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EverHopeful

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1. Reminds me of a story about a large-audience event for a respected master

Reply to FadedMullet (Original post)

Sat Jul 11, 2026, 06:28 AM

Saturday

A student approaches the master after the event and asks him to write something of great wisdom to help him on his path.

The master writes, "Attention."

The student asks if he would please write more words, to give him more advice, so the master writes:

Attention
Attention
Attention

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Read something interesting today about "attention". It held that if one had a good intellect, had a wide history..... [View all] FadedMullet Saturday OP

Reminds me of a story about a large-audience event for a respected master EverHopeful Saturday #1

Nice. That's why he is the master. FadedMullet Saturday #2

For some reason, this reminds me of an old Sherlock Holmes joke. niyad Saturday #3

I think that sums it up. zanana1 Saturday #4

I was giving a customer an in-home walk-through on an audio system. Orrex Saturday #5

Wait. What? Were you saying something? paleotn Saturday #6