Laughter is best defense against bungling robber ZAGREB,Croatia (AP) -- A bank clerk didn't need a weapon to ward off a would-be robber. When the masked man pulled out a gun, she just laughed in his face. The suspect was so humiliated he ran away. The bungled holdup occurred Thursday at a small bank on Zagreb's main square, police said. The 31-year-old clerk, identified only as Martina S., "laughed aloud" at the threat from t
Love at first sight A South African businessman is refusing to leave Croatia until he finds a girl who he spotted across a crowded bar.Keith Van Der Spuy has never even spoken to the girl but says she was the most beautiful woman he has ever seen. He has cancelled his flight home and taken out adverts in local newspapers in the port town of Split.Mr Van Der Spuy says he lost sight of the pretty young woman shortly after she smiled at him ac
"All truth passes through three stages," said the German philosopher Schopenhauer. "First, it is ridiculed.Second, it is violently opposed.Third, it is accepted as self-evident."
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Promoting the dead horse to a supervisory position Tribal WisdomThe tribal wisdom of the Dakota Indians, passed on from generation to generation, says that, "When you discover that you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount."However, in government, education, and in corporate America, more advanced strategies are often employed, such as:1. Buying a stronger whip.2. Changing riders.3. Appointing a committee to st
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