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Subject: New Sayings From: gnu Date: 24 Mar 01 - 02:18 PM 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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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: catspaw49 Date: 24 Mar 01 - 02:32 PM Dull isn't it? Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: gnu Date: 24 Mar 01 - 02:38 PM 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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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: catspaw49 Date: 24 Mar 01 - 02:41 PM 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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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: gnu Date: 24 Mar 01 - 02:47 PM 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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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: gnu Date: 24 Mar 01 - 03:04 PM e.g.2.... Better late than married.
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: John Hardly Date: 24 Mar 01 - 03:23 PM 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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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: catspaw49 Date: 24 Mar 01 - 03:28 PM To err is human. To be FUBAR is a computer. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: kendall Date: 24 Mar 01 - 03:34 PM Late to bed, early to rise, makes you baggy under the eyes |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: gnu Date: 24 Mar 01 - 03:42 PM 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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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Morticia Date: 24 Mar 01 - 03:43 PM Red sky at night, shepherds delight, red sky at morning, shepherds house is on fire. |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Morticia Date: 24 Mar 01 - 03:51 PM You might want to look at this site Gnu....it's got lots: clickie |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: GUEST Date: 24 Mar 01 - 03:58 PM 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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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: catspaw49 Date: 24 Mar 01 - 03:58 PM 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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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Mr Red Date: 24 Mar 01 - 04:21 PM 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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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: mousethief Date: 24 Mar 01 - 04:29 PM 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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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: aussiebloke Date: 24 Mar 01 - 09:12 PM OK - I'll bite... I know what a tipper is, but what the heck is a Hranner? cheers aussiebloke |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Bert Date: 24 Mar 01 - 11:33 PM 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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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: CarolC Date: 25 Mar 01 - 12:25 AM The early bird gets worms... |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: gnu Date: 25 Mar 01 - 06:36 AM Hranner... one who plays the Hran; short for bastardization "Bodhranner". |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: alison Date: 25 Mar 01 - 07:20 AM If at first you don't succeed... don't take up sky-diving...
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Gervase Date: 25 Mar 01 - 08:59 AM If at first you don't succeed, burn all the evidence and blame someone else. |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Greyeyes Date: 25 Mar 01 - 03:01 PM 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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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Liz the Squeak Date: 25 Mar 01 - 03:26 PM 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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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Don Firth Date: 25 Mar 01 - 03:47 PM "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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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: catspaw49 Date: 25 Mar 01 - 03:58 PM 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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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Seamus Kennedy Date: 26 Mar 01 - 03:14 AM 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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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Dave the Gnome Date: 26 Mar 01 - 03:29 AM 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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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: BEK Date: 26 Mar 01 - 03:42 AM 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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Subject: RE: BS: New Sayings From: Gervase Date: 26 Mar 01 - 04:03 AM Nothing succeeds like a parrot with a rubber beak. |
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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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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":
You can't beat 'em up |
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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: 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: 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: 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: 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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