It is the height of absurdity to sow little but weeds in the first half of one's lifetime and expect read more

It is the height of absurdity to sow little but weeds in the first half of one's lifetime and expect to harvest a valuable crop in the second half.

Perhaps I'm old and tired, but I always think that the chances of finding out what really is going on read more

Perhaps I'm old and tired, but I always think that the chances of finding out what really is going on are so absurdly remote that the only thing to do is to say hang the sense of it and just keep yourself occupied.

Tom Delay did bugs exterminate
before he did kid soldiers terminate.
Kissinger's Bremer has not been forthright
about how many read more

Tom Delay did bugs exterminate
before he did kid soldiers terminate.
Kissinger's Bremer has not been forthright
about how many died in the last fortnight.

Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble.

Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble.

Alec Issignois said a camel was a horse
made by a committee.. but a camel is an animal created read more

Alec Issignois said a camel was a horse
made by a committee.. but a camel is an animal created by
God to adapt to deserts made by treekilling human beings
The animal made by human commitee
had pickled pigs' feet .. the pigs now had no feet ..
frog's legs ...the frogs now had no legs
chicken's thighs... the chickens now had no thighs
lamb's ribs .. the lamb now had no ribs
turkey's breasts.. the turkey's chest was carved
sheep's eyes which watched the devourers
calf brains which contained Mad Cow
and God sent angels
to wipe all violence from the earth
from this day forth
© S N Shriver.

The charity that hastens to proclaim its good deeds, ceases to be charity, and is only pride and ostentation.

The charity that hastens to proclaim its good deeds, ceases to be charity, and is only pride and ostentation.

Pride is the master sin of the devil, and the devil is the father of lies.

Pride is the master sin of the devil, and the devil is the father of lies.

Talent, like beauty, to be pardoned, must be obscure and unostentatious.

Talent, like beauty, to be pardoned, must be obscure and unostentatious.

In politics, an absurdity is not a handicap.

In politics, an absurdity is not a handicap.