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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 09:00 AM
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What words of advice resonate with you the most?
They could be from family,friends,teachers, co-workers, or anyone really. I seem to draw a blank on words of wisdom coming my way; positive ones anyway. Beyond the usual "stop eating" and "lose weight," I can't really remember any words of guidance along the way. I know it's much easier to focus on the negative. My mindset is probably such that I've blocked out those instances where a nugget of truth and guidance was forthcoming from others.


No one ever told me to have fun; at least that I remember anyway.
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Bennyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 09:02 AM
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1. Wavy Gravy!
Leave no turn unstoned!
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 09:12 AM
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2. I could use some of that!
:smoke:
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 10:27 AM
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25. From "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test"
At Ken Kesey's place in La Honda, California someone painted a sign that said, "No Left Turn Unstoned"
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Bunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 09:14 AM
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3. The Lord loves a working man. And don't trust whitey.
Edited on Wed Aug-22-07 09:15 AM by Bunny
Mother: And remember, the Lord loves a working man.
Navin: Lord loves a working man.
Father: And son, don't never, ever trust whitey.
Navin: Don't trust whitey. The Lord loves a working man, don't trust whitey.
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 09:17 AM
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4. I love it!
:rofl:
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 09:40 AM
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8. YES!
I was just about to post DON'T TRUST WHITEY

It really is good advice. Don't trust anyone not in a sneering nasty way just be aware of alterior motives.
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soleft Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 09:21 AM
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5. I'm an atheist, but my favorite comes from JC - Gnostic Gospels
If you bring out that which is inside you, that which is inside you will save you. If you do not bring out that which is inside you, that which is inside you will destroy you.
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 10:03 AM
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11. I like that.
Makes sense to me.
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 09:22 AM
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6. "Wear your tiara and fuck 'em."
It's a long story, but my best friend told me that and I'll never forget it.
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 10:05 AM
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14. I can understand that.
Don't worry about what others think.
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 10:09 AM
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17. Yep, exactly.
She walks the walk too - she really doesn't give a toss what other people think of her. I admire that and hope to emulate it.
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 10:12 AM
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21. That is something I try so hard to do.
You have a very wise friend.
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AllegroRondo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 09:30 AM
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7. From back in the Army
my First Sergeant at my first unit:

You can learn something from everybody. If not how to do something, than how NOT to do something.
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 10:06 AM
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15. That is good advice.
Makes perfect sense to me.
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zanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 09:43 AM
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9. Advice from long ago...
"Enjoy your youth; it won't last". I did, and it didn't.
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 10:07 AM
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16. I didn't and it still did.
Glad you had fun though.
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InvisibleTouch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 09:57 AM
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10. "Go your own way." n/t
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 10:09 AM
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19. All I can think of when I hear those words:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNM6IuA87eM
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myrna minx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 10:03 AM
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12. Never loan anything to someone that you want or need back.
If you loan it, whether it be money, books, DVDs, clothes etc, loan it under the assumption that you'll never see it again. That way, you won't resent the borrower when you never see it again. If it is your favorite book, don't loan it or have additional copies of your book that you donate to the global library. I use to resent the people that didn't return my things to me, but after I changed my perspective, I don't harbor those feelings anymore.
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 10:11 AM
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20. Never a borrower or lender be.
Or something like that.
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 10:31 AM
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27. I learned that one the hard way, after years of not having things returned or repaid.
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Tikki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 10:05 AM
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13. "Well, I don't know but I've been told....
you never slow down, you never grow old".....Thomas Petty


Tikki
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 10:13 AM
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22. I like that. Never grow old in spirit.
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 10:14 AM
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23. That's my tagline on my blog!
I love that lyric. :)
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raccoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 10:09 AM
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18. "Don't worry, baby, everything will turn out all right." --Brian Wilson.

Yeah, I know there are things we need to be concerned about. I tend to be a worrywart, though.
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 10:21 AM
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24. I've been a worrywart for so long I just can't go on like that.
I'm really trying to not sweat the stuff in life so much. That's been a big thing of not enjoying life like I should.
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 10:28 AM
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26. "If you keep on doing what you did, you'll keep on getting what you got."
Edited on Wed Aug-22-07 10:29 AM by bob_weaver
It may seem obvious, but many times I have continued doing the same thing yet expecting a different outcome.
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 10:32 AM
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28. The definition of insanity.
Doing the same thing over and over, expecting different results.

I'm a recovering drunk, so until a few years ago, that was the story of my life. :)
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 10:33 AM
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30. I'm glad you're in recovery.
:)
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 10:32 AM
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29. You and me both.
Join the club with that one. It is so obvious and yet so hard to really comprehend at times for me.
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AngryAmish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 10:34 AM
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31. Don't hook with a hooker
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 10:43 AM
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32. But it's ok to have sex with a hooker isn't it?
I hope so otherwise I'm in trouble. :P
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AngryAmish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 11:22 AM
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33. Sex is fine. It is a boxing saying.
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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 11:27 AM
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34. Whatever you do, don't fuck it up.
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 01:08 PM
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39. Yeah I hear ya on that one.
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 11:29 AM
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35. When life looks like easy street...
there is danger at your door.

