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Karen Zeilinger's avatar

I had to quit saying, “I refuse to have a battle of whit with an unarmed person,” but don’t have a source for the quote. Actually, sounds like something you might have said 😂

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Lee Judge's avatar

According to the internet, that was said by Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde AND Winston Churchill, which lets you know you can find pretty much anything you want on the internet. On the other hand, that's pretty good company so go ahead and throw me in there, too.

And thanks for reading.

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JoeDelaney's avatar

"Wow, you actually said that out loud" is another important tool in the arsenal, though it's best saved for stuff said to/about kids. But not always.

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Lee Judge's avatar

It will immediately go on my exit-line list.

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Elaine the Mean Old Feminist's avatar

My brothers call me a whore all the time. But they're a pack of fucking morons. 😜

Happy Gee We're Thankful For Our Appropriation of Stolen Land Day 😁

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Lee Judge's avatar

We liked to include a pick-up basketball or two-hand touch football game that inevitably ended in a fistfight in our Holiday celebrations. Family Traditions are so important.

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John Shipp's avatar

Working on memorizing that list…and in spite of all the world’s challenges, life is still so so sweet!

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Lee Judge's avatar

Good luck with all that. (Wait...that's another exit line, so let me rephrase.) Thanks for reading and have a Happy Thanksgiving. It really is one of my favorite holidays.

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Mark B's avatar

Or just have a nice candlelight dinner with your spouse and enjoy that it's just the two of you. :)

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jr rogers's avatar

This essay (now I know what they are) had it all. You were rollin’.

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Lee Judge's avatar

Actually, I'm never sure whether to call these stories or essays or rants. In any case, thanks, I never know where I'm going when I start one of these, but apparently I had a lot to say on the subject.

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jr rogers's avatar

I call them epistles.

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Lee Judge's avatar

Steve, I can always count on you to see the silver lining.

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