Favourite Sayings..

22-Apr-23 01:12am
Liane H
So what's the John Dory? ... oh wait I'm sure Tom shall tell me ;)
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- 22-Apr-23 07:52am
  Tom S Qld
  Red sky at night; shepherds delight, Red sky in the morning; shepherds warning Sometimes the phrase involves sailors rather than shepherds - both have a more than usual interest in the weather. The saying is very old and quite likely to have been passed on by word of mouth for some time before it was ever written down. There is a written version in Matthew XVI in the Wyclif Bible, from as early as 1395. The 'red sky at night' rhyme is more than an old wives' tale though and has some meteorological foundation. To explain why we'll need to know why clouds sometimes appear red and how that may be used to predict the weather. Firstly, why do clouds often appear red in the morning and evening? - Sunlight is broken into the familiar rainbow spectrum of varying-wavelength colours as it passes through the atmosphere. - The blue/violet end of the spectrum is diverted more than the red/orange. - When the sun is low in the sky, at dawn and dusk, sunlight travels through more atmosphere than at other times of day. The red wavelength is better able to go on a direct course and be reflected back off clouds, whereas the blue light is more scattered before reaching the cloud and is therefore less visible. So, we see the clouds as red as the light that is reaching them is primarily red....and how does that help predict the weather?- Presuming that your weather comes from the west, that is, the wind is primarily westerly. - The sun rises in the east and sets in the west. - If there is broken cloud in the morning we may look to the west and see red light reflecting back from the cloud, that is, 'red sky in the morning'. As the clouds are coming towards us there must be a chance of rain, at least an increased chance compared with the cloudless period we had just enjoyed. - Likewise, for 'red sky at night'. If we see red clouds in the evening they will be in the east and have already passed us by, giving a good chance of clear skies and fine weather ahead. Edited 22-Apr-23 07:56am
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- 22-Apr-23 17:58pm
  Liane H Tom S Qld
  Story / Dory time with Tom ...never fails to disappoint :)
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- 24-Apr-23 08:47am
  Tom S QldLiane H
  well...you asked.
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21-Apr-23 19:12pm
mary c
Clean-up in Aisle 5..
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- 21-Apr-23 19:23pm
  Chosen
  As they say in NZ .............. Jaffas away.
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- 24-Apr-23 21:20pm
  mary cChosen
  ohh now i want some Snifters!
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- 25-Apr-23 19:56pm
  Liane H mary c
  Snifters? A food type? We'd call something else that over here !
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- 25-Apr-23 21:42pm
  mary cLiane H
  scared to ask but do telleth?! Snifters are a green covered lol lol with choc inside- get them at the Pitcha's.
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- 25-Apr-23 22:35pm
  Liane H mary c
  I'm staying out of it lol 😂
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- 26-Apr-23 08:29am
  ChosenLiane H
  Better to have a Snifter than a Jelly Snake.
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21-Apr-23 13:53pm
Chosen
Household engineer (wife/partner)
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21-Apr-23 13:51pm
Chosen
Red sky at dawn, shepherds mourn, Red sky at night your house is alight.Edited 21-Apr-23 13:53pm
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- 21-Apr-23 19:11pm
  mary c
  Yeeikes Run Forrest!
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21-Apr-23 02:12am
Liane H
Aquatic engineer. . ( Dishy or dishwasher ) in a Restaurant / Bar /Cafe
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- 21-Apr-23 07:57am
  mary c
  haa love that.
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20-Apr-23 15:08pm
Tom S Qld
‘Patented two fingered hunt and peck method’ – typing.Edited 20-Apr-23 15:08pm
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20-Apr-23 14:27pm
allin
pass it over to me
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- 20-Apr-23 20:13pm
  mary c
  Rolllllllllllllll me another one..... next :))
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- 24-Apr-23 08:46am
  Tom S Qldmary c
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emD48UF-vqE
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- 25-Apr-23 21:44pm
  mary cTom S Qld
  What a movie man...timeless eh.
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- 26-Apr-23 07:54am
  Tom S Qldmary c
  Yeah, every time I watch it, I only get to the 30 minute mark. Just want to watch the highway cruising and good music. It's ranked No.3 in IMDB's 100 best road movies. https://www.imdb.com/list/ls031573369/
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- 26-Apr-23 07:58am
  Tom S QldTom S Qld
  Somebody should do a re-make of Easy Rider, but with Bruce Springsteen road songs.
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- 26-Apr-23 07:58am
  Tom S QldTom S Qld
  They did a re-boot last year, but it flopped badly. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1185838/
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20-Apr-23 13:33pm
Somebody Kinda Loopy
Don't bogart that joint my friend
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20-Apr-23 13:26pm
allin
the devils look like angels, and the angels look like hell,,, 🤣 anybody???
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- 20-Apr-23 15:10pm
  Tom S Qld
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRWMwpPlm28
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- 20-Apr-23 20:17pm
  mary c
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7RopOgsh5c great vid :))
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20-Apr-23 10:49am
Tom S Qld
'Jump on the bandwagon' - Join a growing movement in support of someone or something, often in an opportunist way, when that movement is seen to have become successful.Edited 20-Apr-23 10:49am
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20-Apr-23 10:48am
Tom S Qld
"You may fool all the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all the time; but you can't fool all of the people all the time." - Phineas T. Barnum, the great showman and circus owner.Edited 20-Apr-23 10:49am
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- 25-Apr-23 21:45pm
  mary c
  Not my circus..not my monkey.
