Things that Bansai left for us

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"Some men are so macho they'll get you pregnant just to kill a rabbit."
— Maureen Murphy

bansaisequoia
July 29, 2012, 6:01 pm
That is so 20th Century.

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"I was the originator of smack. Some guys rattle with smack; with other guys it rolls right off their shoulders like nothing."
— Deacon Jones

bansaisequoia
April 13, 2010, 12:30 am
Don't be talkin' smack to me, !

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"No matter how eloquently a dog may bark, he cannot tell you that his parents were poor, but honest. "
— Bertrand Russell

pootie49
November 30, 2009, 11:09 pm
But wouldn't it be cool if he could.
bansaisequoia
December 14, 2009, 4:35 pm
Woof!

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"A smile is an inexpensive way to change your looks "
— Unattributed

bansaisequoia
January 20, 2010, 4:21 pm
Rhytidectomy and botox are expensive ways.

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"You should go to a pear tree for pears, not to an elm."
— Publilius Syrus

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Lurker
April 29, 2011, 11:16 pm
I don't see you solving it faster. "bear tree" - anyone else come up with something that stupid the first time they tried to solve it?
pootie49
May 23, 2011, 9:17 pm
yes...year tree. and snowking you are a jerk btw.
bansaisequoia
October 4, 2011, 7:44 pm
Do you go to a pine tree for pineapples?

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"How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?"
— Satchel Paige

kat
January 17, 2010, 9:59 pm
Appropriate quote for me to get on my 39th birthday!
bansaisequoia
October 11, 2011, 6:47 pm
"And with that, Greggery turned & strode nonchalantly into his dinky little office, with the desk, and the catalog, and the very hip water pipe, and proceeded with a vigor and determination know only to piglets of a similarly diminutive proportion to single-handedly invent the calendar. With his eyes rolled heavenward, and his little shiny pig hoofs on the desk, Greggery ponders the question of eternity, and fractional divisions thereof, as mysterious angelic voices, sing to him from a great distance, providing the necessary clues for the construction of his new thrilling new trend. And thus the calendar, in all of its colorful disguises, was presented to the board and miserable people everywhere. The steno pool identified with it strenuously, and worshiped it as a way of life, and tool their little pills by it, and went back and forth from work by it, and paid their rent by it, and before long they were even having birthday parties in the office by it. Because now at last, Greggery Peccary's exciting new invention had made it possible for everyone to find out how old they were." --Frank Zappa
Gifted
December 21, 2014, 6:57 am
bansai has once again provided us with an interesting and amusing addition

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"I won't have you electioneering on my doorstep. Every time you get in trouble in Parliament you run over here with your shirttail hanging out. "
— Lyndon B. Johnson

Reason
November 9, 2010, 6:10 pm
Of whom was he referring?
bansaisequoia
January 1, 2011, 7:59 pm
It was in reference to Prime Minister, according to the following site: (link)
puffybob
October 6, 2012, 4:43 pm
British Prime Minister Harold Wilson.

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"Never work before breakfast. If you have to work before breakfast, get your breakfast first. "
— Josh Billings

sloopjohnb
November 12, 2010, 9:20 pm
How does someone (like banaisequoia) solve these consistently in 1/10th the time an average person does without knowing ahead of time what the answer is?
abra
September 13, 2011, 4:30 am
He's just THAT good.
patsy86
December 22, 2012, 9:00 pm
And he had breakfast?
madrone
July 24, 2013, 7:16 pm
Some few people have a brain that can see patterns so clearly that , with practice, a challenge like cryptograms becomes second nature and can be done very quickly. It's a gift that is not available to us all but is certainly wonderful.
puffybob
October 27, 2013, 7:39 pm
He is also, I think, a masterful typist.
maradnu
February 26, 2015, 9:08 am
Superb pattern recognition, a fast internet connection, and great typing skills
jnoodles
April 27, 2015, 12:50 am
bansai is NWO, illuminati, CIA, KGB, Mossad, NSA, and a little gray alien. Also a lab/shepherd mix.
abra
July 26, 2015, 11:42 am
bansai is gifted and incredibly fast. He's not the only one though. nanrich, gryhnd, LilyH and Annamariah, and others, have averages under 40 seconds and 100% solve rates. The board is full of gifted people.
Queethebean
April 24, 2018, 11:16 am
I wonder what bansai has for breakfast?

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"And thou shalt smite thine enemy even unto the wall, gnashing thy teeth, and he shall grow small in thy mirrors."
— Jeff Zurschmeide

bansaisequoia
July 21, 2011, 5:26 pm
Verily!
montyb
April 18, 2012, 11:14 pm
Egad!
pootie49
June 13, 2012, 10:36 am
what??

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"From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere."
— Dr. Seuss

bansaisequoia
April 24, 2009, 8:16 pm
When the tweedle beetles battle with their paddles in a bottle full of water on a noodle-eating poodle, it's a tweedle beetle noodle poodle water bottle paddle battle.

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"Oh, you know. I am secretary of state. My trips aren't successful. I just talk to people."
— George Pratt Shultz

bansaisequoia
October 13, 2009, 4:29 pm
Prat is a good middle name for him.
pootie49
May 15, 2011, 7:35 pm
LOL good one bansai LOL

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"I have given two cousins to war and I stand ready to sacrifice my wife's brother."
— Artemus Ward

bansaisequoia
July 18, 2009, 10:10 pm
Definitely not an altruist, who puts himself before others.

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"A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that he begins to bunch them."
— H.L. Mencken

bansaisequoia
December 29, 2016, 9:20 am
Don't get your loves all in a bunch.

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"Sometimes he curls up on my pillow during the night and I don't know he's there until I yawn and my mouth closes on a whisker."
— Astrid Alauda

bansaisequoia
January 26, 2012, 9:28 pm
I hope she doesn't work with lab rats.

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"An advantage of poverty, your relatives gain nothing by your death. "
— Proverb

bansaisequoia
September 29, 2010, 6:14 pm
Yeah, right. Wealthy people are so worried about being murdered by their relatives. Happens all the time.