General Chat

:-)

Be patient and calm - for no one can catch fish in anger.
Herbert Hoover

* If thou thinkest twice before thou speakest once, thou wilt speak twice the better for it.
William Penn

It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.

Elbert Hubbard

you can if you bash em over the head with a mallett :-D


I nearly spat me teef out trying to say that...never mind do it.

As for the third one......I am such a weakling lol


Sorry.....were you being filly soff icle
;-)

If I thinketh twice before I speaketh once I may sayeth more :-S

Sue

I thought you'd like those Susan ;-)

“God grant me the authority to change the things I cannot accept.”

with a :-P to the twelve-stepping brigade. ;-)

and SueMaid :-)

"If one biteth ones tongue too hard forsooth
one getteth sore tongue and paining tooth"

if I thinketh at all Sue, now that would be something lol

One can thinketh and talketh as much as one likes Rose.....but what about
doething ?:-D

" ......and the wisdom to know the difference" Janey ;-) my mum had that on a plate once, she got very annoyed with it after a while and gave it to the charity shop lol

Nono, RR, that was the silly version:

"God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
Courage to change the things I can,
And wisdom to know the difference."

For wimps, or for manipulating the vulnerable!


I like the updated versions of things. ;-)

"Speak loudly and carry a big schtick."

yes.....and one can use the big stick to kill the fish :-D

Doth thou not thinketh so?

Ah yes, S#, "laziness is the mother of invention". :-D


And of course:

Go placidly amid the noise and waste, and remember what comfort there
may be in owning a piece thereof. Avoid quiet and passive persons,
unless you are in need of sleep. Rotate your tires. Speak glowingly
of those greater than yourself, and heed well their advice, even though
they be turkeys. Know what to kiss, and when. Consider that two
wrongs never make a right, but that three do. Wherever possible,
put people on hold. Be comforted that in the face of all aridity and
disillusionment, and despite the changing fortunes of time, there is
always a big future in computer maintainance.

Remember the Pueblo. Strive at all times to bend, fold, spindle, and
mutilate. Know yourself; if you need help, call the FBI. Exercise
caution in your daily affairs, especially with those persons closest
to you - that lemon on your left, for instance. Be assured that a
walk through the ocean of most souls would scarcely get your feet wet.
Fall not in love, therefore; it will stick to your face. Gracefully
surrender the things of youth - birds, clean air, tuna, Taiwan - and
let not the sands of time get in your lunch. Hire people with hooks.
For a good time call 606-4311; ask for Candy. Take heart amid the
deepening gloom that your dog is finally getting enough cheese, and
reflect that whatever misfortune may be your lot, it could only be
worse in Milwaukee.

You are a fluke of the Universe. You have no right to be here, and
whether you can hear it or not, the Universe is laughing behind your
back.

Therefore, make peace with your God, whatever you conceive Him to be:
Hairy Thunderer or Cosmic Muffin. With all its hopes, dreams,
promises, and urban renewal, the world continues to deteriorate.

Give up.



I just had to fix a glaring mistake in that c&p job.

It is, of course, The Deteriorata!

Not my mum's version Janey which was "speak softly and carry a big stick" lol

Oh yeesh!!!


The sappy yucky version of the AA "serenity prayer" is:

"God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
Courage to change the things I can,
And wisdom to know the difference."

Small wonder your mother threw the plate out. She should've broken it over the head of whoever gifted her with it.


The one I prefer is:

“God grant me the authority to change the things I cannot accept.”

I have the button. ;-)

Of course, there being nobody there to do the granting, one just has to assume the authority for one's self!

:-D

"If you don't have enemies, you don't have character."
Paul Newman

Well they don't call me Lazy Susan for nothing

I love that version of the Des, makes one chuckle

"Speak loudly and carry a big schtick" is the Stephen Colbert version.

Of course, him being a USAmerican parody person, you probably wouldn't know him. Or like him. USAmerican parody generally ain't much good, but it's all they got, so they like it.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFbY4w2r2c4

Stephen Colbert and Michael Bublé sing Oh Canada Spangled Banner.

lololololol Rose.....I have plenty of Character.....and much salad dressing......made loads tonight :-D

Of course there is the wonderful piece of wisdom about walking a mile in someone's shoes......because if they get violent you'll be a mile away and you'll have their shoes :-D

Love it Janey :-D

Sue

I am too lazy to look Janey.

don't get me on the subject of shoes Sue......here is one who got up one day to find that they had been used to light the fire......The next day it was my school books....but that is another story.......

Upward and onward......now who said that?

And on tonight's theme:

“Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today.
Teach a man to fish, and he will sit in the boat and drink beer all day.”