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20-Apr-23 10:47am
Tom S Qld
"There's a sucker born every minute." - Phineas T. Barnum, the great showman and circus owner.Edited 20-Apr-23 10:47am
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- 20-Apr-23 10:48am
  Tom S Qld
  never give a sucker an even break - probably Mr. Barnum again.
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20-Apr-23 09:10am
boy blunder
if you change the way you look at things the things you look at might change
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20-Apr-23 08:56am
Dawn B 1183336
Another favorite saying is, " A cold hearted person is one who once cared."
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20-Apr-23 08:55am
Dawn B 1183336
My favorite saying is this: "Love isn't supposed to be easy. It's supposed to be worth it."
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- 20-Apr-23 09:00am
  mary c
  I haven't heard that before Dawn :))
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- 20-Apr-23 09:04am
  boy blundermary c
  enjoyed the vid cheers mary
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- 26-Apr-23 21:06pm
  mary cboy blunder
  wasn't it gorgeous..thanks to mr Tom.
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- 26-Apr-23 21:36pm
  boy blundermary c
  outstanding,mr tom is a good man a thousand blessings in his favor and I'll throw a few hundred blessings at you at you and your hubby for sharing it with me
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20-Apr-23 08:05am
Tom S Qld
Money pit - something on which you keep having to spend a lot of money, especially when it may be a waste of money.Edited 20-Apr-23 08:06am
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- 20-Apr-23 08:07am
  Tom S Qld
  Like - my children's education. Where was the payoff in that?Edited 20-Apr-23 08:07am
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- 20-Apr-23 08:39am
  mary cTom S Qld
  money pit is on the family tree of cess pit?
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20-Apr-23 08:03am
Tom S Qld
'A white elephant’ - Originally 'white elephants' were simply that - elephants that were white. Later, the expression came to mean 'a burdensome possession - one that is more trouble than it is worth'. More recently, the term has also been used to describe any doomed enterprise, on which large sums of money are spent and which is then abandoned.Edited 20-Apr-23 08:03am
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19-Apr-23 21:12pm
Robert L NZ
ENGLAND HAS NO KIDNEY BANK, BUT IT DOSE HAVE A LIVERPOOL
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19-Apr-23 20:59pm
mary c
Like Sands through the Rewardian Hourglass...
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- 20-Apr-23 10:49am
  Liane H
  These are the daze of our loives...🎬
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19-Apr-23 18:56pm
Tom S Qld
‘Who believes one must always say the truth, must at all times have a saddled horse outside the tent.’ – ancient Bedouin saying.Edited 19-Apr-23 18:56pm
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- 19-Apr-23 19:11pm
  mary c
  I like that...
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- 19-Apr-23 19:12pm
  mary c
  We ride at dawn!!!
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- 20-Apr-23 07:59am
  Tom S Qldmary c
  ‘Truth will out' - The truth will become known eventually. Then we ride at dawn!!!Edited 20-Apr-23 07:59am
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- 20-Apr-23 08:00am
  Tom S QldTom S Qld
  'Truth is stranger than fiction.' Edited 20-Apr-23 08:01am
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- 20-Apr-23 10:51am
  Liane H Tom S Qld
  The truth is always out there and it always wants to be found.
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19-Apr-23 16:07pm
Lachelle B
My favourite saying at the moment is....I don't have one but my dear Mary you have won first place for over 3,000 comments! This must be a new precedent! Congrats Mary, you have earnt....um......not points but an imaginary crown my liege and my admiration! 🥰 Hubby will be proud!
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- 19-Apr-23 19:04pm
  mary c
  ohhh no 'tis indeed a group effort- with Tom and Chosen at the helm!!! i just down in the low decks with the stock haha. Moooo. Hmmm i am now interested in what a fave saying might be a your house tho..."for Gods sake you guys"...??? or "who ate the last of that leftover in the fridge"?? hehe.Edited 19-Apr-23 19:04pm
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19-Apr-23 15:10pm
Vicki S 484904
Don't judge others unless you've walked in their shoes
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19-Apr-23 13:23pm
allin
how quaint
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19-Apr-23 11:50am
Chosen
Funny as.
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19-Apr-23 11:49am
Chosen
Gotcha.
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19-Apr-23 11:49am
Chosen
Oh dear how sad.
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- 19-Apr-23 19:05pm
  mary c
  Never mind....
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19-Apr-23 11:49am
Chosen
Good grief.
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19-Apr-23 11:49am
Chosen
What now.
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19-Apr-23 09:38am
Chosen
Not Interested.
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19-Apr-23 06:30am
allin
well i declare,,,
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- 19-Apr-23 09:13am
  mary c
  What can i do for you today Officer?
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- 19-Apr-23 13:11pm
  allinmary c
  y'all come back now,,,,
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- 19-Apr-23 19:05pm
  mary callin
  ya hear??
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18-Apr-23 22:46pm
APB
Mary C now occupies the three top places in General topics...a bit like the Beatles in their hey day...poor Liane is struggling at number 4....
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- 19-Apr-23 00:36am
  Liane H
  What should I sing? love ,love me do .. ah l'm more than happy to let Mary kept her ever glowing crown! It does become her so 👑
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- 19-Apr-23 08:43am
  Tom S QldLiane H
  Nowhere Man
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- 19-Apr-23 08:43am
  Tom S QldLiane H
  Help!
