"Uninterrupted, the potter and the buyer's secretary quickly closed a deal for two dozen of the liter carafes. 'I wish we could take more,' said the secretary, 'but you heard what I told him. We've had to turn away customers for ordinary dinnerware because he shot the last quarter's budget on some Mexican piggy banks some equally enthusiastic importer stuck him with. The fifth floor is packed solid with them.'
'I'll bet they look mighty "est'etic".'
'They're painted with purple cacti.'"
- Gomez-Laplace (C. M. Kornbluth), _The_Marching_Morons_ [1951]
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In other unimportant news, there are 73 people on the follower list now. Am slightly surprised that many of you want to know when I post something...if things keep going this way, I'll have to set up a buffet for y'all.