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  • LLapp
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    Another entry (with line breaks added) from the Kb83 Limerick Series....

    "Perhaps the strangest thing of all is the marvel that mathematics should be possible to a race akin to the apes." — Eric T. Bell

    LLapp
    October 8, 2014, 7:53 am
    Apes can do simple arithmetic.

    Roxanne
    December 13, 2015, 7:59 am
    For all we know they are capable of doing complex mathematics also, they just don't get the NSF grants that would enable them to spend time preparing their research for publication.

    kb83
    April 9, 2018, 10:29 am
    A brilliant chimpanzee named Walaji
    Knew well algebraic topology
    He made a fine model
    Of a plant-based Klein bottle
    Then ate it without an apology.

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  • oddcouple
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    "Trees outstrip most people in the extent and depth of their work for the public good."
    — Sara Ebenreck


    jobdevaa
    July 21, 2013, 7:31 pm
    So true
    msswitch
    May 9, 2014, 6:31 am
    Let's hear it for the hardworking trees....
    montyb
    January 3, 2015, 4:18 am
    Which they have been doing long before the public existed.
    jimdgar
    February 14, 2018, 9:36 am
    What about grass? It works as hard as the trees, and people just walk all over it.
    MissKitty
    February 25, 2018, 10:47 am
    great point jimdgar. Kilroy 84
    judy100
    October 26, 2019, 4:09 pm
    How are about the California wildfires?
    Nannienettie
    March 20, 2020, 11:29 pm
    Love trees. My daughter had a tree planting ceremony for her wedding.
    fishbum
    July 9, 2020, 1:07 pm
    Aspens are quacking and willows are weeping.
    montyb
    December 3, 2020, 7:05 pm
    And maples are just sappy.
    Synonymous
    September 6, 2021, 9:35 pm
    Interesting, we should look into electing some trees to Congress and other public offices. They can't do more damage than is already being done. (Notice, I didn't cite a party.)
    Wordigo
    November 17, 2021, 5:43 pm
    ^good point. Let’s root for the trees and turn a new leaf.
    DrCryptell
    January 26, 2022, 12:41 am
    I know an elm and an oak that reside on my street that work their roots off and "leave" naught unturned as they burrow for the public good. Not so for the willow near the barn who weeps all day in an attempt to fill the well alongside the pasture that the cows might drink and fertilize the lawns.
    jbb33054
    August 7, 2022, 12:39 pm
    96

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  • RedEnoch
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    Open mouth, Red, and insert foot.

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  • RedEnoch
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    Beecher’s head was certainly up a part of himself. He never got that rich or powerful, though. Or was he talking about prison wallets?

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  • LLapp
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    "A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself." — Henry Ward Beecher

    susanith
    September 24, 2016, 3:37 am
    To me this quote implies that a man's worth is in his values and perspectives, not in the outer accrual of wealth and societal status.

    marnita
    November 11, 2016, 7:30 am
    Well, why didn't he say that, then?

    wigoddess
    January 24, 2017, 12:37 pm
    right?

    abra
    April 9, 2017, 9:34 am
    Because he was a pretentious and pompous twerp.

    cherylab1963
    June 17, 2017, 10:21 am
    He did say that.

    marmot
    July 9, 2017, 1:19 pm
    Susanith, can I quote you on that?

    marnita
    September 30, 2017, 6:59 am
    I'm with abra.

    LLapp
    December 30, 2018, 2:08 pm
    Definitely with abra. Well said.

    badbob
    February 8, 2019, 9:07 pm
    speaking for all pretentious twerps, i am highly offended beecher was our leader

    Persephone59
    June 24, 2019, 2:10 am
    You know, I've read Henry Ward Beecher's bio many times, but it never occurred to me until now that he was 62 when his adultery trial occurred. Late bloomer (more likely late to get caught.)

    oddcouple
    June 7, 2020, 5:05 am
    LOL at badbod! Very clever!

    LLapp
    January 18, 2021, 10:49 pm
    Badbob, oddcouple has given you a new name.