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- 19-Apr-23 08:44am
  Tom S QldLiane H
  With a little help from my friends
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- 19-Apr-23 08:44am
  mary c
  Holy guacamole. .this is Tom's page and Captain Chosen- i just one of the the backup singers. Liane and me are starting a band... Come on then mr A- get thee up to the top of the volcanic Rewardia peaks before they crumble to oblivion. We are waiting there for you haha with a gift.Edited 19-Apr-23 08:47am
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- 19-Apr-23 08:45am
  Tom S QldLiane H
  She said, she said
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18-Apr-23 14:54pm
Tom S Qld
‘Bean counter’ - is mostly used for an accountant but in a disapproving way. It is used for accountants who are very fussy and excessively concerned about a correct statistical record. The phrase “bean counter” might have originated from the United States. It was first printed in a newspaper, Lewiston Evening Journal, in 1907 in its June publication. The following sentence appeared in the print, “The Clerk, seeing himself worsted by numbers… walked over to the bean counter where he again busied himself putting up packages for the evening trade.” Believe it or not, there is a National Bean Counter Day for all accountants. Observed every year on April 16th, this day is the day off for the accountants who put in so many efforts in preparing the taxes etc. I’ve checked it and it’s true.Edited 18-Apr-23 14:55pm
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- 18-Apr-23 15:31pm
  Liane H
  Not beans again! ..No no no I actually went to school with the girl who uttered those words for the ad campaign . You can well imagine the poor girl's plight ! Edited 18-Apr-23 15:34pm
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- 18-Apr-23 18:55pm
  mary cLiane H
  ok...can i stop myself from a wee ditty about them ms L??
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- 18-Apr-23 19:34pm
  Liane H mary c
  well if it's a dirty ditty Mary you may have to pass it by the P.C brigade first but meh, u could just go for it ? !
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- 18-Apr-23 20:30pm
  mary cLiane H
  Clean as a good Convent girl 😉 Beans Beans The Magical Fruit...know the end? it could also be utilized on another page.?
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- 18-Apr-23 20:37pm
  Liane H mary c
  Oh a fruity froot Toot toot ?
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- 18-Apr-23 22:07pm
  mary cLiane H
  hehe toot toot beep beep :))
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- 19-Apr-23 08:47am
  Tom S Qldmary c
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqvxBOnR9NM
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18-Apr-23 08:02am
Tom S Qld
A bend in the road is not the end of the road, unless you fail to make the turn.
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- 18-Apr-23 18:57pm
  mary c
  are you still having nightmares about our road trip Tom?!!
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- 19-Apr-23 08:41am
  Tom S Qldmary c
  Amaxophobia – I’m a quivering, shaking wreck, an emotional crying mess, from just thinking about it. Edited 19-Apr-23 08:42am
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- 19-Apr-23 11:14am
  Liane H Tom S Qld
  Have a Bex and wee lie down ... just think positive thoughts ,,hah!
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- 19-Apr-23 11:24am
  Tom S QldLiane H
  You’re right as usual Liane, I’ll just settle down and relax, might watch something calm and soothing. Edited 19-Apr-23 11:24am
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- 19-Apr-23 11:25am
  Tom S QldTom S Qld
  I know - Formula 1: Drive to Survive, that should do it. Edited 19-Apr-23 11:25am
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18-Apr-23 07:38am
mary c
Failure to Launch... pertaining to todays misbehaving rocket.
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- 18-Apr-23 11:51am
  Chosen
  Like a .......... " rocket in my pocket "
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- 18-Apr-23 18:56pm
  mary cChosen
  no you didn't... is that a banana or...
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- 18-Apr-23 19:13pm
  Chosenmary c
  No comment.
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- 18-Apr-23 20:32pm
  mary cChosen
  Taking the 5th eh? 😉Edited 18-Apr-23 20:34pm
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- 18-Apr-23 20:40pm
  Chosenmary c
  As the favourite saying goes ..... No surprises there
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- 18-Apr-23 22:08pm
  mary cChosen
  To be sure to be sure :))
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- 19-Apr-23 08:52am
  Tom S QldChosen
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Waw7pvF1ZSk
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17-Apr-23 20:58pm
mary c
"how many times have i asked you to ...." parent to teenager..
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- 17-Apr-23 21:18pm
  just me- NZ
  or in my case,,, me to partner lolol
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- 17-Apr-23 21:22pm
  mary cjust me- NZ
  oh yes of course..just as bad eh haha.
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- 18-Apr-23 07:57am
  Tom S Qld
  Not necessarily a teenager, my next-door neighbor has a grown son (28) who come and visits. She's a schoolteacher and every time she comes home from work - "I thought I asked you to ..."
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- 18-Apr-23 18:58pm
  mary cTom S Qld
  haha..sigh true re the "grownup kids". Glad we not grownups.Edited 18-Apr-23 18:58pm
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- 18-Apr-23 23:47pm
  just me- NZTom S Qld
  lol
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17-Apr-23 12:43pm
Susan KTC
Us kiwis have a few beauties - she’s such a dag/she’s so funny, rattle your dags/hurry up, sweet as/good job fine, She’ll be right/a classic for no worries, it’s all good, everything will be fine, We’re a pretty laid back bunch…😜
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- 17-Apr-23 20:57pm
  mary c
  aah we did don't we?..i say "its all good' quite often :))
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17-Apr-23 12:03pm
Tom S Qld
‘A wigwam for a goose's bridle’ - is a phrase, meaning something absurd or a nonsense object, or latterly "none of your business". It is an old English phrase from the United Kingdom which later found particular favor in Australia, where its first recorded use is in 1917, and also in New Zealand. ‘Capable of making a wigwam for a goose’s bridle out of shoelaces and old rope if the need arises.’Edited 17-Apr-23 12:04pm
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17-Apr-23 11:55am
Tom S Qld
‘If it’s stupid and it works – it ain’t stupid’ – Australian diggers in WW2 defending the besieged town of Tobruk found that captured Italian flour which had turned rotten, when mixed with sea water, turned as hard as concrete and was therefore used in the construction of defenses.Edited 17-Apr-23 11:56am
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- 17-Apr-23 20:42pm
  mary c
  Tom you must go check out a post from Dianne- re the name of the Lake in her town. Its the forum about something special about the place you live in. The Lakes name is in the Guinness Book of Records.
