They gave kids participation trophies because their parents paid for the awards ceremony.
The local VFW hall never served any more soup than it had to.
As a kid I remember my parents having to sign up for the "banquet", to get our trophies.
I had to promise to wear my crash helmet and keep the drool to a minimum.
Wisdom is learning from the mistakes of others. Intelligence is learning from your own mistakes. A fool learns neither from the mistakes of others, nor his own mistakes.
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