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  • ravenclaws62442
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    "A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked."
    — Bernard Meltzer

    bansaisequoia
    October 9, 2012, 3:50 pm
    Slightly?
    montyb
    October 26, 2012, 8:46 pm
    From this cracked egg to another, Bansai.
    momof7
    October 19, 2013, 2:42 pm
    I feel more scrambled.
    wvwoman
    November 30, 2013, 3:39 am
    cracked AND scrambled here.
    SippyGurl
    June 2, 2014, 10:13 am
    soft boiled am i
    nothing
    January 26, 2015, 4:00 pm
    Ahh - my true identity - I am all types of eggs: sometimes hard boiled, sometimes poached, benedict. souffle or flambe
    oddcouple
    May 1, 2015, 1:33 am
    Fried for me.
    dovid1946
    May 10, 2015, 8:25 am
    eggs-actly
    marnita
    May 24, 2015, 7:46 am
    An egg is not of much use until it is cracked.
    mmfs83
    July 14, 2016, 10:03 am
    I like hard boiled eggs with mustard. Try it.
    wigoddess
    December 25, 2016, 8:47 am
    all of the above
    SuzyToo
    November 17, 2017, 5:31 am
    Better a cracked egg than an evil spawn.
    nelnose
    January 24, 2018, 2:57 am
    I'm over medium. Don't start rumors.
    mmfs83
    September 16, 2018, 9:34 am
    I think I'm coddled .or is that cuddled.
    Capy
    October 8, 2020, 5:58 am
    Like all your comments!

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  • ravenclaws62442
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    "I don't think America will have really made it until we have our own salad dressing. Until then we're stuck behind the French, Italians, Russians and Caesarians." — Pat McNelis

    universalmom
    February 15, 2012, 8:24 pm
    Okay I was with you until the Caesarian part!

    montyb
    May 9, 2013, 12:39 am
    We're even behind the Thousand Islandians.

    figmo
    June 18, 2013, 3:26 am
    What about the Ranchers?

    nevadasmith68
    July 30, 2013, 5:05 pm
    HAHA-Funny!

    mtvoyager
    August 6, 2013, 2:12 am
    How about the vinegar and oilians?

    momof7
    September 28, 2013, 5:50 pm
    If Thousand Islands counts, does that mean Canada has made it?

    nehiyawiskwewniya
    April 7, 2014, 5:38 pm
    How about ...American Melting Pot Dressing .. sound appetizing?

    bansaisequoia
    July 5, 2014, 9:02 am
    Yeah, well show me a slice of Russian Cheese.

    montyb
    October 18, 2014, 4:07 pm
    That would be Putin, Bansai.

    abra
    April 23, 2015, 4:04 pm
    Does anyone remember the Monk episode, where his date tells him, that she was born Caesarian? He tells her, "I was born normally, but I was raised Caesarian". I'm not sure we can come up with anything, as good as the Roquforarians.

    pj48
    December 3, 2016, 6:43 pm
    I've seen every episode of Monk, and I don't remember the quote you cited. Hilarious show.

    bkmcincinnati
    February 20, 2017, 10:54 pm
    At least we have our green goddesses.

    BrainCellKeeper
    June 24, 2017, 9:19 am
    I Googled Pat McNelis and am still puzzled.

    abra
    April 30, 2018, 5:36 pm
    PJ48, it was the one where he had a date with a woman and they had a reservation at a restaurant on the top floor of a building. He wouldn't take the elevator so they had to walk up. That was part of their conversation. It might be Mr. Monk and the Blackout.

    hrossa
    March 3, 2021, 1:10 am

    Descifrador
    March 24, 2021, 1:22 am
    Cesarians... That would be "Mexicans". The Caesar Salad was invented in Tijuana, Mexico.

    abra
    September 7, 2021, 2:53 am
    Caesar Cardini was Italian. He started in San Francisco, but, then he went to Tijuana to avoid taxes. Is it Italian, American or Mexican??

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  • hrossa
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    "It is critical vision alone which can mitigate the unimpeded operation of the automatic. " — Herbert Marshall McLuhan

    Jalapenoman January 25, 2015, 7:14 am
    Does this mean that you don't need critical vision to drive a stick shift?

    JenDiaz72 February 25, 2015, 11:02 am
    Well maybe. First gear can sometimes be a b**** to get into.

    LLapp July 5, 2015, 5:38 pm
    It means, use cruise control but keep your eyes on the road.

    blueladyblue April 24, 2018, 8:50 am
    Maybe you're supposed to keep watching the gear shift or it will stop being in gear.

    eholland October 22, 2018, 5:52 am
    He's talking about automatic firearms.