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17-Apr-23 08:44am
Tom S Qld
'Foot in the door' - An introduction or way into something, made in order that progress may be made later. We now use 'foot in the door' in a figurative sense, with a similar meaning to 'the thin end of the wedge'. Back in the day, it was the technique of jamming a foot in the door to prevent it closing, used by door-to-door salesmen and political canvassers, that gave us this figurative use of the term.Edited 17-Apr-23 08:45am
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- 17-Apr-23 08:58am
  mary c
  not to be confused with one foot in the grave eh..
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- 17-Apr-23 09:19am
  Tom S Qldmary c
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0tiNwOpZ68
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- 17-Apr-23 20:44pm
  mary cTom S Qld
  that was gorgeous...i think me and hubby might have to put that on our list of old brit shows to watch. We are watching some Only Fools and Horses and Steptoe and Son; and also a funny one called Two Doors Down. Some v funny characters in it.
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17-Apr-23 08:39am
Tom S Qld
'Early to bed and early to rise makes and man healthy, wealthy and wise' - The length and precision of this saying leaves little room for interpretation as to its meaning. Like many improving mottos, for example 'a rolling stone gathers no moss’ and 'a stitch in time saves nine', it was an encouragement to hard, diligent work.Edited 17-Apr-23 08:39am
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- 17-Apr-23 08:41am
  Tom S Qld
  On a personal note - I've tried this, and it doesn't work. Although I was a shift worker for most of my life, so that may be why.
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- 17-Apr-23 08:59am
  mary cTom S Qld
  Shift work not good for the health. Glad you are not doing any more!! Early to rise just makes me more tired n cranky haha.
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- 18-Apr-23 14:30pm
  Liane H
  'A stitch in time' is more effective for working smarter not harder hey? Preventing a problem from becoming a worse one. Put one stitch in a hole in your sock before it becomes a bigger one otherwise you'll need to use nine...
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- 18-Apr-23 15:05pm
  Tom S QldLiane H
  Yep. All superfluous now though. If I have a hole in my sock (whoops, almost misspelt that), I just buy another pair. I'm part of the 'disposable generation'.
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- 18-Apr-23 15:44pm
  Liane H Tom S Qld
  😂 saved by spell check? The stitch theory also works on jumpers and other assorted cloth items.. .But agree ,it is tempting to pack up the needle and thread to get a whole new outfit instead ! ( shaameful)
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17-Apr-23 02:43am
allin
on the bright side
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- 17-Apr-23 09:01am
  mary c
  "Always look on the bright side of life..mad whistling.." poor Brian.
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16-Apr-23 22:25pm
Denise C (Qld)
I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.
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16-Apr-23 18:53pm
mary c
Chewin' the fat.
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- 17-Apr-23 08:31am
  Tom S Qld
  https://chuthephat.com.au/ is this what you mean? Not a very good name for a restaurant.Edited 17-Apr-23 08:36am
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- 17-Apr-23 08:34am
  Tom S Qld
  Chewing the fat is speculated to be something that was done at leisure by the North American Indians. Farmers in Britain would chew on pork fat when sitting idle or chatting with other farmers. It is also speculated to be an activity that sailors would do. They would have hardened and salted animal fat, which would provide nutrients when on a voyage but would require chewing for a long time. Edited 17-Apr-23 08:35am
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- 17-Apr-23 20:46pm
  mary cTom S Qld
  I like the name!! and i like the look of the menu too! yum yum.
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- 17-Apr-23 20:46pm
  mary cTom S Qld
  Ahhh pork crackling..yes please.
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16-Apr-23 18:36pm
Chosen
Go suck a Sav.Edited 16-Apr-23 18:36pm
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16-Apr-23 17:11pm
Anton A 1225344
Unfair suck of a sauce bottle.
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16-Apr-23 11:35am
Chosen
Against the wall.
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- 18-Apr-23 07:59am
  Tom S Qld
  Assume the position, a***hole! Heard that a few times in my youth.
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16-Apr-23 11:32am
allin
up against it
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16-Apr-23 09:28am
Tom S Qld
'Make a virtue of necessity' - Obtain kudos from apparently willingly doing something that one in fact couldn't avoid doing. It is also used to mean 'submit with good grace'.Edited 16-Apr-23 09:28am
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16-Apr-23 09:26am
Tom S Qld
'The elephant in the room' - An important and obvious topic, which everyone present is aware of, but which isn't discussed, as such discussion is considered to be uncomfortable. In September 2006, the British artist Banksy set the phrase in visual form with an exhibit of a painted elephant in a room in the Barely Legal exhibition in Los Angeles. The theme of the exhibition was global poverty. By painting the elephant in the same bold pattern as the room's wallpaper, Banksy emphasized the phrase's meaning, by both making the elephant even more obvious and by giving those who chose to ignore it an opportunity to pretend that it had blended into the wallpaper background.Edited 16-Apr-23 09:26am
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- 16-Apr-23 18:54pm
  mary c
  Must google that so i can see his work.
