Why indeed? And why do police officers sometimes have surnames like Lawless and Coward, while diplomats are named Crooks, and surgeons Slaughter or Savage?
Life is short, uncertain, precious... it should be fun, even the dying
Different strokes
Rodin's famous Thinker, spray-painted!
'I should not be thought to be serious only when I am solemn'... Bertrand Russell
About Me
- Suvro Chatterjee
- Durgapur, West Bengal, India
- I am 61, and for 22 years now a confirmed home-bird. I read, write, teach, counsel, listen to music, exercise, watch movies, have fun with kids including my own, have tried to be a good husband, think all the time, and generally endeavour to live the good life as I have understood it. It's tough, and it's been a long trudge.
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That little kid in the cartoon with his positively cheeky expression on his face and question reminds me of a kid I know and also reminds me for the nth time how kids say the darndest (and simplest) things. And the startled man at the art gallery! - but is there any reason why the terms bulls and bears are used? The cartoon is very well drawn.
I'll never quite get why a parkway is where one drives and why a driveway is where one parks. This post of yours reminded me of your recommendation to read Richard Lederer too somehow...
I came across a site where someone knew of one solicitor, 'Wright Hassall' and there was a law firm run by "Argue and Phibbs", and a surgeon by the name of Dr. Pang and a dentist by the name of Dr. Toothaker, and I've heard of a cop by the name of Bangs.
The rather sweet one was where I heard about a planetarium run by 'C. Starr and R. Evenly Boddys'...
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