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| #3748 |   | Barbara's Rules of Bitter Experience: 	(1) When you empty a drawer for his clothes 	    and a shelf for his toiletries, the relationship ends. 	(2) When you finally buy pretty stationary 	    to continue the correspondence, he stops writing.
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| #3749 |   | Barker's Proof: 	Proofreading is more effective after publication.
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| #3750 |   | Barometer, n.: 	An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we 	are having. 		-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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| #3751 |   | Barth's Distinction: 	There are two types of people: those who divide people into two 	types, and those who don't.
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| #3752 |   | Baruch's Observation: 	If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
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| #3753 |   | Basic Definitions of Science: 	If it's green or wiggles, it's biology. 	If it stinks, it's chemistry. 	If it doesn't work, it's physics.
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| #3754 |   | BASIC, n.: 	A programming language.  Related to certain social diseases in 	that those who have it will not admit it in polite company.
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| #3755 |   | Bathquake, n.: 	The violent quake that rattles the entire house when the water 	faucet is turned on to a certain point. 		-- Rich Hall, "Sniglets"
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| #3756 |   | Battle, n.: 	A method of untying with the teeth a political knot that 	will not yield to the tongue. 		-- Ambrose Bierce
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| #3757 |   | Beauty, n.: 	The power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband. 		-- Ambrose Bierce
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