Things that Bansai left for us

[Eureka]

"I accept reality and dare not question it. "
— Walt Whitman

bansaisequoia
October 17, 2011, 1:26 am
If we question reality, can I be the bad cop?

[Toeprint]

"What makes life worth living? To be born with the gift of laughter and sense that the world is mad."
— Searamouche

bansaisequoia
April 12, 2010, 6:37 pm
Scaramouche (will you do the Fandango?)
sonofcarc
May 31, 2010, 4:46 pm
From the novel "Scaramouche" by Rafael Sabatini

[Toeprint]

"Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee. "
— George Herbert

smoochie222
March 29, 2009, 5:46 pm
canst no -- a double negative???
bansaisequoia
December 25, 2009, 3:25 am
Canst thou not apprehend the harmony of this aphorism?
haverwench
May 8, 2010, 10:28 pm
Thou shouldst bone up on thine eighteenth-century grammar.
bansaisequoia
March 18, 2011, 5:08 am
Eighteenth Century grammar? Canst thou show me a "canst thou" in any documents of the American Revolutionary period? Canst thou point out where thou wilt find grammatical errors in any statement made above?

[Toeprint]

"Be good to yourself: go out and plant a wet one on a tree."
— Diane Frolov

bansaisequoia
June 27, 2010, 8:41 pm
Weird beyond imagination.
Lurker
December 24, 2010, 1:02 am
Ew. Who knows what's crawling around on that tree?
bansaisequoia
January 22, 2011, 8:42 pm
In Florida, I might get a face full of fire ants.

[Toeprint]

"A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it. "
— Bob Hope

bansaisequoia
May 22, 2009, 8:34 pm
An AIG is a place that will give its executives million dollar bonuses with taxpayer money during times of economic downturn. Bob Hope didn't live to see it. Don't be a sucker and vote a party that would give tax breaks to the rich. Their greed is insatiable, and they will never "trickle down" on us.

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"It is very iniquitous to make me pay my debts -- you have no idea of the pain it gives one. "
— Lord Byron

bansaisequoia
March 10, 2010, 4:09 pm
Except for those AIG guys who gave themselves 7-figure bonuses.

[Toeprint]

"You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist."
— Indira Gandhi

bansaisequoia
October 11, 2009, 3:04 am
Actually, people are known to do it that way. (link)
LLapp
September 30, 2016, 10:33 pm
bansais's link went to a page that said, "Omforladels. Vi kunne ikke finne siden De leter etter." Google translates this mean: "Omforladels. We could not find the page they're looking for."

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"People with clenched fists can not shake hands."
— Indira Gandhi

bansaisequoia
November 10, 2009, 6:54 pm
Sure they can. (link)

[Toeprint]

"It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare. "
— Edmund Burke

bansaisequoia
May 27, 2010, 5:34 pm
Hence the obstreperous voice of Rush Limbaugh.
Allen
October 25, 2014, 1:49 pm
BS, I think here you're looking at the back of the coin.
Jrdad
May 26, 2021, 1:49 pm
Obstreperous is such a great word.

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"Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak. "
— Marcus Tullius Cicero

banzaisequoia
November 30, 2009, 4:53 am
Hence, Rush Limbaugh.

[Toeprint]

"It's not what you wear - it's how you take it off."
— Unattributed

bansaisequoia
July 21, 2013, 2:21 am
Who says they weren't divesting themselves of garments in the privacy of their own home, away from prying eyes?

[Toeprint]

"They say golf is like life, but don't believe them. Golf is more complicated than that."
— Gardner Dickinson

bansaisequoia
July 27, 2011, 7:45 pm
"Ball go down the hole!"--Baby Plucky Duck

[Toeprint]

"Before you build a better mousetrap, it helps to know if there are any mice out there. "
— Unattributed

momof6
June 23, 2009, 12:39 am
lots of useless junk out there, but people still buy it for some reason.
bansaisequoia
August 25, 2009, 8:02 pm
I have a George Foreman Grill, Popeil's Pocket Fisherman, Seal-A-Meal and the Ronco Kitchen Magician.
LiveLoveLaugh
September 25, 2009, 12:43 am
do any of them work?

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"Generally when there's a lot of smoke... there's just a whole lot more smoke."
— George Foreman

pootie49
June 3, 2011, 4:04 pm
Hes talking about his grill.
bansaisequoia
September 24, 2012, 6:49 pm
Unless you're Smokin' Joe Frazier.

[Toeprint]

"One recipe for a longer life; Never exceed the speed limit. "
— Unattributed

bansaisequoia
August 23, 2009, 1:02 am
Having never learned to drive, I never do. My carbon footprint is smaller than yours!
opallady
December 13, 2010, 11:56 pm
Speed limit? What speed limit? Do you see a speed limit? I don't see a speed limit.
pootie49
May 6, 2011, 2:54 pm
i think i saw a sign but i went past it too fast to tell
Roxanne
January 23, 2016, 5:57 am
And try not to be in the same car or on the same road with people who do.

[Toeprint]

"If Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at the age of twenty-two, it would have changed the history of music... and of aviation."
— Tom Stoppard


bansaisequoia
June 20, 2010, 5:59 pm
Actually, the world's first aviation disaster occurred when Beethoven was four years old. "The first aircraft disaster occurred in May 1785 when the town of Tullamore, County Offaly, Ireland was seriously damaged when the crash of a balloon resulted in a fire that burned down about 100 houses, making the town home to the world's first aviation disaster. To this day, the town shield depicts a phoenix rising from the ashes." (as per wikipedia)

[Toeprint]

"If it weren't for the fact that the TV set and the refrigerator are so far apart, some of us wouldn't get any exercise at all."
— Joey Adams

bansaisequoia
October 3, 2011, 1:09 am
I wonder if he knew Broadway Danny Rose.

[Toeprint]

"We are getting into semantics again. If we use words, there is a very grave danger they will be misinterpreted."
— H.R. Haldeman

bansaisequoia
July 4, 2009, 1:48 am
Always, no, sometimes, think its me But, you know, I know when its a dream I think, er, no, I mean, er, yes, but its all wrong That is, I think I disagree.

[Toeprint]

"Do not smoke without asking permission or sit so near (as in a train) that the smoke might annoy."
— Amy Vanderbilt


bansaisequoia
June 7, 2009, 12:21 am
Amy Vanderbilt? Who's next, Letitia Baldridge?