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- The following are the "Rare Gems (sm)" selections for January 31 to
- February 6, 1993. "Rare Gems" is a service mark (sm) of Rare Breed Noninc.
- and David Alan Wright. Compilation copyright 1992 by same. All Wright's
- rights reserved. These collections may be distributed freely as long as this
- notice is retained. Negligible penalty for early withdrawal. --:Dave
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- Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder -- until the next morning.
- --Unknown
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- * <-- Tribble __ <-- Tribble vs. Godzilla --Unknown
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- If we wish to know the force of human genius we should read Shakespeare.
- If we wish to see the insignificance of human learning we may study his
- commentators. --William Hazlitt
-
- Puns are bad, but poetry is verse. --Unknown
-
- He who doesn't risk never gets to drink champagne. --Russian saying
-
- The worst sin towards our fellow creatures has not been to hate them but
- to be indifferent to them; that's the essence of inhumanity.
- --George Bernard Shaw
-
- I have seen many a man turn his gold into smoke, but you are the first
- who has turned smoke into gold. --Queen Elizabeth I to Sir Walter Raleigh
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- The following are the "Rare Gems (sm)" selections for February 7 to 13,
- 1993. "Rare Gems" is a service mark (sm) of Rare Breed Noninc. and David
- Alan Wright. Compilation copyright 1992 by same. All Wright's rights
- reserved. These collections may be distributed freely as long as this
- notice is retained. Do not write below this line. --:Dave
-
- ===
-
- ZIT HAPPENS --Acne medicine ad
-
- I am saddest when I sing. So are those who hear me; they are sadder even
- than I. --Artemus Ward
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- Just say "NOOOOOooooooooooo!" to Cthulhu. --Unknown
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- Lisp: To call a spade a thpade. --Oliver Herford
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- Take my advice, I don't use it anyway. --Unknown
-
- What am I up to? My neck, as always... --J. Michael Straczynski
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- Society is composed of two great classes -- those who have more dinners
- than appetite, and those who have more appetite than dinners.
- --Sebastien Chamfort
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- The following are the "Rare Gems (sm)" selections for February 14 to 20,
- 1993. "Rare Gems" is a service mark (sm) of Rare Breed Noninc. and David
- Alan Wright. Compilation copyright 1992 by same. All Wright's rights
- reserved. These collections may be distributed freely as long as this
- notice is retained. Your cancelled check is your receipt. --:Dave
-
- ===
-
- Christopher Robin Hood steals from the rich and gives to the Pooh.
- --Unknown
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- Ham on rye: Drunk radio operator. --Unknown
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- He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lampposts -- for support rather
- than for illumination. --Andrew Lang
-
- At a round table there is no dispute about place. --Italian proverb
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- He who begins by loving Christianity better than Truth will proceed by
- loving his own sect better than Christianity, and end by loving himself
- better than all. --Samuel Taylor Coleridge
-
- My ancestors, true American warriors, wore braids. My other ancestors,
- true Celtic warriors, wore skirts. Both sides of the family wore make-up.
- Anyone who didn't wasn't a true warrior. The same is true today; if I were
- to go out wearing braids and a skirt and make-up, I better know how to
- fight. --:Dave Wright
-
- A statesman is one who lies in state. --Unknown
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- The Management of Rare Breed Noninc. regrets the recent hiatus forced
- upon this feature by technical difficulties, and offers the advice that if
- you don't have an uncorruptible power supply with surge protection, you
- should get one right away. Don't wait until you're hit by a brownout or
- spike that fries your chips. You'll save yourself up to a month's worth of
- headaches dealing with shipping, repairs, waiting for parts, etc.
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- ===
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- The following are the "Rare Gems (sm)" selections for March 21 to 27,
- 1993. "Rare Gems" is a service mark (sm) of Rare Breed Noninc. and David
- Alan Wright. Compilation copyright 1992 by same. All Wright's rights
- reserved. These collections may be distributed freely as long as this
- notice is retained. Avoid contact with skin. --:Dave
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- ===
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- I don't eat snails. I prefer fast food. --Unknown
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- If you can't create it -- respect it. --Unknown
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- Make love, not war -- but be prepared for both. --Unknown
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- Pick your enemies carefully -- they're harder to get rid of than friends.
- --Unknown
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- You can fly, but that cocoon has to go. --Unknown
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- I don't have mood swings. I have a whole playground. --Lea Hernandez
-
- OCCUPANCY BY MORE THAN 31 PERSONS IS DANGEROUS AND UNLAWFUL
- --Sign in opium parlor, Charles Addams cartoon
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- The following are the "Rare Gems (sm)" selections for March 28 to April 3,
- 1993. "Rare Gems" is a service mark (sm) of Rare Breed Noninc. and David
- Alan Wright. Compilation copyright 1992 by same. All Wright's rights
- reserved. These collections may be distributed freely as long as this
- notice is retained. Sanitized for your protection. --:Dave
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- ===
-
- Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful. --Nietzche
-
- Tried to play my shoehorn... All I got were footnotes. --Unknown
-
- There's intelligent life here, but I'm just visiting. --Unknown
-
- My keyboard's Israeli-made. It has a Dead Sea Scroll Lock key.
- --John DeChancie
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- The man who makes no mistakes generally doesn't make anything. --Unknown
-
- The Space People think factories are musical instruments. They sing
- along with them. Each song lasts from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. No music on
- weekends. --Talking Heads' "Stop Making Sense" CD
-
- Talk is cheap, because supply exceeds demand. --Unknown
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