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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Wednesday, June 28, 2023

An Old Cliche + My Variation On That Cliche

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The Old Cliche
 
Sticks and stones
can break my bones
but words will
never harm me
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 My Variation
 
Sticks and stones
can break my bones
but words will 
always be my weapon
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© PAUL OLIVERIO ©
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 28, 2023 at 10:26 AM

    As a former student of Mr. Oliverio who shall remain Anonymous,
    I remember only too well how "words" were your "weapon."

    I have discussed this with five other students of yours
    from Jefferson High School and we all agreed that sometimes
    we hated you for what you would say but love prevailed.

    Each of us—on average—has an annual 2023 salary
    of $75,000. On behalf of those classmates allow me to say
    "Mr. O: we love you, you old son a bitch!"

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  2. AnonymousJune 28, 2023 at 10:29 AM

    Oliverio says con amor THANK YOU

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