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“And so the problem remained, and lots of the people were mean, and most of them were miserable, even the ones with digital watches. Many were increasingly of
by jameshart 5y ago
“And so the problem remained, and lots of the people were mean, and most of them were miserable, even the ones with digital watches.
Many were increasingly of the opinion that they’d all made a big mistake in coming down from the trees in the first place. And some said that even the trees had been a bad move, and that no one should ever have left the oceans.”
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- Trouble_007 5y agoQuote: “The best laid Plans of Mice and Men often go Awry.” ― Robert Burns
- MrVandemar 5y agoThat's not how it goes. Not if you're attributing it to Robert Burns, anyway, "The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men Gang aft agley, An’ lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain, For promis’d joy!"
- Trouble_007 5y agoTrue! - I did used a rough English translation, My sincere apologizes to any and all Scots I may have offended! Please see the full Poem 'To a Mouse' : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_A_Mouse,_on_Turning_Her_Up_in_Her_Nest,_With_The_Plough https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_A_Mouse,_on_Turning_Her_Up_... - Edit: OT: To add the context to my reply to the quote from jameshart, who quoted; Douglas Adams - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitchhikers_Guide_to_the_Galaxy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitchhikers_Guide_to_the_Galax... - https://www.quotes.net/mquote/901391 https://www.quotes.net/mquote/901391 The Script states: Frankie Mouse: Still, the best laid plans of mice. Arthur Dent: And men. Frankie Mouse: What? Arthur Dent: And men... The best laid plans of mice and men. Frankie Mouse: What have men got to do with it?