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Started 3 years ago by Iamthestig
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Iamthestig

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"Be surprised if a Greek can bear a gift"

"A bird in the hand, is going to get you a harrassment charge"

"iPad therefore I pose"

more when I think of some

Posted 3 years ago #
allmyownstunts

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have some shiny golden stars for a fun idea, Iam.

My brother says 'it's an ill vicar that blows off in your drawing room'

Posted 3 years ago #
MADJEZ

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Great idea, needs expanding I'm sure you could come up with more.
Though shalt not covet thy neighbours BMW.
The money changers shall inherit the earth and the meak will bloody pay for it (and the lord did invent quantitive easing !).

Posted 3 years ago #
The All New Jeni B

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A rolling stone will gather hip fractures.

Well, that's used up my daily allowance of creativity...

Posted 3 years ago #
virtuallywill

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A bird in the hand is not politically acceptable.
The Rich shall inherit the earth.
Cash maketh the man.
When a man tires of London, try Newton Abbot. (yes Samuel Johnson I know)

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MrChigleysAunt

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People who live in glass houses "quite aware of the risks thank you very much, and don't need the bloody government to tell them what to eat either."

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MrChigleysAunt

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Look after the pennies and you'll have several pennies if you're lucky.

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Mr Glover Lover

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An English MP's home is his ~~castle~~ studio flat.

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antharrison

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My own made-up favourite (was used in a FP article a couple of years ago):

Give a man a fish...
and he can eat for a day

Give a man a fishing rod...
and he turns into a boring twat

Posted 3 years ago #
dominic_mcg

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continuing antharrison's theme...

Teach a man to fish...
and with any luck he'll be away most weekends.

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MrChigleysAunt

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Two's company. Three's a Lib Dem conference

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dirtmaximus

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In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man still has no depth perception

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Mrblacker

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When a man's tired of Scotland, he's tired of Fife

Least said, never misquoted

Find a pin and pick it up and all day long it'll stick in your bloody leg

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virtuallywill

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See a Penny pick it up, and all day long you'll have a penny.

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MrChigleysAunt

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Never look a gift horse in the mouth - unless you've first brushed its teeth with HORSODENT.

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Mr Glover Lover

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A bad workman always blames his tools, and then calls Claims Direct* to see how much he can sue the manufacturer for.

*Other lawyers specialising in spurious workplace injury claims are available.

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Mr Glover Lover

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Laughter is the best medicine. Unless you're asthmatic in which case Ventolin is the best medicine.

Posted 3 years ago #
andhrimnir

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Never look a gift horse under the tail

In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is prime minister

Posted 3 years ago #
Mr Glover Lover

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No pain, no gain, no win, no fee.

Posted 3 years ago #
antharrison

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Gain means pain
But pain is bad
Whilst gain is good
Good is desirable
But desire, like pain, is bad

Posted 3 years ago #
danski

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A fool and his money are soon given a taxpayer bailout.

Posted 3 years ago #
andhrimnir

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A stitch in time holds the large hadron collider together
Little things please large minds
A good man is hard
One man's meat is enough
A profit is not seen in this land
A woman's place is in the wrong
Absinth makes the brain grow fondant
Patience is a dictive
Bricks can be made without straw

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MrChigleysAunt

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Many a mickle needs mopping up.

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MrChigleysAunt

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What's sauce for the goose is cranberry and orange or, for the less adventurous, plain apple.

Posted 3 years ago #
rickwestwell

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Little things please Catholic priests...

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danski

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All that glitters is not neccessarily chavvy

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danski

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A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single facebook update

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Zadok the second

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A lttle bit of what you fancy causes Cancer.

A problem shared is a problem on the front page of the News of the World.

Early to bed and early to rise probably means the clocks went forward.

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