Classic Comments on the Quote

[LLapp]

"Every man is his own ancestor, and every man is his own heir. He devises his own future, and he inherits his own past." — Frederick Henry Hedge

kb83
March 31, 2014, 10:06 am
i am my own grampa.

LLapp
September 22, 2015, 11:19 am
I am my own crazy great-aunt.

montyb
September 18, 2017, 7:29 am
Me am caveman Ogg!

darkyr
September 7, 2018, 5:29 am
Ogg! I've been looking everywhere for you. You owe me twenty pieces of flint rock.

montyb
September 20, 2018, 2:28 pm
Chips am in mail, darkeer.

[LLapp]

Every time I solve this quote, monty makes me laugh out loud.


"What people say behind your back is your standing in the community." — Edgar Watson Howe

montyb
September 17, 2013, 9:16 am
So, just what exactly does "dead from the neck up" mean?

LLapp
December 22, 2015, 7:14 pm
It's an expression of great respect in some cultures, monty.

[LLapp]

Poor Aldous never even got a donut . . .

"Defined in psychological terms, a fanatic is a man who consciously over-compensates a secret doubt." — Aldous Huxley

Queethebean
June 26, 2012, 8:00 pm
I had mistyped & it read "a secret donut". I like my quote much more.

Lurker
October 2, 2012, 2:14 pm
Mmm...donuts.

wvwoman
December 11, 2012, 3:38 am
ohhh...i wonder if the light is on at krispy kreme?

montyb
July 3, 2013, 2:38 am
Is it a jelly donut?

universalmom
November 18, 2014, 1:50 pm
wv, was the light on, and was it delicious??

abra
October 27, 2016, 6:24 pm
My secret donut is chocolate with sprinkles.

skeeter
February 23, 2017, 10:56 pm
Ah, yes, the deadly Krispy Kreme "Hot ones NOW" light.

oddcouple
March 22, 2017, 10:41 pm
Oh, to go back to being a kid and eating one of my mother's homemade doughnuts!

maradnu
April 15, 2017, 2:32 pm
Krispy Kreme is open 24 hours near me

pickleball
March 15, 2019, 4:46 pm
one mention of donuts and we re off.......

skeeter
May 2, 2019, 4:54 pm
Apparently -- to all of you joining us late -- we are now off to a doughnut party. HOT ONES NOW! HOT ONES NOW!

[oddcouple]

"Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinions at all."
— Georg Lichtenberg

LLapp
October 11, 2014, 9:33 am
And that's why my lobotomy was the best choice I ever made.
abra
January 15, 2016, 7:52 pm
OMgosh, do you think he meant this literally?
montyb
June 27, 2016, 7:27 pm
I have no opinion, abra.
munchlet
July 4, 2017, 2:10 am
Short answer to abra: Yes. It connects to Buddhism and nonattachment, also Stoicism. No lobotomy required. You can think and act and live your life, but all that ego-based BS, otherwise known as "opinions," goes straight into the compost heap -- and this is my own never-to-be-humble (never was) OPINION.on this matter. You don't like it? Then, to paraphrase Groucho Marx (he was speaking of principles), I've got other ones!

[oddcouple]

Unfortunately a Jack Handey, but fortunately the comments were much funnier.

"People think it would be fun to be a bird because you could fly. But they forget the negative side, which is the preening."
— Jack Handey

