Month: November 2007
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Oxymoronic anti-tautology
This is such a great line, I had to share it. Earlier today, a co-worker asked for my opinion on a legal matter, and I told him how to get a case to support a particular legal principle by doing a Lexis search. I told him that I’d send him the text for the search,…
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For Northerners moving South…
In the South:If you run your car into a ditch, don’t panic. Four men in a four-wheel drive pickup truck with a tow chain will be along shortly. Don’t try to help them, just stay out of their way. This is what they live for.Don’t be surprised to find movie rentals and bait in the…
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Conflict
Have you learned lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed the passage with you?Walt Whitman
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The North and South
The North has Bloomingdale’s, the South has Dollar General.The North has coffee houses, the South has Waffle Houses.The North has dating services, the South has family reunions.The North has switchblade knives; the South has Lee Press-on Nails.The North has double last names; the South has double first names.The North has Indy car races; The South…
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Improvement
There’s always room for improvement, you know — it’s the biggest room in the house.Louise Heath Leber