...The Grateful Dead
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 01:09 PM
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40. What song is that from?
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LaraMN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 11:29 AM
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36. "You have to take the wrapper off, first."
:P
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 01:10 PM
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42. Hmmmmmmmmm
That can be taken in a number of ways. :P
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 11:29 AM
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37. Two things
One from one of my very first bosses - "Don't fuck with the help." Which was his way of saying, avoid workplace romances. Wise man.

The other from my own experience - Never say anything about anyone else that you wouldn't say directly to their face.
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 01:14 PM
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43. I agree on both counts.
Office romance ain't worth it and I speak from experience with that one. I like the second thought too. Very good words to live by.
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HERVEPA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 12:02 PM
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38. Don't die 'til you're dead
From Mississippi John Hurt
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 01:17 PM
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46. Yup!
Live 'til they're shoveling dirt over ya!
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Karenina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 01:10 PM
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41. From the Church of Little Richard...
JES.SHUH.UP
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 01:20 PM
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47. Kinda like the saying from Calvin Coolidge
"Tis better to remain silent and thought a fool, than to speak up and remove all doubt."
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Karenina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 01:43 PM
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57. Kurzstrecke (f) is the American Way!
Edited on Wed Aug-22-07 01:44 PM by Karenina
Next comes the acronym: JSU

DWG is eloquent, articulate and all that but what we need TODAY is a sound byte!!! :silly:
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 01:46 PM
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58. ...............
:silly:
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Karenina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 01:52 PM
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64. Thanx for getting my weird humor!
:hug:
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 02:39 PM
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66. I love it!
An offbeat sense of humor makes my day.

:hug:
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 01:16 PM
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44. Live in a way that you never have to say "I could have done..."
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 01:22 PM
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49. Oh god yes. Very wise words.
The biggest regrets most will have are things they did not do. Taking a chance with a certain person, going for it with a big new job opportunity, or whatever else someone would've, could've, should've..........
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FloridaJudy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 01:16 PM
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45. Think before speaking.:
Is it necessary? Is it truthful? Is it kind?

I don't know who said it. It sounds like the Dalai Lama, but it could be Jerry Garcia for all I know.
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 01:27 PM
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50. Very good words to live by.
It does sound like the Dalai Lama to me.
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Lindsey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 01:28 PM
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52. Life is what happens to you while your busy making other plans....
John Lennon.... Man...truer words were never spoken, imho(at least for me).
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 01:21 PM
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48. Relax, don't do it...
:hide:
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 01:27 PM
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51. .................
:rofl:
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lost-in-nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 01:30 PM
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53. Don't write anything down
you wouldn't want on the front page of the paper....

and this used to be on my Moms wall-

The hurrier I go the behinder I get......




lost
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 01:49 PM
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61. I guess the first one leaves out diaries and blogs for sure.
I can relate to the second one at times.
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kwassa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 01:35 PM
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54. Fuck 'em if they can't take a joke.
"My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income"

Errol Flynn
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 01:47 PM
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60. The first one is a fav of mine.
:P
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kwassa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 01:35 PM
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55. Fuck 'em if they can't take a joke.
"My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income"

Errol Flynn
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 01:39 PM
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56. mind your own fucking business
best advice ever.
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 01:47 PM
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59. yeah and that's what i try to do.
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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 01:51 PM
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62. Whether you think you can or you can't, you're right
Henry Ford - 1903

I used if often with my Young Sailors and it worked very well; especially when they told me they couldn't do something.

The best way to have a friend is to be one - (Walt Whitman, I think)

Know the difference between shit and shinola and never trust whitey - Steve Martin as the Jerk.
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 02:41 PM
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67. I like those.
Edited on Wed Aug-22-07 02:42 PM by bushwentawol
There's 3 types of people in the world.
Those who know they know.
Those who know they don't know.
Those who don't know they don't know.

Ashley Alexander.
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cynatnite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 01:52 PM
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63. From my stepdad: "Don't bullshit a bullshitter" n/t
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 02:43 PM
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69. My version, which I say often, as I am one: Don't kid a kidder.
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 02:43 PM
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70. Yeah, I've heard that one.
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Rambis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 01:52 PM
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65. "Never bank when you can cut"
Emil
the old guy at Dougan's deli who was a pool shark until he hit the magic beer.
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 02:44 PM
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71. Smart man.
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 02:42 PM
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68. The Rule of the Road: Go When You Can.
Edited on Wed Aug-22-07 02:45 PM by WinkyDink
It's always worked for me!
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-07 02:45 PM
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72. So simple but it makes perfect sense to me.
I've tried to do that too, sometimes in a big way.
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