(02-25-2026, 02:57 PM)babushka Wrote: do you think there is life on other planets
'no I'm German'
I once asked my paternal grand-dad if he had ever seen a flying saucer. he replied "Oh yes, many, many times!" So, I got excited and pressed him for details, and he said "Well, when yer granny is in the kitchen, and gets pissed off at me... well, let's just say it's how I learned to duck, fast!"
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“Trouble rather the tiger in his lair than the sage among his books. For to you kingdoms and their armies are things mighty and enduring, but to him they are but toys of the moment, to be overturned with the flick of a finger.”
― Gordon R. Dickson, Tactics of Mistake
― Gordon R. Dickson, Tactics of Mistake