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CBGLuthier

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4. No, but I do have a life long philosophy based on a scene from Barney Miller

Thu Aug 7, 2014, 04:45 PM

Aug 2014

Barney was consoling one of his men after he had to kill two bank robbers and he told him this

Barney: Did you ever wonder why the sperm whale, which is the largest mammal on the face of the earth, has a throat about that size? [forms a circle with his thumb and fingers]
Chano: Yeah. You know, I always did wonder. Why is that?
Barney: Because that's the way it is. And there ain't anything you can do about it.

There are times in life when "that's the way it is. And there ain't anything you can do about it." is the only thing that can help.

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