"As humans, we have invented lots of useful kinds of lie. As well as lies-to-children ('as much as they can understand') there are lies-to-bosses ('as ...
We who think we are about to die will laugh at anything.
~ Terry Pratchett ~
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We who think we are about to die will laugh at anything.
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