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12/05/2008, 23:58 Russethouse Joined on 23/08/2004 Forum Moderator Posts 9,955 Re: Favourite quotations... O would some Power the gift could give us To see ourselves as others see us! Robert Burns www.quimperclub.org 99    Report

13/05/2008, 8:05 Iceni Joined on 23/08/2004 Lot 46 Posts 2,995 Re: Favourite quotations...  Mel wrote: "It's difficult to clear out the swamp when you are up to your neck in Alligators" me When you're up to your neck in alligators, it's easy to forget that the initial objective was to drain the swamp. Not me. John Di For the Complete Virtual Assistant Start Up Package    Report

13/05/2008, 8:10 Iceni Joined on 23/08/2004 Lot 46 Posts 2,995 Re: Favourite quotations...  Tressy wrote:  FurryKnickers wrote: "just because you are wearing gardening trousers does not mean you have to stay in the garden" (Seamus Logan) You've just caused WW3 to break out here. Mr T insists the correct version of this quote is; "just because you are wearing boots caked in mud, does not mean you have to stay in the garden". I doubt we'll ever know the truth. I tried to find the truth by Googling and I found this post. So, Tressy, you are famous. John Di For the Complete Virtual Assistant Start Up Package    Report

13/05/2008, 8:14 Iceni Joined on 23/08/2004 Lot 46 Posts 2,995 Re: Favourite quotations...  Russethouse wrote: O would some Power the gift could give us To see ourselves as others see us! Robert Burns O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us! Thanks Gay, I always wondered what this meant in English. John Di For the Complete Virtual Assistant Start Up Package    Report

13/05/2008, 10:13 just john Joined on 28/04/2005 Montignac le coq Posts 383 Re: Favourite quotations... My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it. Quentin Crisp the real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind, and blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday    Report

13/05/2008, 10:56 peter@pons Joined on 15/09/2006 Posts 11 Re: Favourite quotations... Never take sleeping pills and laxatives at the same time. Heard on phone in Radio 5 live.Wise words.   Peter    Report

13/05/2008, 11:42 Christine Animal Joined on 14/05/2005 Deux-Sèvres Posts 4,325 Re: Favourite quotations... Here's one for Frenchie. "I used to think anyone doing anything weird was weird. Now I know that it is the people that call others weird that are weird."   Paul McCartney   animalaidsaintaubin.monsite.orange.fr/ Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful    Report

13/05/2008, 12:26 Jacqui Too Joined on 23/08/2004 Shropshire / Dordogne 24 Posts 683 Re: Favourite quotations... OH, to be in England now that April ’s there Home Thoughts from Abroad, Robert Browning (1812–89) I know its May, But it is lovely here I Love spring Jackie    Report

13/05/2008, 12:29 Clair Joined on 23/08/2004 ------- Forum Moderator ------- Lot (46) Posts 7,277 Re: Favourite quotations...  Jacqui Too wrote: OH, to be in England now that April ’s there Home Thoughts from Abroad, Robert Browning (1812–89) I know its June, But it is lovely here I Love spring May even... Clair, a Real Virtual French Person    Report

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