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GNU Moo @linux-cowsay.bsky.social · 52m
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/ I have never let my schooling interfere \
| with my education.                      |
|                                         |
\ -- Mark Twain                           /
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GNU Moo @linux-cowsay.bsky.social · 1h
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< Chess tonight. >
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GNU Moo @linux-cowsay.bsky.social · 2h
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/ It was all so different before \
\ everything changed.            /
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GNU Moo @linux-cowsay.bsky.social · 3h
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/ For a light heart lives long.          \
|                                        |
\ -- Shakespeare, "Love's Labour's Lost" /
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GNU Moo @linux-cowsay.bsky.social · 4h
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/ BOFH excuse #218:                      \
|                                        |
\ The UPS doesn't have a battery backup. /
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GNU Moo @linux-cowsay.bsky.social · 5h
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/ I got a hint of things to come when I   \
| overheard my boss lamenting, 'The books |
| are done and we still don't have an     |
| author! I must sign someone today!      |
|                                         |
| -- Tamim Ansary, "Edutopia Magazine,    |
| Issue 2, November 2004"                 |
|                                         |
\ on the topic of school textbooks        /
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GNU Moo @linux-cowsay.bsky.social · 6h
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/ A light wife doth make a heavy husband. \
|                                         |
| -- Wm. Shakespeare, "The Merchant of    |
\ Venice"                                 /
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GNU Moo @linux-cowsay.bsky.social · 7h
cowsay
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/ The very ink with which all history is \
| written is merely fluid prejudice.     |
|                                        |
\ -- Mark Twain                          /
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GNU Moo @linux-cowsay.bsky.social · 8h
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/ Things past redress and now with me  \
| past care.                           |
|                                      |
\ -- William Shakespeare, "Richard II" /
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GNU Moo @linux-cowsay.bsky.social · 9h
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< Many pages make a thick book. >
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GNU Moo @linux-cowsay.bsky.social · 10h
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< Be different: conform. >
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GNU Moo @linux-cowsay.bsky.social · 11h
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/ Q: How do you play religious roulette? \
| A: You stand around in a circle and    |
| blaspheme and see who gets             |
|                                        |
\ struck by lightning first.             /
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GNU Moo @linux-cowsay.bsky.social · 12h
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/ BOFH excuse #367:                  \
|                                    |
\ Webmasters kidnapped by evil cult. /
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GNU Moo @linux-cowsay.bsky.social · 13h
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/ Gratitude and treachery are merely the  \
| two extremities of the same procession. |
| You have seen all of it that is worth   |
| staying for when the band and the gaudy |
| officials have gone by.                 |
|                                         |
| -- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's     |
\ Calendar"                               /
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GNU Moo @linux-cowsay.bsky.social · 14h
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/ Whenever the literary German dives into \
| a sentence, that is the last you are    |
| going to see of him until he emerges on |
| the other side of his Atlantic with his |
| verb in his mouth.                      |
|                                         |
| -- Mark Twain "A Connecticut Yankee in  |
\ King Arthur's Court"                    /
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GNU Moo @linux-cowsay.bsky.social · 15h
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/ You are taking yourself far too \
\ seriously.                      /
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GNU Moo @linux-cowsay.bsky.social · 16h
cowsay
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/ You prefer the company of the opposite \
\ sex, but are well liked by your own.   /
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GNU Moo @linux-cowsay.bsky.social · 17h
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/ In the Spring, I have counted 136       \
| different kinds of weather inside of 24 |
| hours.                                  |
|                                         |
\ -- Mark Twain, on New England weather   /
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GNU Moo @linux-cowsay.bsky.social · 18h
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/ FORTUNE PROVIDES QUESTIONS FOR THE \
| GREAT ANSWERS: #13 A: Doc, Happy,  |
| Bashful, Dopey, Sneezy, Sleepy, &  |
| Grumpy Q: Who were the Democratic  |
\ presidential candidates?           /
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GNU Moo @linux-cowsay.bsky.social · 19h
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/ BOFH excuse #401:                   \
|                                     |
| Sales staff sold a product we don't |
\ offer.                              /
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GNU Moo @linux-cowsay.bsky.social · 20h
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/ BOFH excuse #16:                   \
|                                    |
| somebody was calculating pi on the |
\ server                             /
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GNU Moo @linux-cowsay.bsky.social · 21h
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/ BOFH excuse #179:            \
|                              |
\ multicasts on broken packets /
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GNU Moo @linux-cowsay.bsky.social · 22h
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/ Unless hours were cups of sack, and    \
| minutes capons, and clocks the tongues |
| of bawds, and dials the signs of       |
| leaping houses, and the blessed sun    |
| himself a fair, hot wench in           |
| flame-colored taffeta, I see no reason |
| why thou shouldst be so superfluous to |
| demand the time of the day. I wasted   |
| time and now doth time waste me.       |
|                                        |
\ -- William Shakespeare                 /
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GNU Moo @linux-cowsay.bsky.social · 23h
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/ BOFH excuse #157:              \
|                                |
\ Incorrect time synchronization /
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GNU Moo @linux-cowsay.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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/ Today is the last day of your life so \
\ far.                                  /
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GNU Moo @linux-cowsay.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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/ Q: How many lawyers does it take to    \
| change a light bulb? A: One. Only it's |
\ his light bulb when he's done.         /
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GNU Moo @linux-cowsay.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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/ My only love sprung from my only hate! \
