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;void(0)) . . . BUGS BUNNY see "HUMOR" for related links 'What's up, Doc?' was incomplete without the sound of the rabbit nibbling on the carrot, which presented problems. First of all, I don't especially like carrots, at least not raw. And second, I found it impossible to chew, swallow, and be ready to say my next line. We tried substituting other vegetables, including apples and celery, but with unsatisfactory results. The solution was to stop recording so that I could spit out the carrot into the waste-basket and then proceed with the script. In the course of a recording session I usually went through enough carrots to fill several wastebaskets. Bugs Bunny did for carrots what Popeye the Sailor did for spinach. How many ... children were coerced into eating their carrots by mothers cooing ... "'But Bugs Bunny eats _his_ carrots.' If only they had known. --Mel Blanc (19081989) American voice actor for cartoons. Bugs uses his carrot as a prop, just as Groucho used his cigar. Eventually Bugs even stole Marx's response to an insult: 'Of course you know, this means war!' --Stefan Kanfer Writer and editor at "Time" for 20 years and biographer of Lucille Ball and Groucho Marx, _Serious Business_.  . . see "HURTING (SOMEONE)" for related links A brave man is sometimes a desperado: a bully is always a coward. --Thomas C. Haliburton (17961865) Canadian politician, judge, and writer who was best known as the creator of the literary character, Sam Slick. The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence. --Ayn Rand (19051982) Russian-born American writer. _The Virtue of Selfishness_ [1964] Commonly they use their feet for defense, whose tongue is their weapon. --Sir Philip Sidney (15541586) English courtier, statesman, soldier, and poet . . see "HUMOR" for related links Back off! I'm a Postal Worker! Bad cop. No doughnut. Death to all fanatics! Keep Honking. I'm Reloading. So many cats. So few recipes. Grow your own dope, plant a man. Save the whales! Collect the whole set! Question reality. Where will you be sitting in eternity--smoking or non-smoking? --Christian bumper sticker Feminists: Aren't They Just Precious! . . Note: The practice of bundling was shown in the movie, "The Patriot". From the letters of Franηois Barbι-Marbois (17451837) (French statesman who in 1803 negotiated the Louisiana Purchase with the United States.) You know that it wounds the modesty of American women if you pronounce the words "legs, knees, shirt, garters," and any number of other equally offensive to their ears. But you may suggest to a young lady that she bundle and she looks upon the suggestion as a courtesy. Sometimes this strange favor is granted to a traveler, however little he may be known. This widespread custom is hard to reconcile with the severity of manners and the reserve natural to the sex, which exists in the northern part of America. It is from the Indians or savages that the English who came to settle in Connecticut borrowed this custom, and we are assured that though modesty may be wounded by it, chastity is not. There is no "bundling" in the summer and the only clothes which may be removed to "bundle" are coats and shoes. It was only a short time ago that bundling was abolished in Boston, Newport, and New York. Connecticut has not adopted this reform. The first French officers who were allowed to practice it, however, behaved themselves with so little reserve that older people urged mothers not to allow them to bundle with their daughters anymore. The custom was suspended, but the departure of the army permits the reestablishment of the practice and the older women who protect it, although they really have no interest in it, are the most anxious to stir up the girls to follow a custom from which they themselves formerly benefited. . . see "UNHAPPINESS" for related links For every man shall bear his own burden. --Bible "Galatians" 6:5 To carry care to bed is to sleep with a pack on your back. --Thomas C. Haliburton (17961865) Canadian politician, judge, and writer who was best known as the creator of the literary character, Sam Slick. - Everyone thinks his sack heaviest. --George Herbert (15931633) English religious poet. In _Comp. Outlandish Proverbs_, 748 [1640]. None knows the weight of another's burthen. --George Herbert (15931633) English religious poet. In _Comp. Outlandish Proverbs_, 880 [1640]. - It's not the load that breaks you down - it's the way you carry it. --Lena Horne (1917 ) American singer and actress. Cares are often more difficult to thrown off than sorrows; the latter die with time, the former grow upon it. --Jean Paul Richter (17631825) German novelist If you tell your troubles to God, you put them into the grave; they will never rise again when you have committed them to Him. If you roll your burden anywhere else, it will roll back again like the stone of Sisyphus. --Charles Haddon Spurgeon (18341892) English nonconformist preacher. ----- encumbrance [en-KUHM-brun(t)s], noun: 1. A burden, impediment, or hindrance. 