A set of diffs to bring the new murphy into line with the

fortune/Notes fortmatting instructions.  Also fix a couple typos.
I did a bit of this, by Cy Schubert did most of it.  Thanks Cy!

1 files changed, 146 insertions, 172 deletions

diff --git a/games/fortune/datfiles/murphy b/games/fortune/datfiles/murphy
index c9e11b8..721df29 100644
--- a/games/fortune/datfiles/murphy
+++ b/games/fortune/datfiles/murphy
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ man until he submerges.
 The deficiency will never show itself during the test runs.
 %
 The lagging activity in a project will invariably be found
-in the area where the highest overtime rates lie waiting
+in the area where the highest overtime rates lie waiting.
 %
 It is impossible to build a fool proof system;
 because fools are so ingenious.
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ multiple interpretations.
 The crucial memorandum will be snared in the out-basket by
 the paper clip of the overlying memo and go to file.
 %
-On successive charts of the same organization the number of
+On successive charts of the same organization, the number of
 boxes will never decrease.
 %
 It is ok to be ignorant in some areas,
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ Leakproof seals --- will.
 Never offend people with style
 when you can offend them with substance.
 %
-Our customers paperwork is profit
-our own paperwork is loss.
+Our customers' paperwork is profit.
+Our own paperwork is loss.
 %
 At any level of traffic, any delay is intolerable.
 %
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ Interchangeable parts --- won't.
 Any time you wish to demonstrate something, the number of
 faults is proportional to the number of viewers.
 %
-All american cars are basically chevrolets.
+All American cars are basically Chevrolets.
 %
 A coup that is known in advance is a coup that does not
 take place.
@@ -187,18 +187,18 @@ Make it possible for programmers to write programs
 in english and you will find that programmers cannot
 write in english.
 %
-When more and more people are thrown out of work
+When more and more people are thrown out of work,
 unemployment results.
 %
-If you can't measure it, i'm not interested.
+If you can't measure it, I'm not interested.
 %
 The best way to lie is to tell the truth.....
 carefully edited truth.
 %
 There are three ways to get things done:
-Do it yourself,
-Hire someone to do it, or
-Forbid your kids to do it.
+	(1)  Do it yourself,
+	(2)  Hire someone to do it, or
+	(3)  Forbid your kids to do it.
 %
 I think ... therefore I am confused.
 %
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ Flynn is dead
 Tron is dead
 long live the MCP.
 %
-Why worry about tomorrow? we may not make it through today!
+Why worry about tomorrow?  We may not make it through today!
 %
 Real programmers don't number paragraph names
 consecutively.
@@ -266,8 +266,8 @@ Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.
 %
 Real programmers understand Pascal.
 %
-Real programmers know it's not operations
-fault if their jobs go into "hogs."
+Real programmers know it's not operations'
+fault if their jobs go into "hogs".
 %
 Real programmers do not eat breakfast from the
 vending machines.
@@ -363,8 +363,10 @@ Hard enough to make water run uphill.
 Avoid reality at all costs.
 %
 Program design philosophy:
-Start at the beginning and continue until the end,
-then stop.            (Lewis Carroll)
+
+	Start at the beginning and continue until the end,
+	then stop.
+		-- Lewis Carroll
 %
 A closed mouth gathers no foot.
 %
@@ -375,8 +377,8 @@ Friends come and go, but enemies accumulate.
 In a hierarchical organization, the higher the level,
 the greater the confusion.
 %
-The first time is for love
-the next time is $200.
+The first time is for love.
+The next time is $200.
 %
 Of two possible events,
 only the undesired one will occur.
@@ -566,7 +568,7 @@ When all else fails, read the instructions.
 Anything you try to fix will take longer and cost more than
 you thought.
 %
-Close counts in horseshoes, handgrenades and
+"Close" only counts in horseshoes, handgrenades and
 thermonuclear devices.
 %
 The lion and the calf shall lie down together,
@@ -589,7 +591,8 @@ it needed replacing anyway.
 %
 I have yet to see any problem, however complicated, which,
 when you looked at it in the right way, did not become
-still more complicated.               Poul Anderson
+still more complicated.
