A Tribute to abra a collection of her comments

[nanrich]

"There is always a lot to be thankful for, if you take the time to look. For example, I'm sitting here thinking how nice it is that wrinkles don't hurt."
— Unattributed

pootie49
April 27, 2011, 12:50 am
yes me too.

abra
November 10, 2011, 5:30 pm
I'd be in pain if they did.

[nanrich]

"Best way to clear the air is to have it all out in the open."
— Harper Lee

abra
September 23, 2013, 4:11 pm
If she only had one novel to write, I'm glad she wrote the one she did. It's one of my read over and overs.

[hrossa]

"True love is quiescent, except in the nascent moments of true humility." — Bryant H. McGill

abra
September 5, 2018, 2:19 pm
Born with a silver Thesaurus in his mouth.

jimbo42
November 1, 2018, 10:15 am
this quote should end up solved in very few seconds by a well known solver

CryptoB
February 1, 2019, 11:18 am
Love it, abra

LLapp
March 25, 2019, 12:08 am
Silver Thesaurus - hahaha, I want one!

skeeter
March 30, 2019, 8:29 pm
One of your best, abra.

puffybob
December 18, 2019, 4:39 am
I think McGill stole this from WRQ9

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skeeter
April 28, 2022, 3:11 am
And still funny, abra.

[Quizzical]

Sorry to see abra go ahead of us. I always looked forward to her down to earth comments. I realize now she lived not too far from me. Wouldn't it be great if we could all get together. Some day maybe.

[LLapp]

"Did you ever stop to taste a carrot? Not just eat it, but taste it? You can't taste the beauty and energy of the earth in a Twinkie." — Astrid Alauda

montyb on 2013-06-03 01:06:49
Carrot cake Twinkie?

bansaisequoia on 2013-08-20 00:49:13
Brilliant idea, monty! We'll fill the carrot cake twinkies with cream cheese frosting and make million$!

skoogie2 on 2013-11-15 15:27:59
Oh my gosh! I want a carrot cake twinkie!

abra on 2014-02-26 14:57:20
I'll just eat the frosting. I don't want to taste all that carrot cake, Earth energy.

marnita on 2015-06-09 18:51:04
I don't care for Twinkies, but I could definitely go for Monty and Bansai's carrot cake version!

abra on 2016-03-30 09:24:02
I only eat carrots, if they're cut the right way. Three or four inch cross cut pieces for stew, cut length wise with pot roast, julienned for soup, grated for salad, never, ever diced in anything. There are no exceptions to the rules. Well there's one exception, if I'm a guest, eating someone else's cooking. In that case, I will try to discreetly mash them with my fork.

[LLapp]

"Few of us write great novels; all of us live them." — Mignon McLaughlin

marnita
June 5, 2016, 7:00 pm
Mine doesn't seem to have a very consistent plot.

abra
July 11, 2017, 5:33 pm
Oooh, I had such a hard time with this one. I kind of doubt that anyone is waiting to read Being Abra.

abra
August 6, 2017, 1:25 pm
Maybe more like a Little Golden Book.

phthelen
August 14, 2017, 3:27 pm
I eagerly await seeing it on the shelves, abra.

[montyb]

"Sir, you have but two topics, yourself and me. I am sick of both. "
— Samuel Johnson

abra
July 28, 2016, 5:46 pm
Imagine, Sam got sick of hearing someone else speak.

LLapp
August 10, 2016, 4:57 pm
Haha!

hrossa
June 15, 2022, 1:13 pm
This is quite the put-down, though! Sometimes I admire something well done, that I wouldn't be able to do myself.

[LLapp]

"Sometimes I think my life would make a great TV movie. It even has the part where they say, 'Stand by. We are experiencing temporary difficulties.'" — Robert Brault

abra
July 24, 2014, 3:19 pm
Remember, when that used to happen frequently? My son was reading by about 3 1/2 one day I saw him standing right in front of the tv, because it said "please stand by".

LLapp
March 11, 2015, 6:56 am
Abra, that's adorable.

