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199402 [2017/01/10 18:16] – [Jagaungal by Chance] paul_barton | 199402 [2017/01/10 18:31] – [Governing Rules] paul_barton | ||
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Rules were made for fools.\\ | Rules were made for fools.\\ | ||
The wise don't need them,\\ | The wise don't need them,\\ | ||
- | And the fools don't heed them.\\ | + | And the fools don't heed them. |
Somewhere about that time I'd heard a definition of homo sapiens as "the tool-making animal" | Somewhere about that time I'd heard a definition of homo sapiens as "the tool-making animal" | ||
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Probably about the same time I'd read that "human beings are the only creatures that can weep" (ignoring crocodile tears, of course). I wondered if humans are also the only animals that identify the absurdity of some situations and laugh and decided that, although both grief and joy are normal conditions, there is a good deal to be said for laughter at the right place and time. A wise old owl once said, "Tis sweet to play the fool in season" | Probably about the same time I'd read that "human beings are the only creatures that can weep" (ignoring crocodile tears, of course). I wondered if humans are also the only animals that identify the absurdity of some situations and laugh and decided that, although both grief and joy are normal conditions, there is a good deal to be said for laughter at the right place and time. A wise old owl once said, "Tis sweet to play the fool in season" | ||
+ | Even before the "rules for fools" debate someone had called my attention to a rather odd clause in the Constitution then governing Club affairs. It read " | ||
Ours is not the only walkers' | Ours is not the only walkers' |
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