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• As a general rule, the freedom of any people can be judged by the volume of their laughter.
• The farther a theater seat is from the aisle, the later the patron arrives.
  -- Borkon's Observatio...
• Airplane. Guy is sitting asleep, fly open, completely exposed.
  Next aisle, a guy's sitting there. He looks over and sees him....
• Happiness is in direct proportion to the distance from the home office.
  Contradictory Corollary: The diner who is furthest from the kitchen is a nervous eater....
• We can usually learn much more from people whose views we share than from people whose views contradict our ow
  disagreement can cause stress and inhibit learning....
• Regnant populi. [The people rule.]
• Marxists are people whose insides are torn up day after day because they want to rule the world and no one will even publish their letter to the editor.
  -- --Mark Heprin -- Winter's Tale...
• Milstead's Christmas Card Rule: After you've mailed your last card, you will receive a card from someone you overlooked.
• Deal's Second Law of Sailing: No matter how strong the breeze when you leave the dock, once you have reached the furthest point from port the wind will die.