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Old 11-20-2009, 02:29 PM
tonkovich tonkovich is offline
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Originally Posted by aklim View Post
I got a better one. It's not whether you win or lose but how you play the game. All of these are the mantra of those not in 1st place. 2nd place, first loser, 3rd place 2nd loser and so on.
actually, the point was being made, by a fictional 109 year old italian man, that the italians seemed to survive much better by being conquered by the germans and the americans. (there was no "marshall plan" for america, post wwII - the japanese seemed to have done much better also.)

have you read catch 22
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