04-09-2021, 11:13 PM
(04-09-2021, 03:49 PM)drussell41 Wrote:(04-09-2021, 02:34 PM)PLOTUS Wrote: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-56687736
At 99 years old.
May He rest in the Splendor of Eternity...
The same guy who wished he could come back as a virus to kill off a huge portion of mankind?
I reckon we'll find out now if he can or not.
In all honesty, the older I get, the more I can see a serious point in his statement. There really are too doggone many people on Earth, and it seems the dumbest of them are breeding the fastest, dragging down the collective IQ of humanity to all new lows never before seen in history, at least not since the era of the Australopithecines, who couldn't even figure out how to bang two rocks together.
So... the Queen has an opening for a consort now? And she's rich? Where does one apply for the position? I have a friend she really needs to meet...
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Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king.
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’