An occasional report on words, phrases, and pith.
Huh?
“Unqualified people were hired to do nothing.” — from a report in the LA Times about corruption at a county office. It sounded plausible — but wait. We don’t understand. What qualifications are required, in the view of either the county or the Times, for a job that does nothing?
Quoth
Lord make me chaste. But not yet. Agustine de Phillippa
Quoth
I knew her before she was a virgin. Oscar Levant, about Doris Day.
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