Things that Bansai left for us

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"Watergate is an American tragedy in which we all have played a part."
— Gerald R. Ford

bansaisequoia
March 25, 2010, 9:49 pm
I was in sixth grade. I cannot be held culpable. "I am not a crook." (Nixon uttered these words on my 12th birthday.)

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"People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I earned everything I've got."
— Richard Milhous Nixon


bansaisequoia
August 22, 2010, 4:00 am
Nixon said this on my birthday in 1973.

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"The smallest annoyances disturb us the most. "
— Michel Eyquem de Montaigne

bansaisequoia
January 28, 2010, 1:33 am
Superluous comma?
Moo
December 1, 2011, 5:21 pm
Superfluous even! (Wink)
echo
May 23, 2014, 7:46 am
I think he was too disturbed by the small annoyance to notice the typo :-)

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"Before we work on artificial intelligence why don't we do something about natural stupidity?"
— Steve Polyak

bansaisequoia
August 5, 2012, 5:59 am
Would an artificial intelligence be able to solve all the problems created by natural stupidity?

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"On the seventh day God rested. His grandchildren must have been out of town."
— Gene Perret

bansaisequoia
July 10, 2012, 7:59 am
Wait. Jeebus already had kids on the 7th day?
jval
April 26, 2015, 10:46 am
Different Son.
marnita
June 10, 2015, 3:47 pm
Maybe a daughter?
darkyr
January 17, 2017, 5:51 am
There was a town?
montyb
April 14, 2019, 7:21 pm
Yes, there was a town. I believe it was just east of Eden.

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"I'm on the verge of moral collapse at any time. It can happen by the end of the show."
— Glenn Beck

bansaisequoia
February 8, 2012, 4:17 pm
I thought he already was right-wing.

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"Always treat people with respect and kindness, for they may be selected to be on your jury."
— Steve Pershing

bansaisequoia
June 10, 2010, 8:43 pm
And they would be dismissed because they know you.

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"It is a sign of strength, not of weakness, to admit that you don't know all the answers."
— John P. Loughrane

jason jiujitsu
September 17, 2014, 4:02 am
But bansaisequoia obviously does.
LLapp
August 8, 2015, 4:18 pm
No, bansais goes for speed at the price of an imperfect solve rate. Nanrich, however....

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"An advantage of poverty, your relatives gain nothing by your death. "
— Proverb

bansaisequoia
September 29, 2010, 6:14 pm
Yeah, right. Wealthy people are so worried about being murdered by their relatives. Happens all the time.

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"Sometimes he curls up on my pillow during the night and I don't know he's there until I yawn and my mouth closes on a whisker."
— Astrid Alauda

bansaisequoia
January 26, 2012, 9:28 pm
I hope she doesn't work with lab rats.

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"A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that he begins to bunch them."
— H.L. Mencken

bansaisequoia
December 29, 2016, 9:20 am
Don't get your loves all in a bunch.

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"I have given two cousins to war and I stand ready to sacrifice my wife's brother."
— Artemus Ward

bansaisequoia
July 18, 2009, 10:10 pm
Definitely not an altruist, who puts himself before others.

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"Oh, you know. I am secretary of state. My trips aren't successful. I just talk to people."
— George Pratt Shultz

bansaisequoia
October 13, 2009, 4:29 pm
Prat is a good middle name for him.
pootie49
May 15, 2011, 7:35 pm
LOL good one bansai LOL

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"From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere."
— Dr. Seuss

bansaisequoia
April 24, 2009, 8:16 pm
When the tweedle beetles battle with their paddles in a bottle full of water on a noodle-eating poodle, it's a tweedle beetle noodle poodle water bottle paddle battle.

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"And thou shalt smite thine enemy even unto the wall, gnashing thy teeth, and he shall grow small in thy mirrors."
— Jeff Zurschmeide

bansaisequoia
July 21, 2011, 5:26 pm
Verily!
montyb
April 18, 2012, 11:14 pm
Egad!
pootie49
June 13, 2012, 10:36 am
what??

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"Never work before breakfast. If you have to work before breakfast, get your breakfast first. "
— Josh Billings

sloopjohnb
November 12, 2010, 9:20 pm
How does someone (like banaisequoia) solve these consistently in 1/10th the time an average person does without knowing ahead of time what the answer is?
abra
September 13, 2011, 4:30 am
He's just THAT good.
patsy86
December 22, 2012, 9:00 pm
And he had breakfast?
madrone
July 24, 2013, 7:16 pm
Some few people have a brain that can see patterns so clearly that , with practice, a challenge like cryptograms becomes second nature and can be done very quickly. It's a gift that is not available to us all but is certainly wonderful.
puffybob
October 27, 2013, 7:39 pm
He is also, I think, a masterful typist.
maradnu
February 26, 2015, 9:08 am
Superb pattern recognition, a fast internet connection, and great typing skills
jnoodles
April 27, 2015, 12:50 am
bansai is NWO, illuminati, CIA, KGB, Mossad, NSA, and a little gray alien. Also a lab/shepherd mix.
abra
July 26, 2015, 11:42 am
bansai is gifted and incredibly fast. He's not the only one though. nanrich, gryhnd, LilyH and Annamariah, and others, have averages under 40 seconds and 100% solve rates. The board is full of gifted people.
Queethebean
April 24, 2018, 11:16 am
I wonder what bansai has for breakfast?