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The Spiteful Bride

Bride, n. A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.
— Ambrose Bierce

Sony Must Die

Over at the best page in the universe, Maddox has carefully crafted a diatribe against Sony that I feel sums up my feelings (with perhaps more profanity than I would have used here, but not in person.)

Stupid Sayings

I see stupid people... all the time... they walk around like everyone else... they don't even know they're stupid.

Have you ever read or otherwise heard of a saying that made you stop and think, "now that's dumb"? Me too. Here's a few.

In the distant future, I'll be dead

Q: 1. What is the possibility of this being added in the future?
In the near future, the probability is close to zero. In the distant future, I'll be dead, and posterity can do whatever they like... :-) --lwall
— Larry Wall

Don't marry for money

Don't marry for money; you can borrow it cheaper.
Scottish Proverb

By all means

By all means marry: If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
— Socrates

She doesn't say anything

A man was griping to his friend about how he hated to go home after a late card games.

"You wouldn't believe what I go through to avoid waking my wife,"

— Unknown

He claims this is his

A man took his wife deer hunting for the first time. After he'd given her some basic instructions, they agreed to separate and rendezvous later. Before he left, he warned her if she should fell a deer to be wary of hunters who might beat her to the carcass and claim the kill. If that happened, he told her, she should fire her gun three times into the air and he would come to her aid.

— Unknown

surely an accident

A girl and a boy bump into each other -- surely an accident.
A girl and a boy bump and her handkerchief drops -- surely another accident.
But when a girl gives a boy a dead squid -- that had to mean something.
— S. Morganstern

A girl with a future

A girl with a future avoids the man with a past.
— Evan Esar
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