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Tuesday
May312011

“Do you take this man to have and to hold from this day forward, for better and for worse, 'till death do you part?”

Do you take this man to have and to hold from this day forward, for better and for worse, 'till death do you part?

You're at a wedding. The minister has completed most of the ceremony, and now he's at the part where the couple exchange their vows and say "I do". The minister asks the woman: 

Do you, Kim, take this man, Noah, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better and for worse, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, 'till death do you part?

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Tuesday
Mar162010

“Just because you can doesn't mean you should.”

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Your brother has made a lot of money on the stock market and says that he wants to use some of the money to buy an expensive sports car. You try to talk him out of it (convince him not to do it) but he says he can afford to buy it because he has enough money. You still think it's a dumb idea, so you tell him:

Just because you can afford it doesn't mean you should buy it.

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