She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to be in the Spanish class - that'll be great!" But no, she walked into the Portuguese class. So I figured, what the hell - I might as well learn Portuguese. I started walking right after her when this Anglo-Saxon attitude that I have said, "No, that's not a good reason to decide which language to speak." So I went back and signed up for the Spanish class, to my utter regret.
—from Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!, a book by Richard P. Feynman
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| 15035. | William (willster0256) | 74.50 | 96% | 2020-05-12 |
| 15036. | k9cb (k9cb) | 74.50 | 96% | 2015-12-19 |
| 15037. | gunter_132 (gunter_132) | 74.50 | 96% | 2024-02-08 |
| 15038. | Stephan (stizzo) | 74.50 | 97% | 2024-05-31 |
| 15039. | danny (xsoii) | 74.50 | 94.9% | 2025-03-14 |
| 15040. | the_P_man (thepman) | 74.50 | 95.4% | 2025-04-26 |
| 15041. | Temflakes (temflakes403) | 74.50 | 95% | 2021-10-31 |
| 15042. | raffilsk (raffilsk) | 74.50 | 98% | 2025-06-05 |
| 15043. | David (viper823) | 74.50 | 96% | 2012-10-18 |
| 15044. | kevin (thurst) | 74.50 | 92% | 2017-05-18 |
| 15045. | Jon (carpentry) | 74.49 | 97.6% | 2025-02-19 |
| 15046. | ethan (kingslugma) | 74.49 | 96% | 2022-10-11 |
| 15047. | Alfred (junior162007) | 74.49 | 95% | 2024-04-19 |
| 15048. | Terence (notterrence) | 74.49 | 96% | 2019-05-08 |
| 15049. | Nik (niktrc) | 74.49 | 96% | 2022-10-20 |
| 15050. | Gustav (whil_) | 74.49 | 98% | 2024-04-17 |
| 15051. | Izaac (izaacwithaz) | 74.48 | 97% | 2025-01-27 |
| 15052. | Ian (iaaannn) | 74.48 | 95.4% | 2021-02-24 |
| 15053. | Dorel (dorelm) | 74.48 | 95% | 2021-02-09 |
| 15054. | Segun the Polymath (segun_t... | 74.47 | 98.3% | 2025-03-18 |
| 15055. | Alexeï (g4520u10) | 74.47 | 97.9% | 2024-11-12 |
| 15056. | andiahmadysx (andiahmadysx) | 74.47 | 96.9% | 2024-08-23 |
| 15057. | James (ancientbehemoth) | 74.47 | 97.3% | 2024-03-09 |
| 15058. | Lie Algebra (liealgebracow) | 74.47 | 92% | 2017-01-25 |
| 15059. | Jamethy (jamethy) | 74.47 | — | 2010-11-09 |
| 15060. | SDMondragon (sdmondragon) | 74.46 | 97.3% | 2024-11-09 |
| 15061. | dVelop (nightv0) | 74.46 | 94.9% | 2023-12-13 |
| 15062. | action (action234) | 74.46 | 96% | 2021-10-15 |
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