You said, “but.” I’ve put my finger on the whole trouble. You’re a “but” man. Don’t say, “but.” That little word “but” is the difference between success and failure. Henry Ford said, “I’m going to invent the automobile,” and Arthur T. Flanken said, “But . . .”
– Sgt. Ernie Bilko (The Phil Silvers Show)
Has anyone read James Taranto’s “Best of the Web” over at the Wall Street Journal lately? He points out that dozens of John Kerry speeches contain “but”, to the point of completely undermining any claim Kerry might have to being a consistent, principled politician.
But of course you knew that already!
First time I’ve seen a 419 scam posted on a blog. Truly the blogoshpere is the future of communications…
EG
No, the blogosphere is the present of communications.
The future of communications is when we have Wi-Fi implants, connected to our nervous systems and controlled by our thoughts.
No, the future of communications is when people start becoming more aware of their telepathic capacities and no longer believing like sheep that’s it all humbug.
There is a “bit” on the second line of the third para…
I guess it is inkeeping with the topic after all (-:
There is a “but” on the second line of the third para…
I guess it is inkeeping with the topic after all (-:
Or perhaps wi-fi implants connected to our nervous systems and controlled by anyone who can hack into the radio network?
Of course, quantum cryptography will make sure this cannot happen. Until someone finds a way round that too – everything a man makes, another man can break, or circumvent, or make redundant.
EG
Bilko was a conman. “But” shows that the proposition may be subject to rational analysis, and that’s what no booster of an utopian scheme can bear.