“Old men make wars. Young men fight them.”
“Women, honor and resources. These are reasons for why wars are fought.”
(n.) something you won't enjoy until you've acquired some taste.
(n.) talking good, like what I do
a prank where you forcibly submerge someone's head into a shallow ceramic pool of rushing water for several seconds
adj. Figuratively, as: "The pond was literally full of fish"; "The ground was literally alive with snake" etc.
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
(n.) the act of borrowing something at a very favorable rate to the borrower.
if you are given the option between fungible goods of various prices, buy the most expensive one
(n.) a device used to do a thing. the use of tools is a major component of intelligence.
the four main tools include the lever, the pulley, the inclined plane and their older brother the internal combustion engine. tools without good agents include hammers, screwdrivers, gimlets, tongs, other hammers, backscratchers, and many more.
the four main tools include the lever, the pulley, the inclined plane and their older brother the internal combustion engine. tools without good agents include hammers, screwdrivers, gimlets, tongs, other hammers, backscratchers, and many more.
Relating to a mountain in Thessaly, once inhabited by gods, now a repository of yellowing newspapers, beer bottles and mutilated sardine cans, attesting the presence of the tourist and his appetite.
His name the smirking tourist scrawls
Upon Minerva's temple walls,
Where thundered once Olympian Zeus,
And marks his appetite's abuse.
—Averil Joop
His name the smirking tourist scrawls
Upon Minerva's temple walls,
Where thundered once Olympian Zeus,
And marks his appetite's abuse.
—Averil Joop
Smb. who uses drugs a lot
The art of depicting nature as it is seen by toads. The charm suffusing a landscape painted by a mole, or a story written by a measuring-worm.
(also: real life)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
(also: real life)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
A slimy, gobby shellfish which civilization gives men the hardihood to eat without removing its entrails! The shells are sometimes given to the poor.
collectively, all the processes required to get from ingredients to the desired finished food or dish. I include combining and arranging, like for a salad or a sandwich with ham and cheese, which require no actual heating or other transformation of the ingredients, but some may not (that is, they may only consider it cooking if you actually CHANGE the ingredient in some way like heat it or perhaps cure it).
(also: list of hobbies)
(also: list of hobbies)
Literally, the Place of All the Demons. Most of them have escaped into politics and finance, and the place is now used as a lecture hall by the Audible Reformer. When disturbed by his voice the ancient echoes clamor appropriate responses most gratifying to his pride of distinction.
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
(1874 – 1937) Italian engineer who helped develop radio transmission.
(also: 100 most influential people in the world)
(also: guglielmo marconi quotes)
(also: 100 most influential people in the world)
(also: guglielmo marconi quotes)
just like depression, it keeps you down.
To dine.
Hail, Gastronome, Apostle of Excess,
Well skilled to overeat without distress!
Thy great invention, the unfatal feast,
Shows Man's superiority to Beast.
—John Boop
Hail, Gastronome, Apostle of Excess,
Well skilled to overeat without distress!
Thy great invention, the unfatal feast,
Shows Man's superiority to Beast.
—John Boop
(n.) the nearest relative to humanity in the animal kingdom, sharing our boundless savagery but generally looking cuter in tiny clothes or while riding a unicycle
not to be confused with bonobos, assuming one wishes to keep their face glued onto their skull
not to be confused with bonobos, assuming one wishes to keep their face glued onto their skull
a two-week-long suicide threat
sign-up or face the consequences!
“"observers" must obey the call.”
join