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Arrogance is best defeated with poignant thoughts!  sam

posted by sam444 on May 20, 2008 at 2:18 PM | link to this | reply

Re: that should have been "yours" minus the apostrophe
I guess I'm anal-retentive today.  Time for a bran muffin!

posted by CunningLinguist on May 20, 2008 at 8:19 AM | link to this | reply

I feel what he's saying here but...
A whiz man once said "Blowing out someone else's candle doesn't make your's burn any brighter."

However, it is exceptionally juicy when some smug blowhard gets torn a new one by someone equal to the task.  Bill Buckley making intellectual elites from the time look like stuttering lil' prix, for example.

posted by CunningLinguist on May 20, 2008 at 8:15 AM | link to this | reply