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01 Nov 12 - 01:49 PM (#3429444) Subject: Will Rogers Homespun philosophy From: John MacKenzie Heard a new one (to me) today. "LA, great place to live, but I wouldn't wanna visit there." |
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01 Nov 12 - 02:04 PM (#3429448) Subject: RE: Will Rogers Homespun philosophy From: GUEST,999 I think that's Twain. I may be wrong. |
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01 Nov 12 - 02:41 PM (#3429465) Subject: RE: Will Rogers Homespun philosophy From: John MacKenzie Well 9. It is attributed to both, and has also been changed to include NYC and other places. Looks like it's ubiquitous,made me laugh anyway. |
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01 Nov 12 - 02:54 PM (#3429471) Subject: RE: Will Rogers Homespun philosophy From: GUEST,999 No offense intended. I think they were both great humourists. |
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01 Nov 12 - 04:36 PM (#3429531) Subject: RE: Will Rogers Homespun philosophy From: ossonflags Was it Brendan Behan who said about Toronto "it will be a great place when it is finished"? |
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01 Nov 12 - 06:23 PM (#3429582) Subject: RE: Will Rogers Homespun philosophy From: GUEST,Bardford I can't recall where I heard this: " Will Rogers never met you, did he?" |
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01 Nov 12 - 06:27 PM (#3429585) Subject: RE: Will Rogers Homespun philosophy From: GUEST,999 " Will Rogers never met you, did he?" I asked that about five years ago of someone on Mudcat, but I'm sure I'm not the first to ask that. |
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01 Nov 12 - 07:02 PM (#3429596) Subject: RE: Will Rogers Homespun philosophy From: michaelr A friend of mine remarked, looking at Irish castle ruins, "It'll be a grand place when they get it fixed up." |
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02 Nov 12 - 07:26 AM (#3429820) Subject: RE: Will Rogers Homespun philosophy From: John MacKenzie "Some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me, I want people to know "why" I look this way. I've traveled a long way and some of the roads weren't paved." Will Rogers. As a philosophy, that'll do me |
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02 Nov 12 - 08:46 AM (#3429837) Subject: RE: Will Rogers Homespun philosophy From: John MacKenzie The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers. Thomas Jefferson |
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02 Nov 12 - 10:44 AM (#3429888) Subject: RE: Will Rogers Homespun philosophy From: GUEST,.gargoyle Just in time for next Tuesday 's election. "Democrats never agree on anything, that's why they're Democrats. If they agreed with each other, they'd be Republicans." "Congress is so strange; a man gets up to speak and says nothing, nobody listens, and then everybody disagrees." "There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the entire government working for you." Sincerely, Gargoyle cut the shenanigans. |
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02 Nov 12 - 11:06 AM (#3429896) Subject: RE: Will Rogers Homespun philosophy From: GUEST,999 "I belong to no organized party. I am a Democrat." Will Rogers |
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02 Nov 12 - 11:07 AM (#3429897) Subject: RE: Will Rogers Homespun philosophy From: GUEST,999 "Politics, noun. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage." Ambrose Bierce |
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02 Nov 12 - 01:37 PM (#3429976) Subject: RE: Will Rogers Homespun philosophy From: John MacKenzie "There are three kinds of men The ones that learn by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence and find out for themselves." WR |
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02 Nov 12 - 02:01 PM (#3429992) Subject: RE: Will Rogers Homespun philosophy From: Rapparee He was also a pretty dang good hand with a rope. |
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06 Nov 12 - 09:01 AM (#3431769) Subject: RE: Will Rogers Homespun philosophy From: GUEST,999 John, "Dude.. I am nothing into examining, but somehow I acquired to read plenty of articles on the blog. Its amazing how interesting it truly is for me to see you commonly." is gonna be hard to top. Might need a lobotomy first. |
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06 Nov 12 - 09:05 AM (#3431772) Subject: RE: Will Rogers Homespun philosophy From: Stilly River Sage Amazing the random phrases the bots find to drop into threads, isn't it? SRS |
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06 Nov 12 - 10:52 AM (#3431819) Subject: RE: Will Rogers Homespun philosophy From: GUEST,999 Indeed, SRS, indeed. |
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07 Nov 12 - 01:55 AM (#3432278) Subject: RE: Will Rogers Homespun philosophy From: GUEST,Frank I'd rather have a full bottle in front of me, Than a full frontal lobotomy. |
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07 Nov 12 - 02:24 PM (#3432572) Subject: RE: Will Rogers Homespun philosophy From: GUEST,OZ guest Steve Allen said that on TV in the 50s... I'd rather have a free bottle in front of me than a pre-frontal lobotomy ... |
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07 Nov 12 - 03:40 PM (#3432619) Subject: RE: Will Rogers Homespun philosophy From: GUEST Dear Mr. OZ, guest It is Fred not Steve...and you are still wrong. Elucidate thyself. (you too Frank) http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/id_rather_have_a_bottle_in_front_of_me_than_a_frontal_lobotomy/ Read Barry Popik"s credentials at his homepage. |
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07 Nov 12 - 04:53 PM (#3432667) Subject: RE: Will Rogers Homespun philosophy From: Mark Ross Will Rogers on the ukelele; "It's hard to tell when you someone holding a ukelele, whether they're really playing it, or just fooling around." Mark Ross |
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07 Nov 12 - 11:39 PM (#3432822) Subject: RE: Will Rogers Homespun philosophy From: GUEST,Fred Bailey These Okies have invaded California without firing a shot --- and somehow it raised the average IQ in BOTH states. paraphrased from Will Rogers --------Closed due to persistent spamming. If you need it opened again, PM Joe Offer please. Mudelf.------------ |