2. A lien, mortgage, or other financial claim against a property. Ex.: As Prince of Wales, George V had himself taken his wife on several foreign or imperial tours, without the encumbrance of their young children. --Ben Pimlott, _The Queen: A Biography of Elizabeth II_ . . see: "MANAGEMENT" see "POLITICS" for other related links Guidelines for bureaucrats: 1. When in charge, ponder. 2. When in trouble, delegate. 3. When in doubt, mumble. --James H. Boren (1925 ) American bureaucrat, professional speaker, and humorist. In "New York Times" [8 November 1970]. While democracy must have its organization and controls, its vital breath is individual liberty. --Charles Evans Hughes (18621948) American professor of law, politician, and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court [19301941]. Your public servants serve you right. --Adlai E. Stevenson (19001965) American Democratic politician. Speech in Los Angeles, California [11 September 1952]. TOPICAL When I did "Scaring", we videotaped Aspen, Colorado, because part of Aspen had been declared a Superfund site after tests found lead in the soil. Aspen was once home to silver mines, and when miners pulled silver out of ore, they left lead. Lead is a nasty poison. If kids eat enough of it, they suffer brain damage. But lead _in soil_ isn't necessarily harmful. Nevertheless, the EPA warned the citizens of Aspen that they were in danger and scheduled an ambitious cleanup. [ ] At first, frightened people in Aspen were eager for the cleanup to begin. But then some started talking to scientists, who were bewildered by the EPA's plan. Some said the cleanup would be more dangerous than leaving the lead in the soil, because digging it up would put lead dust in the air. Thousands of truck runs carried risks, too. Wouldn't it make more sense just to cover the lead with fresh dirt? Or tell the kids not to eat the dirt? Or to eat less of it? No, said EPA toxicologist Chris Weis. He was certain leaving the lead where it was would be "a serious problem for children" But people started to ask, how dangerous could the lead be? For decades, kids had used the toxic waste site as their playground. Now they were adults, and healthy. A committee of doctors searched through hospital records and found no cases of lead poisoning. [ ] Did lack of evidence of lead poisoning persuade the bureaucrats to reconsider demolishing homes and spending millions of your dollars? No. They had to *save the children*. The EPA said blood lead levels above 10 micrograms per deciliter are risky, and the officials were sure that Aspen residents were in worse shape than that. "We have to get those levels down below 10!" In a less sophisticated and politically connected community, the EPA would simply have demolished that part of town. But after six years of arguing, Aspen residents finally persuaded officials to test their blood. EPA officials were "certain" that 99 percent of the children would show lead levels over 10. When the test results came in, the kids' levels averaged 3, among the lowest anywhere in America. Did those remarkable results get the EPA to back off? Heck no. They still planned to dig up the neighborhood because the lead in the soil was a "potential" hazard. Only after three more years of protests and testing did the EPA finally take Aspen off the Superfund list. [ ] When they're spending your money to fulfill their vision [ ], the bureaucrats rarely back off. --John Stossel (1947 ) American television journalist and author. _Give Me A Break_ [2005] end page | BABIES - BARTENDERS | BASEBALL | BASTARDS - BEATLES (THE) | BEAUTY | BED - BEGINNINGS | BEHAVIOR - BELIEF | BENNY (JACK) - BIBLE | BICYCLES - BIRDS | BIRTH - BLAIR (TONY) | BLAME - BLOGGING | BLONDES - BOOK BURNING | BOOKS | BOOMERS (THE) - BOXING | BOYS - BREAKING UP | BREASTS - BRITAIN | BROADWAY - BUBBLES (ECONOMIC) | BUGS BUNNY - BUREAUCRACY | BURMA SHAVE - BUSYBODIES | | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | | Return Home | The Credits | The Cast | Act 1 | Act 2 | Act 3 | The End | The Reviews | Photos | |
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