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(-)fortunes Wed Aug 4 11:12:28 1999 (-5 / +5 lines)
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       Ludwig van Beethoven being jeered by 50,000 sports fans for
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       Ludwig van Beethoven being jeered by 50,000 sports fans for
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finishing second in the Irish jig competition.
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finishing second in the Irish jig competition.
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"Boy, life takes a long time to live
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Boy, life takes a long time to live
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               -- Steven Wright
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               -- Steven Wright
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Boy, n.:
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               -- Sniglets, "Rich Hall & Friends"
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               -- Sniglets, "Rich Hall & Friends"
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Magpie, n.:
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Magpie, n.:
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       A bird whose theivish disposition suggested to someone that it
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       A bird whose thievish disposition suggested to someone that it
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might be taught to talk.
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might be taught to talk.
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               -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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               -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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Man, n.:
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Man, n.:
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       An animal so lost in rapturous contemplation of what he thinks
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       An animal so lost in rapturous contemplation of what he thinks
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e is as to overlook what he indubitably ought to be.  His hief
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he is as to overlook what he indubitably ought to be.  His chief
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occupation is extermination of other animals and his own pecies, which,
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occupation is extermination of other animals and his own species, which,
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however, multiplies with such insistent apidity as to infest the whole
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however, multiplies with such insistent rapidity as to infest the whole
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habitable earth and Canada.
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habitable earth and Canada.
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               -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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               -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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