silveryaspen
May 3, 2009, 12:46 am
people preen as much as birds ... more ... they invented the mirror!
bansaisequoia
December 23, 2009, 9:54 pm
Yeah, but people don't have to preen with their beaks.
Barnabas
October 8, 2011, 9:28 pm
I would think the negative side would be getting shot at, provided you're a goose or a pheasant.
fredsevent
May 19, 2012, 9:45 pm
Preening is totally cool, dude.
montyb
May 28, 2012, 4:46 pm
Many years ago a kid told Art Linkletter that he/she thought it would be neat to be a bird because you could fly around all day and never stop; not even to go to the bathroom.
momof7
December 27, 2012, 12:42 pm
I'd like to be a bird because sitting on your backside on eggs sure beats morning sickness.
Kgun5
May 1, 2013, 11:07 am
Ever had a hemorrhoid, momof7?
chopstix
May 7, 2013, 4:25 am
oh my! funny thread! btw ol' Handy could use some preening himself if you ask me.
wordfairy
May 7, 2015, 10:13 pm
Lol, Chopstix, no wonder - it's a negative thing to him!
billyjoebob
April 7, 2016, 10:02 am
I want to be a pigeon.
MamaB
November 5, 2016, 8:40 am
Do you know what they use to preen? Do you know where they get it???
marnita
February 10, 2017, 12:55 pm
I wonder if laying eggs is painful.
LLapp
August 25, 2017, 8:13 am
^Whoa - I never thought of that!
LLapp
October 2, 2017, 7:38 pm
Though it can't be more painful than birthing live young with giant brain-filled heads.
marnita
November 26, 2017, 2:58 pm
True, but you don't have to do it every day.
momof7
January 8, 2018, 2:53 pm
silveryaspen, my daughter's budgies preen in front of the mirror and then let us all know at the top of their lungs just how handsome they are.
imsoeasy
March 28, 2019, 4:41 am
Preening is to keep feathers in shape and waterproof as well as keep them free of dirt and parasites.

[Eureka]

We're still waiting, LLapp

"Flowers never emit so sweet and strong a fragrance as before a storm."
— Jean Paul Richter
sexytary on 2013-08-10 10:30:29
Seriously?
abra on 2013-10-06 15:00:42
Is that true? I like flowers, but I'm not a gardener.
LLapp on 2015-01-20 06:47:20
Maybe I'll run outside to check the next time I see a storm brewing . . . . and if you never hear from me again, you'll know that Richter's ruse worked.
montyb on 2015-07-19 11:07:09
LLapp? Are you there, LLapp? Helloooooo...
LLapp on 2015-08-06 10:03:00
Okay I'm back, soaking wet and tracking mud. What's for dinner?
abra on 2015-09-04 14:46:11
The flowers, woman, did they emit a sweeter fragrance? Inquiring minds need to know this.
skeeter on 2015-09-20 04:36:09
My gardenia blossoms emit their strongest, sweetest scent just before they die.
kb83 on 2015-12-04 03:39:50
This must be a metaphor for something.
LLapp on 2016-01-18 17:59:10
Back again, and it's mid-winter, with no flowers, just brown grass and frozen soil. But fear not: I have written this quote on half a 3x5 card and stuck it to the front of the fridge. Come April's first impending storm, I will be out among the forsythia, taking notes. Patience.

LLapp never disappoints!

marnita
June 7, 2016, 4:15 am
It's June now, LLapp, and we are still waiting.

judy100 September 21, 2016, 11:12 pm
True, the fragrance lingers in the high humidity.

BoggyBoots November 2, 2016, 10:04 am
Well LLapp?

NotTooOld July 5, 2017, 12:52 am
I've been back twice now. I am leaning toward believing the quote on this but am waiting for confirmation from LLapp.

abra October 5, 2017, 6:12 pm
Does Forsythia have much of a fragrance. We have some along the driveway, but I never bring it in and force it to bloom, 'cuz that would mean going out and getting it, and there are creepy crawlies out there, and I might bring them in.

LLapp May 14, 2018, 10:31 pm
I'M BACK!! I had trouble with the solution this time and was about to give up when I saw the word "fragrance" and I realized, whoa -- it's that quote!! And guess what -- I just checked the fragrance on neighborhood flowers when we went walking before a brewing spring rain only 3 days ago. Seriously, I even explained as I was sniffing that I had promised my cryptogram friends I would report back about this, some day. And so here we are. . . . . Now what else was I going to say . . . . . haha, just kidding. Here's what I found: The flowers that normally have a heavy fragrance on sunny days do indeed emit even heavier fragrance before the rain! (I suspect it has more to do with the behavior of fragrant molecules in humid air than it does with flowers putting out more fragrance.) I also noticed that flowers that have only a mild fragrance on sunny days don't seem to have much fragrance in the pre-rain either.

marnita October 9, 2018, 1:24 pm
A good reply, LLapp, even if it did take you more than three years to produce it.

LLapp December 18, 2018, 7:24 pm
Marnita, that comment is almost verbatim the same comment I've repeatedly gotten on term papers in school.

didit January 29, 2019, 10:13 am
Thanks for doing the research,LLapp! I'll try to check it out for myself in the spring.

obsessedreader8
May 4, 2019, 12:01 pm
48 seconds.

abra June 8, 2019, 7:58 pm
I was starting to worry about lightening. I'm glad you didn't have to stand in your garden with lightening approaching.

