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      "It is easier for me to do what you watch, than it is for you to watch what I do."

                     -with apologies to Neil Simon, from "Barefoot in the Park."

       The above is an example of litotes, a literary device that involves a classic inversion of terms.

   President John F. Kennedy used litotes when he stole (borrowed) his classic, "Ask not...what your

   country can do for you.  Ask what you can do for your country."

        Very wise sayings:  1. When all else fails, read (I'd stop here...) the directions.

                       2.  Consider the source.

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