"THERE DO EXIST ENQUIRING MINDS, which long for the truth of the heart, seek it, strive to solve the problems set by life, try to penetrate to the essence of things and phenomena and to penetrate into themselves. If a man reasons and thinks soundly, no matter which path he follows in solving these problems, he must inevitably arrive back at himself, and begin with the solution of the problem of what he is himself and what his place is in the world around him. For without this knowledge, he will have no focal point in his search. Socrates’ words, “Know thyself” remain for all those who seek true knowledge and being."

VIEWS FROM THE REAL WORLD, BY by G.I. Gurdjieff, p 43

13 April 2012

A Humor Break

from Jean Houston's facebook page today:

  • Kids say the darndest things!

    Some grade school teachers must agree with that, because they keep journals of amusing things their students have written in papers. Here are a few examples:

    - The future of "I give" is "I take."

    - The parts of speech are lungs and air.

    - The inhabitants of Moscow are called Mosquitoes.

    - A census taker is man who goes from house to house increasing the population.

    - The general direction of the Alps is straight up.

    - A city purifies its water supply by filtering the water then forcing it through an aviator.

    - Most of the houses in France are made of plaster of Paris.


    - We do not raise silk worms in the United States, because we get our silk from rayon. He is a larger worm and gives more silk.

    - One of the main causes of dust is janitors.

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    - To prevent head colds, use an agonizer to spray into the nose until it drips into the throat.

    - The four seasons are salt, pepper, mustard and vinegar.

    - The climate is hottest next to the Creator.

    - Oliver Cromwell had a large red nose, but under it were deeply religious feelings.

    - The word trousers is an uncommon noun because it is singular at the top and plural at the bottom.

    - Syntax is all the money collected at the church from sinners.

    - The blood circulates through the body by flowing down one leg and up the other.

    - In spring, the salmon swim upstream to spoon.

    - Iron was discovered because someone smelt it.

    - In the middle of the 18th century, all the morons moved to Utah.
     
     

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