Botley(n)

the prominent stain on a mans trouser crotch seen on his return from the lavatory.

a "botley proper" is caused by an accident with the push taps and should not be confused with a "botley minor", the stain caused by insufficient waggling of the penis.

douglas adams.

Bromsgrove (n)

any urban environment containing a small amount of dog turd and about 45 tons of bent steel pylon or a lump of concrete with holes claiming to be a sculpture

oh ,come my dear and come with me

and wander 'neath the bromsgrove tree......... betjeman

douglas adams.

Polemic.

Allai wah?

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It's not a quote.

It's a series of cutting and pasting from various newspaper articles, just like some people use as a substitute for their own thoughts in other threads.

If this thread degenerates into one of those type of threads, as OP, I'll ask for it to be closed.

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Forgive me, I read the title of this thread as:

"Replying to Thought for the Day"

...... not ......

"One Line Short Quote For Thought For The Day In Accordance With TM's Apparently Very Rigid But As Yet Unstated Guidelines For Replying To His Original Thread Because If It Is Too Long TM Will Get Himself Into A Twist."

Polemic.

Allai wah?

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It's not a quote.

It's a series of cutting and pasting from various newspaper articles, just like some people use as a substitute for their own thoughts in other threads.

If this thread degenerates into one of those type of threads, as OP, I'll ask for it to be closed.

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Forgive me, I read the title of this thread as:

"Replying to Thought for the Day"

...... not ......

"One Line Short Quote For Thought For The Day In Accordance With TM's Apparently Very Rigid But As Yet Unstated Guidelines For Replying To His Original Thread Because If It Is Too Long TM Will Get Himself Into A Twist."

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Well now you know.

But do not be too hurt. I don't think you will have much difficulty finding half a dozen loose threads started by yourself or others of similar persuasion, in which you can freely demonstrate your understanding of political life.

"So many of the people were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them....

What I'm hearing, which is sort of scary, is they all want to stay in Texas."

--Barbara Bush

Mother of the nation and wife of President of the USA, George W. Bush, in the Houston Astrodome.

To some it's a six-pack, to me it's a Support Group. Salvation in a can!

~ Dave Howell

Simprim (n)

the little movements of false modesty by which a woman with a cavernous visible cleavage pulls her skirt down over her knees.

Stebbing (n)

the erection you cannot conceal because you are not wearing a jacket.

douglas adams.

"Everyone is more or less mad on one point."

R.Kipling

Tincleton (n)

the man who amuses himself in your lavatory by pulling the chain mid-pee and then seeing if he can finish before the flush does.

douglas adams

"So many of the people were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them....

What I'm hearing, which is sort of scary, is they all want to stay in Texas."

--Barbara Bush

Mother of the nation and wife of President of the USA, George W. Bush, in the Houston Astrodome.

Mert, the academic, guilty of snip quoting and trolling. Lower the bar another notch for Merton. He is capable. Way to go.

The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities. - Sophocles

"So many of the people were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them....

What I'm hearing, which is sort of scary, is they all want to stay in Texas."

--Barbara Bush

Mother of the nation and wife of President of the USA, George W. Bush, in the Houston Astrodome.

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Mert, the academic, guilty of snip quoting and trolling. Lower the bar another notch for Merton. He is capable. Way to go.

The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities. - Sophocles

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Well here it is without any cutting and pasting:

"What I'm hearing which is sort of scary is that they all want to stay in Texas. Everybody is so overwhelmed by the hospitality. And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway so this (chuckle) – this is working very well for them." –Former First Lady Barbara Bush, on the Hurricane flood evacuees in the Houston Astrodome, Sept. 5, 2005

Scource: Editor and Publisher - America's Oldest Journal Covering the Newspaper Industry.

Make you feel any better about the Mother...?

Make me feel better? Well no mert. I have nothing to say about her other than she should have waited 2 days and then quoted the LA Times. People after decades of Democrat rule in Louisiana have no reason to return. That sounds like a tremedous failure to me on the part of the democrats. I look forward to the Las Vegas odds on whether the state goes republican in the next election. You want to book any odds on whether Nagin or Blanco get re-elected?

The subject of my post is your trolling. You have gotten to spamming unrelated topics with your anti-bush trolls. Why not just take it to bearpit.net. it's what the admins specifically designed the bearpit for. I figure you'll just plop here all comfy like a big gop.

It's not a beer belly. It's a gas tank for my love machine.

