One-Liners

[likethebeer]

I didn't realize that Billy Connolly came up with the line I think of when I think of what the meaning of "intellectual" is: "My definition of an intellectual is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of the Lone Ranger

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[sirreal13]

Give 'em an inch and they'll want Cleveland.

Cleveland

[likethebeer]

Slate recommends that the next silicon valley be in Cleveland.

I don't know what that means about giving someone an inch.

[sirreal13]

I think Mae West was using Cleveland as a variant on the cleavage theme. We may never actually know.

The Cleveland renaissance is puzzling to me. Why not Milwaukee? I'll try to remember to read the Slate article.

[sirreal13]

Woody Allen (1 December 1935-):
'Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon.'

Woody Allen

[likethebeer]

Yes, except I can't escape the sense that, as he gets older, he keeps getting creepier (it's that step-daughter).

[sirreal13]

Actually that borderline incest helped create a lot of the misery, loneliness, and suffering in Mia Farrow's life. Woody must have been reading Nabakov.