Comments on: Quote of the Day http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/7791.html Some Chicago Boyz know each other from student days at the University of Chicago. Others are Chicago boys in spirit. The blog name is also intended as a good-humored gesture of admiration for distinguished Chicago boys including those pictured above. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:25:56 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jack Coupal http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/7791.html/comment-page-1#comment-324372 Jack Coupal Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:04:04 +0000 http://chicagoboyz.net/?p=7791#comment-324372 Snark keeps like-minded people returning to a blog and probably draws new ones in through word-of-mouth. As an enticement to uncommitted folks to join in with us, it's an utter failure. But, it was never intended to be otherwise. Snark keeps like-minded people returning to a blog and probably draws new ones in through word-of-mouth.

As an enticement to uncommitted folks to join in with us, it’s an utter failure. But, it was never intended to be otherwise.

]]> By: renminbi http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/7791.html/comment-page-1#comment-324326 renminbi Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:35:15 +0000 http://chicagoboyz.net/?p=7791#comment-324326 Snark sounds like mental masturbation to me. Snark sounds like mental masturbation to me.

]]> By: david foster http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/7791.html/comment-page-1#comment-324296 david foster Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:40:27 +0000 http://chicagoboyz.net/?p=7791#comment-324296 "Satire is cheek. It is the revenge of those who cannot really comprehend the world or cope with it"--Pamela Hansford Johnson "...people who are both cynical and unworldly, which is one of my least favorite combinations+--C P Snow "Explosions of temper do not necessarily ruin a general's reputation or influence with his troops; it is almost expected of them ("the privileged irascibility of senior officers," someone has written), and it is not always resented, sometimes even admired, except by those immediately concerned. But sarcasm is always resented and seldom forgiven"--Field Marshal Lord Wavell “Satire is cheek. It is the revenge of those who cannot really comprehend the world or cope with it”–Pamela Hansford Johnson

“…people who are both cynical and unworldly, which is one of my least favorite combinations+–C P Snow

“Explosions of temper do not necessarily ruin a general’s reputation or influence with his troops; it is almost expected of them (”the privileged irascibility of senior officers,” someone has written), and it is not always resented, sometimes even admired, except by those immediately concerned. But sarcasm is always resented and seldom forgiven”–Field Marshal Lord Wavell

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