http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53540 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Wed, 22 May 2013 07:06:07 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53540#post-154651 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:42:46 +0000 Al OPecia 154651@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>If you think the climate's changed, you must be deranged. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53540#post-154650 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:35:04 +0000 Boutros 154650@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>A hand in a bird's bush... no hang on. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53540#post-154645 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:02:41 +0000 Des Custard 154645@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Many a mickle made a muckle before mickle making moved to Mumbai. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53540#post-154641 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 16:38:43 +0000 reforse 154641@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Red sky at night, proletariat's delight </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53540#post-154639 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 16:25:56 +0000 riesler 154639@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; vote him into Westminster and you set him up for life. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53540#post-154638 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 16:24:03 +0000 riesler 154638@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Absence makes the tax bill smaller. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53540#post-154637 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 16:20:41 +0000 riesler 154637@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Too many chefs make for cheap daytime TV </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53540#post-154636 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 16:20:02 +0000 riesler 154636@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>A Wonga loan is for life, not just for Christmas. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53540#post-154630 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 13:54:57 +0000 dvo4fun 154630@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>"Stuck up a Gumtree? Then you're probably up a Gumtree." </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53540#post-154607 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:15:19 +0000 kga6 154607@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Thanks. I left it a bit short - please do contribute extra/replacement paragraphs/proverbs!</p> <p>Boutros: yeah I see what you mean. Para 2 was just trying to squeeze twists on old proverbs in. Also, I didn't think that just a list of proverbs would make an article (maybe a left alert though...) </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53540#post-154601 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:44:56 +0000 custard cream 154601@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Brilliant, this could run and run! Max. stars!</p> <p>"Red sky at night - Sainsbury's alight" </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53540#post-154578 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 10:30:34 +0000 Username 154578@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Lovely idea, and a strong one. Headline could probably stand alone </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53540#post-154573 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 10:04:47 +0000 Boutros 154573@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I love the idea. But I find the first two paras (esp. para 2) a bit wordy, could be more succinct. Cut to the proverbs, "the more the merrier".<br /> Stars. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53540#post-154572 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 10:02:44 +0000 kga6 154572@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Ha, thanks DVO. Yeah been struggling for time to get on here recently... Any more proverbs to add? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53540#post-154557 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 08:13:01 +0000 dvo4fun 154557@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>"Been away? You're kga"</p> <p>have some for your tree </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53540#post-154548 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 07:20:18 +0000 kga6 154548@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>A new Government initiative to provide the poor and misinformed with 'Proverb aid' is to be launched in time for Christmas. A series of cleverly devised sayings, aimed at assisting the hard or tired of thinking during their day-to-day routine, will be offered in the form of a daily text message.</p> <p>Labour ministers had reservations about the content of the proverbs, but have admitted the public would be foolish to "look a posh twat in the mouth", and that demanding more from the Tories is like "playing with fire - cold, hard fire". Although traditional proverbs are often less than trivial to decipher, the new efforts are simple enough to be followed by any Tom, Clegg or Harry.</p> <p>The proverbs will provide personal development tips such as, "Sitting on your arse, will get you nowhere fast" and job application advice such as "No-soaper, no-hoper". General health is also a theme (Chips 'n' that will get you fat) along with suggestions for avoiding potentially hazardous situations (Don't smoke behind a cow).</p> <p>Lib Dem ministers have slammed the proverbs as 'demeaning and dispiriting', likely in a direct response to the politically motivated "Yellow-tie, yellow-belly" and "it's fun to poke a sleeping coward".</p> <p>"We see Proverb Aid as a new way of supporting those less fortunate than ourselves", remarked Mr. Cameron. "Band Aid was an excellent idea, really helping those with dwindling music careers back onto the music scene. Likewise, Proverb Aid can help people back onto their feet again, or at least suggest ways to stop falling off them so frequently. Blue tie in sight, voters delight!", he added, with a cheap smile. </p>