by The Dragonfly Thief » Tue Jul 26, 2011 11:47 am
This makes me think of a joke
" When a police station got two new horses, two cops were assigned to be mounted policemen. They went off for a ride and came back pleased with the new acquisitions.
"This horse is great," said the first cop. "I'm always going to take this one."
"My horse is great, too," Said the second cop. "From now on, I am always going to take it. The only problem is, how do we know which horse is which?"
They thought for a minute then the first cop came up with an idea. "I know," he said. "Let's cut off this ones tail!"
The second cop agreed and the horse lost it's tail.
The next morning, the police chief was inspecting the horses. He wasin an angry mood.
"What's wrong?" said the two cops.
"What's wrong!" bellowed the chief. "I'll tell you what's wrong! You two morons cut off the horse's tail - that's what's wrong!"
"But chief," they protested, "it was the only way we could tell the two apart."
"What are you talking about?" yelled the chief. "Can't you see that the black one is a bit taller than the white one?!" "
From the book - An EnglishMan, An Irishman and A Scotsman by Nick Harris
“the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars.”
Jack Kerouac, On the Road
“I have always lived violently, drunk hugely, eaten too much or not at all, slept around the clock or missed two nights of sleeping, worked too hard and too long in glory, or slobbed for a time in utter laziness. I've lifted, pulled, chopped, climbed, made love with joy and taken my hangovers as a consequence, not as a punishment.”
John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley
"Everything looks good from here... (beat...playing with plastic dinosaurs over his console) Yes. Yes, this is a fertile land, and we will thrive."
(as Stegosaurus) "We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... 'This Land'."
(as T-Rex) "I think we should call it...your grave!"
(Stegosaurus) "Ah, curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!"
(T-Rex) "Ha ha HA! Mine is an evil laugh...now die!"
Wash, Firefly