Quote of the Day: E. B. White

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"There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement."

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4 hours ago, Inspiration Bot said:

"There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement."

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I don’t agree with that.

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...more people need to see that picture of White and Fred, his dachshund.  Fred is one of the more famous dogs in literary history.

 

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You asked about Minnie’s name, sex, breed, and phone number. She doesn’t answer the phone. She is a dachshund and can’t reach it, but she wouldn’t answer it even if she could, as she has no interest in outside calls. I did have a dachshund once, a male, who was interested in the telephone, and who got a great many calls, but Fred was an exceptional dog (his name was Fred) and I can’t think of anything offhand that he wasn’t interested in. The telephone was only one of a thousand things. He loved life — that is, he loved life if by “life” you mean “trouble,” and of course the phone is almost synonymous with trouble. Minnie loves life, too, but her idea of life is a warm bed, preferably with an electric pad, and a friend in bed with her, and plenty of shut-eye, night and days.