Word: stupidity
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...those early Petrograd days remained alive in Russia, there was no one around to dispute with Molotov his actual relationship with Lenin. But the archives of Leninism still held their verdict. In a letter commenting on Molotov's work, the exiled Lenin wrote: "We have received a stupid letter from the editorial board [i.e., Molotov]. We will not reply. They must be got rid of . . ." Lenin's last word on Molotov: "An incurable dumbbell...
...funny double entendre. When Trust your Wife used celebrities as contestants, they were guaranteed a fee regardless of whether they won. "Of course," says a Hollywood agent who gets requests from quiz shows for celebrities, "they don't ask anything that will make a big name look stupid." Strike It Rich insures itself on that score by rehearsing some questions with its guests...
...Cultural Center in Hiroshima, Japan (pop. 360,000), the sort of incident he had dreaded took place. One day his seven-year-old daughter delivered a gift of some stationery to an elementary school. A group of boys suddenly surrounded her. Screaming "American, your nose is too high. Baka! [stupid idiot]. You dropped the atomic bomb on us," they threatened to beat her with sticks. Though the boys never carried out this 1954 threat, the incident was proof enough that Fazl Fotouhi had a most delicate educational task ahead...
...Marcel Duchamp's famed Nude Descending a Staircase, the hit of Manhattan's 1913 Armory Show, all three brothers started out dead serious about their art, and it was art that became their common bond. Recalls Marcel: "We had always in our head the famous adage, 'stupid as a painter.' We tried to introduce some brains into the problem...
...fine and, all other things being equal, he was still young enough to take a prison sentence in stride. But Jimmy Hoffa had built his whole reputation on being an awesomely smart guy. And that reputation could hardly survive being caught with the goods while pulling an incredibly stupid stunt...