What are Your Favorite Sayings about Work & Life?

The French managed to keep their secret weapon out of German hands for the entire war - the prototypes of the 2CV!

During that time, all the Germans could come up with was the VW Beetle.

Keep it round!

(Square pegs don't fit)

Chas De gaulle was real brave <cough splutter>

Hey, there's room on the naughty step for two !

Dammit , just how big is the stone of scone ? We may have need again

Whatever he was he was determined, and succesfully, I might add, to maintain control of the French franc and French banks as the financial base of his country. Had he not France would have become the target of exploitation and eventual financial ruin. Anthony Eden on the other hand................

Anthony Eden on the other hand................
Generally is made out to be a gullible fool, yet maybe he was clever manging to stall the inevitable war long enough so that England could build up its airforce to protect the country (and Mr DeGaulle.)
But seriously tho' folks I think there are plenty of missconceptions about all the key figures of the time...Churchill wrote his own history to ensure a good press, but my Mum won't forgive him for ordering troops to open fire on miners (I don't even know if she's right...but I'm not about to argue with my Mum!)
I think we and the French have a historical enmity but also a sneaky regard for eachother.
Del

French Military History in a Nutshell

Gallic Wars: Lost. In a war whose ending foreshadows the next 2000 years of French history, France is conquered by of all things, an Italian.

Hundred Years War: Mostly lost, saved at last by a female schizophrenic who inadvertently creates The First Rule of French Warfare - France's armies are victorious only when not led by a Frenchman.

Italian Wars: Lost. France becomes the first and only country ever to lose two wars when fighting Italians.

Wars of Religion: France goes 0-5-4 against the Huguenots.

Thirty Years' War: France is technically not a participant, but manages to get invaded anyway. Claims a tie on the basis that eventually the other participants started ignoring her.

The Dutch War: Tied.

War of the Augsburg League/King William's War/French and Indian War: Lost, but claimed as a tie. Deluded Frogophiles the world over label the period as the height of French Military Power.

War of the Spanish Succession: Lost. The War also gave the French their first taste of a Marlborough, which they have loved ever since.

American Revolution: In a move that will become quite familiar to future Americans, France claims a win even though the English colonists saw far more action. This is later known as "de Gaulle Syndrome", and leads to the Second Rule of French Warfare: France only wins when America does most of the fighting.

French Revolution: Won, primarily due to the fact that the opponent was also French.

The Napoleonic Wars: Lost. Temporary victories (remember the First Rule!) due to leadership of a Corsican, who ended up being no match for a British footwear designer.

The Franco-Prussian War: Lost. Germany first plays the role of drunk Frat boy to France's ugly girl home alone on a Saturday night.

WWI: Tied and on the way to losing, France is saved by the United States. Thousands of French women find out what it's like not only to sleep with a winner, but one who doesn't call her "Fraulein." Sadly, widespread use of condoms by American forces forestalls any improvement in the French bloodline.

WWII: Lost. Conquered French liberated by the United States and Britain just as they finish learning the Horst Wessel Song.

War in Indochina: Lost. French forces plead sickness, take to bed with Dien Bien Flu.

Algerian Rebellion: Lost. Loss marks the first defeat of a Western army by a Non-Turkic Muslim force since the Crusades, and produces the First Rule of Muslim Warfare - We can always beat the French. This rule is identical to the First Rules of the Italians, Russians, Germans, English, Dutch, Spanish, Vietnamese, and Eskimos.

War on Terrorism: France, keeping in mind its recent history, surrenders to Germans and Muslims just to be safe.

****and we'll all eat Freedom Fries in the interests of the Bushist WMD deception ? C'mon now****

My point being that Kris unfortunately used poorly chosen words which would serve to offend those people and their families who have fought bravely. The politicos/business leaders whose interests are at stake are well served regardless of who wins or loses.

Thanks for the history lesson.

My point being that Kris unfortunately used poorly chosen words

Sorry. No offence was intended - careless words on my part. On occasion, the fingers type quicker than the brain thinks. Crass of me - I'm sorry.

If those words were meant to embarass the self interest infrastructure then I'm all for saying them!

Point being; that's what I thought you meant without being offensive.

Consider yourself blessed clarified.

I thank you (with my member name) for the clarification. Problem sorted. -all is well in le-la land. A considered and well worded response on your part. Thank you. I hope we can consider the matter closed. I am indeed clarified (though unfortunately not with claret)

Yo Kris.....This was only meant to answer your question as to the size of the Stone of Scone........FYI: it is said its twin brother resides in Ireland an' is called the Blarney Stone ......which, I would posit, the internet has made into a force of nature (Europiums and Dels' response).........

