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  • wvwoman
    Member
    • Feb 2019
    • 6

    #181
    names are horrible!

    "Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan - a Mount Rushmore of incompetence." — David Steinberg

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    • gryhnd51
      Premium Member
      • Feb 2019
      • 5

      #182
      "changing husbands is only changing troubles." quote by Kathleen Norris

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      • momn8r
        Member
        • Feb 2008
        • 28

        #183
        obnoxiously difficult quotes

        Ben Franklin: Many foxes grow gray, few foxes grow good.

        Had the Spanish/English proverb yesterday and am expecting the scottish "rudder maun" proverb with my next play!

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        • momn8r
          Member
          • Feb 2008
          • 28

          #184
          obnoxiously difficult quotes

          Okay, so it wasnt "rudder Maun" but here it is :

          Chris Perry: The worst club in my golf bag is my brain. 5% success. Still on the lookout for that proverb, tho'.

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          • gryhnd51
            Premium Member
            • Feb 2019
            • 5

            #185
            Ah, the old "rudder maun" quote!! If I remember, it's...
            He who winna be ruled by the rudder maun be ruled by the rock...Scottish proverb

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            • skeeter
              Member
              • Jan 2015
              • 5

              #186
              This one has me by the throat

              I just can't get this one: igh zhqbm ux igh rthho pn ehax qov igh eha pn rthhox

              It's driving me nuts.

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              Okay, never mind. I finally figured it out. The pearl is the queen of gems and the gem of queens. (Slaps head with a "duh.")

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              • Barnabas

                #187
                "Chlorine: The breakfast of champions." - Unattributed

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                • wvwoman
                  Member
                  • Feb 2019
                  • 6

                  #188
                  "I'm in shape. Round is a shape... isn't it?" — Unattributed

                  fooled around with this one for 23 minutes. criminy.

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                  • GtrZan
                    Member
                    • Mar 2013
                    • 18

                    #189
                    This one just killed me!

                    "Fidelity purchased with money, money can destroy. "
                    — Seneca



                    Never forget it now! sheeeesh

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                    • gryhnd51
                      Premium Member
                      • Feb 2019
                      • 5

                      #190
                      "A young man is a theory, an old man is a fact."
                      quote by Edgar Watson Howe

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                      • momn8r
                        Member
                        • Feb 2008
                        • 28

                        #191
                        obnoxiously difficult quotes

                        Proverb (code for unattributed):

                        Quackery has no friend like gullibility.

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                        • damsel22
                          Member
                          • Jan 2011
                          • 63

                          #192
                          Obnoxiously difficult quotes

                          "Soup and fish explain half the emotions of human life."

                          — Sydney Smith

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                          • wvwoman
                            Member
                            • Feb 2019
                            • 6

                            #193
                            argh!!!

                            "And, re-assembling our afflicted powers, consult how we may henceforth most offend. "
                            — John Milton

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                            • ernests

                              #194
                              I had this Shakespeare quote the other day with a solve rate of about 4%

                              "Throw physic to the dogs, I'll none of it."

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                              • Barnabas

                                #195
                                "Do good by stealth. And blush to find it fame." - Alexander Pope

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