mefi quotes, no. 52 ~ now you know

It's not that fun to try to sell something called "red" that's really orange and yellow.
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the word "brouhaha" without thinking of its etymology as "the cry of the devil disguised as clergy".
posted by bugbread at 10:20 AM on September 18

And that's how the failure of GM and Chrysler affects patients on dialysis.
posted by minifigs at 4:35 AM on March 17

More to the point on WHY rail system in america is so shitty: utterly backwards ownership policies.
In our country the rails are privately owned, and the train is federal.
posted by sarcasman at 3:26 PM on May 15

"Even her cookbook is highly radioactive."
posted by benzenedream at 11:40 AM on May 13

I remember reading in Enigma (which is great) that Alan Turing was not allowed to keep the bridge score.
posted by Jorus at 10:43 AM on May 14

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