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by trucker2000 » Tue May 09, 2006 6:32 pm

Oh wait....it wasn't long ago.......

It is true. Them frases aint meanin the same nowdays.
You
can teach an old dog new tricks.

Sometimes.
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by trucker2000 » Tue May 23, 2006 5:20 pm
Will Rogers, who died in a plane crash with Wylie Post in 1935, was probably the greatest political sage this country has ever known.
Enjoy the following:
>1. Never slap a man who's chewing tobacco.
>2. Never kick a cow chip on a hot day.
>3. There are 2 theories to arguing with a woman...neither works.
>4. Never miss a good chance to shut up.
>5. Always drink upstream from the herd.
>6. If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.
>7. The quickest way to double your money is to fold it and put it back in
>your pocket.
>8. There are three kinds of men: The ones that learn by reading. The few
>who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric
>fence
>and find out for themselves.
>9. Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad
>judgment.
>10. If you're riding' ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and
>then
>to make sure it's still there.
>11. Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier'n puttin' it back.
>12. After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started
>roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him. The moral:
>When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut
You
can teach an old dog new tricks.

Sometimes.
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by lswot » Wed May 24, 2006 10:22 am
This isn't a Will Rodgers......but......it's along those same lines:
If you want to make the world a better place try shutting your yap long enough to hear something other than the sound of your own voice.


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by Henry J » Wed May 24, 2006 10:41 am
Or to put it another way - the closed mouth gathers no foot.

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by lswot » Thu May 25, 2006 10:37 am
Henry J wrote:Or to put it another way - the closed mouth gathers no foot.

Yep! Or as my Mother always said.......keep your mouth shut and thought to be stupid than to open it and erase all doubt.

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by Xjmt » Thu May 25, 2006 2:15 pm
Then there was my father's favorite, "Learn to keep your ears and your eyes open and your big mouth shut."

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by lswot » Sun May 28, 2006 11:18 am
Xjmt wrote:Then there was my father's favorite, "Learn to keep your ears and your eyes open and your big mouth shut."


That works, too.

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"A Government big enough to give you every thing you want, is big enough to take away every thing you have."
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by Xjmt » Sun May 28, 2006 1:11 pm
> I am passing this on to you because it definitely
> worked for me and we
> all could use a little more calmness in our lives.
> By following the
> simple advice I heard on the Dr. Phil show, I have
> finally found inner
> peace.
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>
>
> Dr. Phil proclaimed, "The way to achieve inner peace
> is to finish
> all the things you've started and never finished."
> So, I looked around
> my house to see all the things I started and hadn't
> finished, and
> before leaving the house this morning I finished off
> a bottle of White
> Zinfandel, a bottle of Baileys Irish Cream, a bottle
> of Kahlua, a
> package of Oreos, the remainder of an old Prozac
> prescription, the rest
> of the cheesecake, some saltines and a box of
> chocolates. You have no
> idea how freaking good I feel. (Please pass this on
> to those you feel
> might be in need of inner peace.)
Ya know, that does sound like that Phil character.

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by lswot » Mon May 29, 2006 8:53 am

lswot
eccl 2:13
"A Government big enough to give you every thing you want, is big enough to take away every thing you have."
......Thomas Jefferson......
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by Henry J » Mon May 29, 2006 11:15 am
Re "..... Dr. Who?"
Check first base.
Henry
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by lswot » Wed May 31, 2006 10:41 am
Henry J wrote:Re "..... Dr. Who?"
Check first base.
Henry

What?

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by Henry J » Wed May 31, 2006 11:45 am
What would be second base.
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by lswot » Thu Jun 01, 2006 11:15 am
Henry J wrote:What would be second base.
Haven't we deja'd this vu, before.?


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eccl 2:13
"A Government big enough to give you every thing you want, is big enough to take away every thing you have."
......Thomas Jefferson......