+		-- Poul Anderson
 %
 Any tool dropped while repairing a car will roll underneath
 to the exact center.
@@ -639,15 +642,13 @@ Everything is revealed to he who turns over enough stones.
 (Including the snakes that he did not want to find.)
 %
 Everybody should believe in something;
-I believe i'll have another drink.
+I believe I'll have another drink.
 %
 Those whose approval you seek the most give you the least.
 %
 Build a system that even a fool can use,
 and only a fool will use it.
 %
-You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think.
-%
 Everyone has a scheme for getting rich that will not work.
 %
 It's always the wrong time of the month.
@@ -664,7 +665,7 @@ when the garbage truck is two doors away.
 Misery no longer loves company
 nowdays it insists on it.
 %
-the race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the
+The race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the
 strong, but that's the way to bet.
 %
 Some of it plus the rest of it is all of it.
@@ -687,12 +688,6 @@ Old age is always fifteen years older than I am.
 %
 It is morally wrong to allow suckers to keep their money.
 %
-When you're up to your nose .......,
-be sure to keep your mouth shut.
-%
-One's life tends to be like a beaver's,
-one dam thing after another.
-%
 A bird in hand is safer than one overhead.
 %
 The ratio of time involved in work to time available for
@@ -707,7 +702,7 @@ knows it for he shall enjoy living.
 Everything east of the San Andreas fault will evenutally
 plunge into the Atlantic ocean.
 %
-I finally got it all together.....
+I finally got it all together ...
 but I forgot where I put it.
 %
 Nature always sides with the hidden flaw.
@@ -726,8 +721,6 @@ If it can be borrowed and it can be broken,
 you will borrow it and
 you will break it.
 %
-Never sleep with anyone crazier than yourself.
-%
 Live within your income,
 even if you have to borrow to do so.
 %
@@ -743,7 +736,7 @@ Never play leapfrog with a unicorn.
 %
 A bird in the hand is dead.
 %
-A smith and wesson beats four aces.
+A Smith and Wesson beats four aces.
 %
 Never put all your eggs in your pocket.
 %
@@ -796,7 +789,7 @@ Any improbable event which would create maximum confusion
 if it did occur, will occur.
 %
 When you are right be logical,
-When you are wrong be-fuddle.
+when you are wrong be-fuddle.
 %
 For every human problem, there is a neat, plain solution --
 and it is always wrong.
@@ -828,7 +821,7 @@ Left to themselves, all things go from bad to worse.
 %
 If you see that there are four possible ways in which a
 procedure can go wrong, and circumvent these, then a
-fifth way, unprepared for, will promptly develope.
+fifth way, unprepared for, will promptly develop.
 %
 Things get worse under pressure.
 %
@@ -902,9 +895,6 @@ If you can't measure output then you measure input.
 Any theory can be made to fit any facts by means of
 approximate, additional assumptions.
 %
-Old scottish prayer:  O Lord, grant that we may always be
-right, for thou knowest we will never change our minds.
-%
 Never be first to do anything.
 %
 The chief cause of problems is solutions.
@@ -948,7 +938,7 @@ If you can't convince them, confuse them.
 %
 Assumption is the mother of all foul-ups.
 %
-All general statements are false.  (think about it)
+All general statements are false.  (Think about it.)
 %
 If it happens, it must be possible.
 %
@@ -1005,12 +995,12 @@ Nature always sides with the hidden flaw.
 %
 The hidden flaw never remains hidden.
 %
-1.  Everything depends.
-2.  Nothing is always.
-3.  Everything is sometimes.
+(1)	Everything depends.
+(2)	Nothing is always.
+(3)	Everything is sometimes.
 %
 If you wait, it will go away
-....having done it's damage.
+... having done it's damage.
 If it was bad, it'll be back.
 %
 Complex problems have simple, easy-to-understand
@@ -1024,7 +1014,7 @@ world's composed of aluminum and vinyl.
 %
 In order for something to become clean, something
 else must become dirty.
