On 1/17/06, de Runtz, Lars <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I vaguely remember the movie.
I saw trailers and avoided it! > That quote has been done before also. I remember a football coach trying to > motivate his players with it, and everyone being sort of stupified. I don't > think the coach really understood it either. I think its real origins go way > back in buddism. I have long believed it to be a paraphrase from Yogi Berra, an American baseball player famed for his pithy quotes. The reason the quotes became famous being that Berra was not the sharpest knife in the drawer and his observations were usually restating the bleedin' obvious - if not complete nonsense. But see: http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/20/messages/884.html & http://www.angelfire.com/ga/dracodraconis/quotes.html & finally http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/y/yogi_berra.html -- Liam Proven · http://livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=lproven AOL/AIM/iChat: [EMAIL PROTECTED] · MSN/Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] · Skype: liamproven · ICQ: 73187508 Gmail/Google Talk/Orkut: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive <http://www.mail-archive.com/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
