Wednesday, June 01, 2005

The Devil's Dictionary

CANNON, n. An instrument employed in the rectification of national boundaries.

AMBROSE BIERCE, page 14.
:-)

2 Comments:

At 10:28 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

CYNIC, n. A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be. Hence the custom among the Scythians of plucking out a cynic's eyes to improve his vision.

If we had some more these, we wouldn't be using so much of those.

 
At 9:10 AM, Blogger steve said...

Hmmm. I still say that Spanking is the best policy for unacceptable behavior, Janey. It's something to be Optimistic about !
:-)

 

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