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NNadir

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Sun Sep 14, 2025, 11:01 AM Sunday

My wife bought me a cool new coffee cup from the unemployed philosophers guild. [View all]

It's this one, greatest first lines in English literature:

Greatest first lines in literature.



The key to the books attached to the greatest lines is printed on the bottom of the cup.

Along with the key there is this note: "For best results, use the other side."

I didn't get the joke. My wife had to explain it to me.

The nice thing about growing old is that you didn't die young. One's mind is, however, not as sharp as when one was younger.

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