Crocodile tears, or superficial sympathy, is a false, insincere display of emotion such as a hypocrite crying fake tears of grief. The phrase is supposedly derived from an old legend that states that crocodiles cry while devouring their prey. Not sure who came up with that one. Maybe a crocodile? Crocodiles do indeed have lachrymal glands and produce …
A couple of Murphy’s law adages claim that idiot-proof systems cannot be made. For example, “Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool”. Along those lines, Douglas Adams wrote in Mostly Harmless, “a common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of fools”. Perhaps the Evolution of an Idiot would …
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English Proverb This proverb is an expression of a pessimistic view of life. If something goes wrong, the worst possible outcome often will probably happen. Apparently, there is a “Buttered Toast Phenomenon” and there are some attempts at explaining the proverb scientifically. If you had the time and wherewithal to test this phenomenon, how many …