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- 17-Apr-23 08:16am
  Tom S Qldmary c
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi38IBiA5xU
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- 17-Apr-23 20:48pm
  mary cTom S Qld
  oh GoodBoy..thankyou for making that easy pour moi. That is very very clever. Love it. :))
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16-Apr-23 09:20am
Tom S Qld
'Hoity-toity' - Pretentiously self-important, haughty or pompous. Francis Grose's Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 1785 "Heighty toity, a hoydon, or romping girl." O'Keefe's Fontainebleau in 1784 - "My mother ... was a fine lady, all upon the hoity-toities, and so, good for nothing."Edited 16-Apr-23 09:21am
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- 16-Apr-23 09:22am
  Tom S Qld
  Hoi Polloi - in Greek, 'the hoi polloi' translates as 'the many'.Edited 16-Apr-23 09:22am
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- 16-Apr-23 18:54pm
  mary c
  ooh lala...
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16-Apr-23 09:13am
Tom S Qld
'The more the merrier' - The more people who are present, the better an occasion or situation (especially a party) will be.Edited 16-Apr-23 09:13am
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15-Apr-23 17:23pm
Busyasabee NZ
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt
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15-Apr-23 14:56pm
allin
down the tubes
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- 18-Apr-23 07:37am
  mary c
  down the gurgler..
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- 18-Apr-23 08:04am
  Tom S Qldmary c
  Flushed down the S bend of history, never to be seen or heard again.
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- 18-Apr-23 08:05am
  Tom S QldTom S Qld
  Donald Trump's future?
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- 18-Apr-23 19:00pm
  mary cTom S Qld
  or out of the ashes??
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15-Apr-23 07:55am
Tom S Qld
'Bats in the belfry' - Crazy; eccentric. Bats are, of course, the erratically flying mammals and 'belfries' are bell towers, sometimes found at the top of churches. 'Bats in the belfry' refers to someone who acts as though he has bats careering around his topmost part, that is, his head. The use of 'bats' and 'batty' to denote odd behavior originated around the same time as 'bats in the belfry' and the terms are clearly related. Does any of this ring a bell with you, Mary?Edited 15-Apr-23 07:56am
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- 15-Apr-23 08:28am
  mary c
  haha Tom as soon as i saw the first line i was hearing my own bats flapping around in my cranial belfry ;))
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15-Apr-23 07:51am
Tom S Qld
'Elbow grease' - Energetic labour. It has long been said that the best sort of furniture polish is 'elbow-grease', that is, there is no substitute for hard rubbing to create a lustrous shine. In Danish they have 'knofedt', which translates as 'knuckle fat'.Edited 15-Apr-23 07:51am
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15-Apr-23 07:44am
Tom S Qld
‘The dream police’ - about a paranoid man who is convinced that his dreams are being monitored, and it's driving him insane. No matter what he does, the "Dream Police" are always inside his head and waiting to arrest him. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPemyipJzAMEdited 15-Apr-23 07:44am
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- 15-Apr-23 08:29am
  mary c
  haaa was hoping it was that song- well done Professori!
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- 15-Apr-23 09:40am
  Tom S Qldmary c
  Thought police
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- 15-Apr-23 09:41am
  Tom S QldTom S Qld
  fashion police
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- 15-Apr-23 12:23pm
  Liane H
  That's still an absolute banger track !
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- 17-Apr-23 20:49pm
  mary cLiane H
  and frightening apt at times eh..
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15-Apr-23 07:37am
Tom S Qld
'In a nutshell' - In a few words; concisely stated.Edited 15-Apr-23 07:37am
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15-Apr-23 07:31am
Tom S Qld
'Labrador ears' - Men only (mostly husbands) when a man only hears what he wants to hear. (hear, hear!)
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- 15-Apr-23 08:30am
  mary c
  I haven't "heard" that one before..i would extend that to Basset Hound ears even..
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14-Apr-23 20:25pm
Melinda B 11569
In one ear and out the other
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14-Apr-23 15:03pm
Grommie
Give him an inch and he'll take an ell. Not a mile. An ell is a tailor's measurement of 45 inches. Eat umble pie. Not humble. Umbles are deer entrails. So you're very poor if you're reduced to eating umbles. Lots more sayings have been bastardised.. Want some more?
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14-Apr-23 09:18am
Tom S Qld
‘Chick flick' - A film with characterization and storylines that appeal especially to women. The commonly understood meaning of the term came with a spate of films that had appeal to women. Foremost amongst these was the 1991 film 'Thelma & Louise', starring Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis. Edited 14-Apr-23 09:18am
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- 14-Apr-23 11:28am
  Liane H
  Best goddamn lil chick flick out there! https://youtu.be/uTbHmokiLi8
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- 14-Apr-23 12:32pm
  Tom S QldLiane H
  Damn and took his hat as well. Now I have to watch this again. You go girls! I'm getting back in touch with my feminine side.Edited 15-Apr-23 08:22am
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- 14-Apr-23 12:58pm
  Liane H Tom S Qld
  Greatest blasting ever lol! She's good robbing the liquor store too. ( Thelma) Just so oo Poliìte 🙂
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- 14-Apr-23 13:09pm
  Tom S QldLiane H
  I'll watch it on Saturday. This film also heralded Brad Pitt in one of this 1st major roles.
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- 14-Apr-23 14:05pm
  Liane H Tom S Qld
  Oh yeah ..we DO remember!
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- 14-Apr-23 19:12pm
  mary c
  Room in the back seat for you Tom..!! we leave at Dusk.. Liane at the wheel?!
