aefenglommung (aefenglommung) wrote,
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aefenglommung

Thwack!

Apropos of nothing -- "How like a fawning publican he looks," said Shylock. But on Fox News, he would have to add, "and his opponent whines like a losing mocrat," just to be "fair and balanced."

As a professor of mine once famously remarked (looking in my direction), "It is the destiny of some of us in life to be the grate, and let others be the cheese."

"Leave no ox ungored," I always say.
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