A hearty hat-tip to Kendal for contributing this evocative quote and spiffy visual.
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Or, to twist Arthur C. Clarke's 3rd Law:
Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice.
Posted by Terry_Jim | May 27, 2011 1:37 AM
Posted on May 27, 2011 01:37
...And now T has been partially unmasked. ( ;
It's been so long since I had a funny idea, John didn't recognize my e-mail.
Posted by Terwiliger | May 27, 2011 1:45 AM
Posted on May 27, 2011 01:45
All of you Ts are funny: Twain, Terry, and Terwiliger. Of course, we wouldn't have made the connection without your comment, T. :)
Posted by Zeroth | May 27, 2011 12:20 PM
Posted on May 27, 2011 12:20
Sometimes it pays just to laugh. Otherwise we'd cry too much.
Posted by GarandFan | May 27, 2011 1:11 PM
Posted on May 27, 2011 13:11
Hey T
Sometimes I don't know what to call you guys when the e-mails are different from comment names.
'Twas a good one.
Posted by John Cox | May 27, 2011 1:16 PM
Posted on May 27, 2011 13:16
To paraphrase WWJD:
WWMTS (What Would Mark Twain Say?)
I'd love to hear his comments today. He is probably thinking, "Thank God man is not immortal."
Posted by Tom Wms. | May 27, 2011 6:05 PM
Posted on May 27, 2011 18:05
Deviating a bit from Mr. Twain's quote and perhaps being too serious, I'd say we're being run by imbeciles who are pretending to be smart. And it's note working.
Still, what a magnificent piece of work the Constitution is for having protected us (mostly) from such fools for the last 200+ years.
Posted by Dr. Bob | May 27, 2011 8:58 PM
Posted on May 27, 2011 20:58
You make blogging look like a walk in the park! I've been trying to blog daily but I just cant find writing material.. you're an inspiration to me and i'm sure many others!
Posted by ceramic photos | May 27, 2011 9:48 PM
Posted on May 27, 2011 21:48
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Posted by Candelaria Betters | May 28, 2011 12:12 AM
Posted on May 28, 2011 00:12
"Putting us on" isn't exactly a Twain-ism...
WikiQuote claims this quote is from _The_Peter_Principle_
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Talk:Mark_Twain
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Posted on May 28, 2011 01:11
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Posted by ceramic photos | May 28, 2011 10:45 AM
Posted on May 28, 2011 10:45
K the Z:
You guys know me well enough that I couldn't NOT comment on this one--& I'd feel like a tool patting my own back (even though it was JOHN who brought it to life). Anyway--I had to have SOME cred--while I've never padded my resume before, in this economy (mmm, mmm, mmm... Barack Hussein Obama) I'm thinking of adding a title something like "Freelance Contributing Editor/Cartooning Consultant".
DR. BOB:
I don't think you're being too serious. I think you hit the nail squarely on the head--in one sentence, no less.
However, I think they've fooled the majority for a long time--& I'm not convinced that the majority has a clue yet.
RICH:
Interesting. I passed a library cart (books to be shelved), I just happened to see a Twain compilation on it, & picked it off the cart. The quotation was in that book (I've seen the quote before--always attributed to Twain).
I have a copy of The Peter Principle around here somewhere--I read it lightly (& quickly) a long time ago--I'll have to dig it out & see if I can find the quote.
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Posted on May 28, 2011 22:24
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