[2190] in Central_America
New quotes for Wed Feb 14
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Wed Feb 14 01:48:24 1990
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 90 01:47:37 EST
From: root@CHARON.MIT.EDU (Initializer.SysDaemon)
To: ca-mtg@BLOOM-BEACON.MIT.EDU
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amgreene (Andrew Marc Greene):
Elegy on the death of a home
I read this morning in the New York Times
Of a communal home that fell ablaze.
Around the world toll mourning bells and chimes
To mark the end of this grand building's days.
Its builders long since passed away from earth;
Its tenants in financial straits quite dire.
And as they struggle for their own rebirth,
Their return home is stopped by tragic fire.
And where was Captain Shaw of famous name?
Where brave dragoons or yeomen of the guard?
Like Thespis, stolen from the world by flame
The Savoy Theatre smoulders, rubble charred.
From first electric Patience to its end,
We bid farewell to G & S's friend.
13 Feb 1990
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celine (Who Drugged Thumper?):
The ladies men admire, I've heard,
Would shudder at a wicked word.
Their candle gives a single light;
They'd rather stay at home at night.
They do not keep awake till three,
Nor read erotic poetry.
They never sanction the impure,
Nor recognize an overture.
They shrink from powders and from paints ...
So far, I've had no complaints.
-- Dorothy Parker
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csmith (Carol J Smith):
In a forest a fox bumps into a little rabbit, and says, "Hi,
junior, what are you up to?"
"I'm writing a dissertation on how rabbits eat foxes," said the
rabbit.
"Come now, friend rabbit, you know that's impossible!"
"Well, follow me and I'll show you." They both go into the
rabbit's dwelling and after a while the rabbit emerges with a satisfied
expression on his face.
Comes along a wolf. "Hello, what are we doing these days?"
"I'm writing the second chapter of my thesis, on how rabbits
devour wolves."
"Are you crazy? Where is your academic honesty?"
"Come with me and I'll show you." As before, the rabbit comes
out with a satisfied look on his face and a diploma in his paw.
Finally, the camera pans into the rabbit's cave and, as everybody
should have guessed by now, we see a mean-looking, huge lion sitting
next to some bloody and furry remnants of the wolf and the fox.
The moral: It's not the contents of your thesis that are important --
it's your PhD advisor that really counts.
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mar (Mark A. Rosenstein):
With money one can even buy rabbit-cheese.
- Useful Dacian Proverb
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