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Truth Can Be Funny

Posted by Herb7734 9 years, 7 months ago to Humor
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I thought it might be a good idea to lighten up the conversations a bit, so I've put down a few humorous slants on everyday topics.

The First Rule Of Grammar: a double negative is a no-no.

Modern art is when you buy a picture to cover a hole in the wall and then decide the hole looked better.

The trouble with experience being a teacher is that it gives the test before explaining the lesson.

Monday is an unsatisfactory way to spend one sevenths of your life.

Something to put on the endangered species list: An honest politician.

The more effective the prescription, the more horrendous the side effects.

According to the latest poll, most people don't believe in polls.

An example of opposite meanings: Progress and Congress.

Herbie's Inevitability Prediction: If you live each day as if it were your last - one of these days you'll be right.

And finally, the true moral behind the Cinderella story: People who wear glass slippers shouldn't tap dance.


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  • Posted by DrZarkov99 9 years, 7 months ago
    I'd modify one of your statements: the trouble with experience is that you get the test results before you were even aware it was a test.

    The corollary to this: Good judgement is a result of experience, which a result of bad judgement.
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    • Posted by 9 years, 7 months ago
      Reminds me of the corollary to Murphy's Law: "whatever can happen, will happen." It's called "Gumperson's Law": "--and at the very worst time."
      Your comment is also part of the yin-yang. "there is no good if evil doesn't exist."
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      • Posted by dnr 9 years, 7 months ago
        Finagle's Law of Dynamic Negatives is usually rendered: Anything that can go wrong, will—at the worst possible moment. The term "Finagle's Law" was first used by John W. Campbell, Jr., the influential editor of Astounding Science Fiction. He used it frequently in his editorials for many years in the 1940s to 1960s but it never came into general usage the way Murphy's Law has. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finagle...
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        • Posted by plusaf 9 years, 7 months ago
          I was reading Astounding Sci-Fi in the 50's and 60's and collected most of the Finagle Laws in a folder when I was in high school.

          It led me, decades later, to compile http://www.plusaf.com/falklaws.htm ... my observations of the world around me.

          Enjoy!
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          • Posted by 9 years, 7 months ago
            Finagle is a real word. In the Jewish lexicon. It means to twist or maneuver something until it comes out the way you want it to. It is related to "tweak" only less respectable.
            Astounding Science Fiction. What memories I have of that wonderful periodical.
            Thanks for the memory..
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