-...but you can get everything dirty without getting
+... but you can get everything dirty without getting
 anything clean.
 %
 Things equal to nothing else are equal to each other.
@@ -1080,12 +1070,12 @@ lane.
 Whenever you cut your fingernails you will find a
 need for them an hour later.
 %
-1.  If the weather is extremely bad, church attendance
-    will be down.
-2.  If the weather is extremely good, church attendance
-    will be down.
-3.  If the bulletin covers are in short supply church
-    attendance will exceed all expectations.
+(1)	If the weather is extremely bad, church
+	attendance will be down.
+(2)	If the weather is extremely good, church
+	attendance will be down.
+(3)	If the bulletin covers are in short supply
+	church attendance will exceed all expectations.
 %
 If a situation requires undivided attention, it will
 occur simultaneously with a compelling distraction.
@@ -1114,9 +1104,9 @@ The first page the author turns to upon receiving an
 advance copy will be the page containing the worst
 error.
 %
-1.  Never draw what you can copy.
-2.  Never copy what you can trace.
-3.  Never trace what you can cut out and paste down.
+(1)	Never draw what you can copy.
+(2)	Never copy what you can trace.
+(3)	Never trace what you can cut out and paste down.
 %
 The best shots happen immediately after the last
 frame is exposed.
@@ -1139,7 +1129,7 @@ directly with that person's sensitivity to smoke.
 The distance to the gate is inversely proportional
 to the time available to catch you flight.
 %
-As soon as the stewardess serves the coffee, the
+As soon as the flight attendant serves the coffee, the
 airliner encounters turbulence.
 %
 Serving coffee on aircraft causes turbulence.
@@ -1169,7 +1159,7 @@ implemented, it wasn't worth doing.
 %
 The greater the cost of putting a plan into operation,
 the less chance there is of abandoning the plan - even
-if it subsequently becomes irreveland.
+if it subsequently becomes irrevelant.
 %
 The higher the level of prestige accorded the people
 behind the plan, the least less chance there is of
@@ -1196,10 +1186,10 @@ they are.
 You never know who's right, but you always know
 who's in charge.
 %
-1.  Anyone can make a decision given enough facts.
-2.  A good manager can make a decision without enough
-    facts.
-3.  A perfect manager can operate in perfect ignorance.
+(1)	Anyone can make a decision given enough facts.
+(2)	A good manager can make a decision without enough
+	facts.
+(3)	A perfect manager can operate in perfect ignorance.
 %
 The boss who attempts to impress employees with his
 knowledge of intricate details has lost sight of his
@@ -1256,7 +1246,7 @@ who's redundant.
 %
 Whatever hits the fan will not be evenly distributed.
 %
-If you're early, it'be cancelled.
+If you're early, it'll be cancelled.
 If you knock yourself out to be on time, you will
    have to wait.
 If you're late, you will be too late.
@@ -1277,7 +1267,7 @@ what you don't want to do.
 Any task worth doing was worth doing yesterday.
 %
 The more complicated and grandiose the plan, the
-greater the chance of ailure.
+greater the chance of failure.
 %
 Simple jobs always get put off because there will be
 time to do them later.
@@ -1301,14 +1291,14 @@ The more carefully you plan a project, the more
 confusion there is when something goes wrong.
 %
 Murphy's rule for precision:
-   Measure with a micrometer
-   Mark with chalk
-   Cut with an axe
+	Measure with a micrometer
+	Mark with chalk
+	Cut with an axe
 %
 You can't fix it if it ain't broke.
 %
 First rule of intelligent tinkering:
-    Save all the parts
+	Save all the parts
 %
 Access holes will be 1/2" too small.
 Holes that are the right size will be in the wrong place.
@@ -1367,9 +1357,9 @@ Teamwork is essential.  It allows you to blame someone else.
 %
 Science is true.  Don't be misled by facts.
 %
-1.  If it's green or it wiggles, it's biology.
-2.  If it stinks, it's chemistry.
-3.  If it doesn't work, it's physics.
+(1)	If it's green or it wiggles, it's biology.
+(2)	If it stinks, it's chemistry.
