[2328] in Central_America
New quotes for Tue Apr 3
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Tue Apr 3 01:34:04 1990
Date: Tue, 3 Apr 90 01:33:09 EDT
From: root@CHARON.MIT.EDU (Initializer.SysDaemon)
To: ca-mtg@BLOOM-BEACON.MIT.EDU
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btspiers (Bradford T Spiers):
Statements to keep in mind:
If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.
-- Mark 9, v. 23
Only by attempting the absurd can we achieve the impossible.
-- Random button
Never be afraid to be yourself, because each one of us is special in
our own way.
-- Me
Referring to Yuppies wearing gold watches: "All clock, no cock"
-- Bryan Brown
General trivia:
MIT Address: Phone: 225-9482 (answering machine)
450 Memorial Dr. #D326
Cambridge MA 02139
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celine (Robert Fullmer):
"You are old," said the youth, "and I'm told by my peers
That your lectures bore people to death.
Yet you talk at one hundred conventions per year --
Don't you think that you should save your breath?"
"I have answered three questions and that is enough,"
Said his father, "Don't give yourself airs!
Do you think I can listen all day to such stuff?
Be off, or I'll kick you downstairs!"
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firehose (Amy G. Chu):
To find reality and believe it.
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jcjones (John C. Jones):
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jik (Jonathan I. Kamens):
(Offensive to attorneys, but hey, so what?)
A grade school teacher was asking students what their parents did
for a living. "Tim, you be first," she said. "What does your mother
do all day?" Tim stood up and proudly said, "She's a doctor."
"That's wonderful. How about you, Amie?"
Amie shyly stood up, scuffed her feet and said, "My father is a
mailman."
"Thank you, Amie," said the teacher. "What about your father,
Billy?"
Billy proudly stood up and announced, "My daddy plays piano in a
whorehouse."
The teacher was aghast and promptly changed the subject to
geography. Later that day she went to Billy's house and rang the
bell. Billy's father answered the door. The teacher explained what
his son had said and demanded an explanation.
Billy's father said, "I'm actually an attorney. How can I
explain a thing like that to a seven-year-old?"
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jtkohl (John T Kohl):
Let's commit some more time...now I'm Section 95 chairman!
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milanfar (Peyman Milanfar):
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montreal (It's just Toby):
The Critical Curmudgeon (part three)
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He writes his plays for the ages - the ages between
five and twelve.
-- George Jean Nathan on G.B.Shaw --
His style has the desperate jauntiness of an orchestra
fiddling away for dear life on a sinking ship.
-- Edmund Wilson on Evelyn Waugh --
If it must be Thomas, let it be Mann, and if it must be Wolfe
let it be Nero, but never let it be Thomas Wolfe.
-- Peter De Vries --
He is a bad novelist and a fool. The combination
usually makes for great popularity in the U.S.
-- Gore Vidal
on Alexander Solzhenitsyn --
Capote should be heard, not read.
-- Gore Vidal --
Truman Capote has made lying an art. A MINOR art.
-- Gore Vidal --
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norm (Wayne M Miller):
``Heinrich, er macht es schon wieder.''
``So was willst du mir tun?''
``Aber jeden Tag!''
``So lass ihm! Lass ihm!''
``Transylvania naechsten! Jeder aussteigen fuer
Transylvania! Transylvania naechsten! Jeder
aussteigen fuer Transylvania!''
``Pardon me, boy... is this the Transylvania station?''
``Ja, ja, track tventy-nine. Oh, can I give you a shine?''
``Uh... no thanks.''
- from _Young Frankenstein_
``If we can't laugh at the walking dead,
then who can we laugh at?''
- John Larroquette
``I'm going to the back seat of my car with the woman
I love... and I won't be back for ten minutes!''
- Homer Simpson
``Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose,
and sometimes you get to kill one!''
- Gene Fierro
``Oh, no. I've been disemboweled by a samurai.
Quick, someone get me a washcloth!''
- Kevin Marsh
``Forumnet is the opiate of the masses.''
- myself
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rkmoore (Robert K Moore):
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rlcarr (Animato):
Remember when you ran away and I got on my knees
And begged you not not to leave because I'd go berserk?
Well,
You left me anyhow and then the days got worse and worse
And now you see I've gone completely out of my mind.
And,
They're coming to take me away, ha-ha.
They're coming to take me away, ho-ho, hee-hee, ha-ha.
To the funny farm where life is beautiful all the time
And I'll be happy to see those nice young men in their clean white coats
And they're coming to take me away, ha-ha!
You thought it was a joke and you laughed, you laughed
When I had said losing you would make me flip my lid.
Right?
You know you laughed, I heard you laugh.
You laughed, you laughed and laughed and then you left
But now you know I'm utterly mad.
And,
They're coming to take me away, ha-ha.
They're coming to take me away, ho-ho, hee-hee, ha-ha.
To the happy home with trees and flowers and chirping birds
And basketweavers who sit and smile and twiddle their thumbs and toes
And they're coming to take me away, ha-ha!
I cooked your food, I cleaned your house
And this is how you pay me back for all my kind, unselfish, loving deeds,
Huh?
Well you just wait, they'll find you yet
And when they do they'll put you in the ASPCA, you mangy mutt!
And,
They're coming to take me away, ha-ha.
They're coming to take me away, ho-ho, hee-hee, ha-ha.
To the funny farm where life is beautiful all the time
And I'll be happy to see those nice young men in their clean white coats
And they're coming to take me away, ha-ha!
To the happy home with trees and flowers and chirping birds
And basketweavers who sit and smile and twiddle their thumbs and toes
And they're coming to take me away, ha-ha!
"They're Coming to Take Me Away"
Napoleon XIV
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sethg (Seth A. Gordon):
"...Let me note, finally, that most of the research for this book was
done in the libraries of Harvard University, the size of whose holdings
is matched only by the school's determination to restrict access to
them. I am delighted to have been able to use these resources, and it
hardly matters that I was afforded this privilege only because the
school thought I was someone else." ---Alfie Kohn
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