[Eureka]

That time when sheep learned to do crosswords.

"The conception of two people living together for twenty-five years without having a cross word suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep."
— Alan Patrick Herbert

abra
September 2, 2013, 2:18 pm
There are days when you'd really admire my marriage, Alan.

Quizzical
February 6, 2014, 6:08 am
After 45 years... oh, you meant crossword. We don't do those either. What is sheepish about choosing the right person, anyway.

dovid1946
February 15, 2015, 3:45 am
when we argue, I always get the last words. And they are invariably 'yes, dear'

LLapp
June 17, 2015, 11:36 am
Anytime I hear a "Yes, dear" during an argument, I know we both have some listening to do.

MatthewReynolds
October 25, 2015, 1:52 am
I've always found that it's not the arguments so much but the mutual agreements that are arrived at by such arguments.

kb83
March 27, 2016, 4:09 pm
Agree, it is the first 25 years that are the hardest.

larry149
May 2, 2016, 7:15 am
dovid1946, our arguments end one of three ways: "Yes, dear," "You're right,' or "I'm sorry."

mikehallbackhoe
January 24, 2017, 5:38 pm
my wife and I have been married for 30 years and have never had a crossword puzzle.

marnita
September 3, 2017, 9:01 am
After a while you learn what to avoid saying.

DrCryptell
February 17, 2018, 9:27 pm
Do ewe think 2 sheep could live together in the same ram for 25 years? Maybe in heaven. Their average lifespan is 10-12 years. Baa humbug!

badbob
June 23, 2018, 8:46 pm
in 48 years we've had only one argument. it started at our wedding reception. still going

[oddcouple]

"I understand the inventor of the bagpipes was inspired when he saw a man carrying an indignant, asthmatic pig under his arm."
— Alfred Hitchcock


Lurker
May 18, 2010, 11:36 pm
My new favorite quote.
leslie65
December 15, 2010, 10:43 am
I would have solved it faster but I was busy laughing at the quote so far!
montyb
April 26, 2012, 4:33 pm
Hilarious! And I like bagpipes.
abra
July 20, 2014, 2:16 pm
I like the one that says, the Irish gave the Scots the bagpipes as a joke, and the Scots still haven't gotten the joke.
oddcouple
January 26, 2015, 5:06 pm
Joe is walking down the street when he sees his friend Jack carrying a pig under his arm. Joe asks "where did you get such an ugly animal?" The pig says "I won him in a raffle."
Andy451
January 14, 2016, 11:37 am
--from The True Sayings of Jesus Q: Why do bagpipers always walk when they play their instrument? A: To get away from the noise.
darkyr
February 21, 2017, 4:39 am
Oh,wait. I think I just got it... No, maybe not. What?
BriddlesBob
May 29, 2018, 9:07 am
The mother goose was making so much noise quacking and quacking, that the gander called a couple of goslings over and said, "Tell that old bag,' pipe down.'"

[LLapp]

"In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous." — Robert Green Ingersoll (August 11, 1833 – July 21, 1899), Civil War veteran, American political leader, and orator during the Golden Age of Freethought, noted for his broad range of culture and his defense of agnosticism.

darkyr
April 13, 2016, 6:33 am
That's Republic of Mediocrity, mr. freethinker.

[oddcouple]

"You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs. "
— Unattributed


PianoManGidley
December 2, 2010, 1:37 am
Any cook will tell you that. But look what happened to the cook!
Lurker
December 22, 2010, 1:37 am
I love that movie.
bansaisequoia
August 2, 2011, 2:16 pm
What movie?
WRQ9
July 27, 2012, 12:06 am
What cook?
BeeAre
September 22, 2012, 1:04 pm
I thought this was Walter Durranty talking about Joe Stalin starving millions of people in the Ukraine famine of the late thirties.
locodad
September 28, 2012, 10:50 am
What did the egg say to the cook?-You crack me up
Lurker
September 21, 2013, 12:55 pm
The movie was Clue. I believe this particular exchange was Martin Mull and Eileen Brennan.
LLapp
January 27, 2015, 11:51 am
BeeAre, that was an awesome comment.
darkyr
January 26, 2018, 10:04 am
You can't have bacon with your omelette without breaking a pig.
tavi5280
March 10, 2018, 3:29 am
Q:What did thee chicken say when she saw an omelette? A: Just look at all those mixed up kids!
Eureka
December 29, 2018, 3:54 am
Thanks for all the laughs everyone!

