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Anthony's Law of Force:
Don't force it; get a larger hammer.
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Anthony's Law of the Workshop:
Any tool when dropped, will roll into the least accessible
corner of the workshop.
Corollary:
On the way to the corner, any dropped tool will first strike
your toes.
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Antonym, n.:
The opposite of the word you're trying to think of.
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Aphasia:
Loss of speech in social scientists when asked
at parties, "But of what use is your research?"
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aphorism, n.:
A concise, clever statement.
afterism, n.:
A concise, clever statement you don't think of until too late.
-- James Alexander Thom
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Appendix:
A portion of a book, for which nobody yet has discovered any use.
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Applause, n:
The echo of a platitude from the mouth of a fool.
-- Ambrose Bierce
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aquadextrous, adj.:
Possessing the ability to turn the bathtub faucet on and off
with your toes.
-- Rich Hall, "Sniglets"
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Arbitrary systems, pl.n.:
Systems about which nothing general can be said, save "nothing
general can be said."
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Arithmetic:
An obscure art no longer practiced in the world's developed countries.
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