Live long and prosper
In a toilet cubicle in my favourite London cinema, instead of the usual Call-this-number-for-sex seediness, the following graffito:
Live long and prosper
The generosity of the message could not help but raise a smile. There is only just enough good karma pushed into the world each day. These four words did their bit to maintain the balance..
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I am guessing that was that person's ode to the environment or something
That sounds like it was put up by a Nigerian.
Those words definitely came from a Nigerian.
That is the salutation made popular by Dr Spock in the original Star Trek series.
I meant Mr Spock, not Dr Spock (a famous pediatrician).
sounds more like it came from a chinese fortune cookie!! The Nigerian version (usually seen on the backs ofprecariously overloaded lopsided trucks that whizz by (somehow)when you travel by road) is "May my enemies live long that they might see my success". Amen and Amin.
i see you're not a big Star Trek fan, huh?
I guess if you are a Vulcan... it would resonate more, but Jeremy, I've always suspected that you were a Ferengi.
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