[oddcouple]

"Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads, which sew people together through the years."
— Robert Oxton Bolt

PianoManGidley
February 19, 2011, 4:20 pm
Ah, the old ball and threads!
chopstix
March 2, 2014, 8:12 am
haha!
montyb
May 11, 2015, 3:20 pm
Or a needle and chain.
maradnu
September 7, 2016, 3:24 pm
I'm standing on a ledge and your fine spider web is fastening my ankle to a stone. - Leonard Cohen
kb83
April 25, 2017, 2:13 am
mine is sew-sew.
kb83
August 27, 2018, 7:27 am
On the mend.
LLapp
July 9, 2019, 4:06 am
Quit needling me.

[LLapp]

"The only way of catching a train I have ever discovered is to miss the train before." — Gilbert Chesterton

kjmcaj
January 28, 2013, 5:27 pm
I accidentally do that very often- and it sucks !!

kb83
March 26, 2015, 9:20 am
Piet Hein: "'It ought to be plain how little you gain by getting excited and vexed. You'll always be late for the previous train, and always on time for the next.'

judy100
February 17, 2017, 10:34 pm
Learned from missing a flight

Eureka
February 26, 2019, 10:57 pm
I like it, kb83!

badbob
July 7, 2019, 7:48 am
i am so slow that i always come in first in the race behind me

badbob
July 24, 2019, 2:46 am
my ancestors came over on the Juneflower

[oddcouple]

"When a noble life has prepared old age, it is not decline that it reveals, but the first days of immortality. "
— Germaine de Stael

montyb
March 18, 2015, 12:43 pm
All right! Let's hear it for those days of immorality. Now where did I put my glasses?
dovid1946
May 6, 2015, 12:13 pm
I think I found your glasses, monty. You can see them the next time you solve a crypto from Carl Jung. He has them on his forehead.
oddcouple
May 9, 2015, 2:04 am
l right! I'm not gettnig old, just immortal
oddcouple
December 11, 2015, 3:10 pm
Wow! Can't believe my typos from last time. Must have been late at night.
Persephone59
May 4, 2019, 11:12 pm
No, oddcouple, you really are just getting closer to immortality.

[oddcouple]

"Life is the hyphen between matter and spirit."
— Augustus William Hare

fishbum
June 3, 2014, 6:25 pm
Usually the hyphen is a given character.
dovid1946
May 26, 2015, 3:39 am
The biography failed to mention that Mr. Hare was a distant cousin to Bugs Bunny, esq.
damsel22
June 28, 2015, 8:55 am
I think this is the first time I have ever seen the word "hyphen" in a quote.
tgreen517
November 13, 2015, 8:19 pm
I think life is more of an ! than a -
kb83
March 29, 2016, 3:57 am
If a German agreed with him, he/she would say, "Hear, hear, Herr Hare."
debzhaus
April 3, 2016, 6:09 am
hahaha, "hear hear, Herr Hare"
318WOZ
May 30, 2019, 12:53 am
I kind of like the quotation, but the comments are delightful.
LLapp
July 23, 2019, 10:32 pm
If a German liked his joke, he/she would say, "Hear, hear, Herr Hare, har har har."

[LLapp]

"When the water reaches the upper level, follow the rats." — Claude Swanson

BrainCellKeeper
September 1, 2014, 7:43 am
That's what they did on the Titanic.

Hash
October 2, 2014, 12:28 am
Yeah, why go down alone?

susanith
July 8, 2017, 12:41 pm
Alas, I had trouble with upper. Did they really follow the rats on the Titanic?

Queethebean
June 9, 2018, 9:58 am
Only the first class rats.

DavidinKenai
August 3, 2018, 11:16 am
To the lobsters in the kitchen, the sinking of the Titanic was a miracle.

badbob
July 5, 2019, 3:01 pm
how do you think the unthinkable? with an ithberg