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A phobia is by definition an irrational fear. Claustrophobia is an irrational fear of enclosed spaces.
Ailurophobia is an irrational fear of cats. (And, as a friend of mine has observed, tooraloorail...
A phone call costs less than you think. Soon it'll cost more than you believe.
Aphorism, n.: A concise, clever statement.
Aphorism, n.: A concise, clever statement. Afterism, n.
A concise, clever statement you don't think of until too late. -- James Alexander Thom...
APHORISM, n. Predigested wisdom. The flabby wine-skin of his brain Yields to some pathologic strain, And voids from its unstored abysm The driblet of an aphorism.
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A photographer is like a fish, he lays thousands of eggs hoping that one will grow to maturity.
A photographic memory, but the lens cover is glued on.
A photograph of Holocaust victims might be inappropriate for display in the entrance of a museum where all would have to confront it, whether they chose to or not.
-- John Frohnmayer, Nat'l Endo...
A photo is displayed of Senator Dan Quayle holding a pumpkin to the left of his head.
] "Here's an Update Quiz: what's the difference between these two spherical objects?...
A physical factor occasionally showing up in experiments as a result of stopping a stopwatch a little early to compensate for reflex error.
-- Fudge Facto...

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