- Unknown

Make me feel better? Well no mert. I have nothing to say about her other than she should have waited 2 days and then quoted the LA Times. People after decades of Democrat rule in Louisiana have no reason to return. That sounds like a tremedous failure to me on the part of the democrats. I look forward to the Las Vegas odds on whether the state goes republican in the next election. You want to book any odds on whether Nagin or Blanco get re-elected?

The subject of my post is your trolling. You have gotten to spamming unrelated topics with your anti-bush trolls.  Why not just take it to bearpit.net. it's what the admins specifically designed  the bearpit for.  I figure you'll just plop here all comfy like a big gop.

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And you, of course are completely impartial in your criticism, which you have in all fairness also directed to those conservative spanners, who shall remain nameless, but are known to have a predilection for red, white and blue flags?

Methinks:

"What is one man's meat is another man's poison"

--anonymous

or

"What is one man's informed comment is another man's troll"

--anonymous and TM

How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin. - Ronald Reagan

And you, of course are completely impartial in your criticism, which you have in all fairness also directed to those conservative spanners, who shall remain nameless, but are known to have a predilection for red, white and blue flags?

Methinks:

"What is one man's meat is another man's poison"

--anonymous

or

"What is one man's informed comment is another man's troll"

--anonymous and TM

Pull others in front of you. Defend yourself by blaming others for their conduct. Be a Tattletale!

Informed comment from Jessica Simpson In Bikini topic

If your going to be political you must decide which Lie you're going to believe. - aughie

My parents are from Glasgow which means they're incredibly hard, but I was never smacked as a child ... well maybe one or two grams to get me to sleep at night.

- Susan Murray at the Underbelly

Ainderby Steeple (n)

one who asks you a question with the apparent motive of wanting to hear your answer , but who cuts short your opening sentence by leaning forward and saying

"and i'll tell you why i ask....." and then talking solidly for the next hour.

cf thomas merton et al.

Paradip (v)

polite word for the act of washing ones genitals in the wash- basin.

douglas adams.

If you're being chased by a police dog, try not to go through a tunnel,

then on to a little seesaw, then jump through a hoop of fire. They're

trained for that.

- Milton Jones, Edinburgh Comedy Fest

Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock. - Will Rogers

"Fellatio is the ultimate act of trust" - Albert Einstein

Thanksgiving is a typically American holiday...The lavish meal is a symbol of the fact that abundant consumption is the result and reward of production. - Ayn Rand

"When you pick something up with your toe and transfer it to your hand, don't you feel, just briefly, like a superior creature? Like you could probably survive alone in a forest for a long time? Just briefly."

- George Carlin

"The precision grip is what we humans use to lift a small tea cup or inspect a grape. Bonobos will use their foot to pop a grape into their mouth." -

from the Bonobo Page

Elvis has just left the building --

Those are his footprints, right there

Elvis has just left the building --

To climb up that heavenly stair

He gave away Cadillacs once in a while;

Had sex in his underpants,

Yes, he had style!

Bell-bottom jump-suits?

That's them in a pile,

But he don't need'em now,

'Cause he's makin' Jesus smile!

Elvis has just left the building --

Those are his footprints, right there

Elvis has just left the building --

To climb up that heavenly stair

The Angels all love him,

He brings them relief

With droplets of moisture

From his handkerchief!

Cher'bim 'n ser'phim

Whizz over his head --

Jesus, let him come back!

We don't want Elvis dead.

Elvis has just left the building --

Those are his footprints, right there

Elvis has just left the building --

To climb up that heavenly stair

So what if he looks like a wart-hog in heat?

He knows we all love him --

We'll just watch him eat,

So take down the foil

From his hotel retreat,

And bring back The King

For the man in the street!

Elvis has just left the building --

Those are his footprints, right there

Elvis has just left the building --

To climb up that heavenly stair

He's up there with Jesus, in a big purple chair

Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it. - P.J. O'Rourke

"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims

may be the most oppressive." - C.S. Lewis

"The more laws that are written, the more criminals are produced."

"The longest journey starts with a single step."

"When the effective leader is finished with his work, the people say it happened naturally. "

"Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment. "

"The best soldier does not attack. The superior fighter succeeds without violence. The greatest conqueror wins without struggle. The most successful manager leads without dictating. This is intelligent nonaggressiveness. This is called the mastery of men."

"He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough."

-Lao Tzu

Nil desperandum Teucro duce auspice Teucro

No need to despair with Teucro as your leader and Teucro to protect you.

How strange that we should ordinarily feel compelled to hide our wounds when we are all wounded! Community requires the ability to expose our wounds and weaknesses to our fellow creatures. It also requires the ability to be affected by the wounds of others... But even more important is the love that arises among us when we share, both ways, our woundedness.