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Saturday, July 16, 2011

Funny Twain Lines

Never realised how funny Merk Twain was till I saw this list of quotes:

  • "I never let schooling interfere with my education.”

  • “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.”
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And more like ....
  • “Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable.”

  • “Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.”

  • “I have been complimented many times and they always embarrass me; I always feel that they have not said enough.”

  • “Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.”

  • “Patriot: the person who can holler the loudest without knowing what he is hollering about.”

  • “We have the best government that money can buy.”

God v Red Tape

In the beginning God Created heaven and the earth.

Quickly he was faced with a class action suit for failure to file an environmental impact statement.

He was granted a temporary permit for the project, but was stymied with the Cease and Desist order for the earthly part.

Appearing at the hearing, God was asked why he began his earthly project in the first place. He replied that he just liked to be creative.

Then God said, "Let there be light. " Officials immediately demanded to know how the light would be made. Would there be strip mining? What about thermal pollution? God explained that the light would come from a huge ball of fire. God was granted provisional permission to make light, assuming that no smoke would result from the ball of fire, that he would obtain a building permit, and (to conserve energy) would have the light out half the time. God agreed and said he would call the light "Day " and the darkness "Night. " Officials replied that they were not interested in semantics.

God said, "Let the earth bring forth green herb and such as many seed. "The EPA agreed so long as native seed was used. Then God said, "Let waters bring forth creeping creatures having life; and the fowl that may fly over the earth. " Officials pointed out this would require approval from the Department of Game coordinated with the Heavenly Wildlife Federation and the Audubongelic Society.

Everything was OK until God said he wanted to complete the project in six days. Officials informed him it would take at least 200 days to review the application and the environmental impact statement. After that there would be a public hearing. Then there would be 10-12 months before...

At this point God created Hell."