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"Contrariwise," continued Tweedledee, "if it was so, it might be, and
if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't.  That's logic!"
                -- Lewis Carroll, "Through the Looking Glass"

"Contrary to popular belief, penguins are not the salvation of modern
technology.  Neither do they throw parties for the urban proletariat."

Conversation, n.:
        A vocal competition in which the one who is catching his breath
is called the listener.

Conway's Law:
        In any organization there will always be one person who knows
        what is going on.

        This person must be fired.

Coronation, n.:
        The ceremony of investing a sovereign with the outward and
visible signs of his divine right to be blown skyhigh with a dynamite
bomb.
                -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"

Corrupt, adj.:
        In politics, holding an office of trust or profit.

Corrupt, stupid grasping functionaries will make at least as big a
muddle of socialism as stupid, selfish and acquisitive employers can
make of capitalism.
                -- Walter Lippmann

Corruption is not the #1 priority of the Police Commissioner.  His job
is to enforce the law and fight crime.
                -- P.B.A. President E. J. Kiernan

Court, n.:
        A place where they dispense with justice.
                -- Arthur Train

Coward, n.:
        One who in a perilous emergency thinks with his legs.
                -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"