Things that Bansai left for us

[Toeprint]

"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.

[Toeprint]

"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

[Toeprint]

"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?

[Toeprint]

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

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

[Toeprint]

"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!

[Toeprint]

"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, !

[Toeprint]

"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.

[Toeprint]

"Whether he admits it or not, a man has been brought up to look at money as a sign of his virility, a symbol of his power, a bigger phallic symbol than a Porsche."
— Victoria Billings

bansaisequoia
May 21, 2010, 9:18 pm
And what can be said for all the women who go after the guy with the money and the Porsche?

[Toeprint]

"One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really the tone in which it was conveyed. "
— Friedrich Nietzsche

pootey49
December 22, 2009, 6:14 pm
Shouldn't it be "incongenial"?
boanzaisequoia
February 28, 2010, 7:13 pm
(link)

[Toeprint]

"Make food a very incidental part of your life by filling your life so full of meaningful things that you'll hardly have time to think about food. "
— Peace Pilgrim

bansaisequoia
October 12, 2010, 7:50 pm
What if I aspire to be a great chef?

[Toeprint]

"There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing. "
— Josh Billings

bansaisequoia
May 4, 2010, 4:51 pm
That comes as no surprise to me.

[Toeprint]

"There's no such thing as old age, there is only sorrow. "
— Edith Wharton

bansaisequoia
July 3, 2013, 12:20 pm
I don't want my kids to put me in the sorrowful folks' home.

[Toeprint]

"Practically everybody in New York has half a mind to write a book, and does. "
— Groucho Marx

bansaisequoia
September 9, 2009, 7:53 pm
Including Groucho Marx. (link)

[Toeprint]

"Never do anything that you aren't prepared to face the true consequences of."
— Laura Schlessinger

bansaisequoia
January 31, 2012, 8:55 pm
Absolutely. I never posed for nude photos in the '70s.
pootie49
May 14, 2012, 9:21 pm
thank you bansai.

[Toeprint]

"I think I am better than the people who are trying to reform me. "
— Edgar Watson Howe

bansaisequoia
September 13, 2009, 2:52 am
That's my feeling when I wait for the bus at 6:00AM and the Jehovah's Witnesses try to foist their pamphlets on me.
mtvoyager
July 21, 2013, 10:11 pm
I bet you think you are better than everyone.
universalmom
February 8, 2014, 10:39 am
When it comes to cryptos, bansai IS better than everyone!
abra
June 12, 2016, 9:22 am
Bansai will always be among the very best, but he's not alone at the top any more. There are a few REALLY fast, REALLY good players. The great nanrich, and all those really fast 100%s are so impressive. Bansai has his own niche with funny banter, incredible scores, and deep knowledge of many subjects.