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January 10, 2004 by poisonpen
Indeed. Who wants to sword fight anyway? There is nothing better than a good insult. Especially if it's in print. The beauty of the printed insult is that you get time to think it up, fine tune it and deliver it in a lovely font. Unfortunately, you don't always have that option, particularly if you are engaged in one-to-one combat with an inane sales clerk at the 'crap galore' refund counter. You need a good artillery of quips, quotes and vexatious one-liners ready to fire off at any given mo...
January 9, 2004 by poisonpen
There's a fine line between genius and insanity. Some say it is defined by one's bank balance. Oh wait, that's eccentricity and insanity. I've always said if I were rich I'd be eccentric but I'm not so I must be insane. Insanity bordering on genius. It's really all one and the same when you think about it... It is alleged that Albert Einstein wore the exact same outfit every day of his goddamn life. I get changed five times before I go out and then, if I suddenly decide while I'm out that I ...