mefi quote, no. 32

[fiefoe]

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.  - Lazarus Long, Time Enough For Love
- R.A. Heinlein
posted by PurplePorpoise at 11:06 AM PST on January 1

Best telegram of all time: Robert Benchley, arriving in Venice, to the New Yorker editors.
STREETS FULL OF WATER. PLEASE ADVISE.
posted by QuietDesperation at 10:57 AM PST on February 1

"I'm not a slut! I just slept with more people than I told you!" Yelled into a phone at a phone booth late at night out side the liquor store.
posted by Mr T at 9:52 PM PST on December 13

Should I invade Persia? [more inside]
posted by croesus to sports, hobbies, & recreation at 547 BCE - 0 answers
posted by felix betachat at 7:52 AM PST on April 21

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