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  • LLapp
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    "Laws, like the spider's webs, catch the flies and let the hawk go free." — Danish proverb

    universalmom
    March 12, 2015, 4:06 pm
    Isn't that the truth!

    Roxanne
    January 17, 2016, 8:37 am
    Er det ikke sandheden!

    lainecap
    February 4, 2017, 2:55 pm
    ja det er sandheden, Roxanne

    darkyr
    February 18, 2017, 2:35 pm
    Ja, what you two wrote.

    krabbe
    April 15, 2017, 4:13 am
    ofte rigtigt, desværre

    abra
    February 20, 2019, 12:07 pm
    Press one to continue in English.

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  • oddcouple
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    "The white light streams down to be broken up by those human prisms into all the colors of the rainbow. Take your own color in the pattern and be just that."
    — Charles R. Brown


    nevadasmith68
    September 12, 2013, 3:46 pm
    Later Charles married Lucy Van Pelt. Snoopy was best man.
    bazinga
    October 27, 2013, 7:38 pm
    They met at Woodstock...'s nest
    JenDiaz72
    February 9, 2015, 8:06 am
    Did Snoopy ever actually steal Linus' blanket?
    montyb
    February 19, 2015, 2:23 am
    Yep! (link)
    abra
    November 8, 2015, 8:27 am
    Oh, poor Charlie Brown. He was so in love with the little red headed girl, and he ended up with the crab apple.
    puzzleme
    March 2, 2017, 5:19 pm
    Schroeder played Mendelssohn's Wedding March while the little red haired girl sobbed in the choir loft.
    Andy451
    April 24, 2017, 2:25 am
    Oh, he's a clown. That Charlie Brown. It's good to see that all those nickels Charlie has been paying Lucy all those years are finally starting to yield good results.
    DrCryptell
    February 6, 2018, 2:45 am
    Somewhere over that rainbow Charles got high.

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  • oddcouple
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    "He who goes to law for a sheep loses his cow. "
    — Proverb

    kat
    March 9, 2009, 3:55 pm
    I hate when that happens.
    bansaisequoia
    November 1, 2009, 4:48 pm
    Don't have a cow, man.
    LiveLoveLaugh
    November 14, 2009, 5:03 pm
    that's why I avoid the law
    bansaisequoia
    January 5, 2010, 9:16 pm
    I fought the law and the law won.
    kat
    May 8, 2010, 4:49 pm
    Still pining for my lost cow...
    bansaisequoia
    June 1, 2010, 11:49 pm
    kat don't have a cow!
    kat
    October 24, 2010, 4:26 pm
    Don't rub it in Bansai! I KNOW I don't have a cow! That's why I'm pining...
    iltquilt
    August 15, 2012, 1:53 am
    cowabunga
    locodad
    November 25, 2013, 12:44 am
    moo
    momof7
    March 10, 2015, 2:59 pm
    That's the cost of a lawyer. They charge by the syllable.
    abra
    September 26, 2015, 3:09 pm
    As the great Harry Caray would have said "Holy Cow!!!!".
    SippyGurl
    October 16, 2015, 4:56 am
    so mooving
    LLapp
    January 9, 2016, 10:15 am
    Kat's cow is a moo point. I wouldn't lose any sheep over it.
    debzhaus
    March 22, 2016, 5:33 pm
    It's like a cow's opinion. It doesn't matter.
    Barnabas
    May 30, 2016, 2:39 am
    And sometimes he loses his ass, too.
    Persephone59
    August 27, 2017, 11:16 pm
    I love sheep and cows equally. Moussaka one night, hamburgers another.
    Persephone59
    January 11, 2019, 9:42 pm
    Tonight was moussaka. :-D
    mmfs83
    February 18, 2019, 2:08 am
    I sure didn't think I'd get this one. I'm not too familiar with sheep or cows.
    momn8r
    February 11, 2020, 5:47 pm
    Udderly ridiculous!
    DrCryptell
    April 5, 2020, 6:05 am
    I went to law for broccoli. Law issued a citation for missing a headlight and I wound up losing my mashed potatoes. I yam so sorry for this nonsense.
    Synonymous
    May 11, 2020, 5:22 pm
    I'm with momn8r!!
    badbob
    October 4, 2020, 1:04 pm
    i knew a korean guy named Ho Lee Kao
    kb83
    January 18, 2021, 2:40 pm
    And if you do lose a cow over a sheep, don't ruminate over it.
    jbb33054
    October 31, 2021, 10:20 am
    119

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  • LLapp
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    "Not on one strand are all life's jewels strung." — William Morris

    LLapp
    August 31, 2016, 9:15 pm
    I was here.

    abra
    December 27, 2016, 6:47 pm
    Me too.

    imsoeasy
    July 31, 2020, 3:40 pm
    I wasn't here and you didn't see me.