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- 14-Apr-23 19:55pm
  Liane H mary c
  You're the one with the lead foot Mary ,I'm gonna let you drive while i think about all the things we have to get done . Life being a rebel without a cause takes a lot of planning you know ;)
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- 15-Apr-23 07:17am
  Tom S QldLiane H
  You mean 'rebel without a pause' - nonstop.
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- 15-Apr-23 08:34am
  mary cLiane H
  haha so laffing...so i'm da scrawny brawn at the wheel and you da brains 😉😜
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- 15-Apr-23 11:30am
  Liane H Tom S Qld
  It's tough at the top Tom ..:)Edited 15-Apr-23 11:30am
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- 15-Apr-23 11:39am
  Liane H mary c
  Ohhh me thinks you are way too modest there young Mary 😂
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- 16-Apr-23 21:23pm
  mary cLiane H
  My squirrel Tail is bristling with embarrassment haha.😉
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- 16-Apr-23 21:44pm
  Liane H mary c
  You're the brains is what I was meaning,think I got my Road maps and V..i.p rebel notepapers mixed up in all this getaway excitement.. But we can toss that guy's hat 🧢, heads or tails who's driving us over the caynon ? Edited 16-Apr-23 22:29pm
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- 17-Apr-23 08:28am
  Tom S QldLiane H
  I'll do it, anything to get rid of you two..... no wait, that puts me in the car as well....Oh shit!....this isn't going to end the way I thought it would.
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- 17-Apr-23 21:59pm
  mary cTom S Qld
  hehe Tom you KNOW you need us.. even if we DRIVE you Batty! ;))
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- 17-Apr-23 22:09pm
  Liane H mary c
  I think we know ,per transcript word for word % who would be LEAST likely to need to bring along the noise cancelling 🎧 ???! (Though we will soar over that cliff with our brains crammed with all sorts of new found knowledges Mary !) Edited 17-Apr-23 22:16pm
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14-Apr-23 09:12am
Tom S Qld
'To have someone's guts for garters' - originated in Tudor England. At that time disembowelment was used as a form of torture and execution. The punishment of 'hanged, drawn and quartered' was on the statue book in England until as late as 1790. However, even then, the threat wasn't meant to be taken literally. Although the threat wasn't a real one it at least would have made sense then as garters were then worn by men as a way of holding up their stockings, a.k.a. hose. Garters aren't commonly worn now, and the expression has followed them into relative obscurity.Edited 14-Apr-23 09:14am
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- 14-Apr-23 19:21pm
  mary c
  eeek a good old disembowelment...what a hideous form of torture.
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- 15-Apr-23 07:19am
  Tom S Qldmary c
  At least it sorts out his hemorrhoid problem.
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- 15-Apr-23 08:35am
  mary cTom S Qld
  So very definitely..and any irritable bowel or intestinal issues.
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14-Apr-23 09:07am
Tom S Qld
'Double whammy' - A whammy was originally an evil influence or hex. It originated in the USA in the 1940s and is associated with a variety of sports. The first reference to it is in print in the Syracuse Herald Journal, October 1939: "Nobody would have suspected that the baseball gods had put the whammy on Myers and Ernie when the ninth opened." 'Double whammy' emerged not long afterwards, as seen here in the Oakland Tribune, August 1941, in an interview with the eccentric boxing manager Wirt Ross: "Shore there's only one way to beat Joe Louis ... No man can lick 'im, it takes a syndicate and that's what I got. I've been taking a course in hypnotism from the famous Professor Hoffmeister of Pennsylvania. When I gave my big police dog the evil eye like this he liked to collapse, went out and nearly got himself killed by the neighbor's pet poodle pooch. Professor Hoffmeister says I don't get the double whammy to put on human beings until Lesson 9."Edited 14-Apr-23 09:08am
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14-Apr-23 08:52am
Tom S Qld
‘Sod's Law’ - is the force in nature which causes it to rain mostly at weekends, which makes you get flu when you are on holiday, and which makes the phone ring just as you've gotten into the bath.Edited 14-Apr-23 08:53am
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- 14-Apr-23 19:20pm
  mary c
  Sod it!!!
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14-Apr-23 08:52am
Tom S Qld
'Murphy's Law' - The so-called law is usually expressed as 'If anything can go wrong, it will'.Edited 14-Apr-23 08:52am
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- 14-Apr-23 15:04pm
  Grommie
  And at the worst possible moment
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- 14-Apr-23 19:15pm
  mary c
  Oh Murphy's Law is always going on isn't it. Most particularly strikes when I do a job that i have been putting off for months- then something will happen that made the effort a waste of time.
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14-Apr-23 04:20am
Irena T
A dime a dozen
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13-Apr-23 19:52pm
mary c
Clean as a Whistle Chosen?
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13-Apr-23 19:19pm
Tom S Qld
Like a duck out of waterEdited 13-Apr-23 19:20pm
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- 13-Apr-23 19:23pm
  mary c
  You are Quackers!!!
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- 14-Apr-23 09:01am
  Tom S Qldmary c
  That's Mr. Quackers to you! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhtf2P6IgqA
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- 14-Apr-23 19:21pm
  mary cTom S Qld
  that vid might just give me a nachtmare Tom!!!
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- 14-Apr-23 20:16pm
  ChosenTom S Qld
  I love Quackers and cheese.
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13-Apr-23 19:18pm
Tom S Qld
Muck raking
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13-Apr-23 14:20pm
Chosen
I am like a ..... " breath of fresh air "
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13-Apr-23 14:20pm
Chosen
Snooze, you loose.
