Washington Post’s Mensa
Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.
Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.
Mummy, the Policeman just told Daddy off!!
Alethia, 4 years old…
90 > 65.
At least, this is what the very polite CHP Officer just explained to me… First ticket ever!
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush = Un tien vaut mieux que deux tu l’auras
After having spent 10 years in 2 English speaking countries and tried to translate the French version of this a million times, I was finally given the proper translation during some impromptu meeting today!
Nothing revolutionary… Simply one of my “Lightbulb” moment!
While malice must be fought, stupidity, incompetence and ignorance must be educated. Never flame when you could just point to the manual. However, stupidity does not excuse the real negative repercussions of ignorance: the onus is on those making decisions to be careful and informed. Some people are ignorant by design, and cannot be educated.
Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
Hanlon’s razor
Nothing is so dangerous to the progress of the human mind than to assume that our views of science are ultimate, that there are no mysteries in nature, that our triumphs are complete, and that there are no new worlds to conquer.
Sir. Humphry Davy, recorded when he was defending the so-called “useless experiments” conducted by his student, Michael Faraday.
The First Thing We Do, Let’s Kill All the Lawyers
Shakespeare, “Henry The Sixth, Part 2 Act 4, scene 2, 71–78”
Rugby is the most homo-erotic sport in the world!