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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: CRANKY YANKEE Date: 06 Apr 01 - 11:58 PM Hi, Ma Fazoo, who is too tired to fool anymore with this "cookie thing". When I married the Cranky Yankee, my fathers encouraging words REALLY were, "You buttered your bread, now lie in it." And my mom really told me my brother had an orange juice tree in his yard, that she had white muslim curtains, and that a friend of hers was so thin he looked emancipated. So, see? I CAN'T HELP BEING THIS WAY. |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Uncle_DaveO Date: 06 Apr 01 - 09:39 PM I don't know whether anyone has put up: If at first you don't succeed, sky-diving's not for you! Dave Oesterreich |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: gnu Date: 06 Apr 01 - 07:11 PM It's not a saying, but Rich's post reminded me of.... Things to do tomorrow - get up at the crack of dawn, stuff the crack and go back to bed. |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Rich(bodhránai gan ciall) Date: 06 Apr 01 - 07:03 PM Bright and early at the crack of noon.
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: The Walrus at work Date: 06 Apr 01 - 01:38 PM I thought it was "Absinthe makes the mind go wander." If all else fails, use bloody great nails. How about the surgeons' favourite "If in doubt, cut it out". If at first you don't succeed - get someone else to do it Walrus |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Uncle_DaveO Date: 05 Apr 01 - 10:21 PM In reply to "if only so-and-so, we could" blah blah blah, I like to say (not original): If we had some ham we could have ham and eggs, if we had some eggs! Dave Oesterreich |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Mr Red Date: 05 Apr 01 - 08:58 PM Its not the weight of the emotional baggage, so much as they way you carry it that drags you down. TAXI! |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Amos Date: 29 Mar 01 - 11:09 PM I thought that was Henry Fonda's mother talking to his brother Hargrove? "Absinthe made thee, Hargrove Fonda!" |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Bert Date: 29 Mar 01 - 10:24 PM Was it Ogden Nash who said? Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder. |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Amos Date: 29 Mar 01 - 10:01 PM Well, you can put a bun in the oven but that doesn't prove the cat did it! :>) Regards, A |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: GUEST Date: 29 Mar 01 - 09:38 PM You can put a cat in the oven but that doesn't make it a biscuit. Kaleb |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Uncle_DaveO Date: 29 Mar 01 - 07:26 PM "Anybody who hates children and dogs can't be ALL bad." W. C. Fields "Start each day with a smile--and get it over with!" W. C. Fields. Says I to my Bride, as we bump into each other in our tiny kitchen: "Too many cooks spoil the traffic pattern!" Dave Oesterreich |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: gnu Date: 29 Mar 01 - 05:40 PM Absence makes the tart go yonder. gnu |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Les from Hull Date: 29 Mar 01 - 11:53 AM When the chief of this African village got a television set, his family loved to watch together. Unfortunately there was no room for his large ceremonial throne. So they put it in the loft. Sad to say as the ceiling was only made of grass, the throne came crashing down - right in the middle of Coronation Street. Moral - people who live in grass houses shouldn't store thrones! Les |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Mr Red Date: 29 Mar 01 - 11:43 AM When all is said and done, there more said than done. Not one of mine but I saw it in a US publication or site |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: guest(intruder-inactive) Date: 29 Mar 01 - 06:42 AM in for a penny, the return on investment sux |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Geoff the Duck Date: 29 Mar 01 - 04:07 AM "People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones" takes on a new meaning if you visit the small Yorkshire village of Glasshouses. My pet new saying is the collateral, or possibly converse of a well known old one, it reads. If something isn't worth doing - it isn't worth doing well. This proved a useful rule to follow when presented by management with bloody stupid tasks which didn't make any sense and would just waste time which could be better spent on something genuinely useful. |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: GUEST,Nancy Date: 29 Mar 01 - 02:06 AM The way to a man's heart is thru his chesst.... I'm definitely of two minds....
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: GUEST,Crazy Eddie Date: 29 Mar 01 - 01:00 AM The best planned lays, o' mice & men, gang aft agley. Never eat yellow snow There's many a slip, between the tip, and the horse that wins the race. Far away hills spoil the child. He who hesitates spoils the broth. One good turn gets all the bedclothes Never hatchet your Counts before they chicken. The hand that rocks the cradle shouldn't throw stones. |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: chip a Date: 28 Mar 01 - 04:23 PM No matter how hard you try, you just can't baptise cats. All that glitters is not a rolling stone, A bird in the hand is worth two gift horses in the bush, (never look a gift horse in the bush) A rolling gift horse gathers no moss, Half of one, six dozen of the other. |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Les from Hull Date: 28 Mar 01 - 11:29 AM A thing of beauty has a boy for ever. All roads roam to Leeds. All leads roam to Rhodes. |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Mr Red Date: 28 Mar 01 - 10:46 AM anyone who likes onions* can't be all good. * Substitute your own pet dislike |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: GUEST,Matt_R Date: 28 Mar 01 - 08:16 AM Lol...Jim, that sounds like one my grandfather used to say "If it first you don't succeed, beat it to death with a hammer." |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Michael in Swansea Date: 28 Mar 01 - 08:15 AM When all else fails - read the instructions |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: GUEST Date: 27 Mar 01 - 07:37 PM Then there's the plumber's motto - "If you can't fix it faucet." |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: GUEST Date: 27 Mar 01 - 07:35 PM If in doubt, give it a clout! |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Jim Dixon Date: 27 Mar 01 - 07:33 PM If at first you don't succeed, try a bigger hammer. Anything worth doing is worth doing badly. (I happen to believe this one is an improvement over the original.) A penny saved is about 1.5 pennies earned, after taxes.
