# Thought for the Day

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-for-the-day/295737>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 22, 2005, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-for-the-day/295737 "2005-03-22T17:20:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![DrMemory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@DrMemory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrMemory)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-for-the-day/295737/41 "2005-03-24T15:14:29Z")

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Life is like a sewer…  
What you get OUT of it,  
Depends on what you put INTO it.

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**Author:** ![emekthian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@emekthian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emekthian)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-for-the-day/295737/42 "2005-03-24T17:38:20Z")

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We, as humans, are essentially chemicals. Everything that we have done or ever will do is nothing more than an elaboration of sticking lithium in water and watching the sparks. Therefore, nothing matters. _Do whatever the hell you want_.

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**Author:** ![Fritz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c57346/32.png) [@Fritz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fritz)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-for-the-day/295737/43 "2005-03-24T17:56:20Z")

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As long as they pretend to pay me, I will pretend to work.

and

Doodoo Occurs

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**Author:** ![Redwing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@Redwing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redwing)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-for-the-day/295737/44 "2005-03-24T18:25:22Z")

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Go not to the surrealists for advice for they will say both puce and octopus.

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**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-for-the-day/295737/45 "2005-03-24T18:40:27Z")

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The Monks of Cool inhabit an extremely laid back valley in the hubward Ramtops. Each apprentice monk is shown a wardrobe full of clothes and asked which ones are cool. The correct answer, of course, is “Dude, whatever I select.”

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