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It may sound trite, but "cows don't go to school" and this quip is a good way to explain the reality that open land does not require the same level of governmental services as "developed" land and as such it doesn't make sense to tax open land at the same rate.
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- noun A clever, witty remark often prompted by the occasion.
- noun A clever, often sarcastic remark; a gibe. See Synonyms at joke.
- noun A petty distinction or objection; a quibble.
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- Faust responded: "Third door on the right, down the hall." * bled Actually, Frederick had been writing for several years, but the quip is pure Faustian bravado. — Zane Grey, Romancing the West
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It may sound trite, but "cows don't go to school" and this quip is a good way to explain the reality that open land does not require the same level of governmental services as "developed" land and as such it doesn't make sense to tax open land at the same rate.
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The point of my quip was about the effect and not the mechanism.
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Getting out of jams on the strength of a smirk and a quip are his specialties, and if ever there was a place for that, it's here.
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Kacy Ray (21) - your quip is a keeper.
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- Alteration of obsolete quippy, perhaps from Latin quippe, indeed, from quid, what; see kwo- in Indo-European roots.
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