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| Posted in General Discussion on December 1, 2001 03:56am

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Cleanliness is next to godliness

make hay while the sun shines

god willing and the river dont rise

An once of prevention is better than a pound of cure.

The first time shame on you the 2nd time shame on me.

two peas inna pod

sleep tight and dont let the bed bugs bite

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  1. Danford_C._Jennings | Nov 04, 2001 05:19am | #1

    *
    Can't fertilize the field by fartin' through the fence.

    It's not how many times you get knocked down that counts, it's whether or not you get back up.

    If you're gonna hoot with the owls at night, ya better learn how to soar with the eagles in the mornin'.

    Measure twice, cut once.

    Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice.

    The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.

    1. Lisa_Long | Nov 04, 2001 06:21am | #2

      *If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.A wink's as good as a nod to a blindman.A foolish man builds his house upon the sand.The more things change, the more they stay the same.Everything I need to know I learned in kindergarten.

      1. Ralph_Wicklund | Nov 04, 2001 06:40am | #3

        *Better to be thought a fool than to open your mouth and prove it.

        1. Rich_Beckman | Nov 04, 2001 07:27am | #4

          *I know nothing....and less every day.Rich Beckman

          1. Greg_Brown | Nov 04, 2001 07:52am | #5

            *if you're gonna dance, ya gotta pay the pipershit or get off the potwhat the fu*#, over?I don' give a flying rats assand the band played on....

          2. Danford_C._Jennings | Nov 04, 2001 09:04am | #6

            *Lack of planning on your part does not mean an emergency on my part. If cows could fly, they'd have wings. Well done is better than well said. Failures are divided into two classes: those who thought and never did, and those who did and never thought

          3. Sandy_Winfrey | Nov 04, 2001 02:59pm | #7

            *If you cant run with the big dogs, stay on the porchLead, follow, or get the hell out of the wayDont let your mouth write a check that your ass cant cash

          4. Gunner_1750 | Nov 04, 2001 04:24pm | #8

            *Fail to prepare, prepare to fail

          5. Tara_Gabriel | Nov 04, 2001 06:13pm | #9

            *YES! GO DIAMONDBACKS!! (This is highly unpopular to for me to think this way considering I am in NJ/NY) GO DIAMONDBACKS! Randy Johnson and Curt Shilling rock!

          6. Cami_A | Nov 04, 2001 06:15pm | #10

            *Common sense isn't.Dull women have immaculate homes.Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

          7. Tara_Gabriel | Nov 04, 2001 06:33pm | #11

            *A bird in the hand..can be messy.A clean house is the sign of a broken computer!A day without sunshine is..night.At a nudist wedding,everyone can see who the best man is.Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.Don't go to a doctor whose office plants have died.Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.Grow your own dope-plant a man.He who laughs last thinks slowest.I have kleptomania. Whenever it gets bad, I take something for it.It's better to have loved and lost than to be stuck with a jerk.The perfect gift for a person who has everything is a burglar alarm.

          8. Tony_Ferrito | Nov 04, 2001 06:51pm | #12

            *if your not lead dog the view never changesyou get what you pay for.same shit different dayif you dont have the time to doit right what makes you think I have the time to fix it!

          9. Greg_Brown | Nov 04, 2001 07:05pm | #13

            *rust never sleepsmy brain hurts

          10. James_DuHamel | Nov 04, 2001 07:22pm | #14

            *Porch light's on, but nobody's home...Life is like a sh*t sandwich... the more bread ya got, the less sh*t you eat...James

          11. phil_eves | Nov 04, 2001 07:31pm | #15

            *...his needle's down, but his record don't turn......people in glasshouses shouldn't throw parties.....when the going gets tough...it's Miller time.....sincerity is the key to success, when you can fake that ,you've got it made.....when everythng's coming your way...you're in the wrong lane...

          12. Mike_Gabriel | Nov 04, 2001 09:18pm | #16

            *Alright, settle down...

          13. Tara_Gabriel | Nov 04, 2001 09:25pm | #17

            *Hey Mike. Shouldn't you be like, um, working?