+(3)	If it doesn't work, it's physics.
 %
 Nothing improves an innovation like lack of controls.
 %
@@ -1379,7 +1369,7 @@ to the density of control.
 If reproducibility may be a problem conduct the
 test only once.
 %
-if a straight line fit is required, obtain only two
+If a straight line fit is required, obtain only two
 data points.
 %
 Any technical problem can be overcome given enough
@@ -1395,18 +1385,18 @@ approximation and know the truth, than to demand an
 exact solution and not know the truth at all.
 %
 An easily-understood, workable falsehood is more useful
-than a comples, incompreshensible truth.
+than a complex, incompreshensible truth.
 %
 Anyone who make a significant contribution to any field
-of endeavor, and stays in that field long enough,
-becomes an obstruction ot its progress -- in direct
+of endeavor and stays in that field long enough,
+becomes an obstruction to its progress -- in direct
 proportion to the importance of his original contribution.
 %
-If a scientist encovers a publishable fact, it will
+If a scientist uncovers a publishable fact, it will
 become central to his theory.
 
 His theory, in turn, will become central to all
-scientific though.
+scientific truth.
 %
 There is no such thing as a straight line.
 %
@@ -1442,7 +1432,7 @@ In any dealings with a collective body of people, the
 people will always be more tacky than originally expected.
 %
 If you can keep your head when all about you are losing
-theirs, then you just don't understand the problemr.
+theirs, then you just don't understand the problem.
 %
 Information deteriorates upward through the bureaucracies.
 %
@@ -1473,13 +1463,13 @@ Return on investments won't.
 %
 If everybody doesn't want it, nobody gets it.
 %
-Mass man must be servied by mass means.
+Mass man must be serviced by mass means.
 %
 Everything is contagious.
 %
 Nothing is ever done for the right reasons.
 %
-The secret of success is sincerity. once you can fake
+The secret of success is sincerity.  Once you can fake
 that you've got it made.
 %
 An expert is anyone from out of town.
@@ -1489,7 +1479,7 @@ and less until he knows absolutely everything
 about nothing.
 %
 To spot the expert, pick the one who perdicts the job
-wil take the longest and cost the most.
+will take the longest and cost the most.
 %
 If it sits on your desk for 15 minutes, you've just
 become the expert.
@@ -1531,7 +1521,7 @@ task to make them simple.
 If you have a difficult task give it to a lazy man, he
 will find an easier way to do it.
 %
-Every great idean has a disadvantage equal to or
+Every great idea has a disadvantage equal to or
 exceeding the greatness of the idea.
 %
 Never attribute to malice that which is adequately
@@ -1541,7 +1531,7 @@ New systems generate new problems.
 %
 Systems should not be unnecessarily multiplied.
 %
-Systems tend to grow, and as they grow they encroach.
+Systems tend to grow and as they grow they encroach.
 %
 Complicated systems produce unexpected outcomes.
 %
@@ -1562,13 +1552,13 @@ A complex system designed from scratch never works and
 cannot be patched up to make it work.  You have to start
 over, beginning with a working simple system.
 %
-1.  Everything is a system.
-2.  Everything is part of a larger system.
-3.  The universe is infinitely systematized both upward
-    (larger systems) and downward (smaller systems).
-4.  All systems are infinitely complex. (the illuison
-    of simplicity comes from focussing attention on
-    one or a few variables).
+(1)	Everything is a system.
+(2)	Everything is part of a larger system.
+(3)	The universe is infinitely systematized both upward
+	(larger systems) and downward (smaller systems).
+(4)	All systems are infinitely complex.  (The illuison
+	of simplicity comes from focussing attention on
+	one or a few variables).
 %
 Complex systems tend to oppose their own proper function.
 %
@@ -1578,7 +1568,7 @@ you will be the 'n + 1' to apply.
 Class schedules are designed so that every student will
 waste the maximum time between classes.
 %
-Show me a person who's never made a mistake and i'll
+Show me a person who's never made a mistake and I'll
 show you somebdoy who's never achieved much.
