Author: Dr Wingnut
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Cruel and Unusual Puns
King Ozymandias of Assyria was running low on cash after years of war with the Hittites. His last great possession was the Star of the Euphrates, the most valuable diamond in the ancient world. Desperate, he went to Croesus, the pawnbroker, to ask for a loan.Croesus said, “I’ll give you 100,000 dinars for it.”“But I…
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Sticky wickets
A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.D. Thoreau
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Innocence is priceless
One Sunday morning, the pastor noticed little Alex standing in the foyer of the church staring up at a large plaque. It was covered with names with small American flags mounted on either side of it.The seven year old had been staring at the plaque for some time, so the pastor walked up, stood beside…
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Them
No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We’re always one of Us. It’s Them that do the bad things.Terry Pratchett