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Old 11-30-2004   #1 (permalink)
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I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.
Sir Winston Churchill
British politician (1874 - 1965)

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save praying to God for sunday
today we pray to Nike and run like hell

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navy tradition

Don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash.
Sir Winston Churchill, (attributed)
British politician (1874 - 1965)
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bankers

A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.
Mark Twain
US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 - 1910)
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courage

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.
Mark Twain
US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 - 1910)
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war

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
Albert Einstein
US (German-born) physicist (1879 - 1955)
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Lies, damned lies and statistics

"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."

Benjamin Disraeli (1804-81), English statesman, author. Quoted in: Mark Twain, Autobiography, ch. 29 (ed. by Charles Neider, 1959).
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Limitations

"We can do anything, but not everything."

Clyde Wills (ex-President Butler Mfg. Company)
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Exodus 22:16

"If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged to anyone and sleeps with her, he must pay the customary dowry and accept her as his wife."

(How many dowries have you paid?)
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16 things ive learnt

16 THINGS THAT IT TOOK ME OVER 50 YEARS TO LEARN:
by Dave Barry, Nationally Syndicated Columnist
1. Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.
2. If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be "meetings."
3. There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
4. People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them.
5. You should not confuse your career with your life.
6. Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance. (I wish I had!)
7. Never lick a steak knife.
8. The most destructive force in the universe is gossip.
9. You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight savings time.
10. You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests that you think she's pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment.
11. There comes a time when you should stop expecting other people to make a big deal about your birthday. That time is age 21.
12. The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside, we ALL believe that we are above average drivers.
13. A person, who is nice to you, but rude to a waiter, is not a nice person. (This is very important. Pay attention. It never fails.)
14. Your friends love you anyway.
15. Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic.
16. Thought for the day: Men are like fine wine . . . They start out as grapes, and it's up to the women to stomp the crap out of them until they turn into something acceptable to have dinner with.
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"Man kann ein Auto nicht wie ein menschliches Wesen behandeln - ein Auto braucht Liebe." - Walter Röhrl

"You can't treat a car the same as a human being - a car requires love."
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1960: '61 Rekord PII 1.7 3S 3.9 '69 Kadett LS 'sprint' 1.9 3A 3.18
1970: '70 GT 1.9 4S 3.44 '72 GT 2.2SSD 5S 3.44 '72 GT 2.4FI 5S 3.44P '73 GT 1.9FI 4S 3.44 '75 1900 1.9FI 4S 3.44
1980: '85 Bitter SC 3.9FI 5S 3.44P
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Former German racer, Sort of Opel related

Definitely Opel-related....
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Wisdom

Wisdom gained is directly proportional to equipment destroyed.
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Originally Posted by RallyBob
Definitely Opel-related....
Well, I try!

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1960: '61 Rekord PII 1.7 3S 3.9 '69 Kadett LS 'sprint' 1.9 3A 3.18
1970: '70 GT 1.9 4S 3.44 '72 GT 2.2SSD 5S 3.44 '72 GT 2.4FI 5S 3.44P '73 GT 1.9FI 4S 3.44 '75 1900 1.9FI 4S 3.44
1980: '85 Bitter SC 3.9FI 5S 3.44P
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Not only LOVE, Dedication!!!!

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No Opels were harmed in the filming of this movie.
However two Mustangs, a Pinto, and a Capri were hospitalized.
One Mustang was euthanized the next morning.
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Stress, the confusion created when ones mind overrides the body's basic desire to choke the living sh.. out of some as..... that desperately needs it.
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Are you having Cell phone sex or do you always drive like that?
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Twainisms

"I can quit smoking any time I want, I've done it hundreds of times".

"Everyone complains about the weather but no one does anything about it".

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A famous curmudgeon

"If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no sense in being a damned fool about it".

"I like children.....fried".

"I once spent a whole year in Philadelphia. I think it was on a Sunday".

"On the whole, I'd rather be in Philadelphia" Supposed epitaph on his heads