[4630] in Central_America
New quotes for Fri Oct 30
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Initializer.SysDaemon)
Fri Oct 30 13:35:11 1992
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 92 13:34:52 -0500
From: root@charon.MIT.EDU (Initializer.SysDaemon)
To: ca-mtg@bloom-beacon.mit.edu
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edzimmer (Eric D. Zimmerman):
To take good data and write a thesis about them. (possible)
And to get my grad school applications in on time. (conceivable)
And to avoid failing my four other classes in the meantime. (doubtful)
My thesis advisor won't send me to the APS meeting in Seattle, so my
last goal for the term has already been denied.
"I am reminded at this point of a fellow I used to know whose name was
Henry, only to give you an idea of what an individualist he was, he
spelled it H-E-N-3-R-Y. The 3 was silent, you see.
"Hen3ry was financially independent, having inherited his father's tar
and feather business, and was able therefore to devote his full time
to such intellectual pursuits as writing. I particularly remember a
heartwarming novel of his, about a young necrophiliac who finally
achieved his boyhood ambition by becoming coroner....
"In addition to writing, he indulged in a good deal of
philosophizing. Like so many contemporary philosophers, he especially
enjoyed giving helpful advice to people who were happier than he was.
One particular bit of advice which I recall, which is the whole reason
I bring up this dreary story, was something he said once, before they
took him away to the Massachusetts State Home for the Bewildered. He
said, 'Life is like a sewer. What you get out of it depends on what
you put into it.' It's always seemed to me that this is precisely the
sort of dynamic, positive thinking that we so desperately need today
in these trying times of crisis and international brouhaha."
-Tom Lehrer,
"An Evening Wasted
with Tom Lehrer," 1959
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jefft (Jeff Tang):
Hey, do all Japanese children have to dress like Fisher-Price people?
--- Crow
Weebles!
--- Tom, "Gamera vs. Gaos"
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starflt (Derrick Kong):
Draft Dodger
Received at Disneyland -- a letter from the Selective Service System
addressed to "Mickey M. Mouse" and opening with these words: "Dear
Registrant: Our records indicate that you have not responded to our
initial request for necessary date-of-birth information..."
from No Comment
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tbaacm (Lester E Hui):
Mend my broken heart
Eliminate censorship
Assassinate Marion Barry
Kill the PC movement
GRADUATE !!
Quotes: A dog is a dog, except when he's facing you,
then he's Mr. Dog.
Environmental Slogans: Save a Tree, Eat a Beaver
Taste me, taste me, I'm organic
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wchuang (Mithrandir):
A man she thinks he never knew about
She hasn't seen him in thirty years-
The mention of his name doesn't bring on tears
If you ask her if there are any regrets,
She'll tell you no, but she never forgets
It was the kind of love you never recover from
Even though she found another one to take his place
She never will escape the truth
At times like this, when the moon is right
When the air is foggy like it is tonight
She'll think about what might have been
If she had just hung on to him
I know a man who has done it all
He's sailed the oceans, climbed the mountains of Nepal
He lives high upon the avenue,
With a beautful wife, lovely children too-
But there's a woman he still dreams about
Certain things he's learned to live without
If you ask him, are there any regrets
He'll tell you no, but he never forgets
It was the kind of love you never recover from
Even though he found another one to take her place
He never will escape the truth
At times like this, when the moon is right
When the air is foggy like it is tonight
He'll think about what might have been
If he had not let her slip away from him.
I read about a woman who said
she'd never regretted anything she'd ever done
such arrogant words seem to be spoken
by those who then die young.
So here am I, looking at you-
Oh tell me, what are we going to do?
Am I destined to be a regret
Are you that one I'll never forget?
Years from now, will we curse the day
You let me let you walk away
Isn't this too dear a price to pay
For the freedom of going separate ways?
This is the kind of love you never rever from
Don't tell me that I'm going to find another one
to take your place
And try to face the truth
Let me hold you close tonight-
The fog is lifted, the moon is so bright
Think how sweet life could be
If you would stay with me, oh stay with me
This is the kind of love you never recover from
This is the kind of love you never recover from
-Christine Lavin
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