Everybody Is Somewhere.

Impartial Observers From Other Planets Would Consider Ours An Utterly Bizarre Enclave If It Were Populated By Birds, Defined As Flying Animals, That Nevertheless Rarely Or Never Actually Flew. They Would Also Be Perplexed If They Encountered In Our Seas, Lakes, Rivers, And Ponds, Creatures Defined As Swimmers That Never Did Any Swimming. But They Would Be Even More Surprised To Encounter A Species Defined As A Thinking Animal If, In Fact, The Creature Very Rarely Indulged In Actual Thinking.

Without Laughter Life On Our Planet Would Be Intolerable. So Important Is Laughter To Us That Humanity Highly Rewards Members Of One Of The Most Unusual Professions On Earth, Those Who Make A Living By Inducing Laughter In Others. This Is Very Strange If You Stop To Think Of It: That Otherwise Sane And Responsible Citizens Should Devote Their Professional Energies To Causing Others To Make Sharp, Explosive Barking-like Exhalations.

Sometimes Things Which At The Moment May Be Perceived As Obstacles-and Actually Be Obstacles, Difficulties, Or Drawbacks-can In The Long Run Result In Some Good End Which Would Not Have Occurred If It Had Not Been For The Obstacle.

Ours Is A Government Of Checks And Balances. The Mafia And Crooked Businessmen Make Out Checks, And The Politicians And Other Compromised Officials Improve Their Bank Balances.

There Is Scarcely A Page Of The Bible On Which An Open Mind Does Not Perceive A Contradiction, An Unlikely Story, An Obvious Error, An Historical Impossibility Of One Sort Or Another.