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Clare Briggs
Clare Briggs is a famous cartoonist who lived from 1875 to 1930. Poems by Wilbur Nesbitt.
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The ability to carry a cup of liquid so that “down” — the sum of all the accelerations acting on it, starting with but not limited to gravity — is always properly aligned with the cup’s vertical axis is an acquired skill. As I recall, I learned it as a poor college student. Because spilling the alcoholic drink on the way back from the bar through the unpredictable crowd was a tragedy.Report
I have a handful of friends who were in the navy. Going over to their houses, I noticed that they drank several cups of coffee while I was there but every single cup was half-full.
When my bud was filling up (or, halving up, anyway) his cup a third time, I asked “why not give yourself more coffee?”
“Force of habit”, he told me.Report