tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post7128499903004844..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: YogismsAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-1155702933195321172022-01-15T21:51:41.930-05:002022-01-15T21:51:41.930-05:00One of the first I ever heard was this discussion:...One of the first I ever heard was this discussion:<br /><br />Mr. Berra, do you want your pizza cut into 4 or 6 slices?<br /><br />Yogi: You better do 4 because I'm not hungry enough to eat 6.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05680174513083261237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-38927081687392179682022-01-15T10:37:29.976-05:002022-01-15T10:37:29.976-05:00It's a unique gift, being able to communicate ...It's a unique gift, being able to communicate a thought while expressing it inaccurately, in a way that is essential to the communication. Almost all of us know exactly what Yogi meant with each one of these aphorisms.<br /><br />I worked with a guy named Carlo once, in Kazakhstan. It was a joint venture between Kazakhs, Italians, Brits, and Americans. Carlo was funny and kind of hyper, an intelligent engineer, very amiable and social, typically Italian in a comical way. Anyway, we had a celebratory dinner and Carlo made a speech. He had an odd, frenetic way of speaking when he wasn't in native tongue. So, his short speech consisted of a weird mashup of English, Italian and Russian words and grammar structures, all kind of thrown together in his nervousness. It was a hilarious speech, aside from that, but the really funny thing was: <i>everybody in the room knew exactly what he was saying</i>. It's a rare gift.Aggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11089648434324058300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-8725614760143001332022-01-15T10:30:57.063-05:002022-01-15T10:30:57.063-05:00..or, in his own words, "I never said most of.....or, in his own words, "I never said most of the things I said."<br /><br />My favorite is: “It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” But I understand there is some question that he actually said this.Aggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11089648434324058300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-71169862440377371262022-01-15T00:20:23.790-05:002022-01-15T00:20:23.790-05:00Just remember, he didn't say all the things he...Just remember, he didn't say all the things he said.Kororahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06208444799799287420noreply@blogger.com