In the early 16th Century, Spain was rapidly expanding her colonial conquests in the New World. There came to a certain conquistador rumors of a tribal chieftain in southern Mexico, who was in possession of a fabulous, jewel-encrusted throne, made of solid gold. He set out with a few hundred men to capture this prize for King and the Holy Church.
News of the conqueror's approach reached the chief. Seeking to hide the valuable throne from the Spanish, he directed it be hidden among the simple grass huts in the village. While personally supervising the concealment of the throne in the rafters of one of the huts, the chief was killed when the throne fell on him. Horrified, the entire tribe ran into the jungle; their village was razed and looted by the Spanish, and the tribe was never heard from again. The moral of the story: "People who live in grass houses shouldn't stow thrones". On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 1:27 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > Another one: > > Back in the 30's society functions started mixing some very different > personalities on a wider scale for probably the first time. Nouveau > riche meeting old money. One of the most established and entrenched of > the old guard was Lady Margot Asquith, a genuine English countess. And > one of the most brash and brazen of the new pretenders was the screen > siren and blonde bombshell, Jean Harlowe. Apparently the two had met > previously and taken an instant dislike to each other. As fate would > have it they were both guests at yet another society bash. Jean > Harlowe coldly greeted Dame Asquith by saying, "How's it going, > Margot?" (Pronouncing "Margot" with a hard T at the end ... Mar-get.) > The countess Asquith didn't skip a beat in her reply, "No dear. The T > is silent ... as in Harlowe." > > > > On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 1:07 PM, Medic <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hahaha, awesome. >> >> On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 12:19 PM, Larry C. Lyons >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> >>> Renee Descartes walks into a bar. >>> >>> The bartender asks him, "The usual today, Renee?" >>> >>> Descartes looks and him and responds, "I think not," and POOF! He >>> ceases to exist. >>> >>> -- >>> Larry C. Lyons >>> web: http://www.lyonsmorris.com/lyons >>> LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/larryclyons >>> -- >>> The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do. >>> - B. F. Skinner - >>> >>> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:313391 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
