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WITandWISDOM(tm) - July 4, 2000 ~~~~~~~ THOUGHTS: When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds about him and what he is going to say. - Abraham Lincoln Source: Inspire, Copyright (c) 2000 Information Advantage Corporation, www.infoadvn.com/inspire/ via http://www.witandwisdom.org ~~~~~~~ SPECIAL THOUGHTS: JUST FOR TODAY - Author Unknown via http://www.witandwisdom.org . . . smile at a stranger . . . listen to someone's heart . . . drop a coin where a child can find it . . . learn something new, then teach it to someone . . . tell someone you're thinking of them . . . hug a loved one . . . don't hold a grudge . . . don't be afraid to say "I'm sorry" . . . look a child in the eye and tell them how great they are . . . look beyond the face of a person into their heart . . . make a promise, and keep it . . . call someone, for no other reason than to just say "hi" . . . show kindness to an animal . . . stand up for what you believe in . . . smell the rain, feel the breeze, listen to the wind . . . use all your senses to their fullest . . . cherish all your TODAYS Submitted by: Carol Blum ~~~~~~~ THIS & THAT: Okay, you've heard of Murphy's famous Law: Everything that can go wrong will go wrong. There are many other related Laws, as well. Here are some: After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch. - Lorenz's Law of Mechanical Repair Identical parts aren't. - Beach's Law Any tool, when dropped, will roll into the least accessible corner. - Anthony's Law of the Workshop If it jams, force it. If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway. - Lowery's Law The solution to a problem changes the problem. - Peer's Law There is no mechanical problem so difficult that it cannot be solved by brute strength and ignorance. - William's Law Machines should work. People should think. - IBM's Pollyanna Principle The most ineffective workers will be systematically moved to the place where they can do the least damage - management. - The Dilbert Principle The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts. - Ehrlich's Law It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object to realize that you are in a hurry. - Ralph's Observation If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire, the next morning you will have a flat tire. - Cannon's Comment Thinly sliced cabbage. - Cole's Law Source: Kitty's Daily Mews, copyright (c) 1997-2000 All rights reserved worldwide, kittysdailymews-subscribe@topica.com via http://www.witandwisdom.org ~~~~~~~ KEEP SMILING: An Army private filling out a questionnaire for a correspondence course was stymied by the question, "How long has your present employer been in business?" He thought for a moment, then wrote, "Since 1776." Source: Teresa's Jokers, jo-jokers- subscribe@egroups.com via http://www.witandwisdom.org ~~~~~~~ TRIVIA: Karl Barth, famous though controversial, contemporary Swiss theologian, was a great thinker, a prolific writer, and a professor at several European universities. On one occasion he was confronted by a reporter who wanted a brief summary of his twelve thick volumes on church dogmatics. Barth could have given a profound intellectual reply, but didn't. Quoting from the popular child's hymn, he simply said, "Jesus loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so." Source: Daily Encounter, by Dick Innes, Copyright 2000, www.actsweb.org/subscribe.htm via http://www.witandwisdom.org |