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mrsdralshhadeh 05-31-2010 08:03 PM

"if you do not have anything nice to say,, then say nothing at all"
" behind ever good man,,, is an even better woman,,"

" you can only be you,, someone else is already taken,,,,"

sue in NH 06-01-2010 05:59 AM

My husband likes to say "That's what she/he said, then the bed broke!". It gets many a laugh when interjected at just the right time.

Jingle 06-01-2010 06:45 AM

Can't never did anything, until he married can. You made your own bed now, lay in it. Lots more just can't think of them now.

Jingle 06-01-2010 06:45 AM

Can't never did anything, until he married can. You made your own bed now, lay in it. Lots more just can't think of them now.

Pzazz 06-02-2010 06:46 AM

My dad's favourite was "you don't have to be crazy to get along in this world...but it helps".

My children are carrying on the tradition. :D

"there are only two kinds of problems....my problems, and NOT my problems".

GrammaO 06-02-2010 04:12 PM


Originally Posted by Baren*eh*ked_canadian

Originally Posted by 2wheelwoman
I just remembered one I heard often from grandma as a kid, but never understood at the time: A stitch in time saves nine. I always wondered, nine what?

Another was: You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. Huh? Now, with some life experience, they make sense.

I don't understand either of those...

I'm not clear on the stitch in time one, but the other means that silk is soft, elegant and refined. A pig's ear is tough, leathery, rough. It can't be silk no matter how had you try.

Ladymurphy 06-05-2010 06:57 PM


Originally Posted by Quilter2B

Originally Posted by Up North
Don't put the cart before the horse.

I used this one the other day to my husband. :wink:

My daughter uses this to describe her brother: Not the brightest crayon in the box.

Here's a few more for your daughter to use on her brother:
Not the sharpest knife in the drawer.
One fry short of a happy meal.
One brick short of a full load.
Elevator doesn't go all the way to the top.
Over his head in a parking lot puddle.
Couldn't lead a pack of hungry wolves to fresh meat.

dljennings 06-06-2010 05:00 AM

my husband's favorite when talking about not so bright folks "he couldn't poor piss out of a boot if the instructions were printed on the heel" military thing i guess

mary quite contrary 06-06-2010 09:53 AM

All ticks and no dog. Pastor used it in the sermon this morning.


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