 %
 When you consider there are 24 hours in a day, it's
@@ -1672,9 +1662,10 @@ out of trouble.
 A drug is that substance which, when injected into a
 rat, will produce a scientific report.
 %
-Before ordering a test decide what you will do if it
-is 1) positive, or 2) negative.  If both answers are the
-same, don't do the test.
+Before ordering a test decide what you will do if it is,
+(1)	positive, or
+(2)	negative.
+If both answers are the same, don't do the test.
 %
 The radiologists' national flower is the hedge.
 %
@@ -1684,7 +1675,7 @@ indiciation for its performance.
 A physician's ability is inversely proportional
 to his availability.
 %
-There are two kinds of adhesive tape: that which won't
+There are two kinds of adhesive tape:  That which won't
 stay on and that which won't come off.
 %
 Everbody wants a pain shot at the same time.
@@ -1693,7 +1684,7 @@ Everybody who didn't want a pain shot when you were
 passing out pain shots wants one when you are passing
 out sleeping pills.
 %
-An alcoholic is a person who drinks more that his
+An alcoholic is a person who drinks more than his
 own physician.
 %
 Fools rush in -- and get the best seats.
@@ -1701,7 +1692,7 @@ Fools rush in -- and get the best seats.
 At any event, the people whose seats are furthest from
 the aisle arrive last.
 %
-Exciting plays occur only whil you are watching the
+Exciting plays occur only while you are watching the
 scoreboard or out buying a hot dog.
 %
 Nothing is ever so bad it can't be made worse by
@@ -1751,12 +1742,12 @@ fishing around you.
 %
 The mountain gets steeper as you get closer.
 %
-The mountain looks closer that it is.
+The mountain looks closer than it is.
 %
 All trails have more uphill sections that they have
 level or downhill sections.
 %
-The one who leasts wants to play is the one who will win.
+The one who least wants to play is the one who will win.
 %
 All things being equal, you lose.
 
@@ -1772,11 +1763,11 @@ If everything is coming your way, you're in the
 wrong lane.
 %
 If you allow someone to get in front of you either:
-a. the car in front will be the last one over a
-   railroad crossing, and you will be stuck waiting
-   for a long, slow-moving train; or
-b. you both will have the same destination and the
-   other car will get the last parking space.
+(1)	The car in front will be the last one over a
+	railroad crossing, and you will be stuck waiting
+	for a long, slow-moving train; or
+(2)	you both will have the same destination and the
+	other car will get the last parking space.
 %
 If you have to park six blocks away, you will find two
 new parking spaces right in front of the building
@@ -1821,12 +1812,12 @@ If it's good, they discontinue it.
 %
 It the shoe fits, it's ugly.
 %
-1.  If you like it, they don't have it in your size.
-2.  If you like it and it's in your size, it doesn't
-    fit anyway.
-3.  If you like it and it fits, you can't afford it.
-4.  If you like it, it fits and you can afford it, it
-    falls apart the first time you wear it.
+(1)	If you like it, they don't have it in your size.
+(2)	If you like it and it's in your size, it doesn't
+	fit anyway.
+(4)	If you like it and it fits, you can't afford it.
+(5)	If you like it, it fits and you can afford it, it
+	falls apart the first time you wear it.
 %
 The one you want is never the one on sale.
 %
@@ -1851,8 +1842,8 @@ self-destruct on the 61st day.
 The "consumer report" on the item will come out a week
 after you've made your purchase:
 
-  1.  The one you bought will be rated "unacceptable".
-  2.  The one you almost bought will be rated "best buy".
+(1)	The one you bought will be rated "unacceptable".
+(2)	The one you almost bought will be rated "best buy".
 %
 If you don't write to complain, you'll never receive
 your order.
@@ -1885,22 +1876,21 @@ function adequately.
 The more expensive the gadget, the less often you
 will use it.
 %
-The simpler the instruction (e.g. "press here"), the
+The simpler the instruction, e.g. "press here", the
 more difficult it will be to open the package.
 %
 In a family recipe you just discovered in an old book,
 the most vital measurement will be illegible.
