Favourite saying, or quote.
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Sweating like Donald trump at a spelling bee!
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What is a spelling bee?
Serious question. Never heard this before, but yes, I could Google it.
Serious question. Never heard this before, but yes, I could Google it.
Mick F. Cornwall
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First used in 1808 apparently.
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When Jeb Bush was thinking of running for Pres, someone said that he was just like George but without the intelligence.Slowtwitch wrote: ↑2 Mar 2022, 7:40amFirst used in US politics in reference to George Bush Jnr. The implication being that he was not particularly gifted with intelligence..
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Don't [word meaning urinate] down my back and tell me it's raining
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"All we are not stares back at what we are"
W H Auden
"All we are not stares back at what we are"
W H Auden
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Thirsty person "I'm as dry as a Pharoah's sandal"
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"All we are not stares back at what we are"
W H Auden
"All we are not stares back at what we are"
W H Auden
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As worthless as a Putin promise.
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Your avon a laugh M8.
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As dry as an Arabs Sandle
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My father told me that saying was traditionally followed by "She's no better than she ought to be!" (which I always thought is true of everyone, mind you).Slowtwitch wrote: ↑12 Feb 2022, 7:48am Or of a similar puffed up, haughty woman:
All fur coat, and no knickers!
From my grandmother via her daughter:
"You look lovely dear, and anyway, no-one'll notice."
Better still,
"No-one's gonna stop a galloping horse to look at that."
Everyone's ghast should get a good flabbering now and then.
--Ole Boot
--Ole Boot
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I always heard that one about "rustic" type or poor job. "it looks OK to a chap on galloping horse"
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"All we are not stares back at what we are"
W H Auden
"All we are not stares back at what we are"
W H Auden