... player. Charles Darwin invented gravity. Christ was born in the 16th century. J. Edgar Hoover was a 19th-century president...The Great Gatsby was a magician in the 1930's. Franz Joseph Haydn was a songwriter who lived during the same decade. Sid Caesar was an early Roman emperor. Mark Twain invented the cotton gin...Jefferson Davis played guitar for the Jefferson Airplane. Benito Mussolini was a Russian leader of the 18th century; Dwight D. Eisenhower came earlier, serving as a president during the 17th ...
... parrot." Whereupon the parrot looked at him and said, "Who's dumb? For five years you've tried to get me to talk, and then when I do you won't listen." Listening is not what many of us do best. Back in the 1950's, writers for the old Sid Caesar comedy show used to meet each day to have lunch and to tell jokes. Naturally, they hardly listened to each other. They were too busy thinking of a story to top the one being told. One day, one of the writers came to the table late and rather gloomy. "Sorry ...
... conversation that way. He obviously wasn't even listening to the man he was interviewing. His failure to listen ruined what could have been an exciting interview. (1) It reminds me of a story that comedian Mel Brooks once told. He said that back in the 1950s, the Sid Caesar's comedy writers used to meet each day for lunch and to tell jokes. Naturally, they hardly listened to each other. They were too busy thinking of a story to top the one being told. One day, one of the writers came to the table late and ...
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... player. Charles Darwin invented gravity. Christ was born in the 16th century. J. Edgar Hoover was a 19th-century president. The Great Gatsby was a magician in the 1930''s. Franz Joseph Haydn was a songwriter who lived during the same decade. Sid Caesar was an early Roman emperor. Mark Twain invented the cotton gin... Jefferson Davis played guitar for the Jefferson Airplane. Benito Mussolini was a Russian leader of the 18th century; Dwight D. Eisenhower came earlier, serving as a president during the 17th ...
... his crib stiff and cold. She screamed. Ron told her to dial 911. When the doctors examined the baby they said it was SIDS—Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. They buried Tyler two days later. Hours after the funeral Amy sat in her living room sobbing; racked with ... which it is poured." An ancient Roman story said that the soldiers of Caesar became dissatisfied with their rations and with the way they were being treated. They could not complain to Caesar so they became angry with the gods. Many of them shot their ...
