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[aerie]

more on Poetry from LLapp

"The office of poetry is not to make us think accurately, but feel truly. "
— Frederick W. Robertson

LLapp on 2016-01-25 13:17:46
Hello, you have reached the Office of Poetry. To hear rhyming iambic pentameter, please press 1.

montyb on 2016-03-28 08:18:23
To hear lecherous limericks, press 2.

abra on 2016-07-03 09:27:46
"The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office." -- Robert Frost So THIS must be the office he was talking about.

universalmom on 2016-07-08 15:20:48
Is that anywhere near the Ministry of Silly Walks?

kb83 on 2017-02-13 08:44:34
Thanks, LLapp. The poet is "in."

[LLapp]

"Don't be crazy to do a lot of things you can't do ." — Edgar Watson Howe


puffybob on 2010-07-27 04:37:23
That guy must have been the life of the party.

montyb on 2014-03-13 15:07:50
I hear that after a couple drinks he goes around wearing a lamp shade on his lamp.

[Barnabas]

"It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark." — Howard Ruff

LLapp on 2014-10-04 07:14:28
How cruel to bombard cryptogram solvers with all these wise anti-idleness sayings.

[LLapp]

Here's a sweet thread.

"Idleness, like kisses, to be sweet must be stolen." — Jerome K. Jerome

iltquilt on 2012-07-05 20:44:04
The only acceptable form of thievery: stolen kisses and stolen glances.

montyb on 2013-03-08 20:40:52
Stolen moments?

SippyGirl on 2013-08-15 12:44:55
stolen hearts

puzzleme on 2013-08-30 00:47:29
stolen base?

skeeter on 2017-03-05 10:02:38
Stolen stollen?

phthelen on 2017-08-15 16:42:39
Ah, Skeeter.

[ddph]

"Each man has his appointed day: short and irreparable in the brief life of all, but to extend our fame by our deeds, this is the work of mankind. "
— Virgil

LLapp on 2014-10-04 17:24:03
Can anybody tell me what this quote means?

dovid1946 on 2015-02-05 12:05:29
even though life is short, every person has the opportunity to do good deeds and make a name for himself.

tgreen517 on 2015-03-21 14:11:27
Well it just says "deeds" . The "good" part is implied i guess.

dovid1946 on 2015-05-06 07:11:42
I have absolutely no recollection of having written the above comment 3 months ago. Any day now, I am going to leave the keys in the fridge.

LLapp on 2015-07-20 19:38:34
Oh that's where the keys are!! Thanks David!

darkyr on 2016-07-21 08:38:04
Now where did I leave that fridge?

[ddph]

"I don't have a problem with caffeine. I have a problem without caffeine!"
— Unattributed

universalmom on 2012-06-21 20:19:25
OH yeah...

wvwoman on 2013-08-07 02:31:26
good one!

mins on 2015-01-19 13:53:34
That's exactly what someone with a caffeine problem would say.

Spenser on 2015-01-31 07:33:32
That's assuming, of course, that it's a 'problem."

tjsrc on 2015-04-20 10:34:08
It's not a problem, I can quit any time I want.

montyb on 2015-05-07 08:44:36
Problem?Caffeineisn'taproblem.It'saConstitutionalr ight!

msswitch on 2015-06-23 08:45:02
most common addiction

marnita on 2015-07-13 16:55:44
If I have to be addicted to something, better caffeine than alcohol.

LLapp on 2016-03-02 11:28:32
The Renaissance was the direct result of coffee houses taking the place of taverns as gathering places.

SwampySox on 2016-07-24 08:17:52
Got sicker than a dog after quitting caffeine for 3 days. Caffeine cured me. Became an alcoholic, but another drink won't fix that.

sznndenise on 2016-10-04 02:08:14
I used caffeine as my calmative in a stressful job, I can no longer drink it without getting sick

universalmom on 2017-03-03 08:15:57
LLapp, have you ever read The Coffee Trader?

badbob on 2017-06-26 09:31:43
we are all addicted to cryptos and there is no escape

[ddph]

"Occasionally, I have to think like myself to remember where I put something."
— Sue S. Taylor

gryhnd51 on 2012-03-24 00:35:17
And on occassion that is a difficult thing to do.

montyb on 2013-09-17 08:53:12
Especially when you must..... What was I saying?

oddcouple on 2013-10-15 01:03:06
Been there, done that.

cherylab1963 on 2014-10-12 22:58:16
I have to go back to the living room to remember why I went into kitchen. What did I come in here for?

dovid1946 on 2015-03-26 09:52:26
did I put my keys in the refrigerator again?

oddcouple on 2015-11-16 14:52:26
I believe in the hereafter. I go into the bedroom for something and then have to ask myself 'What am I here after?"

LLapp on 2016-07-11 16:50:17
Time to drop everything and take this quiz. http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/20...stupid-and-old

susanith on 2016-10-23 17:19:13
You are all so funny -- and right on.

momof7 on 2017-07-11 17:05:38
When putting something away, don't think: Where is a good place for this? Think: Where would I look for this? It's often not the same place.

