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• Call things by their right names... Glass of brandy and water!
  That is the current but not the appropriate name...
• Life is a holiday in the same way that glass is a liquid
• He [Kippis] might be a very clever man by nature for aught I know, but he laid so many books upon his head that his brains could not move.
  -- Robert Hall (1764-1831) -- Gregory's Life of Hall...
• A guy down the hall has a wooden stake in his window with a sign that reads "BREAK GLASS IN CASE OF VAMPIRE.
• On the ground lies a small glass vial filled with an oily liquid.
• The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names. -- Chinese Proverb
• You'd better be prepared for the jump into hyperspace.
  It's unpleasantly like being drunk. What's so unpleasant about being drunk?...
• Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable.
  A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed. -- Buddha...
• In case of fire, stand in the hall and shout "Fire!" -- The Kidner Repo