Pavlovian cheers

Duck aka 'guest'

"clarified" your ass, as in ghee, Get in the frying pan and shut the hell up. Duck, you will be boiled in oil, smothered in orange, and served on a dish of my seletion ! 'Vengence wil be mine' sayeth the squirrel. OK you got me - but keep an eye on the back of your head

^{<them just be taster, and the auther is pure coincidence >}

Which all leads up to my favourite saying........."Ahhhhh....Go Kiss my Blarney Stone"..........................

ps......_{^{overheard that one in court....Irish lad, facing impending contempt, sez it anyway to the judge.}}

A size 14 foot is on it's way ! Duckintheboot - ain't tasted it yet, but I will soon. Start marinading yourself . Ye be evil, Duck, and don't think hiding in Canada will help you

Oh my friends be warned by me

That breakfast, dinner, lunch and tea

Are all the human frame requires.

To feed a size 14 the wretch expires!

It was a kind of 'me and my big feet' metaphor. Being webbed, you are excused missing that.

It's actually a size 12, but I'm guessing such measures vary across the globe. Yah, they be differing !

'follow the funny' as they say. A special place awaits you too...

The location will be arranged later

Nothing less than A rodents act of Boolean desperation!

Boiled in oil indeed!........however; it does not obscure the fact that I almost had you curtsying in contrition! and managed to compromise yer boot size

OK - ya got me, that's a cool pic. Who is the artist/name of picture ? I'll probably feel well silly when you tell me, but I may as well own up when I don't know summat. There's more than likely a good saying in that for Mr T's thread, if only I were clever enough to summarise it () Life is just a box o' chocolates.

Dunno. I Booled curtsy and there it was. I'd guess it's likely English or French romanticist period with too much landscape green. Couldn't find anything stylized so I used it.

"How much for the little girl? How much for the women? Your women. I want to buy your women. The little girl, your daughters... sell them to me. Sell me your children."

- JAKE

Did you know that, courtesy of a vehement feminist group, those lines actually provoked the removal of mens' urinals at Queens University!

A carefully considered, well-reasoned and logical response, to be sure. Perhaps the only one possible in light of that particular combination of words.

Naturally one wonders that if the order of Jake's lines had been, say, reversed (whilst maintaining the current word order), should Queens U. have responded by promptly removing the sinks from the wall opposite the urinals or every other left-hand stall panel as seen from the end user's point of view? And what about the knobs on the Hot side of the faucets? They do have hot water at Queens University, non?

And how should King's College have reciprocated?

Kings' College is a military college next door to Queens and is also where the crusty uppity-ups send their chinless embarrasments in the hope of breeding extra bone density into the lineage.

I'm with Jake on this.

"My point being that Kris unfortunately used poorly chosen words which would serve to offend those people and their families who have fought bravely."

I rather doubt that Kris used Poorly-Chosen Words with that particular objective in mind. Look, if Kris' objective was to be offensive, you can rest assured that he would have carefully drawn from his extensive cache of Well-Chosen Words in order to effect that objective. Both kinds of words are different from ordinary, Non-Chosen Words, of course, and from Un-Chosen Words.

Or so I've heard.

Nah man......we've gone way past that. I lured Kris into a deception of my own making so's I could come out and say what one of my favourite sayings is....very much so at his expense 'an e's bin threatening to boil me in oil since.

That might be taken to imply the threat is withdrawn.... As any chef will tell you, some tederizing is required first

"Ouch, my breasts hurt !!

Did you start out flat-chested or has the chef been slaving for 30 sec?

That be fillet of duck - works nearly as good as 'chicken-fillets'.

That was cold.

As in Cold Duck.

Care for some?

Count me in - as long as you're sure it ain't Turkey

Now, Wild Turkey ain't bad.

Here, lemme refill your glass...

I'd have thought they were all wild - once a year people come hunting down your family . That'd **** me off too !

"... once a year people come hunting down your family."

We have wild turkeys on our ranch and, no, Kris, they are not relations.

We absolutely forbid hunting on our property and we have "Posted - No Trespassing" signs indicating as much. In Texas trespassers can be shot - and killed - on sight, no questions asked, but God help 'em if they're caught poaching.

We've got a bunch of other critters here, too - including a trophy buck that hangs around and is probably responsible for the proliferation of fawns lately - and possums, raccoons, armadillos, fire ants, scorpions, Texas coral snakes, copperheads, diamondbacks, buzzards, horned toads (lizards, actually), geckos, salamanders, javelinas, Chuck Will's Widows, screech owls, Texas scissor-tailed flycatchers, great horned owls and one very rare bird that I won't identify for reasons I won't specify.

