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24 Mar 01 - 02:18 PM (#424961) Subject: New Sayings From: gnu If this has been done before, ignore. New version of old saying, e.g...... Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man wonder who won the game. gnu |
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24 Mar 01 - 02:32 PM (#424967) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: catspaw49 Dull isn't it? Spaw |
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24 Mar 01 - 02:38 PM (#424971) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: gnu Perhaps, so far. But I think there are probably a few 'Cats out there who may be able to apply their creative side on this. If it dies, it dies. Anyway, I'm off to sing for my supper soon, so I'm not in a hurry. Take your time, Spaw. gnu |
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24 Mar 01 - 02:41 PM (#424972) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: catspaw49 No,no, gnu.........I'm sorry. That was a different response to your first one and I should have typed it in............... "Early to bed and early to rise; dull isn't it?" Sorry. Spaw |
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24 Mar 01 - 02:47 PM (#424976) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: gnu Forgive my misinterpretation. No offense taken in any case. Adds-ons just never occured to me. I can be a bit dense at times. I'm just glad nobody is keeping account of the times ! gnu |
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24 Mar 01 - 03:04 PM (#424987) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: gnu e.g.2.... Better late than married.
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24 Mar 01 - 03:23 PM (#424998) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: John Hardly One man's bread is another man's air supply. (why this came to me in the middle of my morning run I'll never know) |
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24 Mar 01 - 03:28 PM (#425000) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: catspaw49 To err is human. To be FUBAR is a computer. Spaw |
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24 Mar 01 - 03:34 PM (#425005) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: kendall Late to bed, early to rise, makes you baggy under the eyes |
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24 Mar 01 - 03:42 PM (#425010) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: gnu That's the spirit ! Keep 'em comin'. I may use them shortly - a Hranner can only do so much with a tipper. Got a lamer by email from a buddy.... A stitch in time.... get us out of here, Mr. Sulu !! My altered version.... A stitch in time saves warp nine, Mr. Sulu. Nah, I won't use either tonight. dirtyjokesagaingnu PS to Spaw.... SOB decided he didn't need the $$$ and won't sell the Simon Patrick now ! |
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24 Mar 01 - 03:43 PM (#425011) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Morticia Red sky at night, shepherds delight, red sky at morning, shepherds house is on fire. |
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24 Mar 01 - 03:51 PM (#425015) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Morticia You might want to look at this site Gnu....it's got lots: clickie |
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24 Mar 01 - 03:58 PM (#425022) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: GUEST He who hesitates....er Marry in haste - the divorce will come quicker One man's meet is another man's protest opportunity If music be the food of love - join a folk club
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24 Mar 01 - 03:58 PM (#425023) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: catspaw49 When the going gets tough, find something easier to do. He who laughs last is slow to get the joke. Once bitten, shoot the dog. Never look a gift horse up the ass. A bird in the hand will often crap in it. A fool and his money are good to have in a poker game. Your first guess is your best guess...unless you're wrong. Spaw
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24 Mar 01 - 04:21 PM (#425042) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Mr Red catspaw49 one of mine "early to rise, early to bed!" not hilarious - BUT - nuff sed! one from Huw & Tony Williams - Red sky in the morning, shepherds warning. Red sky at night - your cottage is on fire.
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24 Mar 01 - 04:29 PM (#425045) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: mousethief There's many a slip twixt skirt and thigh. Politics makes strange bedfellows seem downright normal. If at first you don't succeed, maybe the coach will put you in the outfield. Alex |
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24 Mar 01 - 09:12 PM (#425166) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: aussiebloke OK - I'll bite... I know what a tipper is, but what the heck is a Hranner? cheers aussiebloke |
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24 Mar 01 - 11:33 PM (#425195) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Bert There were several sprinkled through the classic boook "1066 and all that" Such as "He who baths first, baths fast" And "Paddle your own Canute" |
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25 Mar 01 - 12:25 AM (#425216) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: CarolC The early bird gets worms... |
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25 Mar 01 - 06:36 AM (#425238) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: gnu Hranner... one who plays the Hran; short for bastardization "Bodhranner". |
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25 Mar 01 - 07:20 AM (#425246) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: alison If at first you don't succeed... don't take up sky-diving...
