…and she says that if you put an angora sweater in the freezer for an hour, it won’t
shed for the rest of the day. And I’m thinking, “My cat sheds an awful lot.”
Ellen DeGeneres
Comedy is when you accidentally fall off a cliff and die.
Tragedy is when I have a hangnail.
Mel Brooks
The two most beautiful words in the English language are:
Yeast is an amazing organism— it literally pees alcohol. Christ was often turning water into wine, which is pretty amazing, but yeast is close to that Christ-like power— it can turn grape juice into wine. And I’m not sure I want to know how Christ turned water into wine…
A point which Benjamin Franklin made, that the miracle of water to wine is constantly repeated all around us. Which he took as proof that God loved us and wanted us to be happy.
He also liked beer, and had several notable quotes in praise of it, too. And he probably would have agreed that beer was also proof of God’s love. But the actual quote is the wine one.
In 1958 when Nissan wanted to market their export line of cars, they needed a new name for the brand.
They contacted a German marketing firm for advice. Nissan said, ‘Oh, and we need the new name in seven days.’ The German marketing firm said, ‘Dat soon?’