History doesn't repeat, it rhymes
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History doesn't repeat, it rhymes
News from 1930
Found this on the Motley Fool. A guy each day is going to the library and pulling the Wall Street Journal to get a feel for the day to day news and commentary to see how it compares to today's situation.
Very interesting stuff.
Found this on the Motley Fool. A guy each day is going to the library and pulling the Wall Street Journal to get a feel for the day to day news and commentary to see how it compares to today's situation.
Very interesting stuff.
Black Lives Matter
"To wield Grond, the mighty hammer of the Federal Government, is to be intoxicated with power beyond what you and I can reckon (though I figure we can ball park it pretty good with computers and maths). Need to tunnel through a mountain? Grond. Kill a mighty ogre? Grond. Hangnail? Grond. Spider? Grond (actually, that's a legit use, moreso than the rest)." - Peacedog
"To wield Grond, the mighty hammer of the Federal Government, is to be intoxicated with power beyond what you and I can reckon (though I figure we can ball park it pretty good with computers and maths). Need to tunnel through a mountain? Grond. Kill a mighty ogre? Grond. Hangnail? Grond. Spider? Grond (actually, that's a legit use, moreso than the rest)." - Peacedog
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Re: History doesn't repeat, it rhymes
Dr. Whitney of G.E. suggests using high-frequency radio tubes for home heating to produce a “fever heat” in the body. G.E. officials say “he has not conducted any experiments ... nor is the idea backed up by any fact.”
Who needs central heat when I can just stand in front of a microwave transmitter?
It's almost as if people are the problem.
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Re: History doesn't repeat, it rhymes
So totally busted by history:
Canadian government carries out aerial bombing raids on schools of porpoises blamed for predation on cod.
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Re: History doesn't repeat, it rhymes
No tipping!France attempts to eliminate some tipping and restaurant/hotel service charges and taxes to promote tourism.
Stupid & lazy
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Re: History doesn't repeat, it rhymes
“Got a sweetheart yet, Tillie?” “Yes, and he's a regular gentleman.” “You don't say so.” “Yes, he took me to a restaurant last night and poured tea into a saucer to cool it; but he didn't blow it like common people do – he fanned it with his hat.”
I don't get it.
I don't get it.
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Yeah, I can't even see where I don't get it.yossar wrote:“Got a sweetheart yet, Tillie?” “Yes, and he's a regular gentleman.” “You don't say so.” “Yes, he took me to a restaurant last night and poured tea into a saucer to cool it; but he didn't blow it like common people do – he fanned it with his hat.”
I don't get it.
I'm trying to picture Fozzie or Rip Taylor going "You see. Because he's gentle and he had a hat. This stuff is funny." But I got nothing.
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Re: History doesn't repeat, it rhymes
You had to be then.yossar wrote:“Got a sweetheart yet, Tillie?” “Yes, and he's a regular gentleman.” “You don't say so.” “Yes, he took me to a restaurant last night and poured tea into a saucer to cool it; but he didn't blow it like common people do – he fanned it with his hat.”
I don't get it.
Pouring tea into a saucer to cool it is gauche, even if one uses one's hat to fan it rather than blowing it.
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I would imagine that fanning with one's hat would be more so.Nade wrote:You had to be then.yossar wrote:“Got a sweetheart yet, Tillie?” “Yes, and he's a regular gentleman.” “You don't say so.” “Yes, he took me to a restaurant last night and poured tea into a saucer to cool it; but he didn't blow it like common people do – he fanned it with his hat.”
I don't get it.
Pouring tea into a saucer to cool it is gauche, even if one uses one's hat to fan it rather than blowing it.
Doubly even. A har har har.
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Re: History doesn't repeat, it rhymes
I think it's funny. I envision a pair of Eliza Doolittle types, pre-makeover. (And it's genteel... not gentle.)
wot?
To be fair, adolescent power fantasy tripe is way easier to write than absurd existential horror, and every community has got to start somewhere... right?
Unless one loses a precious thing, he will never know its true value. A little light finally scratches the darkness; it lets the exhausted one face his shattered dream and realize his path cannot be walked. Can man live happily without embracing his wounded heart?
To be fair, adolescent power fantasy tripe is way easier to write than absurd existential horror, and every community has got to start somewhere... right?
Unless one loses a precious thing, he will never know its true value. A little light finally scratches the darkness; it lets the exhausted one face his shattered dream and realize his path cannot be walked. Can man live happily without embracing his wounded heart?
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I guess the modern tranlation would be something like:“Got a sweetheart yet, Tillie?” “Yes, and he's a regular gentleman.” “You don't say so.” “Yes, he took me to a restaurant last night and poured tea into a saucer to cool it; but he didn't blow it like common people do – he fanned it with his hat.”
“Got a man yet, Tylee?” “Yeah and he's totally like, really smooth.” “Right?” “Yeah, he took me to a movie last night and in the middle he pulled out his iPhone; but he didn't talk on it like those jackasses do – he just texted and read me some tweets.”
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And now we're famous.
Black Lives Matter
"To wield Grond, the mighty hammer of the Federal Government, is to be intoxicated with power beyond what you and I can reckon (though I figure we can ball park it pretty good with computers and maths). Need to tunnel through a mountain? Grond. Kill a mighty ogre? Grond. Hangnail? Grond. Spider? Grond (actually, that's a legit use, moreso than the rest)." - Peacedog
"To wield Grond, the mighty hammer of the Federal Government, is to be intoxicated with power beyond what you and I can reckon (though I figure we can ball park it pretty good with computers and maths). Need to tunnel through a mountain? Grond. Kill a mighty ogre? Grond. Hangnail? Grond. Spider? Grond (actually, that's a legit use, moreso than the rest)." - Peacedog
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Re: History doesn't repeat, it rhymes
That's awesome.noxiousdog wrote:And now we're famous.
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That is awesome indeed.
It's almost as if people are the problem.
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"Keep yer fork, duke. There's pie!"
wot?
To be fair, adolescent power fantasy tripe is way easier to write than absurd existential horror, and every community has got to start somewhere... right?
Unless one loses a precious thing, he will never know its true value. A little light finally scratches the darkness; it lets the exhausted one face his shattered dream and realize his path cannot be walked. Can man live happily without embracing his wounded heart?
To be fair, adolescent power fantasy tripe is way easier to write than absurd existential horror, and every community has got to start somewhere... right?
Unless one loses a precious thing, he will never know its true value. A little light finally scratches the darkness; it lets the exhausted one face his shattered dream and realize his path cannot be walked. Can man live happily without embracing his wounded heart?
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Re: History doesn't repeat, it rhymes
Then again, as the above spam post shows, history does repeat itself sometimes...
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Re: History doesn't repeat, it rhymes
Well this is cool
Isgrimnur wrote:
His name makes me think of a small, burrowing rodent anyway.
His name makes me think of a small, burrowing rodent anyway.