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| #3748 |  | Barbara's Rules of Bitter Experience: (1) When you empty a drawer for his clothes
 and a shelf for his toiletries, the relationship ends.
 (2) When you finally buy pretty stationary
 to continue the correspondence, he stops writing.
 
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| #3749 |  | Barker's Proof: Proofreading is more effective after publication.
 
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| #3750 |  | Barometer, n.: An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we
 are having.
 -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
 
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| #3751 |  | Barth's Distinction: There are two types of people: those who divide people into two
 types, and those who don't.
 
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| #3752 |  | Baruch's Observation: If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
 
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| #3753 |  | Basic Definitions of Science: If it's green or wiggles, it's biology.
 If it stinks, it's chemistry.
 If it doesn't work, it's physics.
 
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| #3754 |  | BASIC, n.: A programming language.  Related to certain social diseases in
 that those who have it will not admit it in polite company.
 
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| #3755 |  | Bathquake, n.: The violent quake that rattles the entire house when the water
 faucet is turned on to a certain point.
 -- Rich Hall, "Sniglets"
 
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| #3756 |  | Battle, n.: A method of untying with the teeth a political knot that
 will not yield to the tongue.
 -- Ambrose Bierce
 
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| #3757 |  | Beauty, n.: The power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband.
 -- Ambrose Bierce
 
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