A Book of 100-off Aphorisms "He was one of those unfortunate people who always managed to have the penultimate laugh." "God made the world in seven days. Some people see a lot of good in it, but I think He should have stretched it out to at...
For a moment, let’s debate: How great, anyway, were the great? Was everyone who managed to rule the world and boss us Actually a colossus? I would say most, if not all Were, by any yardstick, small. Most of them, let’s face it, Could have fallen off the same charm bracelet! Yet they...
Hitler Seemed even littler - Though I gather the little schwein Was actually five foot nine. Uncle Joe Certainly refused to grow! He got to five foot six - Then took Russia right back to nought foot nix! God, was he tiny! Though he looked smart and shiny, With a whole chestful of medals - I...
On the other hand, Chairman Mao. Bucked the whole trend somehow: He was allegedly five foot eleven, But probably no nearer heaven: He also loved to send people packing from the here and now. Ciao! Eighty million, according to the latest reports. He liquidated all sorts: He’d think of a number and just...
I guess it can’t be easy living life in miniature - You tend to get introspective and start looking too much in at yer: ‘Able was I ere I saw Elba.’ But at least Josephine didn’t go running up huge shoe bills like Imelda. And I’ll say this for...