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New quotes for Sun Mar 11
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Sun Mar 11 01:31:10 1990
Date: Sun, 11 Mar 90 01:30:37 EST
From: root@CHARON.MIT.EDU (Initializer.SysDaemon)
To: ca-mtg@BLOOM-BEACON.MIT.EDU
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amgreene (Andrew Marc Greene):
P U R I M
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Purim means "lots," which gives rise to the question, "Lots of
what?" Long before Halloween, the Jews dressed up in costume to
celebrate Purim. Why? Because it is lots of fun --- that's why
the holiday is called Purim. The story behind the holiday is
that Queen Esther of Persia, a Jew, saved her people from de-
struction at the hands of the evil vizier, Haman, by getting her
husband, King Achashverosh, drunk on lots of wine --- that's why
the holiday is called Purim. Esther's uncle Mordechai was named
to take Haman's place. From his high post, Mordechai bought up
all the available real estate, particularly undeveloped lots,
which is why the holiday is called Purim.
- "Growing Up Jewish,
or Why is This Book Different
From All Other Books?"
by Rabbi Jack Moline
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Jewish Bumper Stickers: Fulfill the commandment "And thou shalt
write them on the bumper of thy cars."
1. Rabbis do it religiously.
2. Mohalim do it in the flesh.
3. Sofrim (scribes) do it by the book.
4. Shochtim (kosher butchers) do it a cut above the rest.
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celine (Robert Fullmer):
The complexity of software is an essential property, not an accidental one.
Hence, descriptions of a software entity that abstract away its complexity
often abstract away its essence.
- Fred Brooks, Jr.
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dschmidt (Dan'l Schmidt):
Great moments in marketing:
Hey, move that there Bible out of the Fantasy section,
and put it up by the non-fiction. Maybe it'll move faster.
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jmpclar (Jean-Marie Clarisse):
{From system: This user's .plan file is not world readable}
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montreal (It's just Toby):
People say that what we're all seeking is a meaning for life. I don't
think that's what we're really seeking. I think that what we're
seeking is an experience of being alive, so that our life experiences
on the purely physical plane will have resonances within our own
innermost being and reality, so that we actually feel the rapture of
being alive.
-- Joseph Campbell --
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rlcarr (Animato):
Why should I care?
Why should I care?
Girls of fifteen, sexually knowing.
The ushers are sniffing eau de cologne.
The seats are seductive, celibate sitting.
Pretty girls digging prettier women.
Magically bored on a quiet street corner,
Free frustration in our minds and our toes.
Quiet stormwater, m-m-my generation.
Uppers and downers, either way blood flows.
Inside, outside.
Leave me alone.
Inside, outside.
Nowhere is home.
Inside, outside.
Where have I been?
Out of my brain on the five-fifteen!
Out of my brain on a train.
Out of my brain on a train.
On a raft in the quarry, slowly sinking.
On the back on the lorry, holy hitching.
Dreadfully sorry, apple scrumping.
Born in a war, birthday punching.
He-man drag in the glittering ballroom.
Greyly outrageous in my high-heeled shoes.
Tightly undone, they know what they're showing.
Sadly ecstatic that their heros are news.
Inside, outside.
Leave me alone.
Inside, outside.
Nowhere is home.
Inside, outside.
Where have I been?
Out of my brain on the five-fifteen!
Out of my brain on a train.
Out of my brain on a train, on a train.
Wow! I'm outta my brain!
Outta my brain on the train!
Here it comes!
Whoo outta my brain!
On a train, on a train,
Outta my brain on a train!
Why should I care?
Why should I care?
"5:15"
_Quadrophenia_
The Who
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whycare (April Fool):
none of your business
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