          14. Mike_Gabriel | Nov 04, 2001 09:27pm | #18

            *He/she's such a bad carpenter/mechanic, he couldn't fix a sandwich.Not the sharpest tool in the shed.Dumber than a bag full of hammers.Plan to be spontaneous.It takes two to tango.May the sun be on your face, the wind at your back, and may you be in heaven a half-hour before the devil knows yer dead.More balls than brains.Fell outta the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down.More chins than a Chinese phone book.Yeah! When monkeys fly outta my butt!

          15. Mike_Gabriel | Nov 04, 2001 09:31pm | #19

            *Yes, dear. Sorry, dear. (head down, walking back into the shop....)

          16. Tara_Gabriel | Nov 04, 2001 09:33pm | #20

            *Grr...I hate that!

          17. Pi | Nov 04, 2001 11:11pm | #21

            *I might be dumb, but I ain't plumb dumb.......

          18. Tony_Ferrito | Nov 04, 2001 11:43pm | #22

            *I may have been born yesterday but I didn't stay in all night!

          19. Doug_Recko_ | Nov 04, 2001 11:44pm | #23

            *Don't sweat the petty stuff and don't pet the sweaty stuff...

          20. james_johnson | Nov 05, 2001 01:47am | #24

            *i am trying to see things from your point of view, but i am having trouble getting my head that far up my a#%.

          21. Pi | Nov 05, 2001 02:18am | #25

            *LOL.......james

          22. kcoyner_ | Nov 05, 2001 02:38am | #26

            *If you let the little things bother you,The big ones will kill you.Perty is as perty does.

          23. Pi | Nov 05, 2001 03:07am | #27

            *Oh, let's not get this started........

          24. James_DuHamel | Nov 05, 2001 03:19am | #28

            *No matter where ya go, there ya are...James DuHamel

          25. Gunner_1750 | Nov 05, 2001 03:47am | #29

            *The more you sweat in peace the less you bleed in war.

          26. Ron_Teti | Nov 05, 2001 03:56am | #30

            *He's one mc nugget short of a happy mealhe's one fry short of being super sized.he's got his cracker in the wrong box

          27. Cami_A | Nov 05, 2001 04:14am | #31

            *and....he's a half-bubble off plumb....coupla ducks short of a pond....few sandwiches shy of a picnic.

          28. Mark_McDonnell | Nov 05, 2001 05:02am | #32

            *...... dumb as dirt...It's nice to be nice to the nice.

          29. phil_eves | Nov 05, 2001 05:49am | #33

            *he don't have all his groceries in one bag,his/her (equal time) driveway doesn't go all the way to the house ....

          30. Jay_Honeycutt | Nov 05, 2001 06:40am | #34

            *If you're gonna be stupid, you better be tough.

          31. Robert_Weiner | Nov 05, 2001 06:29pm | #35

            *I haven't talked to my wife in 18 months. I don't like to interrupt her.

          32. Tesaje_ | Nov 05, 2001 07:36pm | #36

            *Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.There is a fine line between being a wit and a twit.We'll muddle through somehow.And the beatings will continue until the morale improves.Mary

          33. Alan_Ray | Nov 05, 2001 09:22pm | #37

            *He's got a face like a bastard ratShe's uglier than a sack of a**holes

          34. xJohn_Sprung | Nov 06, 2001 02:57am | #38

            *A couple nickels short of a roll.-- J.S.

          35. Tony_Ferrito | Nov 06, 2001 03:02am | #39

            *Put your right hand on your right ear, put your left hand on your left ear, get a good firm grasp with both hands and see if you can pull your head out of your ass!

          36. Daniel_Dunn | Nov 06, 2001 03:04am | #40

            *If I knew what I was doing I'd have someone else do it

          37. Dale_Wermenchuk | Nov 06, 2001 04:18am | #41

            *What happened to you boy! you look like 2 miles of bad road.

          38. pat_white | Nov 06, 2001 04:26am | #42

            *Asshole for every toilet seat(from my plumber)

          39. Don_Papenburg | Nov 06, 2001 04:44am | #43

            *More horse's asses than horses

          40. Jeff_Clarke_ | Nov 06, 2001 06:22am | #44

            *It's easier to get forgiveness than permission.

          41. Ted_LaRue_ | Nov 06, 2001 07:16am | #45

            *Didn't anyone else notice that the fifth saying in Ron Teti's original post is backward? It should be "The first time shame on me, the second time shame on you." (or, "Fooled you once, shame on me, fooled you twice, shame on you.")"Too many chiefs, not enough braves.""He/she's got a voice that could clean an oven."

