I hear that both Severn bridges are shut due to the danger of ice ... not on the road surface but falling from the support cables. Apparently several car windscreens were broken! Glad I'm not travelling that way until this evening.
If you can find something everyone agrees on, it's wrong. Mo Udall
A nation is a society united by delusions about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbors. William Ralph Inge (1860 - 1954)
The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of being contradicted leads the writer to strip himself of almost all sense and meaning. Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)
I can't understand why a person will take a year to write a novel when he can easily buy one for a few dollars. Fred Allen (1894 - 1956)
For reasons that are far too complex to even begin to explain, all of today's quotes come from Elayne Boosler:
My ancestors wandered lost in the wilderness for forty years because even in biblical times, men would not stop to ask for directions.
The Vatican is against surrogate mothers. Good thing they didn't have that rule when Jesus was born. [Use of surrogate mothers? No way! That's the Vatican's creed for today. Guess that rule was a stranger To those round the manger As Jesus was born in the hay.]
To listen to your own silence is the key to comedy. [ and, I think, the key to inner tranquillity]
When the sun comes up, I have morals again.
When women are depressed, they eat or go shopping. Men invade another country. It's a whole different way of thinking.
Wouldn't it be great if you could only get AIDS by giving money to television preachers?
Happy holidays and peace to you and all those you care for. peter
What it says about you: You're creative and fun, and you're good at motivating the people around you. You're attracted to things that are visually interesting. Other people might not always understand your taste or style, but it's yours.
Contains: Books on metaphysics, logic, ethics and philosophy.
What it says about you: You're a careful thinker, but your life can be complicated and hard for others to understand at times. You try to explain things and strive to express yourself.