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saucywench · 11-06-2009, 06:40 PM

Red sky at night, sailor's delight.

tambre · 11-07-2009, 04:59 AM

Even a stopped clock is right two times a day.

No matter how thin you slice it, it's still bologna.

Tantalust · 11-07-2009, 05:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Mightyqueen801

I just Googled it. Hahaha, very funny and I've never heard that term before!

Neither had I, I love it.

William Safire wrote a column on it in the New York Times years ago.

Tantalust · 11-07-2009, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by bjh

needn't

daren't - veddy British.

Rawwther!

saucywench · 11-07-2009, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by tambre

Even a stopped clock is right two times a day.

That reminds me..."Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while."

Some more good ones:

"Poor planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on mine."

"The light at the end of the tunnel is an oncoming train."

virgode · 11-07-2009, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by saucywench

That reminds me..."Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while."

Some more good ones:

"Poor planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on mine."

"The light at the end of the tunnel is an oncoming train."

These are good, love the blind squirrel, gosh, I want to rep you and can't. I'll have to come back and catch ya later.

bjh · 11-07-2009, 06:12 PM

SW: Poor planning reminds me of the 6 Ps.

P*ss Poor Planning Prevents Proper Performance

Some others:
lush and verdant, like a lush and verdant meadow

mist, like a misty meadow
Once heard a story about a lady's product like a hair roller or something that was called Mist in English speaking countries. Was marketed in Germany and didn't do so well. Turns out in German Mist means dung.

Also:
You CAN get there from here! To all those pessimists!

Mightyqueen801 · 11-07-2009, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Tantalust

Neither had I, I love it.

William Safire wrote a column on it in the New York Times years ago.

Aw, I used to read his column. He just died recently, didn't he?

Mightyqueen801 · 11-07-2009, 10:13 PM

"If you're always gonna do what you always did, you're always gonna get what you always got."

saucywench · 11-07-2009, 10:51 PM

"Don't need a gun to blow your mind. Oh no. Oh no."