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| #4758 | | Worst Month of the Year:
February. February has only 28 days in it, which means that if
you rent an apartment, you are paying for three full days you
don't get. Try to avoid Februarys whenever possible.
-- Steve Rubenstein
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| #4759 | | Worst Response To A Crisis, 1985:
From a readers' Q and A column in TV GUIDE: "If we get involved
in a nuclear war, would the electromagnetic pulses from exploding bombs
damage my videotapes?"
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| #4760 | | Worst Vegetable of the Year:
The brussels sprout. This is also the worst vegetable of next year.
-- Steve Rubenstein
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| #4761 | | write-protect tab, n.:
A small sticker created to cover the unsightly notch carelessly left
by disk manufacturers. The use of the tab creates an error message
once in a while, but its aesthetic value far outweighs the momentary
inconvenience.
-- Robb Russon
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| #4762 | | WYSIWYG:
What You See Is What You Get.
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| #4763 | | XIIdigitation, n.:
The practice of trying to determine the year a movie was made
by deciphering the Roman numerals at the end of the credits.
-- Rich Hall, "Sniglets"
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| #4764 | | Year, n.:
A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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| #4765 | | Yinkel, n.:
A person who combs his hair over his bald spot, hoping no one
will notice.
-- Rich Hall, "Sniglets"
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| #4766 | | yo-yo, n.:
Something that is occasionally up but normally down.
(see also Computer).
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| #4767 | | Zall's Laws:
(1) Any time you get a mouthful of hot soup, the next thing you do
will be wrong.
(2) How long a minute is, depends on which side of the bathroom
door you're on.
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