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A friend who usually projects an image of straightlacedness made me laugh when, hearing of a couple expecting their Nth child (where N > 4), she remarked in deadpan fashion, "They know what causes that."

Similarly, one of my favorite lines in the horror movie Lake Placid is delivered by Oliver Platt in his rĂ´le as an obnoxious genius scientist. When a local sheriff expresses incredulity at a crocodile's abilities, Platt's character replies, "They conceal information like that in books."

(Lake Placid was written by David E. Kelley; see also DiggingTheStacks1 (21 Jun 2001), InvisibleCulture (24 Nov 2001), RoomToRead (23 Oct 2004), ...)


TopicHumor - TopicLearning - TopicLibraries - 2005-01-25



(correlates: SorryForYourLoss, AsimovOnLibraries, GiftForFiction, ...)

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