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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Quote of the Day #123301 02/19/2004 12:53 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City inselpeter Pooh-Bah inselpeter Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City When all things are possible, what wonder that some things should be actual? (This is my sole deduction of existence from essence.) --George Santayana Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Quote of the Day #123302 02/19/2004 1:57 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Not all things are possible. Reminds me of first joke I ever heard. The Devil caught a tough little kid, but said he would let him go if he could think of something the Devil could not do. The kid cocked up one leg, insolently farted, and said:"Chase that around a corner, strain it through a sieve, and paint it green. The Devil let him go. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Quote of the Day #123303 02/19/2004 3:39 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont all things must be possible if we can have Santayana and farting in the same thread... formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Quote of the Day #123304 02/19/2004 4:26 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Chase that around a corner and paint it green. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Quote of the Day #123305 02/20/2004 2:59 AM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California jheem veteran jheem veteran Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California Finally, I know where Chomsky got his famous "colorless green ideas" ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Quote of the Day #123306 02/20/2004 1:05 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York "colorless green ideas" Ha! Good one, jheem. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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