Freebsd Fortunes

In 1869 the waffle iron was invented for people who had wrinkled
waffles.

In 1880 the French captured Detroit but gave it back ... they couldn't
get parts.

In 1914, the first crossword puzzle was printed in a newspaper.  The
creator received $4000 down ... and $3000 across.

In 1915 pancake make-up was invented but most people still preferred
syrup.

In a five year period we can get one superb programming language.  Only
we can't control when the five year period will begin.

In a medium in which a News Piece takes a minute and an "In-Depth"
Piece takes two minutes, the Simple will drive out the Complex.
                -- Frank Mankiewicz

In a museum in Havana, there are two skulls of Christopher Columbus,
"one when he was a boy and one when he was a man."
                -- Mark Twain

In Africa some of the native tribes have a custom of beating the ground
with clubs and uttering spine chilling cries.  Anthropologists call
this a form of primitive self-expression.  In America we call it golf.

In America, any boy may become president and I suppose that's just one
of the risks he takes.
                -- Adlai Stevenson

In America today ... we have Woody Allen, whose humor has become so
sophisticated that nobody gets it any more except Mia Farrow.  All
those who think Mia Farrow should go back to making movies where the
devil gets her pregnant and Woody Allen should go back to dressing up
as a human sperm, please raise your hands.  Thank you.
                -- Dave Barry, "Why Humor is Funny"