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13-Apr-23 10:37am
Chosen
What a rip off.
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13-Apr-23 03:38am
allin
welcome to the jungle🤣
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- 13-Apr-23 19:21pm
  mary c
  ohhh yes.....nanananaanannanana kneeees kneeees!!
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12-Apr-23 21:51pm
mary c
Song titles for Bingo?
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- 12-Apr-23 21:55pm
  APB
  Bingo the clown?
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- 12-Apr-23 22:00pm
  mary cAPB
  don't know that one. Wondered about Welcome to the house of fun or Crazy..
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- 12-Apr-23 22:21pm
  APBmary c
  Some of the people on Bongo are seriously crazy Edited 12-Apr-23 22:22pm
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- 13-Apr-23 10:37am
  Chosen
  I know a good title = Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
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- 13-Apr-23 10:38am
  ChosenAPB
  As the saying goes " it takes one to know one "
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- 13-Apr-23 19:22pm
  mary cChosen
  TO know know you is to Lave lave you....
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- 13-Apr-23 19:28pm
  APBChosen
  Yes that's right Chosen!
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12-Apr-23 21:23pm
mary c
Then Answer my friends is blowing in the Wind... Baked bean ad?
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- 12-Apr-23 21:31pm
  Pato Lo Duck
  Beanz means Heinz.. Or SPC baked beans and spaghetti, for hungry little human beanz…Edited 12-Apr-23 21:33pm
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- 12-Apr-23 21:37pm
  mary cPato Lo Duck
  Does you like Toe beans?? you know what they are mr P?
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- 12-Apr-23 21:53pm
  APBmary c
  Avoid the has beans
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- 13-Apr-23 06:54am
  Pato Lo Duckmary c
  Never heard of toe beans..
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- 13-Apr-23 19:22pm
  mary cPato Lo Duck
  ahhh well i feel a video coming on...Help ms Liane??
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- 13-Apr-23 19:55pm
  mary cPato Lo Duck
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMgDzOEVc1c 13 seconds might be all you can tolerate haha.
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- 13-Apr-23 20:31pm
  Liane H mary c
  I've never heard of em either?? Plus I have a strong aversion to cats! Is there an undertone to all this I'm unaware of Mary or is it just a Kiwi thing ?
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- 13-Apr-23 21:08pm
  mary cLiane H
  haha..its a crazy cat lover thing..a chch pal is such a lady. i'm a crazy dog lady.😉
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- 13-Apr-23 21:20pm
  Liane H mary c
  Well I have learnt something today. I wonder are there bear beans? Square beans .. Possibly.. google always turns up suprises !
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- 14-Apr-23 08:26am
  mary cLiane H
  oh bears have such wonderful pads on their paws..haha not that i have seen in person..til we meet that is cherie😊😋
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- 14-Apr-23 10:59am
  Liane H mary c
  🐾🐾I keep them dipped in honey 🍯 most days :)Edited 14-Apr-23 11:05am
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- 14-Apr-23 19:31pm
  mary cLiane H
  watch out for those pesky bees and Grizzly bears?
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12-Apr-23 13:11pm
Liane H
It's a Man's man's world. Looks like nothing ever changes ....
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- 12-Apr-23 21:38pm
  mary c
  I don't half mind Seal singing that tho...Edited 12-Apr-23 21:38pm
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- 12-Apr-23 21:49pm
  Liane H mary c
  He's my hall pass. Oh wait ,I'm not married...
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- 12-Apr-23 21:50pm
  mary cLiane H
  Hey don't you start without me...
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- 12-Apr-23 21:52pm
  Liane H mary c
  better get your jandals on then and start running lol!
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11-Apr-23 22:16pm
APB
Life is what happens while you are making plans
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- 12-Apr-23 21:37pm
  mary c
  Replace Life with Sheiss.
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11-Apr-23 22:11pm
mary c
Vive la difference!!Edited 11-Apr-23 22:11pm
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11-Apr-23 08:47am
Tom S Qld
Those who ignore history are condemned to repeat it.
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11-Apr-23 07:55am
Tom S Qld
'Man makes plans, and the Gods laugh.'
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- 11-Apr-23 08:23am
  mary c
  The best Laid plans of mice and men...
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11-Apr-23 07:54am
Tom S Qld
'When two dogs fight for a bone and the third runs off with it, there's a lawyer among the dogs' - German proverb.
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11-Apr-23 07:51am
Tom S Qld
'If you search for a faultless woman, you will remain a bachelor' - Turkish proverb.
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- 11-Apr-23 08:21am
  mary c
  yeeeeouch!!
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11-Apr-23 07:49am
Tom S Qld
'You can't build a barrel around a bung hole' - Irish proverb.
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- 11-Apr-23 08:24am
  mary c
  that sounds painful Tom..
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11-Apr-23 07:46am
Tom S Qld
'Everyone is wise until he speaks' - Irish proverb.
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- 12-Apr-23 13:34pm
  Ted S 1204822
  And the Lincoln corollary. Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt
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11-Apr-23 03:25am
allin
gimme all your lovin,,,,
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- 11-Apr-23 08:24am
  mary c
  hehehe..and don't give up until you do!!!!!
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10-Apr-23 21:26pm
mary c
Gimme all your Money!
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10-Apr-23 21:22pm
Chosen
I give up.
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10-Apr-23 21:22pm
Chosen
When in doubt, don't.
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10-Apr-23 21:21pm
Chosen
You cannot get back yesterday.
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10-Apr-23 21:21pm
Chosen
Every day is another day closer to death !!!