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Pseudolus Date: 27 Mar 01 - 12:23 PM My motto, "No Pain, No Pain" Not sure who's responsible for this quote but it's funny... "And did you ever think that the "best things" that came to those who waited were the things left behind by those who got there first?" |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: GUEST,Les B Date: 27 Mar 01 - 12:22 PM Abstinence makes the heart grow fonder. |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: mousethief Date: 27 Mar 01 - 11:53 AM I always say "sex with one, and a half dozen of the other." Also "better than a poke in the eye with a shark's dick." (if you're called on that one, you can claim you said sharp stick and the listener has prurient ears!) (btw, did you know sharks have TWO?) Also, "Never burn your chickens until they've crossed themselves." (an amalgam of "never burn your bridges until you've crossed them" and "never count your chickens until they've hatched.")
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Bill D Date: 27 Mar 01 - 11:11 AM I once worked with an electrician who would very sincerely try to use old saying, and would end up 'compressing' and warping them in strange ways...you always knew what he meant, but it did funny things to your mind: instead of "Six of one, half a dozen of the other" it became "Six dozen of the other" in Virgil Plute's honor, these things were named "Pluteisms" |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Mr Red Date: 27 Mar 01 - 10:55 AM If all the worlds a stage then I blame the driver for the rough ride. Giddyup. Hawker -- as the Spanish say -- "never put all your Basques in one exit". Dave the gnome --- Have a nice day |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Trapper Date: 27 Mar 01 - 10:40 AM "I gotta go, I gotta have a great life and I'm getting a bit of a late start..." Annie Gallup from her new CD Swerve |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: gnu Date: 26 Mar 01 - 04:37 PM Do I get a fine, time or both ? If it's just a fine, I'll drop it in the mail to you. gnu |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Matt_R Date: 26 Mar 01 - 04:33 PM Gnu...that line was already taken back in 1991 by The Forester Sisters song "Talkin' 'Bout Men":
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: gnu Date: 26 Mar 01 - 03:56 PM Variations on a couple of the above conbtributions.... Women... can't live with 'em, can't kill 'em. A fool and his money are soon partying. gnu |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: LR Mole Date: 26 Mar 01 - 03:17 PM If all the world's a stage, I want more high end in the mix. |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: JeZeBeL Date: 26 Mar 01 - 03:10 PM Thanx wydat12 I do feel a lot better. Cheers xxx |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Hawker Date: 26 Mar 01 - 03:06 PM Never kiss a gift horse in the mouth Too many cooks? Bloody great banquet! All the world's a stage - small world! My daughter's masterpiece: Don't put all your eggs in one chicken! Lucy |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: kimmers Date: 26 Mar 01 - 01:45 PM "Fondness makes the mind grow absent." And from my Chemistry Geek days: "First draw the line, then plot the points." |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Hollowfox Date: 26 Mar 01 - 01:33 PM Early to bed and early to rise, Never goes out with the regular guys. --George Ade One man's Mede is another man's Persian. |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: wdyat12 Date: 26 Mar 01 - 01:08 PM Now don't you feel betterJez? wdyat12 |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: JeZeBeL Date: 26 Mar 01 - 01:02 PM don't drink and drive, you might hit a bump and spill some!! If all the world's a stage, then we're all bloody crap actors!! A fool and his money hold a bloody good party!! If at first you don't succeed, try something else!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Trapper Date: 26 Mar 01 - 12:47 PM Red sky at morning Sailors take warning Red sky at dawn Sailors Bon Won from Tom "Mo Dec" Aitken, who, after the third line, realized that he messed up and refused to go back and fix it...
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Amos Date: 26 Mar 01 - 12:37 PM Chacun a son mauvais gout! (Everyone's entitled to their own bad taste). A penny saved clutters up the dresser. The early bird catches the early worm. He laughs best who doesn't understand the situation. A |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: wdyat12 Date: 26 Mar 01 - 12:33 PM Matt R, "Never put crab legs in a pencil sharpener." I'll have to try that. wdyat12 |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Mrrzy Date: 26 Mar 01 - 12:10 PM There was a Style Invitational about this recently, that had me howling, and now I can't remember any of them! I'll have to check the old Washington Post archives, or something. The invitation was to take a common phrase and end it differently...the one about to REALLY screw up takes a computer was there, but none of MattR's, which are, shall we say, um, interesting? |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: GUEST,Matt_R Date: 26 Mar 01 - 11:58 AM Never use a cold sponge Never put crab legs in a pencil sharpener Who cares what it looks like, as long as it tastes darn knarly |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Kim C Date: 26 Mar 01 - 11:54 AM what was it Groucho Marx said? I know it's not New but it's funny... something like, Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. My coworker said this the other day... Men. Can't live with 'em, can't live with 'em. (now don't anyone go accusing me of man-bashing because let me tell you that even though Men have broken my heart, I still love 'em anyway and wouldn't trade 'em fer NOTHIN! But being married to a tall guy who after 11 years still puts stuff where I can't reach it, I had to laugh) |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Gervase Date: 26 Mar 01 - 04:03 AM Nothing succeeds like a parrot with a rubber beak. |