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• The Martian canals were the Martians' last ditch effort.
• The Martian Canals were clearly the Martian's last ditch effort!
• Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake. -- Savielly Grigorievitch
• Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake. TARTAKOWER
• Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake.
  -- Chessmaster Savielly Grigorievitch Tartakower (1887-1956)...
• Effort x Time = Constant A. Given a large initial time to do something the initial effort will be small.
  B. As time goes to zero, effort goes to infinity. Corollary...
• Homer: Phew! I'm back. [walks up stairs to kitchen where family eats breakfast] Aw, my loving family!
  Nothing's changed. [a buzzer goes off; a TV screen morphs from the floor] Ned...
• If life was a highway, I'd be in a ditch!
• Cat, n.: Lapwarmer with built-in buzzer.