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- 10-Apr-23 22:06pm
  mary c
  now i'm trying to think which Pink Floyd song has a similar lyric..
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- 11-Apr-23 07:43am
  Tom S Qldmary c
  "Time" - dark side of the moon album. And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking Racing around to come up behind you again The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older Shorter of breath and one day closer to death
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- 11-Apr-23 08:25am
  mary cTom S Qld
  Thankyou dear Sir...sad yet compelling.
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- 12-Apr-23 21:39pm
  mary c
  That was a jolly wee ditty Captin C!
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10-Apr-23 21:11pm
mary c
Whats cookin' good lookin'?
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- 10-Apr-23 21:45pm
  Liane H
  All depends on who's asking?
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- 10-Apr-23 22:05pm
  mary cLiane H
  I'ma askin' and whatcha' cookin??
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- 10-Apr-23 22:09pm
  Liane H mary c
  well ,for you ,the gas burners shall be firing all night. Full degustation menu .Your place or mine? Edited 10-Apr-23 22:10pm
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- 11-Apr-23 19:07pm
  mary cLiane H
  So i've got me knife n forkski..where can your chauffeur pick me up from?
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- 11-Apr-23 19:33pm
  Liane H mary c
  VIP driver will be arriving shortly so just wait down in the lobby dear .. just preparing starters.🤍.https://youtu.be/frER2lQ6_MU
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- 11-Apr-23 19:45pm
  mary cLiane H
  oh Mon Dieu...swoooon. I putting on my best bib and heels. hahaha. That looks so good. And the audio.. Er not sure is this is out of the question for mains? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Hr_c0_q2p4E
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- 11-Apr-23 19:53pm
  Liane H
  Too damn easy... save room for dessert 🌬💝 https://youtube.com/shorts/1BHLbZz9YcY?feature=shareEdited 11-Apr-23 19:56pm
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10-Apr-23 21:10pm
Francis S 1044530
If it ain't broke don't fix it.
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10-Apr-23 20:52pm
mary c
This is your Captain Speaking... Who is flying Rewardian Airlines tonight??
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- 10-Apr-23 21:23pm
  Chosen
  Captain Pugwash.
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- 10-Apr-23 21:34pm
  mary cChosen
  oh ok we sailin' on the high seas...ship ahoy!
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10-Apr-23 20:37pm
APB
If at first you don't succeed... try something else...there's no point in knocking yourself out over it.... Edited 10-Apr-23 20:38pm
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- 10-Apr-23 20:39pm
  mary c
  Said at parties in the 80's..
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10-Apr-23 20:35pm
APB
out of the fire and into the frying pan.... or is it the other way around? ...either way its not good Edited 10-Apr-23 20:39pm
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- 10-Apr-23 20:36pm
  mary c
  are you playing the completion backwards principle again..
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10-Apr-23 20:31pm
mary c
Some fine pearls of wisdom thankye Tom :)) "Top Notch!"
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10-Apr-23 11:30am
Tom S Qld
My stomach thought my throat had been cut.
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- 10-Apr-23 20:30pm
  mary c
  thats a bit of a gory image!!
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- 11-Apr-23 07:36am
  Tom S Qldmary c
  ‘My belly thinks my throat is cut,’ as the hungry man said - Old Irish Proverb Edited 11-Apr-23 07:36am
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10-Apr-23 10:31am
Tom S Qld
Geezer - Originally, a geezer seems to have been ‘someone who went around in disguise’. The word probably represents a dialectal pronunciation of the now obsolete guiser ‘someone wearing a masquerade as part of a performance. It could also come from the word for man in Basque, which is gezona. The Basque sailors used to call the English counterparts eh gezona! and it entered local slang. However, they changed it slightly to make sound more English. In Dutch, they have gozer, which is lower/middle-class slang for "bloke, chap, fellow, dude, guy”. Mostly it wasn't about age but oddness. Nowadays, in popular usage it is used to show an old man whose behavior is regarded as either eccentric or “elderly.” It had negative connotation in the past, meaning "an eccentric, unpleasant man".Edited 10-Apr-23 10:32am
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10-Apr-23 08:09am
Tom S Qld
'Let the cat out of the bag' - To let the cat out of the bag is to disclose a secret, either deliberately or inadvertently. The first known use of the phrase in print is in a 1760 edition of The London Magazine: "We could have wished that the author... had not let the cat out of the bag."Edited 10-Apr-23 08:10am
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- 10-Apr-23 08:10am
  Tom S Qld
  Cats feature very often in English proverbs: A cat may look at a king - 1546 All cats are grey in the dark - 1596 Curiosity killed the cat - 1921 There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream - 1855 When the cat is away, the mice will play - 1607Edited 10-Apr-23 08:10am
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10-Apr-23 08:06am
Tom S Qld
Don't Mention Macbeth - If you’ve ever had a career in the arts, or know someone who has, you are likely aware that saying the word “Macbeth” inside a theatre is strictly taboo unless one is rehearsing or in the midst of performing Shakespeare’s dark tragedy. Doing so is almost universally believed to bring about bad luck or even disaster. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueWXZaoHwsU Edited 10-Apr-23 08:06am
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	Favourite Sayings..
	mary c	14-Aug-22 07:07 pm
	Good evening fellow hard working Rewardian's.. Wondered if anyone had a favourite saying or even a wee poem they like or use sometimes.. Sorry if this has been done before. My hubby can't speak coz of stroke but when lying down he can get out a vaguely clear "Woteva!" haha. Maybe mine is "I need chocolate".