Cod philosophy

[Camphuw]

Fools multiply when wise men are silent.

Nelson Mandela

[Ian2001]

That’s no way to talk about the English cricket team management

[Camphuw]

[TOBYJUG]

Growing up in the 70s and 80s quick sand was a common threat i learnt how to survive from watching the telly.

So far those skills luckily havent been needed.

[Tonedeaf]

[Camphuw]

An old friend reminded me about paraprosdokians, figures of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected.

1. Where there’s a will, I want to be in it.
2. The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it’s still on my list.
3. Since light travels faster than sound, some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
4. If I agreed with you, we’d both be wrong.
5. War does not determine who is right - only who is left.
6. Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting
   it in a fruit salad.
7. They begin the evening news with ‘Good Evening,’ then proceed to tell you why it isn’t.
8. To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.
9. I thought I wanted a career. Turns out, I just wanted pay checks.
10. In filling out an application, where it says, ‘In case of emergency, notify:’ I put “DOCTOR.”
11. I didn’t say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.
12. Women will never be equal to men until they can walk down the street…with a bald head and a beer gut, and still think they are sexy.
13. Behind every successful man is his woman. Behind the fall of a successful man is usually another woman.
14. A clear conscience is the sign of a fuzzy memory.
15. You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.
16. Money can’t buy happiness, but it sure makes misery easier to live with.
17. There’s a fine line between cuddling and…holding someone down so they can’t get away.
18. I used to be indecisive. Now I’m not so sure.
19. You’re never too old to learn something stupid.
20. To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.
21. Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be.
22. Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.
23. Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.
24. I’m supposed to respect my elders, but now it’s getting harder and harder for me to find one.

[MaxBertola]

@Camphuw

To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.

This reminds me how religious men talk of God.

[crispyduck]

The early bird gets the worm but it’s the second mouse that gets the cheese

[crispyduck]

Sophistication is the adoption of other people’s prejudices

[crispyduck]

Expectations are just resentments still under construction

[crispyduck]

Resentment is drinking the poison and hoping that someone else dies

[Darkside]

How is it one careless match can start a forest fire,

But it takes a whole box to start a campfire?

[TOBYJUG]

Infinity can be represented by a discrete finite infinity. But, not by an infinite finite..

[dave-marshall]

What if the Hokey Cokey really is what it’s all about?

[CalamityJack]

I’ve never worked out how to insert a link but Bill Bailey has a Kraftwerk spoof of the Hokey Cokey in cod German on YouTube that is well worth a view while we are trying to decide whether that IS what it’s all about, or not ….

[Corry]

[CalamityJack]

Thank you!

[bhoyo]

Brilliant!

[Camphuw]

[Camphuw]

Not all who wander are lost. JRR Tolkien

A flaneur’s occupation, tending to maunder.

This amused me this morning.