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12-07-2009, 01:59 PM

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"kiss my grits"

12-07-2009, 02:29 PM

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What does that have to do with the price of eggs in Denmark?

12-07-2009, 02:37 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Debra Mc

I always tell my son some of the girls he likes may be pretty but they are dumber than a sack of rocks. He also says "Lets say we did & don't do it." Here's another one- Goodnite nurse. Crapped in your own oatmeal today. Better to be pissed off than pissed on. They come in spurts.

A favorite quote of a young man who works in the same facility I do (when he is called a smart a**--which he is, sometimes), is "Better a smart a** than a dumb one! :roll: Oh, well... He is a fun kid to work with...

12-07-2009, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by bearisgray

"kiss my grits"

That had to come from the waitress Flo on the TV show 'Alice'!

12-07-2009, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by ERhausfrau

I've got the one for the Day!!!

You ready?????

PULL MY FINGER!

My father used to do that to us kids all the time! Edie

I have a BIL who STILL does it...to anyone he can con into it!

12-08-2009, 01:43 AM

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I am really enjoying reading this post :D:D:D

12-08-2009, 04:04 AM

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Oh, for cryin' out loud!!!!!

Say that one more time and the devil'll cut your tongue out!

How do!

Schnell (German for Now, Quickly, fast)

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12-08-2009, 04:53 AM

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OK, who elected you president of the United States?

Edie

12-08-2009, 06:41 AM

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"padiddle"

when seeing a Volkswagon "beetle" with only one working headlight

12-08-2009, 10:29 AM

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I read somewhere that our little brains remember "NOT" and tune out the rest - is this so?

I think it's the other way around. The brain drops the negative part and remembers the rest.

So if you are repeating an affirmation "don't screw up", your brain will actually feel as if you are instructing it to "screw up".

The same thing happens with anything like "not, don't, never", etc.

I do not know why, but I suddenly thought of Gomer Pyle.....