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This Saying Surely Pissed Some Friends Off

celticeagle @celticeagle (189820) • Boise, Idaho 27 Mar

And that's probably why I haven't heard it much. I just heard this saying read off and old nick nack: "the most precious antique is a good friend." I really wouldn't care to have someone calling me an antique. And you?

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I walked...

Stacey @xstitcher (39015) • Petaluma, California 28 Feb

First, I went over to the farther shopping center and took my phone to the ubreakifix place. I told him the problem I've been having, and then he wrote down a number off my phone and took my info and then told me he'd contact me...

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Leapin' Lizards!

celticeagle @celticeagle (189820) • Boise, Idaho 6 Aug

On the comic strip, "Little Orphan Annie" back in the 30s, she would exclaim this very phrase. I remember seeing them for a while in the Sunday comics when we used to get a hard copy paper. That wasn't my favorite saying said by a...

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Good Army Saying?

May Day @HaruLoid (1592) • Philippines 26 May 24

I was watching an anime called Naruto Shippuden. It's basically an anime that depicts a life of a ninja in a ninja world. I heard one character ninja teacher say this to his ninja students, "Those who break the rules are scums,...

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My second life.

Hana @Babino (5756) • Morocco 30 Nov 21

I read something that blew my mind. It sais : Live as if you have acted the first time as wrongly as you are about to act right now. I think this quote is very efficient against procrastinating. But it cannot really help with...

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"Well, praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!"

Stacey @xstitcher (39015) • Petaluma, California 17 Jun 21

That's what my pastor used to say when something went right, and that's definitely what went through my head this morning. During my move, I lost my food stamp/CalFresh/EBT card. I got a new one, and they were supposed to send...

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Daily Bible Study

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 21 Feb 21

Day 194 Promise 656, 657, 658, 659 2 Timothy 2:11 It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him: 12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us: 13 If we...

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Good Morning

Susan @HazySue (39265) • Gouverneur, New York 19 Jan 21

I love this little saying "Sorry for what I said before coffee". I don't know about you but the things I might say before coffee can be almost brutal. This morning was no exception. I snapped at the hubby and told Luke to go...

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Feast or Famine the Saying Goes

CarolDM @CarolDM (203396) • Nashville, Tennessee 14 Jul 20

My Dad and Grandmother always had old wise sayings. I remember most. This one... feast or famine I really understand. Many days lately there is not much going on. Then when things happen, it seems like they happen all at one...

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Ok so this has confused me for years.

Scott Andersen @DocAndersen (54399) • United States 9 Mar 20

Do you know where that has been? she would say to me. I was holding something in my hands. well yes, mom I always wanted to say, i found it. But I never did (I suspect fear may have forced me to keep quiet). Did your mom ever...

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I don't mean to offend but

Scott Andersen @DocAndersen (54399) • United States 16 Jan 20

when the kids were little one of the Twins used to say that. We finally sat him down and said, you realize, you are offending after you say that phrase right. He said "Oh, I thought by saying that, it wouldn't offend." Do you...

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What are things people say without realizing it's offensive?

AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 12 Nov 19

I thought this would be an interesting discussion to post since we have several different nationalities that frequent this site. There are slang / jargon words and phrases that people use that may seem innocent but might be...

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A True Friend

Susan @HazySue (39265) • Gouverneur, New York 27 Aug 19

I love this little image and saying. I have been busy lately stitching up sayings that are funny, sweet, nutty, crazy, and true. SO I am noticing all the sayings I see on the internet. When I saw this I thought to myself, I...

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Life is too Short

Susan @HazySue (39265) • Gouverneur, New York 3 Jul 19

Be weird, be crazy, be you. I love this little saying. How true it is - life is too short to be anything but happy. Let yourself go. Be who you are. Enjoy life. Before you know it, it will be time to leave. Live life on...

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Old Saying

me @dfollin (27267) • United States 18 Feb 19

I heard this saying many times as a kid and have said it myself many, many times and I believe it. It has a great theory and gives great advice as well. "Kill your enemies with kindness" I have...

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What a Beautiful Day

Susan @HazySue (39265) • Gouverneur, New York 12 Feb 19

I found this beautiful saying on lovthispic and knew I had to use it. It speaks from the heart. I try every morning to wake up and be thankful for the blessings I have been given. I can still get out of bed on my own power. I...

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When Pigs Fly

Susan @HazySue (39265) • Gouverneur, New York 12 Nov 18

I believe that most of us, if not all of us, have heard this little saying. I am sure many of us have used it on occasion. I know I have. This little idiom is said to have originated in the 1600's in either Scotland or Germany....

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Do you like to wear tshirts with something written on it??

Rashna Gandhi @Rashnag (30597) • Surat, India 8 Nov 18

Hi mylotters. Since a long time, it's a trend to wear tshirts on which something is written like a statement or a saying. I personally at times like to wear those tshirts as long as something meaningful is written on it. Every...

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Funny Saying

celticeagle @celticeagle (189820) • Boise, Idaho 15 Sep 18

I have always enjoyed the saying "beside myself". Like you are so worried you are beside yourself with worry. So worried you are seeing hallucinations of yourself? I think it is funny. Do you have a favorite saying like this?

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"A Snake In The Grass..."

STOUTjodee @STOUTjodee (3670) • United States 4 Jun 18

I've written a post about how the mother-in-law some how always appears out of the blue whenever I'm outside. I've even experimented like I'm doing today by staying inside and she's inside as well!! Anyway, the...

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