| Too early seen unknown, and known too  |
| late!                                  |
|                                        |
| -- William Shakespeare, "Romeo and     |
\ Juliet"                                /
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GNU Moo @linux-cowsay.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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/ You may get an opportunity for \
\ advancement today. Watch it!   /
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GNU Moo @linux-cowsay.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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/ Q: What do you call a half-dozen    \
| Indians with Asian flu? A: Six sick |
\ Sikhs (sic).                        /
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GNU Moo @linux-cowsay.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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/ AWAKE! FEAR! FIRE! FOES! AWAKE! \
|                                 |
| FEAR! FIRE! FOES!               |
|                                 |
| AWAKE! AWAKE!                   |
|                                 |
\ -- J. R. R. Tolkien             /
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GNU Moo @linux-cowsay.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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/ BOFH excuse #170:                     \
|                                       |
\ popper unable to process jumbo kernel /
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GNU Moo @linux-cowsay.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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/ BOFH excuse #202:               \
|                                 |
| kernel panic: write-only-memory |
\ (/dev/wom0) capacity exceeded.  /
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GNU Moo @linux-cowsay.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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/ There's small choice in rotten apples. \
|                                        |
| -- William Shakespeare, "The Taming of |
\ the Shrew"                             /
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GNU Moo @linux-cowsay.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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/ BOFH excuse #89:            \
|                             |
\ Electromagnetic energy loss /
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GNU Moo @linux-cowsay.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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/ BOFH excuse #52:                       \
|                                        |
| Smell from unhygienic janitorial staff |
\ wrecked the tape heads                 /
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GNU Moo @linux-cowsay.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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/ BOFH excuse #199:                   \
|                                     |
| the curls in your keyboard cord are |
\ losing electricity.                 /
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GNU Moo @linux-cowsay.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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/ He is now rising from affluence to \
| poverty.                           |
|                                    |
\ -- Mark Twain                      /
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GNU Moo @linux-cowsay.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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/ BOFH excuse #183:                   \
|                                     |
| filesystem not big enough for Jumbo |
\ Kernel Patch                        /
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GNU Moo @linux-cowsay.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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/  You will remember, Watson, how the     \
| dreadful business of the Abernetty      |
| family was first brought to my notice   |
| by the depth which the parsley had sunk |
| into the butter upon a hot day.         |
|                                         |
\ -- Sherlock Holmes                      /
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GNU Moo @linux-cowsay.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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/ Avert misunderstanding by calm, poise, \
\ and balance.                           /
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GNU Moo @linux-cowsay.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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/ Let him choose out of my files, his \
| projects to accomplish.             |
|                                     |
\ -- Shakespeare, "Coriolanus"        /
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GNU Moo @linux-cowsay.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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/ question = ( to ) ? be : ! be; \
|                                |
\ -- Wm. Shakespeare             /
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GNU Moo @linux-cowsay.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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/ O, what a tangled web we weave, When \
| first we practice to deceive.        |
|                                      |
\ -- Sir Walter Scott, "Marmion"       /
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GNU Moo @linux-cowsay.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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/ BOFH excuse #258:                  \
|                                    |
| That's easy to fix, but I can't be |
\ bothered.                          /
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GNU Moo @linux-cowsay.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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/ When in doubt, tell the truth. \
|                                |
\ -- Mark Twain                  /
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GNU Moo @linux-cowsay.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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/ You teach best what you most need to \
\ learn.                               /
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GNU Moo @linux-cowsay.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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/ Future looks spotty. You will spill \
\ soup in late evening.               /
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GNU Moo @linux-cowsay.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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/ Q: How many Californians does it take   \
| to screw in a light bulb? A: Five. One  |
| to screw in the light bulb and four to  |
| share the                               |
|                                         |
| experience. (Actually, Californians     |
| don't screw in                          |
|                                         |
| light bulbs, they screw in hot tubs.)   |
|                                         |
| Q: How many Oregonians does it take to  |
| screw in a light bulb? A: Three. One to |
| screw in the light bulb and two to fend |
| off all                                 |
|                                         |
| those Californians trying to share the  |
\ experience.                             /
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GNU Moo @linux-cowsay.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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/ Its name is Public Opinion. It is held \
| in reverence. It settles everything.   |
| Some think it is the voice of God.     |
|                                        |
\ -- Mark Twain                          /
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GNU Moo @linux-cowsay.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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/ You will always have good luck in your \
\ personal affairs.                      /
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