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Lizzy5172 said:
We never really grow up, we just learn how to act in public. :)
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Oh here's one that my partner loves:

Growing old is inevitable, growing up is optional! :D

Yes!
 
Lizzy5172 said:
We never really grow up, we just learn how to act in public. :)
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No, I've never learnt how to behave in public. In fact, the following sums up my attitude to life:
Warning
When I am an old woman I shall wear purple
With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.
And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter.
I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired
And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells
And run my stick along the public railings
And make up for the sobriety of my youth.
I shall go out in my slippers in the rain
And pick flowers in other people's gardens
And learn to spit.

You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat
And eat three pounds of sausages at a go
Or only bread and pickle for a week
And hoard pens and pencils and beermats and things in boxes.

But now we must have clothes that keep us dry
And pay our rent and not swear in the street
And set a good example for the children.
We must have friends to dinner and read the papers.

But maybe I ought to practice a little now?
So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised
When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.
 
Scandichic said:
No, I've never learnt how to behave in public. In fact, the following sums up my attitude to life:
Warning
When I am an old woman I shall wear purple
With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.
And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter.
I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired
And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells
And run my stick along the public railings
And make up for the sobriety of my youth.
I shall go out in my slippers in the rain
And pick flowers in other people's gardens
And learn to spit.

You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat
And eat three pounds of sausages at a go
Or only bread and pickle for a week
And hoard pens and pencils and beermats and things in boxes.

But now we must have clothes that keep us dry
And pay our rent and not swear in the street
And set a good example for the children.
We must have friends to dinner and read the papers.

But maybe I ought to practice a little now?
So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised
When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.
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Oh I love love that one. How could I forgotten it? Thank you Scandi xxx

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carty said:
If in doubt say nowt
CAROL
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Variations on a theme:
Better to say nothing and be thought a fool than to open ones mouth and leave people in no doubt.
A pipe gives a wise man time to think and an idiot something to put in his mouth!
 
Always remember that the toes which you tread on on the way up May be connected to the arses you have to kiss on the way down!
 
Some days eh? :)


"Be nice to diabetics, we deal with enough pricks already."
 
Oh dear....

"Never say Oops in the operating room." Dr. Leo Troy
 
If someone was being cheeky or getting out of hand a friend of mine used to say.
:p "Be careful or you will get a gob full of Wedding ring"
 
Kat100 said:
Yes have loved that one in the past......." What goes around comes around"
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About 6 months ago, I was paying for the car parking and had my youngest with me. Unfortunately I didn't have enough change so I had to use a note . It then gave me the change in pounds. This complete ar@@ got his knickers in a twist and started having a go. I remained calm and stood my ground. Then the amount of coins, jammed the machine. He then tried to lean around me and insert his ticket. I told him to wait his turn and pressed the help button. Fortunately the car park attendant heard him and came and sorted out the machine. Anyway the point of this story is that when this ar@@hole got back to his car, someone had scratched his car really badly and driven off. What goes around.... (It wasn't me by the way!)
 
Love it, I am a great believer ........x

( or maybe I was a witch in a past life ! ). ;) x

Or .....

Every cloud had a silver lining ......
 
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This is nice :)


"It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it, but it's also true that we don't know what we've been
missing until it arrives."

Friends, LCHF ...............;)
 
I like this:

"Time wasted having fun is never time wasted!" Ooooh look, text colour! :p

Isn't that nice? Saw it on a card :cat:
 
I've got a few I like.


Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.

A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.

A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man.

A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's: She changes it more often.
 
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