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Originally Posted by vonmazur
I think they have mistaken the "Axis Mundi" for a "Coati Mundi".....or the reverse...
""As P.T. Barnum, the Godfather of Bunkum put it, "No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public." Of course, those of us with refined senses of humor relish the WWN for its parodistic side. It had a prominent place as a source of derision in my graduate lab.""
H L Menken was the one who said; "No one ever went broke underestimating Public taste..." not P T Barnum, Barnum said "There's one born every minute"( meaning a Sucker...)
I am amazed that a calender that did not predict the end of their own civilization, somehow covers ours....
Dale in Ala
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Thanks for the correction. I'll get the proper attribution next time.
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