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25 Mar 01 - 08:59 AM (#425258) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Gervase If at first you don't succeed, burn all the evidence and blame someone else. |
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25 Mar 01 - 03:01 PM (#425324) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Greyeyes Perhaps not entirely in the spirit of the thread, but since bert has mentioned Sellar & Yeatman, my favourite line: Edward III, noticing a lady's garter had come off, coined the memorable phrase "Honi soie qui mal y pense" (Honey, your silk stocking's hanging down", and invented the Order of the Bath. |
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25 Mar 01 - 03:26 PM (#425327) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Liz the Squeak Faint heart never won anything at chicken. A stitch in time saves the leg falling off your trousers. a penny saved is a penny less spent on chocolate. A bird in the hand craps on your wrist. All cats are grey in the dark, except the white ones. Money can't make you happy - just give me the option to try for myself..... Behind every great man is an astonished mother in law..... LTS
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25 Mar 01 - 03:47 PM (#425332) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Don Firth "There comes a time in everyone's life when he has to take the bull by the tail and face the situation." --W. C. Fields Words to live by. . . . Don Firth |
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25 Mar 01 - 03:58 PM (#425344) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: catspaw49 GErvase, you know I like that----If at first you don't succeed, burn all the evidence and blame someone else. Its basically the same as one of my favorites----Lie, deny, and make counter allegations. Spaw |
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26 Mar 01 - 03:14 AM (#425633) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Seamus Kennedy If at first you don't succeed, keep sucking till you DO suck seed. If I had a hammer, there'd BE no folk singers. Seamus |
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26 Mar 01 - 03:29 AM (#425637) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Dave the Gnome Where there's a will there's a lot of relations... I like these changed sayings but realy hate some of the genuine 'new' ones. I don't realy want to be in the 'same ballpark' (you yanks have a lot to answer for). I would rather have someone explain something in more detail than 'run it by me again' and I would like to throttle the next person that says 'absolutely' instead of yes! Cheers Dave the Gnome |
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26 Mar 01 - 03:42 AM (#425640) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: BEK Mine: We're all howling at the same moon. Time wounds all heels. Time doesn't heal all wounds: it just helps you forget where you've buried the bodies. I'd have to hit REVERSE to get out of Bitch. I'm a morning person---as long as it starts at 1 PM. |
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26 Mar 01 - 04:03 AM (#425645) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Gervase Nothing succeeds like a parrot with a rubber beak. |
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26 Mar 01 - 11:54 AM (#425818) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Kim C 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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26 Mar 01 - 11:58 AM (#425821) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: GUEST,Matt_R 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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26 Mar 01 - 12:10 PM (#425835) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Mrrzy 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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26 Mar 01 - 12:33 PM (#425852) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: wdyat12 Matt R, "Never put crab legs in a pencil sharpener." I'll have to try that. wdyat12 |
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26 Mar 01 - 12:37 PM (#425861) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Amos 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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26 Mar 01 - 12:47 PM (#425879) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Trapper 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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26 Mar 01 - 01:02 PM (#425897) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: JeZeBeL 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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26 Mar 01 - 01:08 PM (#425903) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: wdyat12 Now don't you feel betterJez? wdyat12 |
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26 Mar 01 - 01:33 PM (#425925) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Hollowfox 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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26 Mar 01 - 01:45 PM (#425939) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: kimmers "Fondness makes the mind grow absent." And from my Chemistry Geek days: "First draw the line, then plot the points." |
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26 Mar 01 - 03:06 PM (#426008) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Hawker 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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26 Mar 01 - 03:10 PM (#426010) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: JeZeBeL Thanx wydat12 I do feel a lot better. Cheers xxx |
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26 Mar 01 - 03:17 PM (#426013) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: LR Mole If all the world's a stage, I want more high end in the mix. |
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26 Mar 01 - 03:56 PM (#426042) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: gnu 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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26 Mar 01 - 04:33 PM (#426064) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Matt_R Gnu...that line was already taken back in 1991 by The Forester Sisters song "Talkin' 'Bout Men":
