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What is your favorite old "saying"?

Old 04-14-2011, 05:57 PM
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A polite way to say GET OUT OF THE WAY when someone is blocking your view is…. Have YOU been drinking muddy water because I can’t see through you
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Old 04-14-2011, 06:14 PM
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My Dad gave me this round coin and it said on it aroundtoit.
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Old 04-14-2011, 06:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Jan in VA
Mother to arguing siblings......"Never argue with a pig. You'll just get dirty and the pig likes it."

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I like it Jan. I also like 'don't try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig'
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Old 04-14-2011, 06:24 PM
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Someone I attend church with says # 1 quite often
1. The board of Education needs to be applied to the seat of understanding. I agree wholeheartly.

2.Let sleeping dogs lie.
3.Pretty is as pretty does.
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Old 04-14-2011, 06:31 PM
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My Grandmother used to say, "If you sew on Sunday you will pick out the stitches with your nose on Monday". Guess you shouldn't sew on Sunday???
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Old 04-14-2011, 06:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Pollyv9
I have been reading the nickname thread. Some are so funny. It made me think of things my family used to say. One of my grandmothers favorite sayings was somebody was grinning like a wave on a slop bucket. Do you know what a slop bucket is? I do! When I was young I thought my Mom's old saying "Beauty is skin deep, but ugly holds it own" was so funny. Then I went to a reunion and guess what? She was right.
I would say when going to work "another day, another dollar so they say".
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Old 04-14-2011, 06:36 PM
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You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. Never really figured that one out but I'm pretty sure I wouldn't like it. It takes pains to be beautiful. Pretty is as pretty does. The only thing you truly have to give is your word,when you give it,stand behind it. Never be noticed on a flying white horse. Never expect any more from people,than they are capable of giving.
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Old 04-14-2011, 06:45 PM
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It's colder than a witch's t*t outside.
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Old 04-14-2011, 07:03 PM
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So many of these sayings sound so familiar to me. Some of my favorites are:

Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clear to the bone. Beauty fades away but ugly holds its own.

Ugly as sin

Guilty as sin

As nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs.

I can think of more but don't want to take up all the space.
I have enjoyed hearing these sayings from all of you.
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Old 04-14-2011, 07:04 PM
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Originally Posted by quossj
It's colder than a witch's t*t outside.
In a brass bra
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