"You're now a frishlingman of two thousand oh-knot."

— Joe Robins, on the chat list at swil.org

"Some people have told me they don't think a fat penguin really embodies the
grace of Linux, which just tells me they have never seen a angry penguin
charging at them in excess of 100mph. They'd be a lot more careful about
what they say if they had."

— Linus Torvalds

But if one approaches this looking through the lenses of distrust, I don't
expect that I'll be believed. -- Sherri Johnson

Clyde, what exactly does a suspicious truck look like?

— "Terry", in "Broken Arrow"

Lord grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change. The
courage to change the things I can. And the wisdom to hide the bodies of
the people I had to kill because they pissed me off. -- J. G. Bullers

Things we wish we could say in real life:
"Something dreadful is happening! Taking emergency exit!"

— error message from elm (UNIX mailer)

This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with
great force.

— Dorothy Parker

> Why is it that english/american is the prefered language on internet?
It's not.
After careful study of usenet, I've discovered that 93.2% of posts are
actually written in Gibberish.

— Jon Lilley, in rec.motorcycles

The best approach: order a large bag o' magnets -- in fact, order several:
they're fun for the whole family... Gather the youg'uns and the missus
around and watch the media errors scroll by. Bring food. Make a night of
it. The possibilities are limited only by your imagination and city
zoning ordinances.

— Bill Paul, in alt.sysadmin.recovery

(3) With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, this is
not necessarily a good idea. It is hard to be sure where they
are going to land, and it could be dangerous sitting under them
as they fly overhead.

— RFC 1925 - Fundamental truths of networking

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