Dumb All Over
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The Good Book says: "It's gotta be that way!" But their book says: "REVENGE THE CRUSADES!!!!... After all, he wrote this book here, and in the book it says he made us all to be just like him! So if we're dumb, then God is dumb — and maybe even a little ugly on the side.
— Frank Zappa
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "The Good Book says: "It's gotta be that way!" But their book says: "REVENGE THE CRUSADES!!!!... After all, he wrote this book here, and in the book it says he made us all to be just like him! So if we're dumb, then God is dumb — and maybe even a little ugly on the side." in the context of "Dumb All Over" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Frank Zappa" (Quotes, You Are What You Is (1981): Recorded July - September, 1980, released 23 September 1981)
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About Frank Zappa
Frank Vincent Zappa (21 December 1940 – 4 December 1993) was an American musician, composer and satirist.
About Frank Zappa
Frank Vincent Zappa (21 December 1940 – 4 December 1993) was an American musician, composer and satirist.
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