Words or phrases you love (difference, meaning, song, quote)

[saucywench]

^^^Yeah!!!

Janus

Wanderlust

"We have a runner!"

"Dave's not here."

[bjh]

adding the words "in bed" at the end of any fortune cookie message

[bjh]

safe as houses (can't be stolen...Or can they? )

jam sandwich - for a police car that's got a red or blue stripe down the middle with a white top and bottom

in for a penny, in for a pound - if you risk a little, you may as well risk a lot

[bjh]

Originally Posted by saucywench

...Janus...

I like Janus-faced for a two-faced person.

Janus was a (Greek?) god of doors and of the new year, looking backwards and forwards at the same time. Does the word Janus on its own mean that too?

Originally Posted by Tantalust

I love old fashioned first names, like:

Heathcliff
Hodgkins
Ichabod

or
Euphemia
Wilhelmina
Henrietta

If you want to see some other funny names:

Unusual first names

[chacho_keva]

Here's a saying I read but cannot remember where nor its author:

"Success has a thousand fathers, but failure is an orphan."

And how true it is especially when one is a young up-and-comer. So many people are quick to want to take credit or claim that they somehow had something to do with that person's success. However, so few people are willing to be associated with someone who's failed or suffered a great fall in life.

Don't be deceived. One of the most satisfying experiences in my life was when I reached down to a good friend who's life hit absolute rock bottom in the most severe way. It was sad to see this once popular man hit bottom in such a way. It was thrilling to see him make a comeback and knowing that I somehow contributed to his and his familiy's wellness. Life. How amazing it truly is.

[BereniceUK]

Originally Posted by Tantalust

Wow, I had no idea that surveying device even had a name...

Doesn't everything have a name?

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whirlygig

[saucywench]

How about whirlybird? I couldn't say helicopter when I was a wee wench. My parents said I called it a "coal doctor???"

"Who died and left you boss?"-Unca George

bjh-I just heard about the "in bed" fortune cookie thing for the first time last week. I had Chinese with a friend, and she said it after I read mine. I was like what the heck? I wish I could remember the fortune, because it fit perfectly and it was really funny. How was I to know I could have used it here.

Another funny quote. From Annie Dillard:

• Eskimo: "If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?"
  Priest: "No, not if you did not know."
  Eskimo: "Then why did you tell me?

[Tantalust]

Originally Posted by bjh

If you want to see some other funny names:
Unusual first names

Holy Cow, that's a goldmine.

[Tantalust]

Originally Posted by BereniceUK

whirlygig

[Tantalust]

walky-talky

junket

hooey

do you walk to school or carry your lunch?

three sheets to the wind

slapstick

doodly-squat