Classic Comments on the Quote

[Eureka]

That time Miss Piggy got us all discussing artichokes, among other things....

"After all the trouble you go to, you get about as much actual "food" out of eating an artichoke as you would from licking thirty or forty postage stamps."
— Miss Piggy

wvwoman
October 21, 2013, 5:08 pm
ha ha--well said, miss piggy!

locodad
November 4, 2013, 5:20 pm
I heard that kermit is suing you mr. baron because you haven't put any of his quotes.

chopstix
February 2, 2014, 5:18 pm
"It's not easy being green." - Kermit the Frog p.s., who cares about the artichoke? It's just there to hold all the butter and mayonnaise!

cindidido
March 29, 2014, 1:23 pm
Chopstix understands artichokes!

LLapp
September 6, 2014, 12:27 pm
"What? No Wikipiggia profile for moi?" (link)

marnita
April 12, 2015, 4:13 pm
I love artichokes! And I eat them without butter or mayonnaise.

kb83
July 4, 2015, 5:14 am
I love artichokes too, but they are an aioli or butter delivery device as well.

marnita
October 3, 2016, 6:32 am
Artichoke dip - yum!

darkyr
February 24, 2017, 10:22 am
Mmmmm. Postage stamps. Now I'm hungry.

RustySkipper
June 24, 2017, 2:42 pm
My stamp collection album is right next to my artichoke collection album.

marnita
September 6, 2017, 7:06 am
But now you don't have to lick the stamps. No food value at all. And I would certainly rather have an artichoke dip than a postage stamp dip.

Persephone59
December 26, 2017, 6:22 am
I wholeheartedly agree with Miss Piggy. Artichokes are a waste of time.

blueladyblue
January 23, 2018, 11:23 am
Miss Piggy is sow very wise.

badbob
March 8, 2018, 9:50 am
spinach artichoke dip with pita or lavash bread

abra
October 30, 2018, 6:56 pm
I've never had one, but if I did, I'd probably do butter but no mayo.

SippyGurl
February 19, 2019, 5:02 am
mmm... artichoke balls

[Eureka]

Cheers, bansai!

"Make your life a mission - not an intermission."
— Arnold Glasgow

bansaisequoia
July 30, 2012, 7:21 pm
Let's all go to the lobby to get some 7-Up.

locodad
April 1, 2013, 2:10 am
I don't think they sell 7-UP in the theater, Maybe they should,because the sodas would be much less expensive

JD_1947
December 4, 2014, 2:21 am
. . I made my life a 'million' so sodas and popcorn are on me . . . ..

abra
April 18, 2015, 10:47 am
My life was a million, too. Or maybe an intermillion.

oddcouple
May 12, 2016, 11:12 pm
I think that I'll take JD up on that.

Persephone59
July 1, 2017, 12:32 pm
I always take treats into the theater in my purse. Shhh. Then there was the time, decades ago, when we snuck a pint of peppermint schnapps into Masters of the Universe. Made for a pleasant summer afternoon. Good breath, also.

[oddcouple]

Hilarious contents for a hilarious movie

"There's no reason to become alarmed, and we hope you'll enjoy the rest of your flight. By the way, is there anyone on board who knows how to fly a plane?"
— Elaine Dickinson


greenacres
March 13, 2011, 6:16 pm
Perhaps the funniest movie ever.
pootie49
May 24, 2011, 5:30 pm
thats a roger roger.
cknapp329
June 21, 2011, 1:12 pm
Don't call me Shirley
montyb
June 7, 2012, 1:13 am
Looks like I picked the wrong day to give up Cryptograms.
kjmcaj
July 27, 2013, 4:06 am
48 seconds.
Barnabas
August 1, 2013, 3:46 pm
Julie Haggarty and Leslie Nielsen played their parts to perfection.
LLapp
September 29, 2014, 10:42 am
"Hello, we'd like you to have this flower from the church of religious consciousness." - Gregory Itzin, a.k.a. President Logan on 24.
killdozer
November 20, 2015, 6:14 pm
"Tell your old man to drag Walton and Lanier up and down the court for 48 minutes.".
LLapp
March 9, 2016, 8:14 pm
Here is a set of clips from "Zero Hour," the 1957 film that "Airplane!" was based on. The verbatim matches are amazing. (Sorry I could not find any clips outside of Facebook.) (link)
Ian123
September 20, 2016, 9:31 pm
Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue!
SippyGurl
July 23, 2017, 5:34 pm
lol her scene with otto
fishbum
November 27, 2017, 11:04 am
yes Sippygurl. The biggest laugh I ever had.
didit
September 8, 2019, 7:03 pm
LLapp, thank you for sharing that clip.

[LLapp]

"It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other." — Petrarch


montyb
November 19, 2013, 9:40 am
Just how honorable is it to dress as an asparagus spear?

[oddcouple]

"Painting is an attempt to come to terms with life. There are as many solutions as there are human beings."
— George Tooker


montyb
March 9, 2012, 10:16 pm
And counting....
montyb
June 6, 2013, 1:32 am
Remember, if you are not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
jnoodles
July 8, 2013, 11:28 am
I precipitated you might say that.
joma1944
February 4, 2014, 10:13 am
we're getting precipitation as I write.
QuexUl
March 1, 2016, 3:20 am
I find this quote to be overly precipitate.
abra
April 25, 2017, 10:20 am
I used to work at a place that had a precipritator. I'm confused, because we didn't do any painting. They did have people come in and paint the walls, maybe that was it.
DrCryptell
May 17, 2018, 10:39 pm
I once painted a door on a brick wall and then opened it and walked through to the other side, proving his truth.
pickleball
May 21, 2019, 10:36 am
and what was on the other side?
Persephone59
May 22, 2019, 12:13 pm
DrCryptell has been watching Daffy Duck cartoons. Remember the holes he would carry around and just put them wherever he needed to, like the side of a building? Or when the artist started erasing him? Those were favorites.

[drv9977]

Victory is reserved for those who are willing to pay it’s price.
- By Sun Tzu

[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.