Ecclesiastes 1:9

[james_davis_nicoll]

Tough problems demand tough-minded solutions! LIFE BOAT RULES! LIFE BOAT RULES!

Inexplicably not titled "I have a totally original idea nobody has ever had before and that I will not research to see if there are known pit-falls! Let's pay undesirables to get vasectomies!"

My favourite line?

While I have not crunched the numbers to support this hypothesis,

Comments

[nelc.livejournal.com]

Because that would mean some people getting something for nothing? Or possibly because the proposer is sure that the rest of the human race exist as obstacles to their desires, and so can't contemplate anyone doing anything that might lie to the proposer's advantage unless they're forced to it.