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Bryce F.A.Q (Last Updated: 2025 Jan 04 3:16 am)
When Winston Churchill was running for re-election against Clement Attlee(I think), he said,"My opponent is a modest man who has much to be modest about" I don't know if this is from Grougho Marx or Woody Allen; "I always figured any club that would have me as a member is probably not worth joining" When asked if he was aware that U.S. Grant was drunk much of the time during the western campaign of the American civil war, Abraham Lincoln replied " Find out what he drinks and send a bottle to all my other generals, because the man fights" Supposedly one time when Lincoln was preparing to mount a horse, the animal became spooked and got one of it's rear feet caught in the stirrup, Lincoln said "If you're getting on, I'm getting off"
"Any club that would have me as a member is probably not worth joining" -Groucho Marx
'Never underestimate the power of human stupidity', Robert Heinlien. (The Bryster's family motto)
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