          42. Just_Another_Guy | Nov 06, 2001 07:33am | #46

            *opinions are like armpits, everyone's got a couple and most of em stink.Dumb Like Stick, Smart like Post.Too many Chef's and not enough SoupThe Hurrier I go the Behinder I get.A stopped watch is right twice a day.

          43. Lisa_Long | Nov 06, 2001 09:56am | #47

            *I learned it like Ron posted it, meaning the first time you cheat me, shame on you, but the second time you cheat me, shame on me for letting you do it when I knew better.

          44. gtwilkins_ | Nov 06, 2001 10:26am | #48

            *Some of the chimps learn faster than others,Some of the chimps never learn at all!

          45. ibcnya_ | Nov 06, 2001 03:41pm | #49

            *Don't write checks your ass can't cash.Hurry up and wait.Quit your cryin son or I'll give ya something to cry about.Maybe you better see the Doc, you might have an allergy to work.

          46. Bill_Richardson | Nov 06, 2001 04:24pm | #50

            *He, He, Ted LaRue reminded me: "he/she would make a train take a dirt road", or "clear as mud" and, "the fun meter is pegged".

          47. Eric_M._Borgman | Nov 06, 2001 04:27pm | #51

            *If it's got tits or tires, you're bound to have trouble with it.

          48. bobl_ | Nov 06, 2001 07:26pm | #52

            *more fun then eating wormsBeats a sharp stick in the eyeHaven't had so much fun since the hogs ate my little brother

          49. Alan_Ray | Nov 06, 2001 07:50pm | #53

            *I haven't had this much fun since I found out what that middle bar on a bicycle does to a guy.

          50. Eric_M._Borgman | Nov 06, 2001 08:55pm | #54

            *If it smells like fish, eat all you wish; If it smells like cologne, leave it alone.

          51. r__ignacki | Nov 07, 2001 01:32am | #55

            *If it smells like something you can't telltake it to a motel

          52. gary_weiss | Nov 07, 2001 02:21am | #56

            *He's as useless as a screen door on a submarineIt's a soup sandwichGotta shit so bad I can taste itI'm prairie dooginTouchin' cottonFootball bat (something's fucked up)

          53. Tony_Ferrito | Nov 07, 2001 02:26am | #57

            *I don't need the money I just do this for the aggravation.

          54. Gunner_1750 | Nov 07, 2001 02:39am | #58

            *The last part of American spells, I Can

          55. Tony_Ferrito | Nov 07, 2001 04:32am | #59

            *The defecation has impacted the rotary oscillator.

          56. phil_eves | Nov 07, 2001 04:38am | #60

            *The sooner you get behind, the more time you have left to catch up..She was good from afar, but far from good.

          57. Pete_Draganic | Nov 07, 2001 05:43am | #61

            *No matter where ya go, there ya are... ...and whenever you drive, take the car.

          58. Pete_Draganic | Nov 07, 2001 05:52am | #62

            *If you took everything _______ knows about _______, rammed it up a gnat's ass and enlarged it ten-thousand times, it would rattle around like a BB in a boxcar.Uglier than a mud fence.Busier than a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest.Blind in one eye and can't see out of the other.(and my dad's favorite line).....You'd be a good-looking kid except for one thing.... you're ugly!

          59. Ted_LaRue_ | Nov 07, 2001 07:10am | #63

            *Lisa, Oops.....I see it now.I guess he didn't actually say who was fooling whom, and I just interpreted it the wrong way. Guess I'm dumb as a post, or at least I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed...

          60. Ted_LaRue_ | Nov 07, 2001 07:21am | #64

            *It's like nailing jello to the wall.This is about as much fun as you can have with your clothes on.Nothing beats a trial but a failure.The age old "Penny wise and pound foolish..."

          61. Lisa_Long | Nov 07, 2001 07:26am | #65

            *Neither one - just marching to a different drummer....

          62. Erich_Muschinske | Nov 07, 2001 08:14am | #66

            *Its always darkest just before it goes totally black...Never take in a stray, pregnant dog.Managing ___________ is just like herding cats.Politicians, like diapers, need to be changed often; and for the same reasons.

          63. Bob_Walker | Nov 07, 2001 05:23pm | #67

            *Tara: I grew up in Bergen County, 18 miles from Times Square. It is perfectly respectable there to consider the NY Yankees as the spawn of Satan (on a good day!)

