Humor: Best of Fortunes for Friday December 22, 2023

The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of...
The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of an expanding bureaucracy.

The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold...
The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently. -- Nietzsche

There was a young fellow of Warwick Who had reason for feeling...
There was a young fellow of Warwick Who had reason for feeling euphoric, For he could by election Have triune erection: Ionic, Corinthian, and Doric.

"...Greg Nowak: `Another flame from greg' - need I...
"...Greg Nowak: `Another flame from greg' - need I say more?" -- Jonathan D. Trudel, trudel@caip.rutgers.edu "No. You need to say less." -- Richard Sexton, richard@gryphon.COM

"And it's my opinion, and that's only my opinion, you...
"And it's my opinion, and that's only my opinion, you are a lunatic. Just because there are a few hunderd other people sharing your lunacy with you does not make you any saner. Doomed, eh?" -- Oleg Kiselev,oleg@CS.UCLA.EDU

"Home life as we understand it is no more natural to...
"Home life as we understand it is no more natural to us than a cage is to a cockatoo." -- George Bernard Shaw

"Is it just me, or does anyone else read `bible humpers'...
"Is it just me, or does anyone else read `bible humpers' every time someone writes `bible thumpers?' -- Joel M. Snyder, jms@mis.arizona.edu

"Money is the root of all money." -- the moving finger
"Money is the root of all money." -- the moving finger

"Obedience. A religion of slaves. A religion...
"Obedience. A religion of slaves. A religion of intellectual death. I like it. Don't ask questions, don't think, obey the Word of the Lord -- as it has been conveniently brought to you by a man in a Rolls with a heavy Rolex on his wrist. I like...

A comment on schedules: Ok, how long will it take? For each...
A comment on schedules: Ok, how long will it take? For each manager involved in initial meetings add one month. For each manager who says "data flow analysis" add another month. For each unique end-user type add one month. For each...