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Fact: know what’s up, or you might end up looking dumb....

Wed, 22 May 2013 03:42:54 -0400

Fact: know what’s up, or you might end up looking dumb. Secondary Fact: puffins can be dicks. Tertiary fact: Barnacles could easily intervene, they just don’t.

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Mon, 20 May 2013 12:38:14 -0400

The dancing lady advertising trope: substantially older than you...

Thu, 09 May 2013 07:39:40 -0400

The dancing lady advertising trope: substantially older than you might guess. The more you know.

Readers of QSQ will undoubtedly find themselves frustrated at...

Mon, 06 May 2013 18:25:00 -0400

Readers of QSQ will undoubtedly find themselves frustrated at the failure by those of lower intelligence and general moral character to recognize their brilliance. Remember—every interaction is a chance to prove yourself, no matter how casual the situation may appear! Because you are far smarter than them, your peers will appreciate your relentless demonstration of your brilliance, which will remain a shining beacon of accurate enumeration and historical facts for all time!

Mo’ Puffins

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:01:04 -0400

Mo’ Puffins

PuffinPix (tm)

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 11:01:08 -0400

PuffinPix (tm)

Here are some things you will find in this picture of puffins.

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 11:00:49 -0400

Here are some things you will find in this picture of puffins.

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Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:01:08 -0400

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Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:00:53 -0400

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Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:22:38 -0400

The cautionary tale of Mr. Matthew Holt, who failed to calculate...

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 20:32:29 -0400

The cautionary tale of Mr. Matthew Holt, who failed to calculate and assume a height in accordance with what was proper, and was subject to much embarrassment thereof.

"A fingerless man could count on one hand the number of things not worth counting."

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 09:14:26 -0400

““A fingerless man could count on one hand the number of things not worth counting.””

- T. Zelmanov, on the evening of his and Mrs. Zelmanov’s third wedding anniversary.

"If you want to know how much of something there is, you better start counting."

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 09:03:00 -0400

““If you want to know how much of something there is, you better start counting.””

- T. Zelmanov, immediately following his second matriculation at King’s College in London.

We here at QSQ acknowledge T. Walter Dieckmann for bringing...

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 06:45:00 -0400

We here at QSQ acknowledge T. Walter Dieckmann for bringing attention to the public’s lack of appreciation for some of the more abstract branches of particle physics and/or aversion to strangers dressed like penguins.

Weak-willed people are often conflicted about how to behave. Be...

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 00:31:16 -0500

Weak-willed people are often conflicted about how to behave. Be sure to print out the following checklist and distribute it to those of your peers that you deem weak-willed. If you are unsure as to how to detect these people, simply print out a copy of this checklist and consult it frequently throughout your day.

motherjones: Correlation doesn’t equal causation but it does...

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 23:00:53 -0500

motherjones:

Correlation doesn’t equal causation but it does make for awesome charts.

Legends of Counting: Count von Count “The Count has a love...

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 10:00:55 -0500

Legends of Counting:

Count von Count

“The Count has a love of counting; he will count anything and everything.” (Wikipedia)

"Give a stick and a knife to an irrational man and he will make a flute. Give a stick and a knife to..."

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 16:32:00 -0500

““Give a stick and a knife to an irrational man and he will make a flute. Give a stick and a knife to a rational man and he will make a much better flute.””

- T. Zelmanov, casually striking up conversation with other people waiting to be seated at Applebee’s.

"A woodcutter asked me to help him decide how many trees to cut down. After careful thought, I told..."

Sun, 17 Feb 2013 10:01:00 -0500

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A woodcutter asked me to help him decide how many trees to cut down. After careful thought, I told him: ‘14.’

‘How can I thank you?’ he said.

I sat down on a stump and lit a pipe. For several minutes I smoked quietly, thinking. I stood up and brushed the sawdust off my coat. I began to walk away, then stopped after a few steps. A slow smile spread across my face as I gave him the answer:

‘Learn how to figure out how much of things there is.’

”

- From Reflections on 42 and Five-twelfths Years as a Pioneer of Quantity Surveying (1946) by G. X. Priddy.

"I’ve spent thousands if not millions of hours in weapons training."

Sat, 16 Feb 2013 10:48:00 -0500

““I’ve spent thousands if not millions of hours in weapons training.””

- - Steven Segal, QSQ’s Champion Enumerator of the Week.
(1 million hours = 115 years of nonstop weapons training.)