According to my beer-stained college dictionary, "propinquity" means nearness in place...so I'm guessing #22 means something like "Close only counts in horseshoes"...no mention of hand grenades.
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According to my beer-stained college dictionary, "propinquity" means nearness in place...so I'm guessing #22 means something like "Close only counts in horseshoes"...no mention of hand grenades.
25. When visiting an unfamiliar terrain, perform in accordance with the customs of the local inhabitants.
26. Do not imitate my personal behavior, but endeavor to comport yourself with reference to my instructions.
27. A feathered avian species held in an extremity, has the significance of a duo in shrubbery.
A.B.Quote:
Originally Posted by tom4bren
I'll go with B.Quote:
Originally Posted by BigSwede
25 when rome do as the romemans do
26 do as i say not as i due
25. when in Rome ... act like HandeeQuote:
Originally Posted by BigSwede
26. Do as I say ... not as Handee do
27. A bird in the handee is worth 2 Handees in ... (sorry, I can't finish that one)
27. Bird in the hand is worth 2 in the bush.
I never have understood wtf that means though. haha
Dang - I've been spoutin off the top o my head. I didn't know Y'all were cheatin & using dictionaries.Quote:
Originally Posted by BigSwede
28. Diminutive vessels are equipped with immense auricles.
29. When precipitation descends vertically, it issues forth copiously and continuously.
30. No individual specimen in the species Homo Sapiens exists in a condition of isolation.
I haven't figured out #28 yet...
Only as a last resort...I got all but 3 on my own.Quote:
Originally Posted by tom4bren
28. Loose lips sink ships? Nope, that's not it... Crap!
29. When it rains it pours.
30. I can't remember the saying exactly, but something about Handee having no friends except T4B or maybe I got that backwards?
Quote:
Originally Posted by BigSwede
Figured it out I think...
28. big things come in small packages!
28. Ldub has gorilly feets.
29. When it rains, Handee's ABS goes FUBAR
30. No man is an island ... unless he has a REALLY wide bucket.
BOY! ... I'm gonna be in Johnson City this weekend - don't make me come over there & learn you some manners.Quote:
Originally Posted by samneil2000
I don't even know where that is, but if it's close by, come on down. I could use some lessons. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by tom4bren
#28, something about little (containers, boats?) having big ears.
Yeah, something like that...I was thinking "Small children have big ears" might be it, but I'm not sure how you get "children" from "vessels"...Quote:
Originally Posted by JGeorge264
31. If an enclosure for a pedal extremity adapts itself suitably to said appendage, it would be advisable to employ it accordingly.
32. If a large solid-footed mammal becomes available to you without compensation, refrain from casting your faculty for seeing into the oral cavity of such a creature.
33. A canine which gives vent to his sentiments by a series of vocal efforts, rarely finds use of his bicuspids.
Go as far Up & East as possible & still be in TN. It's about 20 miles from Bristol.Quote:
Originally Posted by samneil2000
31. If the shoe fits, wear it.Quote:
Originally Posted by BigSwede
32. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
33. All bark & no bite.
34. An individual who vacillates when there is need of action will find himself beyond the hope of future success.
35. In the solar system, the possibility of a novel discovery is predominantly non-existent.
36. Superfluous chronological dispatch institutes riddance of valued effects.
34...He who hesitates is lostQuote:
Originally Posted by BigSwede
35...There is nothing new under the sun
36...Time flies when you're having fun
Ahh, a new player :)
37. Each vaporous mass suspended in the firmament has an interior decoration of metallic hue.
38. Lack of what is required is the matriarch of inspiration.
39. A single unit of a seam properly distributed at the correct measure of duration will maintain a square root of 81.
38 Necessity is the mother of invention
37. Every cloud has a silver lining.Quote:
Originally Posted by BigSwede
39... ?
39. a stitch in time saves 9...:smilewink
Crap! Why couldn't I think of that? I was like "what the heck phrase has a 9 in it"Quote:
Originally Posted by Ldub
Duhhhhh :o
40. The placement of the termination as prescedent of the commencement should never be assessed.
41. He who locks himself into the arms of Morpheus promptly at eventide, and starts the day before it is officially announced by the rising sun, excels in physical fitness, increases his economic assets and celebrates with remarkable efficiency.
42. Deliberate squandering of one's assets culminates in lamentable destitution.
40. don't look at the end before you've begunQuote:
Originally Posted by BigSwede
41. early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
42. crime doesn't pay (unless your a lawyer).
40. The end justifies the meansQuote:
Originally Posted by BigSwede
41. Early to bed, early to rise ...
42. A penny saved is a penny earned
Couple of tough ones there, not sure we have it...I was thinking "Spend in haste, repent in leisure" for #42, but it doesn't quite fit. "Waste not, want not"?
43. Clocks and calendars will not delay their schedules for the convenience of any entity.
44. There is a multitude of methods that one can resort to if one elects to fleece a feline.
45. One percent of a medium of exchange conserved is that quantity deserved.
43. time waits for no man
44. there's more than one way to skin a cat
45. a penny saved, is a penny earned
46. Visualizing is the equivalent to having faith.
47. That which is acquired without difficulty is dispersed with equal facility.
48. A chronic disposition to inquiry deprived the domestic feline carnivorous quadruped of its vital quality.
46. seeing is believing
47. E-Z come, E-Z go
48. curiosity killed the cat
49. Immature homo sapiens should be endowed with visibility but not oral facilities.
50. Taciturnity is aurous.
51. The herbage is customarily more verduous on the diametrical selvage of the property barrier.
49. children should be seen, not heard
50. silence is golden
51. the grass is always greener in the other guys bag
Ah, so that is what "diametrical selvage" means? I was wondering... :smilewinkQuote:
Originally Posted by Ldub
52. Everything is legitimate in matters pertaining to ardent affection and armed conflict between nations.
53. Exercise your visual facilities prior to executing a jump.
54. A comrade who comes to your assistance during periods of dire desperation is to be valued above all other allies.
52. all is fair in love & war
53. look B-4 U leap
54. a friend in need, is a pest...:laughing:
With language like this and all this free time you must be a lawyer :smack:Quote:
Originally Posted by BigSwede
I didn't write them...but I could have, with a thesaurus in hand. :yeso:
55. If one cannot endure excessive temperatures, it is preferable that he avoid that section of the domicile where the cuisine is concocted.
56. Gormandize comestibles, imbibe libations, and indulge in diversions because on the morrow, all such activities will be curtailed.
57. Eleemosynary deeds have their incipience intramurally.