Brevity is the soul of wit

Not sure of the origin of this - a cousin sent it to me...

If there was a shred of doubt the world is totally insane, this will remove it. Only Divine intervention can restore us to sanity.

Pythagoras' Theorem: .........................24 words.
Lord's Prayer: .......................................... 66 words.
Archimedes' Principle: .................................67 words.
Ten Commandments: ........................................179 words.
Gettysburg Address: ................................................286 words.
US Declaration of Independence : ..............................1,300 words.
US Constitution with all 27 Amendments: ......................7,818 words.
EU Regulations on the sale of cabbages: ...........................26,911 words

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Fenny January 2, 2014 at 11:14 p.m.

DONNA: No. See, I think this is what it's designed to do. I think it's designed to break a person's spirit. JOSH: And damn it, that's my job. DONNA: We're getting beat by the system. JOSH: We are the system. DONNA: We suck. The West Wing - 100,000 Airplanes #sorkinquoteforeveryoccasion

Paulee January 10, 2014 at 9:29 p.m.

Pity it's not true... See http://www.snopes.com/language/document/cabbage.asp

qsf January 11, 2014 at 12:13 a.m.

Ah - thanks - I should know by now to check such things on Snopes!

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