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26 Mar 01 - 04:37 PM (#426075) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: gnu 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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27 Mar 01 - 10:40 AM (#426534) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Trapper "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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27 Mar 01 - 10:55 AM (#426541) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Mr Red 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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27 Mar 01 - 11:11 AM (#426554) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Bill D 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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27 Mar 01 - 11:53 AM (#426603) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: mousethief 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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27 Mar 01 - 12:22 PM (#426621) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: GUEST,Les B Abstinence makes the heart grow fonder. |
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27 Mar 01 - 12:23 PM (#426623) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Pseudolus 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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27 Mar 01 - 07:33 PM (#427018) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Jim Dixon 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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27 Mar 01 - 07:35 PM (#427021) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: GUEST If in doubt, give it a clout! |
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27 Mar 01 - 07:37 PM (#427024) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: GUEST Then there's the plumber's motto - "If you can't fix it faucet." |
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28 Mar 01 - 08:15 AM (#427392) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Michael in Swansea When all else fails - read the instructions |
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28 Mar 01 - 08:16 AM (#427393) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: GUEST,Matt_R 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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28 Mar 01 - 10:46 AM (#427527) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Mr Red anyone who likes onions* can't be all good. * Substitute your own pet dislike |
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28 Mar 01 - 11:29 AM (#427581) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Les from Hull A thing of beauty has a boy for ever. All roads roam to Leeds. All leads roam to Rhodes. |
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28 Mar 01 - 04:23 PM (#427841) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: chip a 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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29 Mar 01 - 01:00 AM (#428130) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: GUEST,Crazy Eddie 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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29 Mar 01 - 02:06 AM (#428145) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: GUEST,Nancy The way to a man's heart is thru his chesst.... I'm definitely of two minds....
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29 Mar 01 - 04:07 AM (#428179) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Geoff the Duck "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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29 Mar 01 - 06:42 AM (#428232) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: guest(intruder-inactive) in for a penny, the return on investment sux |
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29 Mar 01 - 11:43 AM (#428454) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Mr Red 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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29 Mar 01 - 11:53 AM (#428461) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Les from Hull 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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29 Mar 01 - 05:40 PM (#428756) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: gnu Absence makes the tart go yonder. gnu |
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29 Mar 01 - 07:26 PM (#428832) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Uncle_DaveO "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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29 Mar 01 - 09:38 PM (#428897) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: GUEST You can put a cat in the oven but that doesn't make it a biscuit. Kaleb |
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29 Mar 01 - 10:01 PM (#428905) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Amos Well, you can put a bun in the oven but that doesn't prove the cat did it! :>) Regards, A |
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29 Mar 01 - 10:24 PM (#428915) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Bert Was it Ogden Nash who said? Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder. |
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29 Mar 01 - 11:09 PM (#428943) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Amos I thought that was Henry Fonda's mother talking to his brother Hargrove? "Absinthe made thee, Hargrove Fonda!" |
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05 Apr 01 - 08:58 PM (#434274) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Mr Red 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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05 Apr 01 - 10:21 PM (#434327) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Uncle_DaveO 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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06 Apr 01 - 01:38 PM (#434731) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: The Walrus at work 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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06 Apr 01 - 07:03 PM (#434893) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Rich(bodhránai gan ciall) Bright and early at the crack of noon.
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06 Apr 01 - 07:11 PM (#434900) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: gnu 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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06 Apr 01 - 09:39 PM (#434974) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Uncle_DaveO 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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06 Apr 01 - 11:58 PM (#435051) Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: CRANKY YANKEE 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. |