On September 20, 1986, well...
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On September 20, 1986, well-known jockey Bill Shoemaker rode "Spectacular Bid" in the Woodward Stakes at Belmont Park in New York. Shoemaker will never boast of winning the race although he did come in first, for he also came in last. There were three other horses scheduled but they all dropped out. Shoemaker had to ride around the track to win the money. Shoemaker might try to impress someone that he had finished first with its importance, but we know better. I doubt he would risk it.
A heavyweight boxer, who will understandably remain anonymous, came to Chicago. Filled with his pretended importance, he sat down the two suitcases he was holding, raised his arms as in victory, and said, "Chicago, I'm gonna conquer you." Far from conquering Chicago, the boxer discovered when he looked down that someone had stolen his two suitcases.
Arthur O. Lovejoy, in Reflections on Human Nature, p. 109, tells of an Englishman who in a speech addressed to a group of Americans during WWI boasting that the English never boasted. Oops! Do we try to impress people by saying that we never try to impress people? Oops!
A heavyweight boxer, who will understandably remain anonymous, came to Chicago. Filled with his pretended importance, he sat down the two suitcases he was holding, raised his arms as in victory, and said, "Chicago, I'm gonna conquer you." Far from conquering Chicago, the boxer discovered when he looked down that someone had stolen his two suitcases.
Arthur O. Lovejoy, in Reflections on Human Nature, p. 109, tells of an Englishman who in a speech addressed to a group of Americans during WWI boasting that the English never boasted. Oops! Do we try to impress people by saying that we never try to impress people? Oops!
