M-L-L
The Last Straw
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Joined: Sep 2013
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.....But Seriously...
“We should treat all the trivial things of life seriously, and all the serious things of life with sincere and studied triviality.” (Oscar Wilde)
Bald text on a screen without facial expression or tone of voice to accompany it lends itself to misinterpretation and to imagined insults etc, which can provoke similar statements in kind.
![Smile Smile](images/smilies/smile.gif) can we all lay down crosses and axes and hatchets please.
"It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take themselves seriously" (Oscar Wilde)
^ I can be big enough to admit guilty as charged to that.
For future reference whenever I've used this > ![Wink Wink](images/smilies/wink.gif) : it generally means the rest of the post is not meant to be taken too literally & indeed often not at all seriously.
( "Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit" - Oscar Wilde )
![bladewave bladewave](images/smilies/dodgy.gif) Three Oscar Wilde quotes in one post ? ![Rolleyes Rolleyes](images/smilies/rolleyes.gif) ![bladewave bladewave](images/smilies/dodgy.gif) What a w**ker.
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08-04-2015 21:42 |
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