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Friday, January 30, 2009

It Takes a Proverb to Run a Village

Iowahawk does it again:

"Give a man a fish, he will eat today. Promise a man a million fish, he will contribute heap big wampum to your tribal election campaign fund."
Iroquois

"While the polar bear bickers with the seal, that fat asshole walrus snarfs all the fish."
Inuit


and my favorite

The lazy monkey mocks the noble lion from the safety of the baobob tree -- until the lion pulls out his surprise chain saw. Who's laughing now, monkey? But it turns out the joke is on both of them, because here comes Marlin Perkins and his surprise tranquilizer darts."
Senegalese


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