More on Pessimism...

The Loony Bin ( loonies@bloodaxe.demon.co.uk )
Fri, 26 Jul 1996 04:50:12 +0100


Hiya Loonies...

More pessimism for you...

Wishes & Dreams...

- ANDREA
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A pessimist is an optimist with experience.

Man who looks for a pink slip before the money in his pay envelope.

Pessimism wouldn't work *any*way.

A pessimist is someone who feels bad when he feels good, for fear he'll
feel even worse when he feels better.

A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.
        Don Marquis

The man who is a pessimist before fourty-eight knows too much;  the man=20
who is an optimist after fourty-eight knows too little.   Mark Twain

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.
        Arnold Bennett

There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist, except an old optimist.
        Mark Twain

A pessimist is a man who thinks all woman are bad.  An optimist is one=20
who hopes they are.   Chauncey Depew

A pessimist is just an optimist who has received his degree from the=20
school of hard knocks.

An optimist invented the jet; a pessimist,  the ejection seat.

An optimist laughs to forget; a pessimist can't remember the last time=20
he laughed.

The pessimist calls the police to report a disturbance of the peace when
opportunity knocks.

Blessed are the pessimists for they have already invested in a tape=20
backup.

The pessimist is just a verbose realist.

No sense being a pessimist.  That value system probably wouldn't work=20
anyway.

Pessimists make poor bankers.  They don't expect their money back.
        Corollary:  Look for a pessimist from whom to borrow.

The pessimist is rarely disappointed.

How many pessimists does it take to screw in a light bulb?
---None, it's just a waste of time since the new one probably won't work
                 either.
---None, why bother, the new one will eventually burn out as well.
---None, the burned out one is probably stuck and can=B4t be removed.

        A typical pessimist joke:

How does one make God laugh?
Tell him your plans for the future.

Pessimism is the one ism which kills the soul. John Buchan (1875-1940)
                                ........
A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody as nasty as himself, and hates
them for it. G. B. Shaw (1856-1950)
                                ........
Pessimist:  One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.
        Oscar Wilde (1856-1900)