Tag: Szymborska

Stalin’s socks and Goethe’s thistles

(NOTE - The International Year of the Potato was in 2008) I know several people who are constantly being reminded that this year we are all supposed to be celebrating  the International Year of the Potato (Peru's gift to the world). The Colorado Potato Beetle (Colorado's gift to the world), the most serious insect potato pest,... Continue Reading →

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Wisława Szymborska – A word on statistics -Przyczynek do statystyki

Out of every hundred people those who always know better: fifty-two. Unsure of every step: almost all the rest. Ready to help, if it doesn't take long: forty-nine. Always good, because they cannot be otherwise: four -- well, maybe five. Able to admire without envy: eighteen. Led to error by youth (which passes): sixty, plus... Continue Reading →

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