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Subject:Re: Stupid Question of the day From:Wade Courtney <wade -dot- courtney -at- gmail -dot- com> To:"Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- polycom -dot- com> Date:Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:00:45 -0800
I like the
"You can't know too much, but you can say too much."
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Combs, Richard
<richard -dot- combs -at- polycom -dot- com>wrote:
> Peter Neilson wrote:
>
> > Actually, it's none of the above. There's Lincoln's Birthday and
> George
> > Washington's Birthday, the 12th and the 22nd respectively. This
> > Monday-holiday rot somehow infected the two fine gentlemen, and now
> > schoolchildren are hard pressed to remember any presidents at all.
> > Perhaps they've heard of Obama.
>
> Hear, hear!
>
> > Sorry, my bile ducts have developed a leak. Hold on while I patch
> them.
> >
> > "Presidents' Day." More than one president, possessive plural form.
>
> That's what my calendar says, and if it's printed and hanging on my cube
> wall, it must be true.
>
> > Why can't we have William Henry Harrison month?
>
> Actually, I'd like us to honor Cal Coolidge, perhaps the last president
> who managed to do no harm, and a man of few words, but some memorable
> ones.
>
> "Don't hesitate to be as revolutionary as science. Don't hesitate to be
> as reactionary as the multiplication table. Don't expect to build up the
> weak by pulling down the strong."
>
> "Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create
> wealth, but because they create character."
>
> "You can't know too much, but you can say too much."
>
> Hey, it's _almost_ Friday!
>
> Richard G. Combs
> Senior Technical Writer
> Polycom, Inc.
> richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
> 303-223-5111
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