diff --git a/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes b/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes
index b3bdcbd29dcb..6ba2bc737fab 100644
--- a/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes
+++ b/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes
@@ -6669,8 +6669,6 @@ A conservative is a man
 with two perfectly good legs who has never learned to walk.
 		-- Franklin D. Roosevelt
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-A conservative is one who is too cowardly to fight and too fat to run.
-%
 A consultant is a person who borrows your watch, tells you what time it
 is, pockets the watch, and sends you a bill for it.
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@@ -13267,7 +13265,7 @@ Brooke's Law:
 	discovers something which either abolishes the system or
 	expands it beyond recognition.
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-Brooks's Law:
+Brooks' Law:
 	Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later
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 Brucify, v:
@@ -14814,8 +14812,6 @@ when everything else feels great.
 Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking.
 		-- H. L. Mencken, "A Mencken Chrestomathy"
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-Conscience is what hurts when everything else feels so good.
-%
 Conscious is when you are aware of something and conscience is when you
 wish you weren't.
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@@ -15506,7 +15502,7 @@ Death is only a state of mind.
 
 Only it doesn't leave you much time to think about anything else.
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-Death rays don't kill people, people kill people!!
+Death rays don't kill people, people kill people!
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 Death to all fanatics!
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@@ -40079,13 +40075,13 @@ A:	None.  We'll document it in the manual.
 Q:	How many tech writers does it take to change a lightbulb?
 A:	None.  The user can figure it out.
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-Q:	How many Harvard MBA's does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
+Q:	How many Harvard MBAs does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
 A:	Just one.  He grasps it firmly and the universe revolves around him.
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-Q:	How many IBM 370's does it take to execute a job?
+Q:	How many IBM 370s does it take to execute a job?
 A:	Four, three to hold it down, and one to rip its head off.
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-Q:	How many IBM CPU's does it take to do a logical right shift?
+Q:	How many IBM CPUs does it take to do a logical right shift?
 A:	33.  1 to hold the bits and 32 to push the register.
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 Q:	How many IBM types does it take to change a light bulb?