Rudi's FlyerTalk Aphorisms
 

1) Everyone is entiteled my opinion.

(dedicated to Brutus, Delta, "L"-fare)

correction 1) Everyone is entiteled to my opinion.

2) Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing.

(dedicated to roberto, for all his entries)

3) Any smoothly functioning technology will have the appearance of magic

(dedicated to all in-flight-entertainement-systems of all airlines)

4) we are what we pretend to be

(dedicated to my ghost, with the above entry where by my fault, my ghost had a come-back - sorry)

5) The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.

(dedicated to all discussions partners on all threats, with a special "twinkle" to myself and my co-players in the discussion about "bohemian" beers and the definition of "original".)

6) Don't hate yourself in the morning - sleep till noon

(dedicated to myself, as - again - I go to bed at 2:45 AM local time .... but it is sunday tomorrow - NO TODAY!).

7) Nothing is true. Everything is permitted.

(dedicated to all FlyerTalk Halloween postings)

8) Blessed are they that run around in circles, for they shall be known as wheels.

(dedicated to all contributors to the "L"-fare Delta-topic)

9) The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it

(dedicated to all mileage-addicted people - like me).

Death is life's way of telling you you've been fired.

(dedicated to AusTXHiker for his topic "death & miles")

11) Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.

(dedicated to all ff, after taking note of what airlines answer, being questioned how they handel "death & miles")

12) Where there's a will, there's an inheritance tax.

(dedicated to those "after" you - caring more more about your miles than about you)

The version of number three that I've seen before is:

"Any significantly advanced technology is indistinguishable from blacked magic"

Glad you are back!

13) Take care of the luxuries and the necessities will take care of themselves.

(dedicated to all ff waiting in line to be upgraded).

With apologies to all offended, here is my favorite:

"Never ask a lawyer or accountant for business advice. They are trained to find problems, not solutions."

(and that one is for the arilne dweeb executives who think reducing ff benefits will HELP the bottom line!)

IDUR: It's "entitled."

'Cheap labour breaks expensive technology'

(Dedicated to flight attendants who can't find the 'on' switch for the reading lights)

iduR, Murphy says "If anything can happen it will". And, jaws says "A consultant is a problem looking for a solution".

Have you ever thought of what the world would be like without hypotheticals?

Rudi... have you thought of putting your
little aphorisms in one of those "self-help"
books? It could sell as big as the "Chicken
SOup" series!

And here's two Aphorisms from CATMAN:

We all break even in the end.

and "When the world gets you down... pet a cat." CATMAN

One more from a picture I have in my kitchen:
"Never trust anyone without a little cat hair on their clothes." CATMAN

One more from jaws, relating to "too young to vote"----

"I'm not easy, but I can be had".

Another variation of #3, and Beckles' post:

"A sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a rigged demo."

(Dedicated to my suspicions about some of these claims concerning the capabilities of particular computer programs.)