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12. Yep, it's Leibniz, creator of calculus, binary arithmetic, statistics, and other stuff.

Thu Mar 19, 2026, 10:29 PM

Mar 19

He had a very large garden.

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Perhaps it is referring to the multiverse, parallel worlds etc. lostincalifornia Mar 19 #1

No...you should read the book. sir pball Mar 19 #5

I wasn't being serious. lostincalifornia Mar 20 #23

One of my favorite books ever! n/t Greybnk48 Mar 19 #2

Funny and devilishly difficuly. soldierant Mar 20 #18

Do you know Kristin Chenoweth's version? fierywoman Mar 20 #22

In light of that line, I have concluded, cachukis Mar 19 #4

Have you read the book? sir pball Mar 19 #6

No. I came to my conclusion sans Voltaire. cachukis Mar 19 #9

Didn't Candide and the doctor dine on Cunegunde's (Sp?) buttock? Ponietz Mar 19 #7

I'm pretty sure the woman with one buttock soldierant Mar 20 #15

what does that even mean, "everything happens for the best" Skittles Mar 20 #17

I agree. greatauntoftriplets Mar 20 #19

reminds me of people who are "always happy" Skittles Mar 20 #20

it sounds like religious nonsense Skittles Mar 20 #26

I think Pangloss was voicing an opinion edhopper Mar 19 #10

I believe it comes from Leibniz. Warren_Pointe Mar 19 #11

Indeed we must (you made me smile.) soldierant Mar 20 #16

As An English Major, I Wrote One Paper on "Candide." I Can't... ColoringFool Mar 20 #24

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Mar 19 #14