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Never
tell a woman anything you don't want her close friends to know.
When
your wife is in labor, expect to be told it's all your fault.
When
a woman is in the mood, you have about one minute to realize it and
figure out how you are supposed to respond.
You
will never regret getting into a bubble bath with your wife.
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Now, now my good man, this is no time for making enemies." Voltaire (1694-1778) , on his deathbed in response to a priest asking that he renounce Satan. - submitted by Steve Kenton |
| All the world's a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed. --Sean O' Casey, playwright (1880-1964) courtesy of my sister, the editor. |
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The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you
get up and does not stop until you get behind the steering wheel. - Jim
Kallio via the Internet.
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| "Eagles may soar, but prairie dogs don't get sucked up in jet engines." - State Sen. Ed Olson. R - Mitchell, SD. |
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Be master of your petty annoyances and conserve your energies for the big, worthwhile things. It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out--it's the grain of sand in your shoe. --Robert Service, writer (1874-1958) |
| Small towns... our most precious natural resource of sheer American quirkiness. Travel Holiday Mag ? issue |
| The truth shall set you free, but first it will piss you off. -- Gloria
Steinem
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| How to parallel park...
People panic when they have to parallel park. Here's a foolproof tip I learned from Mr. Timmins, my freshman driving teacher - pull up *even* with the car parked ahead of you. Make sure you are *close enough* so that your passenger could reach out his window and *touch that car from your car. If you start your parking maneuver from that position, you should nail a perfect parallel every time. |
| It matters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether
*I*
win or lose. - Darrin Weinberg
courtesy of AZCueball. |
| If you have no excesses in the full bloom of youth, what will there
be to pare away on the long road to maturity? -- Sir John Barbirolli
Submitted by Michael Rose |
| "Never underestimate the ability of a human being to find a rut and
fall in love with it."
Brad Newsham in his 1989 travel book All The Right Places |
| Betcha didn't know this...
Napkin rings are for *used* napkins. The wealthy could afford clean napkins at each meal. The less well-to-do re-used their napkins... each person's marked with its own unique ring. From Kovel's Antiques Newsletter There's a conversation piece fer yer next big goat feed. |
| Cynic - Someone who, when he smells flowers, looks for a coffin. --H.
L. Mencken
Poem - What happens when anxiety meets technique. --Lawrence Durrell Both of these courtesy of my sister, the book editor at the University of Arizona Press |
| “Come to the edge.” “We can’t. We are afraid.”
Come to the edge.” “Come to the edge.” And they came. And he pushed them.
And they flew.
French poet / philosopher Guillaume Apollinaire (Personally, I'd have left off the last line... shopkeeper) |
| "For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin -- real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, or a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life." --Alfred D. Souza (courtesy of my sister, the Editor) |
| While it may be true that the early bird gets the worm, it is the *second* mouse that gets the cheese. (Guy Clark on Prairie Home Companion) |
| Life teaches you that some people are wise, and other people are otherwise. Jeff Howard pitstop09@aol.com |
| If a guy hasn't got any gamble in him, he isn't worth a crap... Evel Knievel |
| Wisdom is in knowing what to overlook... William James |
| If a man speaks in the forest, and there is no woman there to hear him, is he still wrong? Lorie Miller 4millers@santel.net |
| "Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one". Malcom Forbes -- submitted by Bobbie Pritchard |
| Profound thought..."I know you want one, but I can't think of one."
Ken Gates mexken@neteze.com (hey, at least the guy's honest!) |
| Good Health is merely the slowest way to die... anon (c'mon don't be afraid to leave yer names...) |
| Some of us who were not born with a conscience seem compelled to go out and marry one... twodogs@midco.net |
| Rule 1: It's pointless to argue with her if you're not going to win
Rule 2: You're not going to win.... "Things a Man Should Know about Women" - Esquire Magazine Feb 99 (the one with Pamela Anderson on the cover) |
| To keep your cat out of the houseplants, spread a thick layer of marbles over the dirt. I'll be letting you know how this works... |
| "The first rule of holes... When you find yourself in one, quit digging" - Nancy Arora |
"Have you noticed that ... of the people who have developed the habit of eating, eventually none survive?" - lucky10@aol.com |
Blank paper is God's way of showing us that it's not so easy to be God - "from a writer" |
Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance - metoo3@cmtex.net |
There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness" - Dave Barry |
Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most... Bruce Alexander, master woodcarver. See his website. |
Overheard at a party last night... "My daughter is home from college, claiming to be half bulimic. She's got the binge part..." |
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