It began as the GODFATHER OF MATH, evolved into the GOODFATHER OF MATH. Now this. Go figure...

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The kind of humor I like is the thing that makes me laugh for five seconds and think for ten minutes = G. CARLIN...Stain glass, engraved glass, frosted glass
–give me plain glass = JOHN FOWLES ... Music is the mathematics of the gods=PYTHAGORAS ... Nothing is more fluid than language = R. L. SWIHART
I cannot live without the oxygen of laughter = DAWN POWELL ... !!! ... But laughter cannot survive without the hydrogen of gravitas = PAUL OLIVERIO
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Tuesday, June 29, 2021

Quoting JENNY ERPENBECK: Hazy But Not Nonsense

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From THE BOOK OF WORDS
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2 comments:

  1. I think the mother should have said
    "Then when you hug your brother or sister,
    you would get a lot of splinters."

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    1. I agree:
      that would have shown a respect
      for the child's imagination

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