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  • Euphemisms for user error

    ID-10-T Error ID10T = IDIOT PEBCAK Error Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard Layer 8 Error There are seven layers in the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model, each with a different kind of functionality. Layer 8 refers to an external force, such as the user. PICNIC Error Problem In Chair Not In Computer Wetware Error…

  • Phryne the Courtesan

    Name: born as Mnesarete but better known as Phryne (“toad” – for her yellow complexion) Family: Dates: Places: Occupation: Phryne the Courtesan At the time when Phryne was living in Athens there were few options available to women who needed to support themselves. At the lower end of the scale were common prostitutes who explicitly…

  • Duck or Rabbit Optical Illusion

    Is the picture below of a duck looking to the left, or of a rabbit looking to the right?

  • Line Length Optical Illusion

    Which of the below horizontal lines is longer?

  • Palindromes

    What are palindromes? Palindromes are single words, or sentences, which read the same forwards as they do backwards. For example; “taco cat” is spelled t-a-c-o-c-a-t whether you start at the beginning and work forwards, or start at the end and work backwards. Here are some more examples, focusing on multiple word palindrome phrases rather than…

  • If women ran the world we wouldn’t have wars, only intense negotiations every 28 days. – Robin Williams

  • There’s two theories to arguing with a woman. Neither one works. – Unknown

  • Women are not forgiven for aging. Robert Redford’s lines of distinction are my old-age wrinkles. – Jane Fonda

  • One of the most difficult things in the world is to convince a woman that even a bargain costs money. – Edgar Watson Howe

  • For the female of the species is more deadly than the male. – Rudyard Kipling

  • A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can. – Jane Austen

  • Wild animals never kill for sport.  Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow-creatures is amusing in itself. – James Anthony Froude