Subject: BS: Rules in Life From: Donuel Date: 23 Feb 17 - 06:19 PM I have 2 rules in Life 1. Write everything down. 2. I forgot rule 2. |
Subject: RE: BS: Rules in Life From: Jim Carroll Date: 23 Feb 17 - 08:05 PM Never move into a new home on any day other than Thursday - (Old Irish Tradition) Never build on or plough up a fairy fort (another) Never boil cabbages twice (A Liverpool refusal to repeat what has just been said). Never lose your head while looking for your tail in Lime Street (Liverpool joke) Never hang a man with a wooden leg (a rope is far more efficient) Jim Caarroll |
Subject: RE: BS: Rules in Life From: Rapparee Date: 23 Feb 17 - 08:32 PM Don't dig your well near the outhouse. Never get in a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel. Follow the money, especially in politics. |
Subject: RE: BS: Rules in Life From: Donuel Date: 24 Feb 17 - 06:01 AM Plant by the dark of the moon, in the daylight. |
Subject: RE: BS: Rules in Life From: Dave the Gnome Date: 24 Feb 17 - 06:25 AM Always keep a two or two. DtG |
Subject: RE: BS: Rules in Life From: Jim Carroll Date: 24 Feb 17 - 01:22 PM From the old song Never throw stones at a drowning man It's an act we do deplore. Thrown him a bar of Sunlight Soap And he'll wash himself ashore Jim Carroll |
Subject: RE: BS: Rules in Life From: McGrath of Harlow Date: 24 Feb 17 - 01:50 PM Never stand on a folding chair |
Subject: RE: BS: Rules in Life From: Steve Shaw Date: 24 Feb 17 - 01:56 PM Illegitimes non carborundum. |
Subject: RE: BS: Rules in Life From: Senoufou Date: 24 Feb 17 - 02:03 PM Never get into a fight with a pig. You'll both get covered in muck, but the pig will enjoy it. |
Subject: RE: BS: Rules in Life From: Bill D Date: 24 Feb 17 - 02:52 PM "Don't do too good of a job.... folks will begin to expect it." ~Talkin' John old carpenter. |
Subject: RE: BS: Rules in Life From: Steve Shaw Date: 24 Feb 17 - 02:57 PM Claim that you can't do the ironing because you're left-handed. It might just work. |
Subject: RE: BS: Rules in Life From: Donuel Date: 24 Feb 17 - 02:58 PM Bill, That's what the guys in the Times Square NYT distribution floor told me. |
Subject: RE: BS: Rules in Life From: Dave Hanson Date: 24 Feb 17 - 03:01 PM Don't eat yellow snow. Dave H |
Subject: RE: BS: Rules in Life From: fat B****rd Date: 24 Feb 17 - 03:46 PM "Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom's. Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own." ― Nelson Algren, A Walk on the Wild Side |
Subject: RE: BS: Rules in Life From: Bill D Date: 24 Feb 17 - 03:46 PM Donuel... old Talkin' John said that in 1966... I think it must be a common line in one form or another. |
Subject: RE: BS: Rules in Life From: fat B****rd Date: 24 Feb 17 - 03:50 PM "Never trust a man in a blue trench coat never drive a car when you're dead" Tom Waits "Telephone Call From Istanbul" |
Subject: RE: BS: Rules in Life From: Donuel Date: 24 Feb 17 - 03:57 PM The 15 oops...crash . damn The 10 Commandments! |
Subject: RE: BS: Rules in Life From: Donuel Date: 24 Feb 17 - 09:01 PM Anything more than a handful is a waste. |
Subject: RE: BS: Rules in Life From: Amos Date: 24 Feb 17 - 10:09 PM Don't try to teach a pig to sing. You will waste your time and annoy the pig. |
Subject: RE: BS: Rules in Life From: gnu Date: 25 Feb 17 - 12:24 PM Keep 'er twixt the ditches. Give 'er all she'll suffer and don't back off 'til she breaks. Keep yer stick on the ice. Be kind to each other. We're all in this together. Fuck, fight and hold the light. (Canadian battle cry coined by the boys from the backwoods... 'hold the light' refers to jacking deer at night.) |
Subject: RE: BS: Rules in Life From: Mrrzy Date: 25 Feb 17 - 03:45 PM Stay between the yellow signs (how to drive over bridges with no night vision). |
Subject: RE: BS: Rules in Life From: keberoxu Date: 25 Feb 17 - 03:59 PM When the crows come home to roost, tarry not beneath the trees. I learned that one the hard way -- "it's only for a quick walk underneath" -- one dry-cleaning bill later. |
Subject: RE: BS: Rules in Life From: JennieG Date: 25 Feb 17 - 07:10 PM You can't roller skate in a buffalo herd. |
Subject: RE: BS: Rules in Life From: Mysha Date: 25 Feb 17 - 07:20 PM ... but you can be happy if you've a mind to. Bye Mysha |
Subject: RE: BS: Rules in Life From: Rapparee Date: 26 Feb 17 - 09:30 AM It is good to obey all the rules when you're young, so you'll have the strength to break them when you're old. -- Sam Clemens |
