His next piece was the aptly named Sonnet 130:

> My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun,
> Coral is far more red, than her lips red,
> ...

> # Bacon on a crowbar

> t3yw 12 points 1 hour ago

> I bet a narwhal would love that.

> greg 8 points 1 hour ago

> > I bet a narwhal would love that.

> Dude narwhals don't eat bacon.

> t3yw 15 points 1 hour ago

> > > I bet a narwhal would love that.

> > Dude narwhals don't eat bacon.

> Next thing you'll be saying they don't get capes and wizard hats either!

> boing -5 points 1 hour ago

> narwhals are worse than ceiling cat

> fred 1 points 23 minutes ago

> > I bet a narwhal would love that.

> I bet they'd love to peel a banana too.

> He began his list of "lessons" with the following:

> > One should never assume that his side of the issue will be recognized, let alone that it will be conceded to have merits.

> He continued with a number of similar points, ending with:

> > Finally, one should be prepared for the threat of breakdown in negotiations at any given moment and not be cowed by the possibility.

> We shall now discuss these points...

> > The truth may be puzzling. It may take some work to grapple with. It may be counterintuitive. It may contradict deeply held prejudices. It may not be consonant with what we desperately want to be true. But our preferences do not determine what's true. We have a method, and that method helps us to reach not absolute truth, only asymptotic approaches to the truth — never there, just closer and closer, always finding vast new oceans of undiscovered possibilities. Cleverly designed experiments are the key.

> Carl Sagan, in "Wonder and Skepticism", from the Skeptical Inquirer Volume 19, Issue 1 (January-February 1995)

> > [Jane] then said she liked [...] fish.

> > I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.

> — Stephen Roberts