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Re: Seeking "There are ? kinds..." Phrases

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From: Bruce Smith
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1993 17:52
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In article <1993Jul13.162924.19700@sdiego.uucp> marsi@sdiego.uucp (Marsi Hauer) writes:
>enl1@quads.uchicago.edu (emmanuel nicholas lazaridis) writes:
>
>>I am collecting sayings concerning classification, in particular,
>>phrases addressing the question "How many types/kinds/classes of
>>people are there?"  For example:
>
>>    There are two kinds of people, those who split people into 
>>    two kinds, and those who don't.     -Author Unknown (?)
>
>
>Here's my favorite...
>
>There are three types of people in this world,  those who make things happen,
>those who watch things happen, and those that have no idea whatsoever what 
>happened.


There are two kinds of people in rec.humor: those who make requests for others
to post something funny, and those who do the actual posting.

(I don't mean to imply that every non-request is funny, but hey, at least it's
an effort!)


Bruce Smith
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Subject: Re: Seeking "There are ? kinds..." Phrases
Date: 13 Jul 1993 17:52:04 GMT
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