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• Uh-oh -- I've let the cat out of the bag. Let me, then, straightforwardly state the thesis I shall now elaborate
  Making variations on a theme is really the crux of creativity....
• QOTD: I opened Pandora's box, let the cat out of the bag and put the ball in their court.
  -- Hon. J. Hacker (The Ministry of Administrative Affairs)...
• Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don't let them scare you unduly, for they keep boredom at bay and spark creativity.
  -- R. I. Fitzhenry...
• A very sad poet was Jenny Her limericks weren't worth a penny In technique they were sound Yet somehow she found Whenever she tried to write any She always wrote one line too many.
  -- Douglas Hofstadter, "Metamagical Thema...
• glark /glark/ vt. To figure something out from context.
  "The System III manuals are pretty poor, but you can generally glark the meaning from context....
• glark: /glark/ vt. To figure something out from context.
  The System III manuals are pretty poor, but you can generally glark the meaning from context....
• Marge: But you can't let a few bad experiences sour you on helping people.
  Lovejoy: Oh, sure I can. [the phone rings] [shudders] You handle it....
• It takes a magician to get a rabbit out of a hat; but any fool can let the cat out of a bag.
• Phoebe: OK. [singing] Smelly cat, smell-ly cat, what are they feeding you?
  Smelly cat [back up singers - smelly, smelly, smelly, really bad smelly cat, it's not your fault] OK, sorry....