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Couple of Fred Dibnah quotes

“Your life depends on the guy holding the other end of the rope, ideally you want an older man, young men get distracted looking at ladies skirts, things like that”

On climbing a 300’ chimney after having a few beers

“You want to try doing this job sober?”

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03-09-2021 , 08:51 PM

#204

REDeYeS00

always sloppy

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03-15-2021 , 05:00 AM

#205

thethethe

Carpal \'Tunnel

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Never thought I'd see the great Fred Dibnah on these forums

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03-16-2021 , 11:59 AM

#206

FallawayJumper

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nobody wants to get old............but nobody wants to die young either

Keith Richards

everybody wants to go to heaven......................but nobody wants to die

I don't know where that one came from

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03-30-2021 , 11:02 AM

#207

Rebelp

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“Comedy, like sodomy, is an unnatural act”
Marty Feldman

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04-05-2021 , 06:11 PM

#208

FallawayJumper

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wife asks:

honey - am I wearing too much makeup?

husband answers:

that depends. are you planning on going out with friends? or are you planning on killing Batman?

my mother never saw the irony in calling me a son of a b***h

Jack Nicholson

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04-11-2021 , 03:57 AM

#209

Rebelp

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George Formby
“what i took to be her face turned out to be her different place”

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04-11-2021 , 06:39 AM

#210

Rebelp

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Originally Posted by FallawayJumper

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with coarse rice to eat, and only water to drink, and my bended arm for a pillow, I am happy

Confucius

And he is regarded as a great philosopher? Try fillet steak, fine wine, and a great big comfortable bed.

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04-12-2021 , 06:14 AM

#211

FallawayJumper

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you've got to have a dream..........if you don't have a dream..........how you gonna have a dream come true?

Bloody Mary in the movie South Pacific

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04-12-2021 , 04:31 PM

#212

Rebelp

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This seem to have been conflated with the greatest lyrics thread, at least in my mind so a reasonable addition “Just tell me if she kisses, the way I used to kiss you “

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04-12-2021 , 07:23 PM

#213

Rebelp

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Fred Dinba again “They weren’t all bad people, but they did live off other peoples misery”

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04-15-2021 , 03:21 AM

#214

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"Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts."
… Daniel Patrick Moynihan,

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04-15-2021 , 03:50 AM

#215

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I don’t mind being called a dumb blonde , because I’m not dumb, and I’m not blonde.
Dolly Parton

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04-15-2021 , 04:03 AM

#216

Rebelp

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I read the newspapers avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction.

Aneurin Bevan

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04-28-2021 , 10:26 AM

#217

Phat Mack

Twat-Waffle

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There is a rumor going around that I have found God. I think this is unlikely because I have enough difficulty finding my keys, and there is empirical evidence that they exist.

Terry Pratchett

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04-28-2021 , 10:41 AM

#218

Rebelp

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Off the top of my head so maybe inaccurate
“I have had a orgasm before, sometimes even in company “
Terry Pratchett

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04-29-2021 , 06:01 AM

#219

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From Blazing Saddles
“Where are you going? “
“Nowhere special “
“I’ve always wanted to go there “

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05-07-2021 , 04:31 PM

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FallawayJumper

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if you even dream of beating me you better wake up and apologize

Muhammad Ali

everybody has a plan until they get hit in the face

Mike Tyson

he can run but he can't hide

Joe Louis

sure the fight was fixed - I fixed it with a right hand

George Foreman

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05-16-2021 , 02:20 PM

#221

harkin

Pooh-Bah

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“Once you have had to lead a platoon into direct machine-gun fire, nothing is ever the same again.”

Raymond Chandler

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05-18-2021 , 10:26 AM

#222

FallawayJumper

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from the movie "Cool Hand Luke"

Luke bluffs and wins the pot at poker

the other turns over his cards and says, "he had nothing, nothing!"

and then Luke says:

well, sometimes nothing is a real cool hand

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