          64. Bob_Walker | Nov 07, 2001 05:30pm | #68

            *And it all goes to show:i Ya never know 'til ya find out.

          65. Ron_Teti | Nov 07, 2001 05:50pm | #69

            *what goes around comes aroundit aient over till the fat lady singsleopards dont change their spotswhat you see is what you gethes dumber than a bag of a---holeshe cant hit himself in the a-- with both handshes dumber than a box of rocksWell Im sh--ing in high cotton now

          66. Mr._Pita | Nov 07, 2001 07:29pm | #70

            *She's a "butter face" - everything about her looks good, but her face. The corollary - beauty is only a light switch away.Perfect face for Halloween.If brains were gas, he wouldn't have enough to drive a small car around the inside of a Cheerio.Goalie for the dart team.All foam, no beer.Couldn't write dialog for a porno flick.God might use him for miracle practice. (or, proof God has a sense of humor.)Any slower, she'd be in reverse.Room temp. IQ - in Celsius.

          67. bobl_ | Nov 07, 2001 07:41pm | #71

            *he's depriving a village somewhere of an idiot

          68. Mike_Gabriel | Nov 07, 2001 08:10pm | #72

            *Yogi Bera:Nobody goes to ball games anymore, cuz they're too crowded.

          69. Mike_Gabriel | Nov 07, 2001 08:15pm | #73

            *Don't let yer bangle dangle.Don't let yer tool rust.The word for today is...LEGS.Now go spread the word.

          70. Scooter_ | Nov 07, 2001 08:36pm | #74

            *There are two types of people in this world. Those who think there are two types of people, and those who don't.

          71. Mike_Gabriel | Nov 07, 2001 08:40pm | #75

            *There are two types of biker:Those that have been down, and those that are gonna go down.

          72. Cami_A | Nov 07, 2001 09:45pm | #76

            *187 pounds of useless....

          73. r__ignacki | Nov 08, 2001 12:35am | #77

            *The bread's getting stale and the butter is melted.(when you're running out of work)

          74. xJohn_Sprung | Nov 08, 2001 01:31am | #78

            *If we had some ham, we could have ham and eggs, if we had some eggs.-- J.S.

          75. bobl_ | Nov 08, 2001 03:35pm | #79

            *In response to How are you, how you doin' etcI'm on the right side of the grass.

          76. xJohn_Sprung | Nov 08, 2001 10:34pm | #80

            *Heard on the job today: "I'm not afraid of work -- I can watch it all day long."-- J.S.

          77. Jason_Currier | Nov 21, 2001 05:55pm | #81

            *Number than a hake.Like a monkey f*%#ing a football.They oughta tack that guys balls to a stump and push him over backwardsEver been bedridden? No but I did it on a lobster boat once.Going like a raped ape

          78. gary_ | Nov 21, 2001 05:57pm | #82

            *Ugly enough to: make a freight train take a dirt road. knock a buzzard off a post.

          79. diddidit_ | Nov 21, 2001 07:00pm | #83

            *Corollary:His head is so far up his a#%, he thinks he is standing up straight!(A common condition in the world of business)did

          80. diddidit_ | Nov 21, 2001 07:08pm | #84

            *I've got to:evict a family of bearsgive birth to a little brown babysend a gift to the sanitation departmentfeed some fliessee what I had for dinner yesterdaybomb Atlantisdrop plopsetc.

          81. bobl_ | Nov 21, 2001 10:36pm | #85

            *Good enough for Government workGood enough for who it's forShe/he is a two bagger.

          82. Dick | Nov 21, 2001 11:06pm | #86

            *Leggo my ears, I know my job

          83. Mike_Gabriel | Nov 23, 2001 05:32pm | #87

            *just other ways of saying..."I've gotta go drop the kids off at the pool."

          84. Mike_Gabriel | Nov 23, 2001 05:32pm | #88

            *Gotta go whip up a batch of baby batter...

