The following are the "Rare Gems (sm)" selections for October 6 to 12, 1991. "Rare Gems" is a service mark (sm) of Rare Breed Noninc. and David Alan Wright. Compilation copyright 1991 by same. All Wright's rights reserved. I am not, nor have I ever been, a judicial nominee of the Republican Party. --:Dave === Ich bin ein Berliner. (I am a [type of pastry].) --John F. Kennedy to German people, 1963 Publishing a volume of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo. --Don Marquis, THE SUN DIAL A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author. --G.K. Chesterton What do _you_ care what other people think? --Richard Feynman An atheist is a man who has no invisible means of support. --Fulton J. Sheen God answers all prayers. Sometimes the answer is "No". --Unknown How do you make a handkerchief dance? Put a little boogie in it. --Kevin, "Land Of The Lost" show === The following are the "Rare Gems (sm)" selections for October 13 to 19, 1991. "Rare Gems" is a service mark (sm) of Rare Breed Noninc. and David Alan Wright. Compilation copyright 1991 by same. All Wright's rights reserved. These collections may be distributed freely as long as this notice is retained. Hey, it's better than retaining water. --:Dave === I'm tired of all this business about beauty being only skin-deep. That's deep enough. What do you want -- an adorable pancreas? --Jean Kerr When a person with experience meets a person with money, the person with experience will get the money. And the person with the money will get some experience. --Leonard Lauder Wherever they burn books, they will also, in the end, burn people. --Heinrich Heine I asked the bartender for a double, and he brought out some guy who looked like me. --Rodney Dangerfield We were so poor in my neighborhood, the rainbow was in black and white. --Rodney Dangerfield If we do not succeed, we run the risk of failure. --Vice Pres. Dan Quayle We must limit the terms of members of Congress, especially members of the House and members of the Senate. --Vice Pres. Dan Quayle === The following are the "Rare Gems (sm)" selections for October 20 to 26, 1991. "Rare Gems" is a service mark (sm) of Rare Breed Noninc. and David Alan Wright. Intro and compilation copyright 1991 by same. All Wright's rights reserved. These collections may be distributed freely as long as this notice is retained. It Feels So Good When It Stops Dept.: A line of cute, cuddly stuffed animals has been discontinued by Sears. Why? Because it wimped out when hunting groups, devoted to killing cute cuddly animals, complained. It seems that a certain portion of the proceeds from the toy line went to support an animal rights group, devoted to preserving the animals that the hunting groups want to kill, and children want to hug in effigy. So make it stop. Call or write Sears representatives, the more important the better, to counter-complain. Inform them that you would much rather spend your money at stores devoting to making -children- happy, and preserving both wild and domesticated life, than at stores that cave in to pressure from people whose purpose is to destroy that life and keep toys that represent it out of the arms of children. We outnumber the hunters, and the negative PR should influence Sears to reverse its decision on the toys. --:Dave === Mars is in essentially the same orbit as Earth. It is somewhat the same distance from the sun, which is very important. We have seen pictures where there are canals, we believe, and water. If there is water, that means there is oxygen. If oxygen, that means we can breathe. --Vice Pres. Dan Quayle Actual items found on English supermarket shelves: Bimbo Bread (South American bread), Grated Fanny (canned South American fish), Noveau Pschitt (orange drink), Moron (an Italian wine), Donkee Basterd Suker (sugar from Amsterdam), Craps (chocolate bars from France), Krapp (toilet paper from Scandinavia). --"Comic Relief" magazine aborigines, n. Persons of little worth found cumbering the soil of a newly discovered country. --"The Devil's Dictionary" by Ambrose Bierce Give me a circus anytime, if it explores the issues. --Denis Horgan Well, we won the war. You know what that means. In twenty years, we'll all be driving Iraqi cars. --Will Durst All that I've found out so far is two wrongs don't make a right but three lefts do. --David Bunnell I'm not sure the universe considers me necessary for its continued existence, and I have this uneasy feeling it's going to do somet --Stephen Kahn === The following are the "Rare Gems (sm)" selections for October 20 to November 2, 1991. "Rare Gems" is a service mark (sm) of Rare Breed Noninc. and David Alan Wright. Compilation copyright 1991 by same. All Wright's rights reserved. These collections may be distributed freely as long as this notice is retained. This is not an offer to sell securities. --:Dave === The human mind is like a pin~ata. When it breaks open, there's a lot of surprises inside. --Lily Tomlin Dawn didn't just break, it bloody well exploded, taking out a good-sized chunk of horizon and leaving little bits all over the trees. We were picking them up for weeks. --Lawrence Watt-Evans When writing a letter to a Senator, you must address it to "The Honorable ______", regardless of the facts. --J. Whiting A kazoo is the larval stage of a bagpipe. --A. Lewis From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it. --Groucho Marx Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up because they're looking for ideas. --Paula Poundstone Police board may consider dropping injured officers --Headline, 29 Oct. 1991 Hartford Courant