which is applied BULLSHIT
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"God is as real as I am," the old man said. My faith was restored, for
-I new that Santa would never lie.
+I knew that Santa would never lie.
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"God is big, so don't fuck with him."
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He hated to mend, so young Ned
Called in a cute neighbor instead.
Her husband said, "Vi,
- When you stitched up his torn fly,
+ When you stitched his torn fly,
Did you have to bite off the thread?"
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He wasn't much of an actor, he wasn't much of a Governor -- Hell, they
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Occident, n.:
The part of the world lying west (or east) of the Orient. It
-is largely inhabited by Christians, powerful sub-tribe of the
+is largely inhabited by Christians, a powerful sub-tribe of the
Hypocrites, whose principal industries are murder and cheating, which
they are pleased to call "war" and "commerce." These, also, are the
principal industries of the Orient.
The superpowers often behave like two heavily armed blind men feeling
their way around a room, each believing himself in mortal peril from
the other, whom he assumes to have perfect vision. Each tends to
-ascribe to the other side a consistency, forsight and coherence that
+ascribe to the other side a consistency, foresight and coherence that
its own experience belies. Of course, even two blind men can do
enormous damage to each other, not to speak of the room.
-- Henry Kissinger