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Deb watkins 09-21-2010 06:50 AM

One may address a member of the Equidae family towards aqueous liquid, but one is incapable of compelling him to quaff.

Quilter7x 09-21-2010 06:51 AM

I'm totally lost here. Gonna have to wait for some help understanding this ...

QBeth 09-21-2010 06:51 AM

You can lead a horse to water but can't make him drink. Or, something to that effect.

lyndad 09-21-2010 06:51 AM

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink

lyndad 09-21-2010 06:51 AM

Wow, did we have some timing there!

bearisgray 09-21-2010 06:53 AM

I love expanded aphorisms

It's such a game trying to remember/figure out what the original saying was

livenlearn124 09-21-2010 06:54 AM

Good one!!

Twilliebee 09-21-2010 08:50 AM

Bad, but hopefully in the spirit of:
Hubris antecedes abrupt surrender to gravitational pull.

redkimba 09-21-2010 08:56 AM


Originally Posted by Twilliebee
Bad, but hopefully in the spirit of:
Hubris antecedes abrupt surrender to gravitational pull.

Pride goeth before a fall?

you made my brain hurt - thank you. Sometimes my job does not allow me to think, just do...

Twilliebee 09-21-2010 09:28 AM


Originally Posted by redkimba

Originally Posted by Twilliebee
Bad, but hopefully in the spirit of:
Hubris antecedes abrupt surrender to gravitational pull.

Pride goeth before a fall?

you made my brain hurt - thank you. Sometimes my job does not allow me to think, just do...

I'm glad because I made my brain hurt, too. This is my kind of game! Bring 'em on, everyone.

wolfkitty 09-21-2010 09:30 AM

I like these, too. More, more!

Deb watkins 09-22-2010 06:03 AM


Originally Posted by wolfkitty
I like these, too. More, more!

Once a day......be patient little quilters....

Twilliebee 09-22-2010 09:56 AM

The unwarranted expediting of process results in excessive unuseable portions of product.

Ramona Byrd 09-22-2010 10:20 AM

Illegitimis non carborundum

Twilliebee 09-22-2010 10:23 AM


Originally Posted by Ramona Byrd
Illegitimis non carborundum

Oh, I love that! I think I want it painted on my car LOL

patricej 09-22-2010 11:26 AM


Originally Posted by Twilliebee

Originally Posted by Ramona Byrd
Illegitimis non carborundum

Oh, I love that! I think I want it painted on my car LOL

i confess: i had to google it.

i think i'll hang that on my office wall. :lol:

bjnicholson 09-22-2010 11:29 AM

How 'bout Wiley Bottom Rd. (smart a**) or Happy Bottom (Gladys...glada**)

Twilliebee 09-22-2010 12:44 PM


Originally Posted by bjnicholson
How 'bout Wiley Bottom Rd. (smart a**) or Happy Bottom (Gladys...glada**)

Oh, no, that reminds of those horrible joke book titles when I was a kid. Who remembers such gems as 'Rusty Bedsprings' by I. P. Knightly.....

jljack 09-22-2010 02:41 PM

HaHaHa!!! You girls crack me up!!!


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