Welcome to Litsy!

Entertaining as always. I just wish that he had included a picture of the pig that he traveled with in this book, rather than his stupid newborn baby.
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It was quite possible that in the future we humans might need to live by a new slogan. 'Have a little bit less and enjoy it a whole lot more.“ Tragically, it currently didn't sound like one that would win any general elections.

Americans are also big fans of declaring, 'That's funny!' at great volume. What I don't understand is why, instead of doing this, they don't just laugh. I think you'll find that's the correct procedure.

In our life on the streets, we humans readily join clubs. On foot, we're pedestrians. On bikes, we're cyclists. In cars, we're drivers. It's important for each group to hate the other and to consider them idiots. This is the way things work, and it's best not to meddle with it.

“If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about it.“ --W.C. Fields

Successful relationships are about giving in to what the other person wants. The other person then calls it compromise.

Indeed, this is what a lot of cooking is: following instructions. However, the cook must be careful not to deliver the line of the Nazi war criminal serving up their fare to a guest: “I was only following instructions.“ I'm not comparing cake preparation with death camps. There are significant differences--not least the amount of eggs and sugar in each--but hidden within the respective processes there is a certain amount of obedience required.

Could this “fact“ come from the same people who tell us that we only use 10 percent of our brain's capacity? Well, frankly, how can we trust a statistic that comes from anyone who is openly admitting that they didn't use 90 percent of their brain in producing it? I want my statistics to come from those who are using a minimum of 62 percent of their brains.