grandpa simpson: i'm putting all of my money on 42! i've gotta feeling about that number...
roulette wheel operator: sir, the wheel only goes up to 36.
grandpa: i'm putting all of my money on 36! i've gotta feeling about that number...
homer: dad, how can you do this?

grandpa: son, rudyard kipling once said,

If you can make one heap of all your winnings, And risk it all on one turn of pitch-and-toss, And lose... and start again at your beginnings, And never breath a word about your loss...
you'll be a man, my son.

homer: dad, you'll be a bonehead!
chiansan | 08.26.03 - 7:34 am | #

As my mother used to say "It doesn't matter if you win or lose, so long as you win"
D | Homepage | 08.14.03 - 10:00 am | #

Beautiful
Daniella | Homepage | 08.14.03 - 2:50 am | #

Spot on, as ever. Memories... just a whiff of Fendi and suddenly for me it's 1992 all over again.
Nigel | Homepage | 08.13.03 - 11:00 pm | #