Wit & Wisdom

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 7:44 am

Explore as we may in the vast regions of self-esteem,undiscovered territories remain there still.

Francois La Rochefoucauld,-quoted by syndicated columnist Liz Smith

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 7:48 am

Street-corner mailboxes are going the way of the phone booth.As more people send e-mails and pay their bills online,the decline in first-class mail has prompted the U.S. Poatal Service to remove tens of thousands of underused mailboxes from city streets.

Chcago Tribune

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 5:28 am

DON'T LOSE YOUR HEAD
TO GAIN A MINUTE
YOU NEED YOUR HEAD
YOUR BRAINS ARE IN IT

Burma Shave

RiverRatRay · Post by **RiverRatRay** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 5:47 am

WHATS THE USE
IT DOES NO GOOD
ALL THEIR HEADS
ARE MADE OF WOOD

Goat Soap

Focused · Post by **Focused** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 10:25 am

One lady told her friend, " I finally got in touch with my inner self. She's just as confused as I am."

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 7:55 pm

The more we do,the more we can do;the more busy we are,the more leisure we have.

Essayist William Hazlitt,quoted in The New York Times

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 7:36 am

When you go into court, you are putting yourself in the hands of 12 people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty.

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 7:53 am

Speech is civilization itself.The word,even the most contradictory word,preserves contract--it is silence which isolates.

Thomas Mann,quoted in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 8:47 am

If the shoe fits, get another one just like it.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 5:47 am

Living on Earth is expensive, but it does include a free trip around the sun every year.

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 8:59 am

Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.

Actress Lily Tomlin,quoted in the Lansing,Mich.,State Journal

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 5:12 pm

I was driving with my three young children one warm summer evening when a woman in the convertible ahead of us stood up and waved. She was stark naked! As I was reeling from the shock, I heard my 5-year-old shout from the back seat, "Mom! That lady isn't wearing a seat belt!"

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 9:18 pm

^^^^^

Consciene is the inner voice that warns us that someone might be looking.

H.L. Menken,quoted in the Hillsboro,Ohio,Times-Gazette

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 6:37 am

Ever notice that the people who are late are often much jollier
than the people who have to wait for them?

RiverRatRay · Post by **RiverRatRay** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 6:42 am

WHEN WE SPLASH ON
A RAY OF SUNSHINE
ITS TIME TO BE NICE
TO ALL OF MANKIND

After Shave

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 4:20 am

Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 8:03 am

There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.

Bertrand Russell,quoted in the London Observer

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 8:03 am

The problem with beauty is that it's like being born rich and getting poorer.

Joan Collins,quoted in The Dallas Morning News

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 9:11 am

It was not the apple on the tree but the pair on the ground that

caused the trouble in the garden.

Focused · Post by **Focused** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 10:36 am

One reason sin flourishes is that it's treated like a cream puff instead of a rattlesnake.