Wisdom of the Day: Not Knowing Posted by Frank J. on 18 June 2012, 5:00 pm From Danny Zucker: “I don’t know the meaning of the word ‘failure.'” – Recent Chinese immigrant
Either he has never experienced the meaning of the word failure or he hasn’t been in this country long enough to understand our diction. Or, “It depends on what the definition of the word, ‘is’, is.” – Bill Clinton. Recent US President. Failure. Reply to this comment
Then give the man a Thesaurus! It won’t help him with the meaning but at least it will teach him a bunch of synonyms. Reply to this comment
Actually, the word ‘Obama’ should be in the Thesaurus next to the word ‘failure’ so he doesn’t really need the book, only the picture. Reply to this comment
Either he has never experienced the meaning of the word failure or he hasn’t been in this country long enough to understand our diction.
Or, “It depends on what the definition of the word, ‘is’, is.” – Bill Clinton. Recent US President. Failure.
Show him a picture of Obama. “Oh. I see now!”
Then give the man a Thesaurus!
It won’t help him with the meaning but at least it will teach him a bunch of synonyms.
Actually, the word ‘Obama’ should be in the Thesaurus next to the word ‘failure’ so he doesn’t really need the book, only the picture.