          85. Bill_Richardson | Nov 23, 2001 11:46pm | #89

            *Seen on a local carpenter's door:"real men don't need instructions"and this on the bulletin board nearby:"Pro Create"

          86. AJinNZ_ | Nov 24, 2001 03:09am | #90

            *His elevator doesnt go all the way upCheese has slipped off his crackerLights on, no one home.If brains were dynamite you wouldnt have enough to blow your noseugly has hat full of s#&tthat car runs like a bag of busted ar#eholes

          87. Daryl(Newf)_Ferguson | Nov 24, 2001 03:13am | #91

            *...Sure as Shit in a cat......Sorry Andy, everyday expression here......On the Cape......Cape Breton That Is......Newf......So, There's a Mag????...

          88. Dick | Nov 26, 2001 02:52am | #92

            *Man is born with two heads, but only enough blood to use one at a time.

          89. Don_Papenburg | Nov 27, 2001 04:51am | #93

            *Money talks ,bullshit walks....When the green flag drops the bullshit stops...

          90. AJinNZ_ | Nov 27, 2001 05:07am | #94

            *busy as a bee with a bum full of honey

          91. pat_white | Nov 27, 2001 05:11am | #95

            *prior planning prevents piss poor performance

          92. Greg_Brown | Nov 27, 2001 07:20am | #96

            *SNAFU- Situation Normal, All Fu*#@d Up

          93. AJinNZ_ | Nov 27, 2001 07:24am | #97

            *FUBARF#$%ed Up Beyond All Recognition

          94. Rich_ | Nov 27, 2001 07:59am | #98

            *WYSIWYG (wissie wig)

          95. Tim_Thompson | Nov 27, 2001 01:47pm | #99

            *He couldn't hit the broadside of a barn with a bull's a$$ if he was standin' inside.I wanna go play with the box the babies came in.He's not the brightest cayon in the box.Crooked as a dogs hind leg.I like my coffee black as sin and hotter than the hinges of hell.Trust your neighbors but brand your calves.

          96. Shakey_Jake | Nov 27, 2001 03:17pm | #100

            *Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't after you.

          97. Mike_Gabriel | Nov 27, 2001 09:42pm | #101

            *DILLIGAFDo I Look Like I Give A F**k?

          98. Greg_Brown | Nov 28, 2001 02:44am | #102

            *you gotta keep an eye on your enemies & a gun on your friends

          99. Tim_Thompson | Nov 28, 2001 05:18am | #103

            *BOHICA = Bend Over Here It Comes Again.If my dog was as ugly as you I'd shave his butt and teach him to walk backwards.I may be drunk, but you are ugly and I will be sober in the morning.I am not fat, I am short for my weight.But occifer, I am not as think as you drunk I am.

          100. phil_eves | Nov 28, 2001 05:26am | #104

            *"He was as tough as henshit, and twice as nasty"

          101. Don_Papenburg | Nov 28, 2001 06:25am | #105

            *Stiff as a weddin' dick ....hotter'n a freshfuckedfox ina forest fire..."Igotta be on the level my bubble is in the middle"as told by short fat man.

          102. G80104_ | Nov 29, 2001 07:10am | #106

            *Like shotting Pool with a rope!

          103. Alan_Ray | Nov 29, 2001 05:39pm | #107

            *Busier than a three legged dog trying to bury a turd on a frozen lake.

          104. Mike_Gabriel | Nov 29, 2001 08:22pm | #108

            *ROFLMAO!!

          105. AJinNZ_ | Nov 30, 2001 04:44am | #109

            *Is my face red? Well It aint up my a##se!Are your eyes painted on?Did you find it? Well, did ya have a mans look or a womans look? Not the sharpest knife in the drawerI didnt go to school just to eat my lunch ya know....

          106. Jefe_ | Nov 30, 2001 07:09am | #110

            *Stinks like a monkey's wedding.Like pullin' a prick out of a lard pail.

          107. Mr.T | Dec 01, 2001 03:56am | #111

            *I may have been born yesterday, but I didn't stay in all night.I may have fallen of a turnip truck but it wasn't the one that just drove by.Those aren't Carpenter ants Ma'am they aint wearin' tool belts, Looks like Boss ants, they wont touch your lumber but they'll sure go after your checkbook!

  2. Ron_Teti | Dec 01, 2001 03:56am | #112

    *
    Cleanliness is next to godliness

    make hay while the sun shines

    god willing and the river dont rise

    An once of prevention is better than a pound of cure.

    The first time shame on you the 2nd time shame on me.

    two peas inna pod

    sleep tight and dont let the bed bugs bite

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