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Tuesday, 9 August 2005
Quotational irony

Every once in a while, someone will post a quote to my group's distribution list at work. Nothing but a quote, often irrelevant to anything we've been doing or discussing. This is invariably followed by a slew of other quotes from other people.

I always want to respond with:

Don Iohn de Figueroa uſed to ſay: That he that euermore alleadgeth in his conuerſation other mens ſayings, is like a gowtie naile, that cannot enter the wood, except an augar make the way before.

But I don't, as I don't want to come across as a grumpy asshole. Still, that little quote has always struck me as amusingly ironic. And not the Alanis Morrisette kind.

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