Rock Lobsters, the Tuckskin Rikers, the Germans, they’re all here.
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Your argument is invalid
A really rather good explanation of common fallacies: argument or reasoning that appears to be correct but is not.
Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives… you are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets to us where they lie side by side here in this country of ours… You the mothers who sent their sons from far away countries wipe away your tears. Your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, inscribed on the Kemal Atatürk Memorial on ANZAC Parade in Canberra – the only memorial to an enemy commander on ANZAC Parade.
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35 Lessons
She wants you to listen, not to offer a solution to what she’s venting about.
Guilty. But I can’t help myself!
Get on the wagon every once in a while. If only to appreciate that first sip a little bit more than the last.
And to save yourself a shitload of money.
I think the most interesting one for me is:
No one gives a damn about the size of your to-do list.
I think if the point is that it doesn’t matter how much you have to do more will still be expected of you then I guess it’s true, but as someone with a perpetually hefty (and growing) to do list I find that actually everyone I work with is very aware of it and doesn’t want to add to it but they still do. I would have the life lesson as: everyone thinks they are an exception.
If you sit everyone down in a room to agree on a standard across the board and you reach a consensus as soon as one of those people has an individual project it will require something different. The agreed standard will even be referenced but will be shortly followed by a ‘but’. People will always see their project as an exception to the rule even if they set the rule (often especially so in that case) and in terms of a to do list someone may try their hardest to stop others from adding to your to do list but when it comes to them the situation is different – which ultimately leads to the same outcome when everyone thinks that way – but as a rule I think it can be applied to a wider range of situations.
(thx to Justin)
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New Orleans
GOOD asked its readers to submit six-word mottos for New Orleans, the top eleven are showcased here.
I always knew the ‘el’ in my name meant God (Daniel meaning ‘God is my Judge’ or ‘Judged by God’) – it turns out that embedding the name of a god in a name is called theophory.
The obvious examples are the Els (Elizabeth, Daniel, Samuel etc.), the Yahs (Jonathan, Joshua, Jeremy) and the Abduls (from abd + Allah) but the most random example has to be Martin, as in Mars the God of War.
It would also be pretty cool if the latter part of Jesus’ name was in reference to Zeus.