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as Memorial Day approaches I am thinking of these lines from Tennyson referring to soldiers - and I'm thinking about the Vietnam war:

Someone had blundered.

Theirs not to make reply,

Theirs not to reason why,

Theirs but to do and die.

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05-26-2021 , 02:07 PM

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Rebus

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Originally Posted by REDeYeS00

Wade Garrett

Ahh roadhouse yes!

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05-26-2021 , 02:10 PM

#228

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'My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack.'

Ferdinand Foch during the first battle of the Marne,

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05-26-2021 , 02:12 PM

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'Once you realize what a joke everything is, being the Comedian is the only thing that makes sense.'

The Comedian, Watchmen

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05-26-2021 , 05:11 PM

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Sans serif at point size 12 in Microsoft word

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05-27-2021 , 12:24 PM

#231

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'I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die'

Roy Batty

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05-28-2021 , 02:38 PM

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When the girls from Derry girls thought that they had seen a statue of the Madonna smirking Sister Micheal said “I don’t see how our lady of the sorrows has found something to smirk about “

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05-28-2021 , 06:45 PM

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A hard man is good to find

Mae West

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05-30-2021 , 04:04 AM

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Remember: If you go for a walk with a friend in England, don't say a single word for hours; if you go for a walk with your dog, talk to it all the time.
George Mikes, How to Be an Alien

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05-30-2021 , 06:03 PM

#235

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One scene from “The card”(great film bty) was filmed in my mums home street.

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08-06-2021 , 05:00 AM

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the Lord Giveth.....................and the IRS taketh away

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08-16-2021 , 07:29 AM

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I spent half my money on gambling, alcohol and wild women.

The other half I wasted

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W.C. Fields

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08-18-2021 , 03:56 PM

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09-05-2021 , 04:24 PM

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Clive James on the subject of a young actress:-

“She is pretty, and tactfully concerned that the optical pleasure she provides shall not be disturbed by technical requirements any more than necessary.”

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09-09-2021 , 05:08 AM

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overheard at a roulette table:

"I hope I break even tonight. I really need the money."

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09-10-2021 , 10:21 AM

#241

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“Every case is unique, and very similar to others “
T. S. Elliot

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09-19-2021 , 08:29 AM

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lines from the movie "The Naked Gun"_________

while undercover in prison___

"I was surrounded by rapists and murderers - it was like being in the stands of a Los Angeles Raiders game"

"I was like a blind man at an orgy - I was going to have to feel my way around"

"I was like a midget at a urinal - I was going to have to stay on my toes"

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09-24-2021 , 08:53 PM

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No one can have a higher opinion of him than I have - and I think he's a dirty little beast.

-- Sir William Schwenck Gilbert

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Many men go fishing their entire lives without knowing it is not fish they are after.

-- Thoreau

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10-09-2021 , 12:00 AM

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TheOneWhoYawns

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I, myself, am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.

-Augusten Burroughs

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10-09-2021 , 11:46 AM

#245

John Cole

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"If turkey was going for ten cents a pound,I couldn't buy a raffle ticket on a jaybird's ass."

Tom McGuane--92 in the Shade

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10-13-2021 , 11:00 AM

#246

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"play good hands well"
just watch his videos on youtube

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11-09-2021 , 11:45 AM

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from the TV show "The Office"__________________

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you're so weak you need to be on steroids just to watch baseball

bonus quote - free play

my favorite gambling quote of all time - it's a classic

"of course I'm gonna bet big___________I'm playin' with the house's money"

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