Definition of the Day 4-1-15 — Reality

REALITY, n. A chronic malady amenable to treatment with plentiful application of positive thinking and scripture. Unfortunately, the palliative effects of such treatment tend to diminish with the approach of death.

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–from the revised and expanded edition of The American Heretic’s Dictionary, the best modern successor to Ambrose Bierce’s Devil’s Dictionary

 

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