The more innocuous the name of a weapon, the more hideous its impact. Some of the most horrific weapons of the Vietnam era were named Bambi, Infant, Daisycutter, Grasshopper, and Agent Orange. Nor is the trend new: From the past we have Mustard Gas, Angel Chasers [two can-nonballs linked with a chain for added destruction], and the Peacemaker, to name a few.)
Airplane Law, The: When the plane you are on is late, the plane you want to transfer to is on time. - Paul Dickson
Airplane Law, The: When the plane you are on is late, the plane you want to transfer to is on time.
- Paul Dickson
The more innocuous the name of a weapon, the more hideous its impact. Some of the most horrific weapons of the Vietnam era were named Bambi, Infant, … - Paul Dickson
The more innocuous the name of a weapon, the more hideous its impact. Some of the most horrific weapons of the Vietnam era were named Bambi, Infant, …
May you look back on the past with as much pleasure as you look forward to the future. - Paul Dickson
May you look back on the past with as much pleasure as you look forward to the future.
Accuracy, Rule of, Corollary: Provided, of course, that you know there is a problem. - Paul Dickson
Accuracy, Rule of, Corollary: Provided, of course, that you know there is a problem.
No experiment is ever a complete failure. It can always be used as a bad example. - Paul Dickson
No experiment is ever a complete failure. It can always be used as a bad example.
Abbott's Admonitions: (1) If you have to ask, you're not entitled to know. (2) If you don't like the answer, you shouldn't have asked the question. - Paul Dickson
Abbott's Admonitions: (1) If you have to ask, you're not entitled to know. (2) If you don't like the answer, you shouldn't have asked the question.
The odds are six to five that the light in the end of the tunnel is the headlight of an oncoming train. - Paul Dickson
The odds are six to five that the light in the end of the tunnel is the headlight of an oncoming train.
The great comfort of turning forty-nine is the realization that you are now too old to die young. - Paul Dickson
The great comfort of turning forty-nine is the realization that you are now too old to die young.
Allen's Law of Civilization: It is better for civilization to be going down the drain than to be coming up it. - Paul Dickson
Allen's Law of Civilization: It is better for civilization to be going down the drain than to be coming up it.
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