    LillyLilly
    December 8, 2020, 3:40 pm
    What do I get for vouching for ya, imsoeasy?

    Wordigo
    August 15, 2021, 7:22 pm
    Two strands. DNA is a molecule composed of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix carrying genetic instructions in all organisms.

    LLapp
    October 13, 2021, 4:43 am
    Speaking of DNA, William Morris, who was made from the stuff, was a British poet, artist and textile designer who is now most famous (to me, anyway) for his prolific and beautiful contributions to the British Arts and Crafts movement. Google "William Morris wallpaper" and you'll see some very familiar old patterns.

    imsoeasy
    August 4, 2022, 1:47 am
    Lillly, how about you get a 15% cut on the jewels I lifted from Morris while he was hanging wallpaper?


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  • montyb
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    "The less their ability, the more their conceit."
    — Ahad HaAm

    montyb
    May 18, 2014, 4:17 am
    Absolutely perfect people, like myself, wood dispute this.

    ericthirdrow
    October 31, 2014, 5:30 am
    Perfect people would use the word would. As wood ironic people.

    LLapp
    December 22, 2014, 4:22 pm
    Perfect golfers use both wood and irony.

    puzzleme
    June 11, 2015, 9:06 pm
    Good one, LLapp!

    Persephone59
    January 15, 2017, 5:20 pm
    Wow, 'forfeit' worked as well as 'conceit' in this.

    vintage38
    February 11, 2018, 5:43 am
    20 seconds

    lertsek
    March 13, 2018, 1:02 pm
    see Trump

    Eureka
    November 24, 2018, 12:22 pm
    Good one, montyb!

    Capy
    August 14, 2019, 8:49 am
    Comments good especially Llapp

    FrostySusi
    January 15, 2020, 5:06 pm
    My highlight of solving a cryptogram is getting the read the comments.

    didit
    January 4, 2021, 9:19 am
    I'm waiting for montyb's response to Llapp.

    hrossa
    September 18, 2021, 10:01 am
    I wonder to whom he was referring? Anyone know?

    maradnu
    October 7, 2021, 10:43 pm
    He can't use irony, since his iron is broken

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  • mistyswiss
    replied
    "The historian has been the hearth at which the soul of the country has been kept alive."
    — John Morley

    jnoodles
    September 19, 2016, 12:56 pm
    History is written by historians. Victors be damned!

    badbob
    February 12, 2019, 2:45 am
    victory is written by victorians

    montyb
    February 7, 2020, 4:52 pm
    Who is this Victoria, Badbob, and why are her minions meddling with history?

    glassguy
    May 7, 2020, 3:34 pm
    That, montyb, is Victoria's Secret.

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  • oddcouple
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    "By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote. In fact, it is as difficult to appropriate the thoughts of others as it is to invent."
    — Ralph Waldo Emerson


    oddcouple
    December 7, 2014, 10:46 am
    I love quotes about quotes.
    Spenser
    January 16, 2015, 5:51 am
    oddcouple just coined a quote about quotes about quotes.
    abra
    August 21, 2015, 2:18 pm
    Spenser just coined a quote, about oddcouple coining a quote, about quotes.
    marnita
    May 26, 2016, 7:29 am
    Quoting quoted quotes about quotes - this could get ridiculous.
    marnita
    July 20, 2016, 5:14 am
    Just ask Melania Trump.
    vintage38
    April 16, 2018, 7:36 am
    54 seconds
    BriddlesBob
    November 30, 2019, 2:04 am
    quoath the raven,nevermore
    imported_bees
    September 10, 2020, 8:57 pm
    I had MY not BY. retryx3
    blueladyblue
    August 1, 2021, 7:56 pm
    So many quotes about quotes about quotes about quotes. Ad nauseum. Love it.
    pickleball
    November 11, 2021, 3:01 pm
    love your name , Ralph!!
    gracefulghost
    July 7, 2022, 4:13 pm
    Custom ID patch on front on uniform of busty lady Marine: Emerson Biggens

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