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Message 921596 - Posted: 27 Jul 2009, 3:04:56 UTC

Aphorisms are short, pointed sentences expressing a truth or precept.

Feel free to add your Aphorisms.

Always harder to keep murder secret than for egg to bounce on sidewalk.

Bad alibi like dead fish - cannot stand test of time.

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Message 921605 - Posted: 27 Jul 2009, 3:32:48 UTC

visiting relatives like fish begin to smell after a few days

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Message 921608 - Posted: 27 Jul 2009, 3:48:30 UTC

Blame Misfit.

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Message 921620 - Posted: 27 Jul 2009, 5:44:56 UTC

He who dies with the most toys is still dead.
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Message 921632 - Posted: 27 Jul 2009, 9:05:24 UTC

sink or swim.
about as handy as a screen door on a submarine
nervous as cat in a room full of rocking chairs.
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Message 921645 - Posted: 27 Jul 2009, 11:05:09 UTC

'Bout as useless as two teats on a boar.
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Message 921720 - Posted: 27 Jul 2009, 18:30:05 UTC

Hard work pays off in the future, Laziness pays off now.
When a paper is due, the printer will jam.
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." - Albert Einstein
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Message 921747 - Posted: 27 Jul 2009, 19:34:36 UTC

Busier than a Bagdad bricklayer
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Message 921792 - Posted: 27 Jul 2009, 22:34:20 UTC - in response to Message 921720.  

When a paper is due, the printer will jam.

I'd call that a Murphyism rather than an aphorism... :-D
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Message 921837 - Posted: 28 Jul 2009, 1:28:59 UTC

Would much prefer to wait a few moments more to soar with eagle rather than rush to fly with fledgling sparrow.

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Message 921839 - Posted: 28 Jul 2009, 1:31:38 UTC

It's hard to soar with the eagles when your running with turkeys.
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Message 921842 - Posted: 28 Jul 2009, 1:33:39 UTC

Swelled head sometimes give police more cooperation than criminal mistake

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Message 921843 - Posted: 28 Jul 2009, 1:35:09 UTC

One my dad used to say, Its darker than a well diggers pocket.
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Message 921845 - Posted: 28 Jul 2009, 1:37:58 UTC

Bad alibi like dead fish - cannot stand test of time

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Message 921848 - Posted: 28 Jul 2009, 1:42:21 UTC - in response to Message 921845.  

Bad alibi like dead fish - cannot stand test of time

Come on Matt! You've got to stop re-using your posts within 24 hours! :)
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Message 921851 - Posted: 28 Jul 2009, 1:54:25 UTC

hotter than a two dollar pistol.
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Message 921854 - Posted: 28 Jul 2009, 2:01:19 UTC

Mad as a cat on a hot tin roof.
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Message 921856 - Posted: 28 Jul 2009, 2:04:44 UTC

lights are on and nobodys home.
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Message 921972 - Posted: 28 Jul 2009, 21:57:08 UTC - in response to Message 921848.  

Bad alibi like dead fish - cannot stand test of time

Come on Matt! You've got to stop re-using your posts within 24 hours! :)



It was A test to see if everyone was Awake LOL

My Bad!! :o)

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Message 921973 - Posted: 28 Jul 2009, 21:57:55 UTC

Advice after mistake is like medicine after dead man's funeral.

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