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The main evidence in favour of a life doing nothing but write & nose into other folk's affairs only in so far as you need exercise, is that your dreams become long & coherent & beautiful. Ted Hughes

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Should They Be Allowed To Marry?

This one from Bad Attitudes but attributed to KC Constantine:

Scientists in the current issue of the journal Nurture announced the discovery that affiliation with the Republican Party is genetically determined. This caused uproar among traditionalists who believe it is a chosen lifestyle.

Reports of the gene coding for political conservatism, discovered after a decades-long study of quintuplets in Orange County, CA, have sent shock waves through the medical, political, and golfing communities.

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