And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Give Dave Collum a call in Ithaca. He'll knoiw why. Hey, he married a Cornell.
Ezra Cornell made his fortune in telegraphy. He merged with another large operator after that competitor agreed that Cornell's name for their new entity would be his decision....Western Union.
Probably got drunk in Schenectady, hit his head and had amnesia when he woke up. Had to work at the bar and live in a van down by the river until his tab was worked off.
Odysseus may have been stopping at "ports of call" for some intimate entertainment. Plus, the Honda minivan was not available at that time. For the gent who does not get the humor, I say, DO NOT VISIT PARIS, KENTUCKY!
I had to look at that for a minute.
ReplyDeleteGive Dave Collum a call in Ithaca. He'll knoiw why. Hey, he married a Cornell.
ReplyDeleteEzra Cornell made his fortune in telegraphy. He merged with another large operator after that competitor agreed that Cornell's name for their new entity would be his decision....Western Union.
I don't get it.
ReplyDeleteGot it, popped into my head right after hitting Publish.
ReplyDeleteI had a car like that once.
ReplyDeleteProbably got drunk in Schenectady, hit his head and had amnesia when he woke up. Had to work at the bar and live in a van down by the river until his tab was worked off.
ReplyDeleteThe bar in Schenectady is called Scylla and Charybdis. It’s hard to pass up.
DeleteIf the ancients had roads as bad as those in my state, I could fully understand another lenghtly odyssey.
ReplyDeleteGood one! - Nemo
ReplyDeleteCerebral humor is the best! Good show CW, good show indeed!
ReplyDeleteSorry. I do not get it. And I lived for a year in Syracuse, and my dad grew up in Binghamton.
ReplyDeleteOdysseus didn't have Mapquest.
ReplyDeleteOdysseus may have been stopping at "ports of call" for some intimate entertainment. Plus, the Honda minivan was not available at that time. For the gent who does not get the humor, I say, DO NOT VISIT PARIS, KENTUCKY!
ReplyDeleteI've been to Troy (NY). You don't want to go there, trust me.
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