Idiot No. 1I am a medical student currently doing a rotation in toxicology at the poison control center. Today, this woman called in very upset because she caught her little daughter eating ants. I quickly reassured her that the ants are not harmful and there would be no need to bring her daughter into the… Read More »
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… is lying. War photographers have often been accused of setting-up a scene to improve its artistic content and composition. Rumours of dead bodies being moved, and even posed, were rife during WWII. The most famous example is a shot taken in 1936 during the Spanish Civil War by Robert Capa, which showed a soldier… Read More »
The problem with most people is that they often do not want to say bad things about others directly – either because they do not want to be the bad guy, or they don’t bother to be frank. Below are examples of such double talk, with the interpreted meaning in parenthesis. A questioning mind (A… Read More »
Barry Finkel of Barry Finkel Photography had this to say about global warming in the “Letters” page of FORTUNE (May 14, 2007): “When the entire data set is examined it is clear that Earth’s climate has never been static and has often been warmer than today. Further, humankind’s contribution to the total greenhouse gas load… Read More »
If you’ve seen a recent Patek Philippe print ad, you’ll notice the following slogan: “You never actually own a Patek Philippe. You merely look after it for the next generation.” Now, if you never actually own something, shouldn’t you consider leasing, rather than buying, it? This way, it might make more sense to amortise the… Read More »