Trip Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 Common sense isn't common. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yessongs Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 I always preached this one to my kid's when they were growing up "It's Ok to make mistakes in life, just don't make the same one's twice, I never did" They remind me all the time that they were sick of hearing this from me LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 6 hours ago, maipenrai said: One popular Canadian saying was " he couldn't hit the broad side of a barn door". Your neighbors to the south shortened it to "he couldn't hit the broad side of a barn". Barn doors did come into play with "That's closing the barn door after the horse has bolted". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fygjam Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 As I recall it He couldn't hit a barn wall from inside the barn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fygjam Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 We have nothing to fear but fear itself... and bees. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Trip Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lirchenfeld Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 That's dumber than wet corrugated cardboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fygjam Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 As dry as a nun's vagina As dry as a dead dingo's donger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 (edited) Edited to add: I probably should have posted Homer in the Funny Stuff topic. So tie me to an anthill and fill my ears with jam for posting OT. Edited December 14, 2023 by forcebwithu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Dangleberries Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 2 hours ago, fygjam said: We have nothing to fear but fear itself... and bees. My dog stepped on a bee ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveBC Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 I'd crawl over 2 miles of broken glass just to hear her piss into an old tin can..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasseye Posted December 14, 2023 Author Share Posted December 14, 2023 13 hours ago, maipenrai said: One popular Canadian saying was " he couldn't hit the broad side of a barn door". Yep, that was very common in my parts (Midwest U.S.A.). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasseye Posted December 14, 2023 Author Share Posted December 14, 2023 4 hours ago, SteveBC said: I'd crawl over 2 miles of broken glass just to hear her piss into an old tin can..... LOL ! Guy I used to work with would say.... "I'd eat the corn out of her shit just to get to her ass". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambo Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 I don't know how old this is but i've only just adopted it: "Time is not our friend with this" works equally well with my kids or at work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasseye Posted December 14, 2023 Author Share Posted December 14, 2023 27 minutes ago, Zambo said: I don't know how old this is but i've only just adopted it: "Time is not our friend with this" works equally well with my kids or at work. That hits the spot mate. I will remember this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maipenrai Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 10 hours ago, Yessongs said: I always preached this one to my kid's when they were growing up "It's Ok to make mistakes in life, just don't make the same one's twice, I never did" They remind me all the time that they were sick of hearing this from me LOL! My own variation on this theme, particularly when I was teaching or mentoring new employees, was to tell them "it's okay to make a mistake as long as you learn from it; if you keep making the same mistake over and over, then you have a problem". 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 One I was fond of repeating during my working career, I work to afford my time off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fygjam Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 At the end of the day In the fulness of time When all is said and done With due respect We are on track Explanations like embers float upwards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gs joe Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 I quite like this one 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trip Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 If The Spartans were known for being laconic, people of few words. The area where Sparta resides became known to this day as Laconia. One story of that origin is; Philip II of Macedonia was conquering neighbors during Alexander's childhood. Phil came to the Spartan border and sent the king of Sparta a message with an ultimatum such as; surrender now because if I come onto your lands, I will burn your crops, rape your women and kill your animals. The Spartan king replied --- If Neither Phil nor Alex ever invaded Sparta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trip Posted December 15, 2023 Share Posted December 15, 2023 13 hours ago, maipenrai said: My own variation on this theme, particularly when I was teaching or mentoring new employees, was to tell them "it's okay to make a mistake as long as you learn from it; if you keep making the same mistake over and over, then you have a problem". The company I worked for had a variation of the theme that went like; we welcome people that have made mistakes as it can be a form of learning. But we prefer that you learned from those mistakes working for someone else. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasseye Posted December 15, 2023 Author Share Posted December 15, 2023 On 12/14/2023 at 9:39 AM, forcebwithu said: Your neighbors to the south shortened it to "he couldn't hit the broad side of a barn". Barn doors did come into play with "That's closing the barn door after the horse has bolted". Good one, you are correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasseye Posted December 15, 2023 Author Share Posted December 15, 2023 12 hours ago, Trip said: If The Spartans were known for being laconic, people of few words. The area where Sparta resides became known to this day as Laconia. One story of that origin is; Philip II of Macedonia was conquering neighbors during Alexander's childhood. Phil came to the Spartan border and sent the king of Sparta a message with an ultimatum such as; surrender now because if I come onto your lands, I will burn your crops, rape your women and kill your animals. The Spartan king replied --- If Neither Phil nor Alex ever invaded Sparta. Love those one word responses. Like "Nuts" https://taskandpurpose.com/history/us-army-nuts-bastogne-surrender/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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