23-06-2024, 03:38 PM
You'll get the rounds of the kitchen table in a minute.
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)
Things you don't hear so much anymore
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23-06-2024, 03:38 PM
You'll get the rounds of the kitchen table in a minute.
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)
23-06-2024, 06:31 PM
If at first you don't succeed, try, try, again.
It's not the least charm of a theory that it is refutable. The hundred-times-refuted theory of "free will" owes its persistence to this charm alone; some one is always appearing who feels himself strong enough to refute it - Friedrich Nietzsche
27-06-2024, 11:21 AM
Someone blew the gaff.
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)
28-06-2024, 02:00 PM
I'll have your guts for garters.
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)
30-06-2024, 05:20 PM
Just made it by the skin of your teeth.
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)
02-07-2024, 11:51 AM
He put the wind up them.
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)
03-07-2024, 01:53 PM
The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain.
It's not the least charm of a theory that it is refutable. The hundred-times-refuted theory of "free will" owes its persistence to this charm alone; some one is always appearing who feels himself strong enough to refute it - Friedrich Nietzsche
03-07-2024, 03:26 PM
(03-07-2024, 01:53 PM)zqwerty Wrote: The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain. Oh I remember that! And also how now, brown cow.
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)
03-07-2024, 04:08 PM
It's from "My Fair Lady" I think.
It's not the least charm of a theory that it is refutable. The hundred-times-refuted theory of "free will" owes its persistence to this charm alone; some one is always appearing who feels himself strong enough to refute it - Friedrich Nietzsche
03-07-2024, 07:08 PM
(03-07-2024, 04:08 PM)zqwerty Wrote: It's from "My Fair Lady" I think. That's probably right - I remember mum telling me she'd been taught to say both of those to get the 'right' pronounciation, so she recognised them when she came across them in My Fair Lady, or whatever the original was.
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)
07-07-2024, 05:12 PM
They're a bit toffee nosed.
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)
my dad used to use the phrase "elbow grease" with monotonous frequency
This world would be a perfect place if it wasn't for the people.
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08-07-2024, 05:00 PM
That reminds me of another one - "put your back into it!" Haven't heard that for years.
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)
08-07-2024, 05:37 PM
(08-07-2024, 05:00 PM)Lilith7 Wrote: That reminds me of another one - "put your back into it!" Haven't heard that for years. yep, he used that a lot too... usually when trying to engage a young me in some hard labour in the garden This world would be a perfect place if it wasn't for the people.
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15-07-2024, 07:03 PM
It was a put up job.
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)
16-07-2024, 11:32 AM
Come to a sticky end.
It's not the least charm of a theory that it is refutable. The hundred-times-refuted theory of "free will" owes its persistence to this charm alone; some one is always appearing who feels himself strong enough to refute it - Friedrich Nietzsche
16-07-2024, 11:46 AM
You'll bust a gut if you're not careful.
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)
1. "The whole kit and caboodle"
2. "In a jiffy" 3. "That’s the way the cookie crumbles"
04-08-2024, 02:51 PM
riding the gravy train
It's not the least charm of a theory that it is refutable. The hundred-times-refuted theory of "free will" owes its persistence to this charm alone; some one is always appearing who feels himself strong enough to refute it - Friedrich Nietzsche
04-08-2024, 03:18 PM
He's got his feet under the table.
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)
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