So familiar are eggs to us, however, that in the eighteenth century they were referred to as cackling farts, on the basis that chickens cackled all the time and eggs came out of the back of them.
Curiosity may have killed the cat, but it was the sausage-maker who disposed of the body. - Mark Forsyth
Curiosity may have killed the cat, but it was the sausage-maker who disposed of the body.
- Mark Forsyth
So familiar are eggs to us, however, that in the eighteenth century they were referred to as cackling farts, on the basis that chickens cackled all t… - Mark Forsyth
So familiar are eggs to us, however, that in the eighteenth century they were referred to as cackling farts, on the basis that chickens cackled all t…
The problem with the alphabet is that it bears no relation to anything at all, and when words are arranged alphabetically they are uselessly separate… - Mark Forsyth
The problem with the alphabet is that it bears no relation to anything at all, and when words are arranged alphabetically they are uselessly separate…
Poetry is much more important than the truth, and, if you don't believe that, try using the two methods to get laid. - Mark Forsyth
Poetry is much more important than the truth, and, if you don't believe that, try using the two methods to get laid.
A poet is not somebody who has great thoughts. That is the menial duty of the philosopher. A poet is somebody who expresses his thoughts, however com… - Mark Forsyth
A poet is not somebody who has great thoughts. That is the menial duty of the philosopher. A poet is somebody who expresses his thoughts, however com…
Anyone who has ever taken out a mortgage will be unsurprised to learn that it is, literally, a /death pledge/. - Mark Forsyth
Anyone who has ever taken out a mortgage will be unsurprised to learn that it is, literally, a /death pledge/.
Reality changes words far more than words can ever change reality. - Mark Forsyth
Reality changes words far more than words can ever change reality.
Freud said that everything was secretly sexual. But etymologists know that sex is secretly food. - Mark Forsyth
Freud said that everything was secretly sexual. But etymologists know that sex is secretly food.
But Shakespeare never drank coffee. Nor did Julius Caesar, or Socrates. Alexander the Great conquered half the world without even a café latte to per… - Mark Forsyth
But Shakespeare never drank coffee. Nor did Julius Caesar, or Socrates. Alexander the Great conquered half the world without even a café latte to per…
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