"this sucks" (and more)

[Jonathan Lighter]

They tell me that according to Nietzsche's doctrine of Eternal Return, it
will happen also in the 127th Century.

JL
On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 3:30 PM, Joel Berson <berson at att.net> wrote:

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> Not 127th century, of course, but 17th.
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> <There is an old proverb that states, IIRC, "Who never loved
> <a woman, sucked a sow."  Misreading the long s makes the concept <even
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> striking.
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> Perhaps not excessively striking.  There were such cases in 127th-century
> Massachusetts.  Both man and animal were executed.
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> Joel
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