[Eureka]

"Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships."

— Ansel Adams


kb83
July 12, 2017, 10:25 am
...Learning something new is one of my favorite parts of this website. I am honored to be among some brilliant folks here-- bansai, Llapp, universalmom, montyb, abra, marnita, maradnu, and many, many, many others. Thanks to all for making this an amazingly fun and interesting website.


abra
November 18, 2019, 6:09 pm
OMgosh, I was included with the smart people. Thank you kb83.

[LLapp]

"You can tell how long a couple has been married by whether they are on their first, second or third bottle of Tabasco."
— Bruce Bye

abra
June 23, 2016, 6:22 pm
LLapp, sometimes I picture you with one of those little bells, (the kind like they used to have on hotel desks) You type out the error, and then ring the bell. Probably too many cryptos today, but do you have one of those little bells? I like the picture.
abra
August 19, 2016, 9:31 am
I hope that didn't sound mean. I didn't mean it to be mean. Just a silly thought that popped into my head.

Awwww....Of course it didn't sound mean. I love this image. And yes, I do have one of those bells!

[chriscrojam]

"You can tell how long a couple has been married by whether they are on their first, second or third bottle of Tabasco."
— Bruce Bye


abra
January 12, 2013, 6:48 pm
We don't use Tobasco, (use Texas Pete) but if we did, we'd probably be on about our 80th bottle.
Unwinding_at_The_F
September 12, 2013, 8:03 am
If he was talking about the hot sauce, the word is "Tabasco".
abra
November 25, 2014, 3:28 pm
Woops, I copied it from the quote, but I can see your correct. Tobasco, doesn't look right, and I have the red underline.
LLapp
July 17, 2015, 5:52 pm
SPELLING ERROR: It's "TABASCO" -- that first vowel should be A (not O).
abra
June 23, 2016, 6:22 pm
LLapp, sometimes I picture you with one of those little bells, (the kind like they used to have on hotel desks) You type out the error, and then ring the bell. Probably too many cryptos today, but do you have one of those little bells? I like the picture.
abra
August 19, 2016, 9:31 am
I hope that didn't sound mean. I didn't mean it to be mean. Just a silly thought that popped into my head.

[LLapp]

"Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children." — William M. Thackeray

abra
December 19, 2015, 3:02 pm
Honestly, my son still thinks I'm a tiny bit god-like. He's a wonderful son.

[LLapp]

"A man doesn't plant a tree for himself. He plants it for posterity." — Alexander Smith

abra
January 15, 2020, 7:48 pm
My daughter-in-law gave me a magnolia tree for Mothers' Day a long time ago. For years it looked like it was planted for posterity, but then it took off. I think it's probably 25 or 30 feet high now.

[hrossa]

"Character is another thing that is formed in youth and reformed in marriage. " — Unattributed

seastar228
January 6, 2018, 9:18 pm
I was informed by my ex that after getting married it is not necessary to say, "Thank you" anymore. I guess that his first 2 wives didn't agree with that either.

abra
November 10, 2022, 2:23 am
Ah, didn't Ryan O' Neal say that in Love Story? "Love means never having to say ''thank you''?

[LLapp]

"Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way."
— Edward De Bono (born 19 May 1933, in Malta)

universalmom
September 30, 2014, 11:35 am
Malta... Not that many people are from there!

Fudi
August 2, 2019, 5:14 pm
I went to Malta on my honeymoon. I highly recommend going to Malta - completely beautiful ... like a fairytale. (Though I'm very sad that the azure window is no longer there .... )

LLapp
May 11, 2020, 2:44 am
MALTA? You went to Malta on your honeymoon?! I went to Sea Isle City.

Fudi
February 10, 2021, 5:31 pm
Sea Isle City is nice too.

abra
August 4, 2022, 2:29 am
When I got married, I refused to get on an airplane. I was determined that I would never go on a bridge over the Mississippi. We went to a resort that was a couple of hours from home. It was a great place. It burned down a long time ago. It was nice too. LOL.