And, for unwelcome guests, rock salt courtesy of a 10-gauge, double-barrel shotgun.

For the wild turkeys here on the ranch, Thanksgiving is just another day.

a trophy buck that hangs around

What, like on the wall ?

I had to look up 'trophy buck' and I'm still not sure ()- is it a variety of whitetail, so called because they are hunted for 'trophy's? Killing for sport makes me wanna puke. If I were in your position, I'd shoot poachers too.

I'm quite envious of all those creatures you have around (even the nasty ones). Very cool

"What, like on the wall ?"

Given the proliferation of fawns lately...

Go watch Bambi and repent !

Hunt to eat or protect your property / crops from the depredations of varmints. More trouble than it's worth to me right now.

Hey........likewise my piece o' the patch. No hunting! Bear, deer, moose, lynx, raccoons and a wolf den last few years.

A few years back there was a serious winter die-off of starving deer due to deep snow and too many deer. Presently getting the Indians to hunt them and distribute the meat to food banks.

In other words, an Alphabetic Co-location which Reduces Or Numbs Your Memory.

"...as agreed to by 3 or more reputable people"

Try finding three reputable people in Texas.

Speaking of Texas...

Q: Why wasn't Jesus born in College Station? (home of TX A&M Univ. 'Aggies')

A: God couldn't find three wise men and a virgin.

My work here is done.

Uh oh, gulp........I thought they just shot the horns off've each others cars.

Depends on one's alma mater. Sometimes we just send their dogs back with fleas.

Note to self; wear tin foil hat next time in Texas...............

Just make sure it's a Stetson. In a pinch you can borrow one of mine....

I guess Davy Crockets' coonskin hat didn't leave a lasting impression........Comanches must've loved it though

Which all leads to the question "what's in a hat?"

I'm stayin outa this one............

....anything that ain't a cap or a helmet. I have a hard-hat, but I don't use it much thesedays. Even got a lamp holder on the thing

Q: Is it possible to improve the average IQ of both Texas and Oklahoma simultaneously?

A: Absolutely! Send an Aggie to Tulsa.

The 3 wise men were firemen . . . 'cause they came from 'afar' (pronounce that Texas-style).

And the virgin was from Richmond. Richmond Virginny.

"I lured Kris into a deception of my own making so's I could come out and say what one of my favourite sayings is..."

In other words, you've got Kris right where he wants you? That sneaky bastard.

I admire him. I confess it. When his time comes I will buy a piece of the rope as a keepsake.

I want a furry foot, as a Good Luck charm.

On second thought ...

How the heck can you skip with webbed feat ?

Concrete overshoes?

You first.....I promise I'll follow!!!

The answer is in the plural and they bounce........momental thingy

Lemme guess: the larger models are made by Tonka^®?

Sez 'forged in Canada'

<splarf>.....properly fitted support will help

I don't believe in miracles

"...and we'll all eat Freedom Fries in the interests of the Bushist WMD deception ? C'mon now..."

And we swallowed that story lock, stock and barrel, just like we always do, didn't we? But it didn't start with GWB's WMD fiasco as an excuse to invade Iran. It started with Afghanistan.

For years the US has been eager to build a pipeline leading from the Caspian Basin's six billion bbls in reserves to the Persian Gulf. The only route was through Afghanistan, of course, but Afghanistan wouldn't have any of it and would not negotiate with us. If they were going to pull it off, Dubya's handlers would have to formulate a different plan, but this plan had to made palatable enough to secure widespread and unquestioning support from the electorate. So we "Burned the Reichstag."

This is an old and extremely effective deception that dates back at least as far as the early Roman Empire. And it works, provided the governed are willing to turn a blind eye to the considerable body of evidence to the contrary, content to denounce as "conspiracy theorists" those willing to look behind the curtain, content to accept the Official Version and more than content to continue investing their blind faith in bad leaders, calling it Patriotism.

I think the real citizens of the US owe John Ashcroft a measure of gratitude.

"Sometimes it is pretty hard to keep your spirits up."

Ain't that the truth.

Some years ago a friend was digging a hole in his yard in order to get to a leaking pipe, or something like that. The hole was deeper than he was tall, and up on the grass next to the hole was his radio, tuned to some religious station.

My friend was very, very discouraged - not only about the broken pipe but about things in general, which hadn't been going well, but mostly about his job, which really (and I mean really) sucked. Suddenly the radio preacher burst in upon his musings with such force that you'd think he was talking to him: "Have you ever felt soooo lowww that you had ta look UP to see the ground?"

Yeah.

.

"...you ought to know by now whatever I know, I learned the hard way."

I do indeed, and I suspect we both have not a few honorary PhDs from the School of Hard Knocks.