 %
-Once a dish is fouled up. anything added to save it
+Once a dish is fouled up, anything added to save it
 only makes it worse.
 %
 You are always complimented on the item which took the
 least effort to prepare.
 
-example:
-
- If you make "duck a l'orange" you will be
- complimented on the baked potato.
+Example:
+	If you make "duck a l'orange" you will be
+	complimented on the baked potato.
 %
 The one ingredient you made a special trip to the store
 to get will be the one thing your guest is allergic to.
@@ -1985,15 +1975,15 @@ bathroom door you're on.
 The life expectancy of a house plant varies inversely
 with its price and directly with its ugliness.
 %
-If you have watched a tv series only once, and you watch
+If you have watched a TV series only once, and you watch
 it again, it will be a rerun of the same episode.
 %
-If there are only 2 shows worth watching, they will be
-on together.
+If there are only two shows worth watching, they will
+be on together.
 %
-The only new tv show worth watching will be cancelled.
+The only new TV show worth watching will be cancelled.
 %
-The tv show you've been looking forward to all week
+The TV show you've been looking forward to all week
 will be preempted.
 %
 Most people deserve each other.
@@ -2003,11 +1993,11 @@ their storage.
 %
 When you dial a wrong number, you never get a busy signal
 %
-1.  The telephone will ring when you are outside the
-    door, fumbling for your keys.
+(1)	The telephone will ring when you are outside the
+	door, fumbling for your keys.
 
-2.  You will reach it just in time to hear the click
-    of the caller hanging up.
+(2)	You will reach it just in time to hear the click
+	of the caller hanging up.
 %
 People to whom you are attracted invariably thing you
 remind them of someone else.
@@ -2028,16 +2018,6 @@ Your own romantic gestures seem fooolish and clumsy.
 The length of a marriage is inversely proportional
 to the amount spent on the wedding.
 %
-   All probabilities are 50%. either a thing will
-   happen or it won't.
-
-   This is especially true when dealing with women.
-
-   Likelihoods, however, are 90% against you.
-%
-Sow your wild oats on saturday night - then on
-sunday pray for crop failure.
-%
 The probablility of meeting someone you know increases
 when you are with someone you don't want to be seen with.
 %
@@ -2074,12 +2054,12 @@ happened to everyone you know only more so.
 He who laughs last -- probably didn't get the joke.
 %
 Don't worry over what other people are thinking about
-you. they're too busy worrying over what you are
+you.  They're too busy worrying over what you are
 thinking about them.
 %
 In a bureaucratic hierarchy, the higher up the
-organization the less people appreciate murphy's law,
-the peter principle, etc.
+organization the less people appreciate Murphy's law,
+the Peter Principle, etc.
 %
 Law expands in proportion to the resources available
 for its enforcement.
@@ -2119,10 +2099,10 @@ The only game that can't be fixed is peek-a-boo.
 %
 Ignorance should be painful.
 %
-The first insurance agent was david -
-he gave goliath a piece of the rock.
+The first insurance agent was David -
+he gave Goliath a piece of the rock.
 %
-King arthur ran the first knight club.
+King Arthur ran the first knight club.
 %
 Magellan was the first strait man.
 %
@@ -2132,18 +2112,18 @@ either a nitwit or a repariman.
 If it weren't for the opinion polls we'd never know
 what people are undecided about.
 %
-No news is... impossible.
+No news is ... impossible.
 %
 Laugh and the world laughs with you. cry and ...
 you have to blow your nose.
 %
-A penny saved is ...not much.
+A penny saved is ... not much.
 %
-He who marries for money...better be nice to his wife.
+He who marries for money ... better be nice to his wife.
 %
-It's always darkest before ...daylight saving time.
+It's always darkest before ... daylight saving time.
 %
-If at first you don't succeed...get new batteries.
+If at first you don't succeed ... get new batteries.
 %
 There is nothing more frightening than ignorance in action.
 %
@@ -2174,12 +2154,12 @@ Never play leapfrog with a photo enlarger.
 %
 Never argue with an artist.
 %
-When in doubt, don't muble, overexpose...then mumble.
