But wait PW, we have to have such stories about our heroes, George Washingtom cutting down the cherry tree, Abe Lincoln learning to write on a wooden shovel or walking miles to refund a customer's penny. It's essential that our biggest and best forefathers have foibles.
mark off-the-mark? Bailey
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Gosh, Mark, I completely forgot. What about Millard Fillmore, for whom it's recorded: "through methodical industry and some competence an uninspiring man could make the American dream come true." (whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/)But wait PW, we have to have such stories about our heroes, George Washingtom cutting down the cherry tree, Abe Lincoln learning to write on a wooden shovel or walking miles to refund a customer's penny. It's essential that our biggest and best forefathers have foibles.
mark off-the-mark? Bailey
Hm. Not so inspiring, maybe. "Methodical" and "uninspiring" don't quite hack it. How about: Herbert Hoover, who invented the the vacuum cleaner at age 10? No? Sheesh.
Ah, I know....what about Jimmy Carter, only 12 years old and invented the peanut? Or Al Gore, who broke through the Internet Barrier to become the Fastest Man in Washington with a Blow-Dry Hairdo? Or why not Bill Clinton, the inventor of the...uh uh. Not going there for sure.
-- PW (eschewing all iconoclastic tendencies, at least for 2nite)
"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention to arrive safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming: Wow!!! What a ride!"
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Re: Too hot to hoot?
May a thousand owls fly over his hogan.On a morbid note, same topic-
Dale Hausner, . . .weapons he owns:
"... blowguns, various stabbing weapons, ice picks, owls, stuff like that..."
Awl righty then...
(seen on Countdown, MSNBC)
Regards//Larry
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee
When I was the ripe old age of two, my parents moved to the edge-of-nowhere- Alaska for some high security government thinga- majiggy for my mom's work. It was so high security, that if she told herself, she would have to, uh, kill herself. She said the drinking was rampent, like, no big deal around there. Then there were the local drunks... Isn't alcohol like a truth serum or something? So much for keeping a tight lid on things around there. That would explain a lot.Not a gaffe, but a very funny bumper sticker.
Homer, Alaska
A quaint drinking village with a fishing problem.
"What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compaired to what lies inside us." R.W.E.
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Similar to the text on a ballcap I own:Not a gaffe, but a very funny bumper sticker.
Homer, Alaska
A quaint drinking village with a fishing problem.
Damn blow-boaters!Annapolis: A drinking town with a sailing problem
Regards//Larry
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee
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A twofer! In the same day an official of a national realtor association probably meant to say "we must be vigilant" but instead said "viligant"
(villagent? It takes a village gent?)
--later on the boob tube a news reader let slip that "the Democrats have been chafing at the bit" -probably more info than any of us wanted to know...
(villagent? It takes a village gent?)
--later on the boob tube a news reader let slip that "the Democrats have been chafing at the bit" -probably more info than any of us wanted to know...
Stop! Murder us not, tonsured rumpots! Knife no one, fink!
Heard this morning--talking about college financial aide and the FAFSA. Someone didn't know what that was, and another person told them it was an "anacronym". An abbreviation for old out of date things?
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Anachronym: This could be the word for an acronym that's been disarmed, e.g. "personal PIN number"...Heard this morning--talking about college financial aide and the FAFSA. Someone didn't know what that was, and was told it was an "anacronym". An abbreviation for old out of date things?
Stop! Murder us not, tonsured rumpots! Knife no one, fink!
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