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There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
-- Oscar Wilde...
There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact.
-- Mark Twai...
There once was a girl named Irene Who lived on distilled kerosene But she started absorbin' A new hydrocarbon And since then has never benzene.
There once was a member of Mensa Who was a most excellent fencer.
The sword that he used Was his -- (line is refused, And has now been removed by the censor)....
There once was an old man from Esser, Who's knowledge grew lesser and lesser.
It at last grew so small, He knew nothing at all, And now he's a College Professor....
There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it.
-- C. S. Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia...
There was a plane crash over mid-ocean, and only three survivors were left in the life-raf
he Pope, the President, and Mayor Daley....
There was a young lady from Hyde Who ate a green apple and died.
While her lover lamented The apple fermented And made cider inside her inside....
There was a young man who said "God, I find it exceedingly odd, That the willow oak tree Continues to be, When there's no one about in the Quad.
"Dear Sir, your astonishment's odd, For I'm alway...
There was a young poet named Dan, Whose poetry never would scan.
When told this was so, He said, "Yes, I know....

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