[LLapp]

Wise Sayings

"A single man has not nearly the value he would have in a state of union. He is an incomplete animal. He resembles the odd half of a pair of scissors." — Benjamin Franklin

nelnose on 2011-01-25 23:41:31
Bad Ben; bad bad Ben!! One of the few unwise statements from him.

matarisa on 2011-05-09 21:03:41
It was certainly true in the eighteenth century.

dovid1946 on 2015-02-04 14:13:59
he also said that early to bed is a penny earned

tjsrc on 2015-03-07 14:41:29
My large collection of scissors and lack of marital life say different, Ben.

cryptospiridiagram on 2016-03-01 11:12:56
He's a fool. He said a penny saved is early to rise, so I saved one and watched it. Hours later, still no risen penny, and I felt no wiser.

killdozer on 2016-08-12 12:30:07
My favorite one is "A fool and his money will soon party."

[ddph]

"You can't be suspicious of a tree, or accuse a bird or a squirrel of subversion or challenge the ideology of a violet."
— Hal Borland

puffybob on 2011-10-24 12:37:14
You can't be suspicious of a tree? The man's obviously unfamiliar with Charlie Brown.

montyb on 2012-06-05 19:35:04
He is also unfamiliar with Agent 13 of C.O.N.T.R.O.L.

bansaisequoia on 2012-08-24 18:19:05
No, but I hear a bunny rabbit was once excommunicated and Joe McCarthy blacklisted a scarlet tanager and a ruby-throated grackle.

Allen on 2013-02-26 14:15:50
Bunnies and tanagers and grackles, Oh My!

Barnabas on 2013-06-06 21:17:32
I don't know... that Big Bird can be one suspicious character.

Lurker on 2014-01-27 12:41:32
Rocky the Squirrel isn't off the hook, either.

universalmom on 2014-02-13 04:58:30
Are you kidding me?? Those dang squirrels are up to something!

kb83 on 2014-07-16 10:06:22
And I hope you didn't stop to smell the roses?

LLapp on 2014-11-07 10:57:21
Not accuse a squirrel of subversion? He hasn't watched the shenanigans in my backyard. They are ruthless, cunning, too fat already, and up to no good.

haverwench on 2015-04-04 09:25:32
Subversive Squirrel would be a great cartoon character.

dovid1946 on 2015-05-23 07:10:05
I used to be a big fan of Rocky and Bullwinkle. It wasn't until many years later that I discovered the pun in the name of the Russian agent, Boris Badanov ( Gudonov). That made me an even bigger fan.

LLapp on 2015-07-05 13:47:34

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Godunov_%28opera%29

nelnose on 2016-03-18 14:19:23
Be suspicious of that violet that answers your challenge.

marnita on 2016-07-20 06:42:17
If you've ever seen a squirrel anywhere need a bird feeder, you know just how subversive they can be. But I do love them.

spacecoyote1966 on 2016-08-04 07:12:44
I guess he's never seen HR PuffnStuff.

MamaB on 2017-04-12 04:46:50
I immediately thought of squirrels in my birdfeeder!

[LLapp]

More poetry from kb83

"An honest man is the best thing on the sod; but a mother and her babe is the noblest work of God." — Unattributed

rooby2s on 2015-12-11 14:45:38
True, but, once in a while, it would be nice to have a quote with which today's working class person could identify. Not so stilted.

kb83 on 2017-08-07 09:08:06
An honest sod is the best thing in creation. But a bloke and his babe make the next generation.

[aerie]

Dancing with the Philosophers

"I would not know what the spirit of a philosopher might wish more to be than a good dancer."
— Friedrich Nietzsche


paulk190 on 2010-12-29 16:15:44
He should have good penmanship too, while we are at it.

montyb on 2014-02-15 05:18:50
OK, here's an idea for a reality TV show which I'll call "Dancing with the Philosophers", and it goes something like this.....

dovid1946 on 2015-01-27 14:20:16
the cha-cha with Nietzche, the can-can with Kant

LLapp on 2015-09-26 15:25:20
the mashed potato with Plato...

kb83 on 2015-11-04 04:27:45
High-kicking with Heidegger. Waltzing with Wittgenstein, Do-see-do with Derrida

Vienna on 2015-12-10 12:08:17
Monte lol

BoggyBoots on 2017-02-08 06:41:22
Fancy stepping with Philo S. Fer.

[Queethebean]

Oh. My. God

I didn't know this thread existed. I've been on a bit of a crypto-hiatus and came back to discover this! The comment section is half the fun of this site, and I am thrilled to read these. Of course, it is cutting into my puzzle time. But maybe that was your devious plan all along?

[LLapp]

I didn't know this thread existed. I've been on a bit of a crypto-hiatus and came back to discover this! The comment section is half the fun of this site, and I am thrilled to read these. Of course, it is cutting into my puzzle time. But maybe that was your devious plan all along?

Queethebean, this is so wonderful to read! Maybe we've all been pitching in on this thread as a big surprise welcome-back party for you without even knowing it. I hope you enjoy some of your own gems in here. Like that Adam R. Gwizdala comment -- definitely one of my personal top 10 favorites.

[montyb]

"What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his children? "
— Marcus Tullius Cicero


LLapp on 2015-07-09 23:07:46
His Miata?

[wvwoman]

huh?!

Queethebean, this is so wonderful to read! Maybe we've all been pitching in on this thread as a big surprise welcome-back party for you without even knowing it. I hope you enjoy some of your own gems in here. Like that Adam R. Gwizdala comment -- definitely one of my personal top 10 favorites.

what is the gwizdala comment?