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| Adam was but human--this explains it all. He did not want the apple for the apple's sake, he wanted it only because it was forbidden. The mistake was in not forbidding the serpent; then he would have eaten the serpent. -- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar" | |
| Carmel, New York, has an ordinance forbidding men to wear coats and trousers that don't match. | |
| The District of Columbia has a law forbidding you to exert pressure on a balloon and thereby cause a whistling sound on the streets. | |
