Some people say that I must be a horrible person, but that's not > true. I have the heart of a young boy -- in a jar on my desk." > -- Steven King, 3/8/90 > ON PROBLEM SOLVING > When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to > resemble a nail. -- Abraham Maslow > ON MATERIALISM > He who dies with the most toys, is, nonetheless, still dead. > ON RELIGIOUS PRACTICES > Photons have mass? I didn't know they were catholic! > ON INFINITY > If you had everything, where would you keep it? > ON ECONOMICS > The cost of living hasn't affected its popularity. > ON PUBLISHING OR PERISHING > I am returning this otherwise good typing paper to you because someone > has printed gibberish all over it and put your name at the top. > -- English Professor, Ohio University > ON REVISIONIST HISTORY > What was sliced bread the greatest thing since? > ON DATING > When aiming for the common denominator, be prepared for the > occasional division by zero. > ON LAMENTATION > Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most. > ON POETIC LOVE > When you're swimmin' in the creek > And an eel bites your cheek > That's a moray! > -- Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers > ON MODERNISM > Q: How many surrealists does it take to screw in a lightbulb? > A: Two. One to hold the giraffe and the other to fill the bathtub > with brightly colored machine tools. > ON MATERIAL SCIENCE > Character density: The number of very weird people in the office. > ON EXTINCTION > Save the whales. Collect the whole set. > ON LITERATURE > This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown > with great force. -- Dorothy Parker > ON HUMILITY > To err is human, to moo bovine. > ON EXPLANATION OF THE END > "... one of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was that, > lacking zero, they had no way to indicate successful termination of > their C programs." -- Robert Firth > ON PROPHECY > The meek shall inherit the earth---they are too weak to refuse. > ON EXCUSES > I can't complain, but sometimes I still do. -- Joe Walsh > ON NUMBERS > Grabel's Law: 2 is not equal to 3---not even for very large values of > 2. > ON WORLD POLITICS > Diplomacy is the art of saying "nice doggy" until you can find a rock. > AND FINALLY, ON DRUGS AND DEVELOPMENT > There are two major products to come out of Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. > We don't believe this to be a coincidence.