Stoicism Gifts

Zeno Gives Directions

Date Time. Maybe an online dating site is not the best place to search for an honest person, Diogenes.

"The prostate biopsy shows your pain threshold is much higher than normal."

"Let's face it. The only play you've ever liked is 'Stop the World - I Want to Get Off.'"

"Imagine if only 1/2 the companies that claimed to have a great culture actually did."

"I see you're back from church. What was cherry-picked for you today?"

A political promise is intended to be a golden egg...Which is kept in a pork barrel and after an election...Hatches into a dead duck before...it turns invisible so it can quietly vanish.

The Mainstream

Community church - the home of religion lite - Sermon: 'Atheism? You may be right!'

'I suppose you're entitled to your opinion, but I still say that Shemp was the greatest of them all.'

Scientific Research: 'Uh...why'd it take'em 20 yeahs t' figyah that out?'

"Let's try to think of something that untold millions of people will buy."

"After the election everything will be perfect and I will be able to fly."

"Why do I hate religion? Imagine if half the money ever donated to religion had instead been used for scientific research. That's the world religion stole from me! Instead of worrying about the coronavirus, I could be slaying orcs on a starship's holodeck!"

Utopia - a necessarily restrictive and conformist social structure.

'He was a Stoic's Stoic.'

"If Marcus Aurelius himself were standing here today, I'm sure he would agree this suit reflects perfectly your stoic sensibilities."

"If we can put a man on the moon, why can't we admit that the moon landing was a big conspiracy?"

Seneca

"It is as I feared, Mr. Moran. It's definitely a stiff upper lip."

A man without a chicken on his head!

'A Federally-funded study released today proves conclusively that taxes are good for the economy....'

"If it takes the GMC 20 years to spot a rogue surgeon what chance have you got in 20 minutes?"

The conspiracy behind conspiracy theories.

Cemetery with graves engraved 'traditional medicine' and 'alternative medicine'.

"The sky isn't really falling -- I'm just trying to make a living."

'Why is there a 'Like' button but no 'Despise' button?'

'Can I trust a Doctor whose prescriptions have absolutely no side effects?'

'If this isn't a placebo you gave me, how come it says 'M&M' on it?'

Through thick and thin, John always managed to keep a stiff upper lip.

The Moe Howard Installation

"Everyone says I'm crazy and avoids me because I don't panic despite of corona, climate change or inflation. . ."

'Really! - you have an aim in life - how quaint!'

"You're not gonna stick that thing in my arm..! Nobody knows what's in it!!"

Monitoring the Air Quality