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New quotes for Thu May 4
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Thu May 4 02:54:57 1989
Date: Thu, 4 May 89 01:35:43 EDT
From: Initializer.SysDaemon <root@CHARON.MIT.EDU>
To: ca-mtg@bloom-beacon.mit.edu
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celine (Adam Weishaupt):
"Relax, son" he said, "you have the rest of your life to look forward to."
"Look forward to what?" Ethan replied incredulously. "A job
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jik (Jonathan I. Kamens):
Hitler and Goering are sitting around talking, one afternoon in 1940,
and Goering remarks, "You know, whatever else you want to say about
the Jews, you have to admit that they're clever, cleverer than
Germans, even."
"What?" says Hitler. "Jews clever? Don't be silly."
"No, really, Fuehrer. I'll prove it to you. Come with me."
So Goering takes Hitler outside into the streets of Berlin, to the
china district. They walk down the main street, which is lined with
stores selling pottery and table china. Goering chooses a store and
takes Hitler inside. They go up to the counter, and the proprietor
comes toward them.
"Heil Hitler. How can I help you?"
"I'd like to see some teacups," says Goering. So the store owner
brings out a nice selection of cups, and spreads them out on the
counter. "Mmm," says Goering, "these are very nice, but you see, I was
really interested in some left-handed cups."
"Some what?" asks the storekeeper, a bit confused.
"Some left-handed tea cups. Have you any in stock?"
The store keeper doesn't know quite what to make of this, so he shakes
his head and says "No, I'm sorry but I'm all sold out."
"Thank you anyway," says Goering, and leads Hitler back outside. They
go down the street a bit and Goering pulls Hitler into another china
shop. Again, he asks for left-handed tea cups.
"I'm sorry," says the clerk. "I don't know what you mean."
"Well, never mind. Thanks anyway." And Goering goes out of the shop,
with Hitler following behind.
"I don't understand," says the Fuehrer. "How is this supposed to prove
that Jews are clever?"
"Ah. Just wait." And Goering takes Hitler into the ghetto, the Jewish
section of the city. Here everything is much poorer, but Goering
manages to find a china shop. Again, he goes in, followed by Hitler,
and asks to see some left-handed tea cups.
"Certainly, sir. Here is a very nice one." And the Jewish storekeeper
takes down a cup and places it in front of Hitler and Goering with the
handle pointing toward the left.
"Aha!" cries Goering, turning toward Hitler. "Didn't I tell you the
Jews were clever?"
And the Fuehrer answers, "I don't see what you're so excited about.
He just happened to have one in stock, that's all."
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jtidwell (Jenifer P Tidwell):
"The first group to try the Utah experiment was an MIT fraternity."
- Newsweek, issue of May 8
:-)
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jtkohl (John T Kohl):
Don't take red-eye flights that stop on the way...
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kltsuei (Karen L Tsuei):
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srz (Stanley R Zanarotti):
Appearing in this week's Time:
That withdrawal (of Soviet tanks from Europe) began last week, when
31 Soviet tanks were loaded onto flatbed cars in Hungary. Among those
watching the pullout was Ilona Staller, a member of the Italian Parliament
and a prono-movie star. Staller kept her clothes on when she posed
with Soviet officers, and released a white dove of peace. Ominously,
perhaps, the bird was crushed in the treads of a Soviet tank.
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tjcoppet (Tom Coppeto):
Don't worry about being 21, you'll survive. As I now look at it, 21
is amazingly young. 26 is the age to fear, because then you can
seriously think about being 30, you're in your late twenties and are
closer to 30 than you are to your early twenties/teens ... see, you
have nothing to worry about for five more years!
Jon Rochlis
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vpsingha (Vivek P. Singhal):
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