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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 02:18 AM Original message |
Post your favorite witticism, maxim, quote, excerpt, proverb, or aphorisms |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 02:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. "Never trust a boiled egg." |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 02:32 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Calvin and Hobbes (Bill Watterson)... |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 02:35 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Annit the truth? |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 02:38 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I lurved that one! "The trouble with theocracy is ... |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 03:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
79. I thought you'd go with this pearl of wisdom |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 03:48 PM Response to Reply #79 |
88. Do not go gentle into that good night... |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 02:43 AM Response to Original message |
5. OK, seriously, this is one of my favorite quotes ever. |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 02:53 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Very good! 99.9% of lawyers... |
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Jazz2006 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 01:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
74. Hey! Easy there. |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 02:54 PM Response to Reply #74 |
78. Pituita me tenet. |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 02:54 AM Response to Original message |
7. ... |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 02:59 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. "... If something we said can be interpreted two ways... |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 03:18 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. "Art lives upon discussion, |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 03:23 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. "Americans have different ways... |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 07:47 AM Response to Reply #10 |
28. "Aristotle, I have been told, |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 04:09 AM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Art is passion, pursued with discipline |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 04:25 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Mornin' |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 08:18 AM Response to Reply #20 |
38. Morning! |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 08:51 AM Response to Reply #38 |
44. 'Sokay. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 10:52 AM Response to Reply #44 |
60. Cool! |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 11:15 AM Response to Reply #60 |
63. That would be fun. |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 04:44 AM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Art is passion... |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 08:20 AM Response to Reply #25 |
39. Thanks! |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 10:22 AM Response to Reply #39 |
51. I'm glad I could help, Pard. "Cockroaches and socialites... |
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enigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 03:27 AM Response to Original message |
11. "It's Just A Ride"- Bill Hicks |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 03:47 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Damn, that's so true! "A computer once beat me at chess... |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 03:13 PM Response to Reply #13 |
83. unfortunately, people could say that |
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Random_Australian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 03:42 AM Response to Original message |
12. S |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 03:50 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. "I went to a restaurant that serves "breakfast at any time... |
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Random_Australian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 03:56 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Yeh, it is the one that gives rise to the thermodynamic arrow of time. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 08:58 AM Response to Reply #12 |
45. My get up and go got up and left. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 03:17 PM Response to Reply #45 |
84. stolen from Aerosmith? |
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REDKING (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 04:05 AM Response to Original message |
16. What have the romans.. |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 04:24 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. (Superb graffitti!) Pompeii, two thousand years ago |
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REDKING (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 01:34 PM Response to Reply #19 |
73. hehehehehehe... |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 04:06 AM Response to Original message |
17. "Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines" |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 04:27 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. ". . . like she's never sooooooooooooooared befoooooore . . ." |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 12:12 PM Response to Reply #22 |
70. ahh so you think I'm going to fall for that trick |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 04:30 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. It's hard to soar with eagles, when... |
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reformedrepub (956 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 04:26 AM Response to Original message |
21. Shit Happens |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 04:33 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. I suffer from crs... |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 05:22 AM Response to Original message |
26. "Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood." |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 05:31 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. "He was a great patriot, a humanitarian... |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 07:55 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. wrong place |
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kiraboo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 08:03 AM Response to Reply #27 |
34. That's my favorite here so far! |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 10:32 AM Response to Reply #34 |
52. Thank you! "Do you know what it means... |
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GCP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 08:31 AM Response to Reply #26 |
41. I'm going to copy your list |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
29. That's hilarious is it a true quote? |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
31. One that particularly fits today: |
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RFKHumphreyObama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 08:01 AM Response to Original message |
32. Mine |
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kiraboo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
33. "My life is utterly meaningless. |
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NewWaveChick1981 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 08:05 AM Response to Original message |
35. My favorite quote of all time is in my signature line |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
36. This is another one... |
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miss_american_pie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
37. ... |
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riona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
40. n/t |
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GCP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
42. Lady Astor to Churchill |
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samplegirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
43. Decider |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
46. "Conservatives are not necessarily stupid...." |
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samplegirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
47. one by Voltaire |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
48. A Bertrand Russell quote |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 12:56 AM Response to Reply #48 |
89. That's one of my favorites |
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samplegirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
49. bush should of read this before iraq |
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Calliope (177 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
50. Benjamin Franklin |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
53. "No matter where you go, there you are." |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
54. "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
55. "Do I contradict myself? Very well, then, I contradict myself. |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
56. "We might try our lives by a thousand simple tests; |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
57. "Begin the morning by saying to yourself: |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
58. Keep your mind of your ass and |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 11:01 AM Response to Reply #58 |
61. Never play leap frog with a unicorn |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 12:00 PM Response to Reply #61 |
69. good advice... |
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Fox Mulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
59. I love this one from MLK: |
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LouisianaLiberal (848 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
62. "Wagner's music is better than it sounds" Mark Twain |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
64. "No good deed goes unpunished" |
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otherlander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
65. The time has come..... |
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JunkYardAngel (27 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
66. 3 of my favourites |
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Onlooker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
67. bullshit |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
68. I forget exactly how this one goes, but it's something like this: |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 01:35 PM Response to Reply #68 |
75. That has been attributed to Max Reger. "The human race..." |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 01:41 PM Response to Reply #68 |
76. Right down my alley, |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
71. Treat the other man's faith |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
72. "When I was fourteen years old, I thought my father was the |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
77. Dorothy Parker I like to have a martini... |
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peacefreak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
80. Virtue is its own punishment. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 03:42 PM Response to Reply #80 |
87. as Calvin said of his good side |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
81. Time exists so everything doesn't happen at once. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
82. "Music would be great . . . |
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miss_american_pie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
85. Shakespeare |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
86. "This horse needs its kidneys checked." |
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