Subject: RE: BS: Rules in Life From: Steve Shaw Date: 26 Feb 17 - 10:19 AM "When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea. Thank you very much." [Eric Cantona, 1995] |
Subject: RE: BS: Rules in Life From: meself Date: 26 Feb 17 - 11:56 AM Don't forget to breathe. |
Subject: RE: BS: Rules in Life From: Senoufou Date: 26 Feb 17 - 02:43 PM Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. Dalai Lama |
Subject: RE: BS: Rules in Life From: Ed T Date: 26 Feb 17 - 04:56 PM "The face you give the world, tells the world how to treat you" Gillian Flynn |
Subject: RE: BS: Rules in Life From: Steve Shaw Date: 26 Feb 17 - 05:33 PM Remember that puns about fish are illegal every day barramundi. |
Subject: RE: BS: Rules in Life From: Mr Red Date: 26 Feb 17 - 06:14 PM Never let your braces dangle. dingle, dingle, dangle Never thieve, don't deceive and never row or wrangle Stick to the right, get away from the bad Don't get as tight as your poor old Dad But the greatest motto of the lot, my lad Is never let your braces dangle. Harry Champion |
Subject: RE: BS: Rules in Life From: Joe_F Date: 26 Feb 17 - 06:23 PM A Guide to Living (TTTO Cwm Rhondda) ||: You must eat when you are hungry. You must drink when you are dry. :|| You must rest when you are weary. Don't stop breathing, or you'll die (or you will die). Don't stop breathing, or you'll die. Ah, souls. |
Subject: RE: BS: Rules in Life From: Bill D Date: 26 Feb 17 - 06:25 PM "If it don't fit, don't force it! Get a bigger hammer." |
Subject: RE: BS: Rules in Life From: Steve Shaw Date: 26 Feb 17 - 07:39 PM Tell Mrs Steve that, Bill. If it doesn't fit, force it! It has NO RIGHT to not fit! "Don't force it!" is my most common cri de couer. Everything from sticking doors to gear-changing to inserting memory cards or flash drives and more. Gimme strength! |
Subject: RE: BS: Rules in Life From: Senoufou Date: 27 Feb 17 - 03:20 AM Ooooh! A memory card! I need one of those for my head! |
Subject: RE: BS: Rules in Life From: Mo the caller Date: 27 Feb 17 - 05:02 AM When in doubt - cheat. (my motto for dancers) |
Subject: RE: BS: Rules in Life From: G-Force Date: 27 Feb 17 - 05:22 AM ... and don't forget to boogie! (Bob Hite) |
Subject: RE: BS: Rules in Life From: Ed T Date: 27 Feb 17 - 03:22 PM "When the preferable is not available, the available becomes preferable!" Israelmore Ayivor |
Subject: RE: BS: Rules in Life From: Ed T Date: 27 Feb 17 - 03:28 PM "Things change all the time - abruptly, unpredictably, and often for no good reason. But knowing that didn't do you that much good, apparently." Tom Perrotta |
Subject: RE: BS: Rules in Life From: BobL Date: 28 Feb 17 - 03:06 AM If it hurts, don't do it. |
Subject: RE: BS: Rules in Life From: Senoufou Date: 28 Feb 17 - 03:23 AM If you continue doing what you did, you'll continue getting what you got. and Do as you would be done by. |
Subject: RE: BS: Rules in Life From: Senoufou Date: 28 Feb 17 - 03:23 AM Oh, I've just remembered Billy Connelly's one: "Never trust a fart!" |
Subject: RE: BS: Rules in Life From: Donuel Date: 28 Feb 17 - 06:32 AM No one expects a deadly disaster which is why you should. Bunker Bob. |
Subject: RE: BS: Rules in Life From: Donuel Date: 28 Feb 17 - 06:43 AM If you can't beat em, nuke em and win again Donald J Trump |
Subject: RE: BS: Rules in Life From: Steve Shaw Date: 28 Feb 17 - 07:51 AM Never waste an erection (another Billy Connolly one). |
Subject: RE: BS: Rules in Life From: leeneia Date: 28 Feb 17 - 11:07 AM Never give your life for an abstract noun. Never cook a recipe that calls for a can of soup. Beware of teenagers who end a sentence with "actually". As in, "I didn't put gas in car, actually." |
Subject: RE: BS: Rules in Life From: Senoufou Date: 28 Feb 17 - 12:07 PM Always look on the bright side of life (dee doo - dee doodle doodle doo) That whole song makes me laugh, but the words are very true. |
Subject: RE: BS: Rules in Life From: Donuel Date: 28 Feb 17 - 12:18 PM If you sense what is going to happen and there is nothing you can do, any immediate act of futility will do. Senoufou is on a roll. |
Subject: RE: BS: Rules in Life From: Mr Red Date: 28 Feb 17 - 05:02 PM At the end of the day, all you have got is ........... Midnight. |
Subject: RE: BS: Rules in Life From: meself Date: 28 Feb 17 - 05:11 PM A health care system is really complicated. |