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WITandWISDOM(tm) - May 4, 2006 ISSN 1538-8794 ~~~~~~~ THOUGHTS: We can learn much from wise words, little from wisecracks, and less from wise guys. - William A. Ward Source: Carol's Thought for Today, http://users.adelphia.net/~mrs.carol ~~~~~~~ SPECIAL THOUGHTS: On display in the magnificent Louvre Museum in Paris, France, is that dramatic painting of Goethe's Faust. Faust is seated at a table engaged in a competitive game of chess. And at first glance, it looks like Faust is losing. His opponent in the chess game is Satan. The devil sits there grinning smugly. He thinks he has the victory in hand. He is pointing at the chessboard with an evil leer and he is gloating. As you look at the painting, you can almost hear the devil shouting: "Checkmate! Game’s over! I win!" However, a person with a keen eye who knows the game of chess can see that the match is not over at all. As a matter of fact, just a few years ago, an internationally famous chess player was admiring the painting when all of a sudden he lunged forward and exclaimed: "Wait a minute! Look! Faust has another move and that move will give him the victory!" Eric S. Ritz, The Ritz Collection Source: Illustrations, http://www.cybersaltlists.org ~~~~~~~ THIS & THAT: My in-laws gave us a beautiful knife set--top quality. The accompanying cutting board, however, was a different story. On the wrapping around it was printed this warning: "Opening with sharp object may damage this product." Submitted by Quirk ~~~~~~~ KEEP SMILING: My new data-entry assistant could often be heard offering encouragement to her computer. "You can do it, big guy!" she would say. "Good boy! Nice job, fella." After one particularly lengthy pep talk, I asked, "How do you know your computer's male?" "Because you have to tell it what to do." Contributed to Reader's Digest "All In a Day's Work" by Debe Lomicka Source: Beliefnet Presents, http://www.beliefnet.com/user/newsletter_choose.asp ~~~~~~~ TRIVIA: TOKYO (Reuters 04-13-06) - A Japanese man wept for joy this week when he recovered 5 million yen ($42,210) in cash his wife had mistakenly thrown out with the household rubbish. The 35-year-old man had withdrawn the money from a bank account but, fearing it would be stolen, he hid it inside a refuse bag which he placed in a rubbish bin, Japanese media said. His wife unknowingly threw out the bag, which was found last month at a refuse collection point outside an apartment building in Saitama, north of Tokyo. Local police returned the money after the man was able to give details of the exact amount and where he had withdrawn it. Many Japanese keep large quantities of money hidden in their homes and cash is often used for business transactions. Source: Ananova http://www.ananova.com