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Topic: Pearls of Wisdom
ian o b
(438 Posts)
Posted: 18-Apr-2012 17:49
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ian o b
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Posted: 18-Apr-2012 17:51
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If you aim for nothin in life you'll always hit your target
DeRealTaoiseach
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Posted: 18-Apr-2012 21:15
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A secondary school teacher once told us this gem:

A woman should only ever be in two places: in the wrong or in the kitchen!
ian o b
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Posted: 18-Apr-2012 21:34
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I get the feeling he died a bachelor
N16
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Posted: 18-Apr-2012 22:59
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Two of the best I ever heard from a neighbour near us at home. Initials LH (never married and always drove a horse and cart) for anyone that knows me.

On hearing of a plane crash in South America that killed over 70 people:
"If all them people stopped at home where they were, that would never have happened".
On hearing his cattle had broke into where the 2 cocks of hay were near the house and were eating the hay:
"Well if they are, it's on themselves they're doing it".
His mother used to put her hands into the cooling fat of the frying pan every morning and rub the fat into her hair to make herself look young.
Anyone but FF
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Posted: 18-Apr-2012 23:17
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My oul fella always says "where there is women, there is trouble"
32&Counting
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Posted: 19-Apr-2012 08:48
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'If big men had small men's temper... there would be no small men left'
OneLeggedDancer
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Posted: 19-Apr-2012 13:15
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Don't criticise a man until you've walked a mile in his shoes. Then you can criticise him when you're a mile away with a free pair of shoes.
Ciderbaby
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Posted: 19-Apr-2012 13:32
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Heard this one the other day:

Love is like a fart, if it's forced, it's probably s**t!!
model fan
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Posted: 19-Apr-2012 14:33
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Breed from a donkey and you are likely to get a donkey.
priest nor peeler
(47 Posts)
Posted: 19-Apr-2012 21:15
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a good run is better than a bad stand.
bawlslikeabull
(287 Posts)
Posted: 19-Apr-2012 21:44
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Kickin mare,kickin foal.
jico
(94 Posts)
Posted: 19-Apr-2012 22:00
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Heard on the Business Show on Newstalk last weekend.Apparently it is a Maori saying.

If you walk towards the sun all the shadows will be behind you.
Harrison Ford
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Posted: 19-Apr-2012 22:08
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Originally posted by OneLeggedDancer:
Don't criticise a man until you've walked a mile in his shoes. Then you can criticise him when you're a mile away with a free pair of shoes.

You would only need the one shoe?
Hitch
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Posted: 19-Apr-2012 22:11
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"It's a wise man that knows his father"
An Early Bath
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Posted: 19-Apr-2012 22:12
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Originally posted by N16:
Two of the best I ever heard from a neighbour near us at home. Initials LH (never married and always drove a horse and cart) for anyone that knows me.On hearing of a plane crash in South America that killed over 70 people:
"If all them people stopped at home where they were, that would never have happened".
On hearing his cattle had broke into where the 2 cocks of hay were near the house and were eating the hay:
"Well if they are, it's on themselves they're doing it".
His mother used to put her hands into the cooling fat of the frying pan every morning and rub the fat into her hair to make herself look young.

The man in question might be slightly before my time N16, but I'm fairly sure that I know the family in question.
dickvantastic
(134 Posts)
Posted: 19-Apr-2012 22:22
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"Quiting while your ahead is not the same as quiting". Not a bad motto for life.
BeTimberin
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Posted: 19-Apr-2012 23:28
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A famous saying from a Clare dressing room from the 60s / 70s era.

I cant say i know the man but i've heard this being said many times - it was really a point about how defences expose themselves when carrying possession forward. Unfortunately the graphic detail used in trying to bring the point across was more than a little crude and as you can imagine had lads in stitches:

"The farther the monkey goes up the pole.........the more you can see of the monkey's hole!"

His other classic:

"Well lads either ye sh1t or get off the pot today!"
mochuda
(475 Posts)
Posted: 20-Apr-2012 10:50
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"A dumb priest never got a rich parish"

"There's only one cock in the farmyard"
This message has been edited - 20-apr-2012 @ 10:50
OneLeggedDancer
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Posted: 20-Apr-2012 13:53
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Originally posted by Harrison Ford:
You would only need the one shoe?

Life's not fair HF. When I applied for a job in Smithwicks' brewery they wanted to put me in charge of the hops.

Scaoil Amach an Bobailín
(578 Posts)
Posted: 20-Apr-2012 14:08
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"You should never trust quotes you find on the internet" - Abraham Lincoln
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