The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: SallyintNorth on September 20, 2011, 09:23:10 am
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I have loads, but one of them, which came to mind today, is,
"I'm not young enough to know everything"
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Clever 8)
I like 'Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus' - but mostly because I like dragons and I think they deserve a good nights sleep ;D
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"On a dry day take your coat, on a wet day please yourself"
"A running hird and a standing drain's nae use" (a shepherd who runs and a drain which does not, is useless)
"Clear yer feet" ( miners saying and basically if they didn't keep their feet clear/exit clear if there was a fall there was less chance of getting out)
"There's wiser things eating grass"
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I like 'Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus' - but mostly because I like dragons and I think they deserve a good nights sleep ;D
A Harry Potter fan? 8)
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One from Groucho Marx....
Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read!
:D
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My favourite, It takes all kinds of vegtables to make a pot of soup
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dunno...wasn't there something about singing pigs :P
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dunno...wasn't there something about singing pigs :P
Don't try to teach a pig to sing - it's a waste of time and annoys the pig
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Ah, the version i know says 'don't wrestle with pigs' you'll both get dirty but the pigs will enjoy it'. A comment on getting into argurments with politicians and the like, i think ;)
'as useful as a chocolate teapot' and 'quick, hire a teenager while they still know everything' come in handy on occasions.
But the one I really like is Roosevelt's 'do what you can, where you are, with what you've got'. I like it because it reminds me to 'get on with it now' rather than wait for x, y and z (me to be thinner, richer and have more free time :D)
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I like 'Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus' - but mostly because I like dragons and I think they deserve a good nights sleep ;D
A Harry Potter fan? 8)
No, more Anne McCaffry - I want to ride my own dragon :love: ;D
Another Latin one (don't know why they are both in Latin - I failed my Latin O level ::)):
Semper in excreto solum profundum variat - when my OH was flying Her Majesty's planes around, he had a T shirt with that on and it was wholely appropriate to how often he ended up in the sh*t - still is ;D
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I'll settle for a fire lizard. It sounds awful cold between.
I actually fell asleep in my Latin O level exam. In truth, I'd have failed even if I'd stayed awake. It all started to go wrong when my rabbit ate my homework. (Truthfully, he really did! Ok, I had to rub it with a carrot, but he did kind of nibble it a bit. :D)
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' If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun' ;D
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Semper in excreto solum profundum variat
motto of my life :D Literally and metaphorically ;)
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Semper in excreto solum profundum variat
motto of my life :D Literally and metaphorically ;)
Good honest stuff, excretio. Rather be in that than sleeze any day. (Couldn't find Latin for sleeze - though I think they did have it back then...)
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Semper in excreto solum profundum variat
motto of my life :D Literally and metaphorically ;)
You've all seen this before I'm sure:
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Someone translate the Latin ones for me, please ???
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Sorry - draco dormiens nunquam tittilandus is basically let sleeping dogs lie but actually means 'don't disturb a sleeping dragon'.
Semper in excreto solum profundum variat is 'always in the sh*t only the depth varies'.
Sally - I LOVE the fox in with the hounds - never seen it before. Perfect illustration of the saying :) :)
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My favourite, It takes all kinds of vegtables to make a pot of soup
I like that.
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Thank you!
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One of my favourites, from the Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy, is very simple -
DON'T PANIC !!!
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fleecewife might get this one S.N.A.F.U. :farmer:
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fleecewife might get this one S.N.A.F.U. :farmer:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNAFU (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNAFU)
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ah good old wikipedia :thumbsup: :trophy: :thumbsup:
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What's for you won't go by you. :)
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fleecewife might get this one S.N.A.F.U. :farmer:
:D :D
Is that for being old or being a one-time military wife?
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My dad was an opera lover and would sometimes sit me down to listen to a recording. I would listen dutifully, bored witless. When dad realised this he would let me go, saying "It's like feeding a strawberry to a pig!"
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My dad was an opera lover and would sometimes sit me down to listen to a recording. I would listen dutifully, bored witless. When dad realised this he would let me go, saying "It's like feeding a strawberry to a pig!"
Dad had clearly never hand-fed a pig! Very discerning, our Meg is!
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i had a sign above my front door when i lived in a house saying
'do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup'.
the bumper (basket) sticker on my bike reads;
if you ate today, thank a farmer
on love life.... don't matter where you get your appetite, just make sure to eat at home.
and my all time favourite.... it's far easier to get forgiveness that permission ;)
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Just when you make something idiot proof, they bring along a bigger idiot!
Ian
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My all time favourite is:
"You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be lead"
Laurel and Hardy from "Way Out West"
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I love any of Groucho Mark's sayings. "Great elms from little acorns grow" "Include me out" etc.