Humor: Best of Fortunes for Monday January 23, 2023
FORTUNE'S GUIDE TO DEALING WITH REAL-LIFE SCIENCE FICTION:...FORTUNE'S GUIDE TO DEALING WITH REAL-LIFE SCIENCE FICTION: \#2
What to do...
if you get a phone call from Mars:
Speak slowly and be sure to enunciate your words properly. Limit
your vocabulary to simple words. Try to determine... There once was a man from Madras,
Whose balls were made out...There once was a man from Madras,
Whose balls were made out of brass.
When they clanged together,
They played "Stormy Weather",
And lightning shot out of his ass. But, Mousie, thou art no thy lane,
In proving foresight may...But, Mousie, thou art no thy lane,
In proving foresight may be vain:
The best laid schemes o' mice an' men
Gang aft a-gley,
An' lea'e us nought but grief and pain
For promised joy.
-- Robert Burns, "To a Mouse", 1785
Humor: Best of Fortunes for Monday January 23, 2023
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