Author: Dr Wingnut
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Tools
Man is a tool-using animal. Nowhere do you find him without tools; without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all.Thomas Carlyle
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Building a house
A young family moved into a house next door to a vacant lot.One day a construction crew turned up to start building a house on the empty lot.The young family’s 6-year-old daughter naturally took an interest in all the activity going on next door and started talking with the workers. She hung around and eventually…
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Helping to feed the poor
The difference between ‘involvement’ and ‘commitment’ is like an eggs-and-ham breakfast; the chicken was ‘involved,’ the pig was ‘committed.’Unknown
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Inspectors in Iraq
Have you noticed anything fishy about the inspection teams who have arrived in Iraq? They’re all men! How in the name of the United Nations does anyone expect men to find Saddam’s stash? For crying out loud! Men can’t find the dirty clothes hamper. Men can’t find the jar of jelly until it falls out…
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Deceit
One deceit needs many others, and so the whole house is built in the air and must soon come crashing down.Baltasar Gracian
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Bad day for guys
Yesterday, 28 September, 2006 my mother sent another copy of the post, “The Guy Rules”. Then Bob Rosen sent the following beer advertisement:
