Words of Wisdom... Almost Geezer Stuff, Almost Jokes, But Neither Really

[Alley-Kat]

 

[Casa Escarlata Robles Too]

Sad but true.
Frank

 

[pvstoy]

+2

 

[Wandering Sagebrush]

Thumbs up...

 

[ski3pin]

yup!

 

[Alley-Kat]

My mother, the writer, taught me when writing...


To leave out the parts that the reader will skip.




.

 

[Smokecreek1]

Double "x" for both !

Smoke

 

[Alley-Kat]

Common campers, let's add some more.
I'm sure you have something.

 

[Alley-Kat]

"You can think anything you want, just be mindful of what you say."

 

[PaulT]

“Your right to swing your fist stops at the tip of my nose.”

Paul

 

[Wandering Sagebrush]

Mark Twain is a never ending source of folksy wisdom.

“It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.”

 

[ski3pin]

Mark Twain is a never ending source of folksy wisdom.

“It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.”

My Dad's favorite quote.

 

[Wandering Sagebrush]

...and then

Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.
Mark Twain

 

[ski3pin]

...and then
Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.
Mark Twain

My Dad's second favorite quote.

 

[Lighthawk]

My son's grampa was jewish and grew up living above a deli in NYC.
I always loved when Joel would say:

"Don't quit your day job!"

 

[Lighthawk]

This is a bit different than AlleyKat first thought, but I've been struck by how many of our expressions come from a different, geezer-era.
For example:

"Hold your horses!"

 

[Foy]

For every complex and difficult problem, there is a simple and easy solution---and it's wrong.

 

[Wandering Sagebrush]

This is a bit different than AlleyKat first thought, but I've been struck by how many of our expressions come from a different, geezer-era.
For example:

"Hold your horses!"

Whoa

 

[Smokecreek1]

Then there is this old Will Rogers favorite, " I'm not a member of any organized political party-I'm a Democrat "!

Smoke

 

[ntsqd]

It was someone like WIll Rodgers who said about Mormon Lake (AZ, where Expo West has been held several times) "If this was my lake I'd mow it!"