Random Thoughts XII - This Thread Delivers

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So I'm just going to throw it out there: the only thing I really got out of the Royce thread was that he really likes using a thesaurus and writing "complex" sentences

Hmmm. Next thing you know, he'll be a lawyer........
A couple of worthwhile snippets...

Lincoln, she says, described the opposite of brevity when he said that another lawyer could “’compress the most words into the smallest ideas of any man I ever met.’”

Oseid quotes Justice Antonin Scalia and Bryan A. Garner on brevity in Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges: “’Judges often associate the brevity of the brief with the quality of the lawyer. Many judges we’ve spoken with say that good lawyers often come in far below the page limits—and that bad lawyers almost never do.’”
 
I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is called a disgrace; that two are called a law firm; and that three or more become a Congress!

This is attributed to John Adams, but he never said it. I like it though.
It sounds like something from Mark Twain but if it's attributed to John Adams, the time period would be a bit off.
 
Even better and simpler. They already have the asparagus smell in their yard anyway.

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Interesting factoid - I have been on the site for about 10 minutes, and my AdBlocker count is already at 123. I don't get to see all the hottie dating pop-ups that @BCClone is so fond of.


Don’t get as many as I used to. Still plenty of Chinese women. I’ve always like blue eyes, then green (what the wife has) and then brown. Never been to China but from what I understand, brown eyes are more common.
 
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