+When in doubt, don't muble, overexpose ... then mumble.
 %
 The light at the end of the tunnel really is a train.
 %
 A budget is saving quarters in a mason jar for
-christmas and spending them by easter.
+Christmas and spending them by Easter.
 %
 A budget is spending $15.00 on gas to drive to a
 shopping mall to save $4.30 on a 20 pound turkey.
@@ -2212,7 +2192,7 @@ Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.
 %
 It is far better to do nothing that to do
 something efficiently.
-                        Siezbo
+		-- Siezbo
 %
 The man who has no more problems is out of the game.
 %
@@ -2244,21 +2224,15 @@ When a distinguised scientist states something is possible,
 he is almost certainly right.  When he states that
 something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
 %
-Early to rise and early to bed makes a male
-healthy and wealthy and dead.
-%
 Everyone gets away with something.
 No one gets away with everything.
 %
 Remain silent about your intentions until you are sure
-*--------------------------------------------------------------------*
-*        Extensions as added by me, Jim Marshall
-*--------------------------------------------------------------------*
 %
 Calm down .... it is only ones and zeros.
 %
-Real programmers don't write Cobol.
-Cobol is for wimpy applications programmers.
+Real programmers don't write COBOL.
+COBOL is for wimpy applications programmers.
 %
 I have not lost my mind, it is backed up on tape somewhere.
 %
@@ -2281,27 +2255,27 @@ Real programmers don't eat quiche.  In fact, real
 programmers don't know how to spell quiche.  They eat
 twinkies and szechwan food.
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-Real programmer's programs never work the first time. but
+Real programmer's programs never work the first time.  But
 if you throw them on the machine, they can be patched into
 working in "only a few" 30-hour debugging sessions.
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-Real programmers don't write in Fortran. Fortran is for
+Real programmers don't write in Fortran.  Fortran is for
 pipe stress freaks and crystallography weenies.
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 Real programmers never work 9 to 5.  If any real
 programmers are around at 9 a.m., it's because they
 were up all night.
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-Real programmers don't write in basic.  Actually, no
+Real programmers don't write in Basic.  Actually, no
 programmers write in basic after age 12.
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 Real programmers don't write in PL/1.  PL/1 is for
 programmers who can't decide whether to write in
-Cobol or Fortran.
+COBOL or Fortran.
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 Real programmers don't play tennis or any other sport
 that requires you to change clothes.  Mountain climbing is
-ok, and real programmers wear their climbing boots to work
+O.K., and real programmers wear their climbing boots to work
 in case a mountain should suddenly spring up in the middle
 of the machine room.
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@@ -2318,9 +2292,9 @@ with the same staff that started it.  Yours will not be the
 first.
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 When things are going well, something will go wrong.
-- when things just can't get any worse, they will.
-- when things appear to be going better you have overlooked
-  something.
+When things just can't get any worse, they will.
+When things appear to be going better you have overlooked
+something.
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 If project content is allowed to change freely, the rate of
 change will exceed the rate of progress.
@@ -2338,7 +2312,7 @@ than done
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 If it's not in the computer, it doesn't exist.
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-Never wrestle with a pig, you both get dirty, and the pig
+Never wrestle with a pig; you both get dirty, and the pig
 likes it!
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 Never argue with an idiot:  People watching may not be able
@@ -2347,17 +2321,17 @@ to tell the difference.
 Don't fight with a bear in his own cage.
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 The six steps of program management are:
-      1.  Wild enthusiasm
-      2.  Disenchantment
-      3.  Total confusion
-      4.  Search for guilty
-      5.  Punishment for the innocent
-      6.  Promotion of the non-participants
+(1)	Wild enthusiasm
+(2)	Disenchantment
+(3)	Total confusion
+(4)	Search for guilty
+(5)	Punishment for the innocent
+(6)	Promotion of the non-participants
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 He who hesitates is not only lost, but several miles from
 the next freeway exit.
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-An expert doesn't know any more than you do.  He oe she is
+An expert doesn't know any more than you do.  He or she is
 merely better organized and uses slides.
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 Nothing is impossible for the person who doesn't have