OXY-BEN GAP FILLER

In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is freedom, in water there is bacteria.
–Benjamin Franklin

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Fellow American History lovers, I hadn’t intended to post again until Ben Franklin’s birthday tomorrow, but in doing research for same, I came across the above quote which so smoothly bridges the space between Ben and the subject of my last post, I would be stupid to let it pass.

What’s that you say — letting it pass wouldn’t make any difference? Fine. Just for that, I have a good mind….not to invite you back tomorrow for more Ben. But I forgive you. Meanwhile, while drinking water, remember to filter it through your teeth to strain out the bacteria. I wish I could say that also works for straining out stupidity, but no matter — in your case, it’s too late anyway. Hahahahaha.

OXY-MORONS

The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.
–Harlan Jay Ellison, writer

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Don’t forget one part oxygen,
because it’s gotta be the water.

NO BRAINERS

February 27 is NO BRAINER DAY, the one day in the year which provides all the excuse I need to do a post requiring no intelligent writing on my part (as opposed to all those posts for which I had no excuse). This will be, in other words, a post of others’ words. I will, however, endeavor to be clever as ever by never resorting to quotes irrelevant to the subject of the day.

The world is more like it is now than it has ever been before. -Dwight Eisenhower

Those who survived the San Francisco earthquake said, “Thank God, I’m still alive.” But of course, those who died, their lives will never be the same again. –Calif. Senator Barbara Boxer

If you take out the killings, Washington actually has a very low crime rate. -former Washington D.C. Mayor Marion Berry

More and more of our imports are coming from overseas. –George W. Bush

A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer voters going to the polls. -Dan Quayle

If it weren’t for electricity, we’d all be watching TV by candlelight. -George Gobel

Ignorance has its virtues: without it, there would be mighty little conversation. -Evan Esar

There is nothing so stupid as the educated man, if you get off the thing he was educated in. -Will Rogers

The word ‘genius’ isn’t applicable in football. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein. -Joe Theisman

Sometimes they write what I say and not what I mean. -Pedro Guerrero

I’ve never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body. –Winston Bennet

Most ignorance is vincible ignorance: we don’t know because we don’t want to know. -Aldous Huxley