Poor William's Almanack, February 15, 2012, Why Ask Me?

Ben Franklin's bifocals Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Philosopher Jeremy Bentham Philosopher Jeremy Bentham bust
[1748 - Jeremy Bentham, philosopher, born in Spitalfields, London]

[1803 - John (Johann Augustus) Sutter, California pioneer, general, born in Kandern,
Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany]

[1809 - Cyrus H. McCormick, inventor, businessman, born in Rockbridge County, Virginia]

[1812 - Charles Lewis Tiffany, jeweler,
born in Killingly, Connecticut]

[1820 - Susan B. Anthony, women's rights suffragette, born in Adams, Massachusetts]

[1882 - John Sidney Barrymore (Blyth), actor, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]

USS Maine moored USS Maine sunk
[1898 - Battleship USS Maine blows up at anchor in Havana Harbor]

Composer Harold Arlen at piano with his dog Shmutts

[1905 - Harold Arlen (Hyman Arluck Arlen), composer, songwriter, born in Buffalo, New York]

[1927 - Harvey Korman, Emmy Award-winning comedian, born in Chicago]

F-I Champ Auto Racer Graham Hill in a Lotus

[1929 - Graham Hill, Triple Crown champion auto racer, born in Hampstead, London]

Nobel Physicist & Teacher Richard P. Feynman
[1988 - Richard P. Feynman, physicist (Nobel 1965), dies at age 69]

Why Ask Me?

Who has not had the experience of, asked for an opinion on some subject and having given it, being met by a spirited or angry rejection? Under such circumstances one can only assume that the questioner really sought not an opinion, but confirmation of a belief already held.

chewed out for answering the wrong way

William's Whimsical Words:

Being necessarily ignorant of what is in thy head, I can only tell thee what is in mine.

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