Selected jokes, aphorisms and definitions ...... Issue 9, 20.07.00

~ QUESTIONS and ANSWERS ~


- Why are bricks square but ripples on the water round?
- Why are coins round, but everyone looks at them with square eyes?
 (c) * Kojkolainer

- What's man's main goal?
- To get into a woman's arms without letting her get her hands on him.
 (c) * Solnyshko

- What to do if something is allowed, but you don't want it?
- You don't want it because it's allowed.
 (c) * Pro

- What's the difference between a pessimist and an optimist?
- Anyone is an optimist when starting something. He becomes a pessimist when he sees the outcome.
 (c) According to K. Melikhan

~ ANSWERS to APHORISMS ~


- The slower you drive, the farther you get.
 (c) Russian proverb
- If you drive fast, you'll be quietly carried out.
 (c) NN

- Take care of your boss - the next one may be worse.
 (c) * Cleo
- Take care of your wife - the next one may be worse.
 (c) * Pro

- An apple never falls far from an apple tree.
 (c) Russian proverb
- It's been awhile since Newton left, but the apples kept falling, and falling... (acc. Harms)
 (c) * firestarter

- Big ships get big torpedoes.
 (c) NN
- Big minds get big misconceptions.
 (c) Pro

~ FUNNY DICTIONARY ~


FANATIC- the one who, having lost sight of the goal, doubles his efforts.
 (c) NN

TOYS- accessories invented by grown-ups to stop children from interfering in grown-up games.
 (c) NN

SADNESS- the feeling one gets when he assesses the situation in his family, town, country, world...
 (c) NN

TRUST- the feeling you have before you understand the situation.
 (c) NN

EXPERT- a person who stopped thinking because he already knows.
 (c) Frank Wright

MILDNESS- incredible patience in planning revenge.
 (c) NN

~ What's better? ~


It's better to do something and then regret it than regret not doing it.
 (c) NN

Better food with no appetite, than appetite with no food.
 (c) * Soldier

Chess players watch their figures most.
 (c) * Jag

Better to have milk in the refrigerator than a cow in the kitchen.
 (c) NN

Better to be rich and healthy than poor and sick.
 (c) folklore

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