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Consultation, n.:
Medical term meaning "to share the wealth."
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Conversation, n.:
A vocal competition in which the one who is catching his breath
is called the listener.
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Conway's Law:
In any organization there will always be one person who knows
what is going on.
This person must be fired.
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Copying machine, n.:
A device that shreds paper, flashes mysteriously coded messages,
and makes duplicates for everyone in the office who isn't
interested in reading them.
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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"
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Correspondence Corollary:
An experiment may be considered a success if no more than half
your data must be discarded to obtain correspondence with your theory.
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Corry's Law:
Paper is always strongest at the perforations.
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court, n.:
A place where they dispense with justice.
-- Arthur Train
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Coward, n.:
One who in a perilous emergency thinks with his legs.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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Creditor, n.:
A man who has a better memory than a debtor.
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