Friday, May 23, 2008

What's Your Inheritance?

A. Unabashed Pacifist:

Peace is not a catered dinner, but a potluck affair.

B. Unabashed Christian:

Holy One,

My heart is full. Overflowing, really.
My life is full. Overflowing, really.
My world is full. Overflowing, really.
Whence comes all this abundant goodness?
Oh. Really!
Amen

C. Un-quoting Jesus:

“I hear that Sarah has entered the Miss Universe contest. She’s attractive, but she has no chance against Stkli from the planet UX147.”

[He said the meek would inherit the EARTH, but He didn’t say this.]

D. Blog: Pettifogger

From yourdictionary.com:


1. a lawyer who handles petty cases, esp. one who uses unethical methods in conducting trumped-up cases
2. a trickster; cheater
3. a quibbler; caviler

From worldwidewords.org:


The lawyers called pettifoggers spent their time arguing about matters of small importance. The term became popular, and spawned derivatives like pettifogging. These survived the original term, which is now considered archaic, but we retain in the latter word the idea of somebody who places too much emphasis on trifles or who quibbles about minor matters.

From Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary:

Etymology: probably from petty + obsolete English fogger pettifogger
Date: 1576
1 : a lawyer whose methods are petty, underhanded, or disreputable : shyster
2 : one given to quibbling over trifles

[Aha! Most politicians do seem to be lawyers…]

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