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Related: Culture Forums, Support Forums"Depend upon it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight,
It concentrates his mind wonderfully. -----Samuel Johnson
I am sure the above is true: the prospect of death in the near future would cause most of us to "prioritize" what time we had left. I am sure we would all have somewhat different "before I kick the bucket" lists, but wouldn't we all want to be sure that everyone we love knows that we love them?
Maybe that's something we should take care of now---just in case "tomorrow starts without us".
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"Depend upon it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, (Original Post)
Atticus
Feb 2022
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Joinfortmill
(14,239 posts)1. 👍
MyOwnPeace
(16,887 posts)2. But, on the other hand........
what if you're an evil, selfish. soul-less son-of-a-bitch - I'm thinking you'd want to screw over as many of your 'enemies' as possible before the indictments come pouring down on you.
Not that I can think of anybody who would do something like that.......
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)3. Note: A 'fortnight' is 2 weeks, for anybody that didn't have Mrs. Barrett for a fourth-grade
teacher!