Fix whitespace and punctuation.
PR: misc/49967 Submitted by: Sean C. Farley <sean-freebsd@farley.org>
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@ -721,8 +721,8 @@ an electronic calculator, and then say, "We're expecting a shipment of
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these sometime around the middle of next week".
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-- Dave Barry, "The Taming of the Screw"
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How many seconds are there in a year? If I tell you there are
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3.155 x 10^7, you won't even try to remember it. On the other hand,
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How many seconds are there in a year? If I tell you there are
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3.155 x 10^7, you won't even try to remember it. On the other hand,
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who could forget that, to within half a percent, pi seconds is a
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nanocentury.
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-- Tom Duff, Bell Labs
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@ -1865,7 +1865,7 @@ favored by God with an extraordinary genius for swathing the bitter
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facts of life in bandages of self-illusion.
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-- H. L. Mencken
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A general leading the State Department resembles a dragon commanding
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A general leading the State Department resembles a dragon commanding
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ducks.
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-- New York Times, Jan. 20, 1981
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@ -1926,7 +1926,7 @@ M is for Maud who was swept out to sea, N is for Nevil who died of enui.
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O is for Olive, run through with an awl, P is for Prue, trampled flat in a brawl
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Q is for Quinton who sank in a mire, R is for Rhoda, consumed by a fire.
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S is for Susan who parished of fits, T is for Titas who flew into bits.
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U is for Una who slipped down a drain, V is for Victor, squashed under a train.
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U is for Una who slipped down a drain, V is for Victor, squashed under a train.
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W is for Winie, embedded in ice, X is for Xercies, devoured by mice.
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Y is for Yoric whose head was bashed in, Z is for Zilla who drank too much gin.
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-- Edward Gorey "The Gastly Crumb Tines"
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@ -2419,8 +2419,7 @@ then at least be aseptic.
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After a few boring years, socially meaningful rock 'n' roll died out.
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It was replaced by disco, which offers no guidance to any form of life
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more advanced than the lichen family.
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-- Dave Barry, "Kids Today: They Don't Know Dum Diddly
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Do"
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-- Dave Barry, "Kids Today: They Don't Know Dum Diddly Do"
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After a number of decimal places, nobody gives a damn.
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@ -2855,8 +2854,7 @@ Another possible source of guidance for teenagers is television, but
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television's message has always been that the need for truth, wisdom
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and world peace pales by comparison with the need for a toothpaste that
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offers whiter teeth *___and* fresher breath.
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-- Dave Barry, "Kids Today: They Don't Know Dum Diddly
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Do"
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-- Dave Barry, "Kids Today: They Don't Know Dum Diddly Do"
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Anthony's Law of Force:
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Don't force it; get a larger hammer.
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@ -4420,7 +4418,7 @@ come of nothing: speak again." -- King Lear.
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-- Stan Kelly-Bootle, "The Devil's DP Dictionary"
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#define BITCOUNT(x) (((BX_(x)+(BX_(x)>>4)) & 0x0F0F0F0F) % 255)
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#define BX_(x) ((x) - (((x)>>1)&0x77777777) \
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#define BX_(x) ((x) - (((x)>>1)&0x77777777) \
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- (((x)>>2)&0x33333333) \
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- (((x)>>3)&0x11111111))
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@ -4479,7 +4477,7 @@ Result is demagogism, license, agitation, discontent, anarchy.
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since withdrawn.
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Demographic polls show that you have lost credibility across the
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board. Especially with those 14 year-old Valley girls.
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board. Especially with those 14 year-old Valley girls.
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Dentist, n.:
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A Prestidigitator who, putting metal in one's mouth, pulls
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@ -4928,7 +4926,7 @@ exactly, make people laugh. That's why they were called "wise men."
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All the other prehistoric people were out puncturing each other with
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spears, and the wise men were back in the cave saying: "How about:
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Would you please take my wife? No. How about: Here is my wife, please
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take her right now. No How about: Would you like to take something?
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take her right now. No. How about: Would you like to take something?
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My wife is available. No. How about ..."
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-- Dave Barry, "Why Humor is Funny"
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@ -8506,8 +8504,7 @@ Curiously enough, the dolphins had long known of the impending
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destruction of the of the planet Earth and had made many attempts to
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alert mankind to the danger; but most of their communications were
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misinterpreted ...
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-- Douglas Admas "The Hitch-Hikers' Guide To The
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Galaxy"
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-- Douglas Admas "The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy"
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It is better for civilization to be going down the drain than to be
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coming up it.
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@ -9026,8 +9023,7 @@ original tree, you would see the primate parents yelling at the primate
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teenager for sitting around and sulking all day instead of hunting for
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grubs and berries like dad primate. Then you'd see the primate
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teenager stomp up to his branch and slam the leaves.
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-- Dave Barry, "Kids Today: They Don't Know Dum Diddly
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Do"
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-- Dave Barry, "Kids Today: They Don't Know Dum Diddly Do"
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Kin, n.:
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An affliction of the blood
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@ -9615,7 +9611,7 @@ is an enemy.
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-- Albert Einstein
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Mandrell: "You know what I think?"
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Doctor: "Ah, ah that's a catch question. With a brain your size you
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Doctor: "Ah, ah that's a catch question. With a brain your size you
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don't think, right?"
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-- Dr. Who
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@ -12883,7 +12879,7 @@ Lover's Patties would be compressed into wads and sold as "Nuggets."
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The best book on programming for the layman is "Alice in Wonderland";
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but that's because it's the best book on anything for the layman.
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The best cure for insomnia is to get a lot of sleep.
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The best cure for insomnia is to get a lot of sleep.
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-- W. C. Fields
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The best defense against logic is ignorance.
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@ -13844,7 +13840,7 @@ The shortest distance between two points is under construction.
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The Sixth Commandment of Frisbee:
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The greatest single aid to distance is for the disc to be going
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in a direction you did not want. (Goes the wrong way = Goes a long
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in a direction you did not want. (Goes the wrong way = Goes a long
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way.)
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-- Dan Roddick
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@ -14261,7 +14257,7 @@ There is no time like the present for postponing what you ought to be
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doing.
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There is no TRUTH. There is no REALITY. There is no CONSISTENCY.
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There are no ABSOLUTE STATEMENTS I'm very probably wrong.
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There are no ABSOLUTE STATEMENTS. I'm very probably wrong.
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"There is nothing which cannot be answered by means of my doctrine,"
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said a monk, coming into a teahouse where Nasrudin sat. "And yet just
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@ -16469,7 +16465,7 @@ another $2 if he claims it will be His Pleasure to serve you and
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another $2 for each "special" he describes involving confusing terms
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such as "shallots," and $4 if the menu contains the word "fixin's." In
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many restaurants, this means the waiter will actually owe you money.
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If you are traveling with a child aged six months to three years, you
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If you are traveling with a child aged six months to three years, you
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should leave an additional amount equal to twice the bill to compensate
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for the fact that they will have to take the banquette out and burn it
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because the cracks are wedged solid with gobbets made of partially
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