[conspire] CABAL today

Rick Moen rick at linuxmafia.com
Sat May 25 08:50:40 PDT 2019


Quoting Josef Grosch (jgrosch at gmail.com):

> The weather is going to be fine today.

   And in smaller letters at the bottom it concluded: "Results are not
   guaranteed, but if not perfectly satisfied, your wasted time will be
   refunded."

        -- The Phantom Tollbooth, by Norton Juster.

(I just wanted to shoehorn that in.  One of the great, sly classics of
juvenile literature, and I've remembered that golden line about 'if not
satisfied, your wasted time will be refunded' ever since.)

> I'm bringing my usual, bread, cheese, salami, and beer.

You are a prince, sir.

And I say that in a democratically inclined and egalitarian way, but not
in a tumbrels and Madame Lafarge knitting-needles way.)

-- 
Cheers,              "I am a member of a civilization (IAAMOAC).  Step back
Rick Moen            from anger.  Study how awful our ancestors had it, yet
rick at linuxmafia.com  they struggled to get you here.  Repay them by appreciating
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