Danke vielmals

I had a classmate in German 101 a million years ago who understood "Danke vielmals" as "Danke viermals." Therefore, he figured, the more appreciative you were, the higher the number would be in your expression of gratitude.

Danke sieben-und-fünfzigmals,

Liesl

Dear Dr Bill and Rhubarb

Cayenne ye explain ta Ted what ye mean by them condimenten remarks? Is ya tryen ta tell me that I'm not worth me salt or somethin? That I don't cut the mustard? That ye no longer relish me, despite the fact that I'm a well seasoned Journeyman? That I'll never run with the movers and shakers and can ferget about haven a best celler?


GT

Hypocrite, n. One who, professing virtues he does not respect, secures the advantage of seeming to be what he despises.

--Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

I'd say that was a bit droll, wouldn't you? P.S. Has a certain ring to it, doesn't it?

About advice:
People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves. It is what I call the depths of generosity.

--Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

A sensitive person is one who, because he has corns himself, always treads on other people's toes.

--Oscar Wilde, The Remarkable Rocket

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

--Oscar Wilde, In Conversation

The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.

--Oscar Wilde, Lord Arthur Savile's Crime

Rebel, n. A proponent of a new misrule who has failed to establish it.

Moral, adj. Conforming to a local and mutable standard of right. Having the quality of general expediency.

Lecturer, n. One with his hand in your pocket, his tongue in your ear and his faith in your patience.

In each human heart are a tiger, a pig, an ass, and a nightingale. Diversity of character is due to their unequal activity. (from examples of "Epigram")

for Jazzo
Architect, n. One who drafts a plan of your house, and plans a draft of your money.

Accuse, v.t. To affirm another's guilt or unworth; most commonly as a justification of ourselves for having wronged him.

Agitator, n. A statesman who shakes the fruit trees of his neighbors--to dislodge the worms.

Liar, n. A lawyer with a roving commission.

--Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

Drollness replete...wouldn't you say?

Quite droll indeed, Whit! But in the words of a poet whom both you and I love: Nash, of course!

Child, the temptation please resist / To deify the humorist.
Simply because we're stuck with solons / Whose minds resemble lazy colons,
Do not assume our current jesters / Are therefor Solomons and Nestors. ....
They'll sell their birthright every time / To make a point or turn a rhyme.
This motto, child, is my bequest: / There's many a false word spoken in jest.

Dear GT: No matter how much you enjoy lubricity and spices, do not put Tabasco in your condomends.

He who elects himself king of the world shall be proven a fool soon enough.

- grand-père -
not as illustrious as above folks but droll nonetheless

for Jazzo
Architect, n. One who drafts a plan of your house, and plans a draft of your money.

Since when are architects in the US paid well? That was the first myth they squelched at orientation last summer.

And here I thought architects had fountainheads of money.

Since when are architects in the US paid well? That was the first myth they squelched at orientation last summer.

Dunno, Jazzo...perhaps architecture was more lucrative back in the 19th century?

...perhaps architecture was more lucrative back in the 19th century?

And the 18th, and the 17th, and the 16th, and...

Have we so quickly forgotten the 20th century?

Have we so quickly forgotten the 20th century?

Not yet, but doing my best.