Classic Comments on the Quote

[marnita]

LLapp knows how to hold her tongue

"He who knows little knows enough if he knows how to hold his tongue. "
— Proverb

fredsevent on 2012-01-28 17:11:28
Holding my tongue always leaves a salty tang in my mouth and a sticky feeling on my fingers.

universalmom on 2014-01-20 10:16:02
Looks pretty humorous too

tgreen517 on 2014-09-20 08:32:17
in real life though he who knows littlest seams to speak the most!

LLapp on 2014-11-15 16:28:51
Dedder to wemain thiwent and be thot a hool thed do thbeek oup and leeboove aw dowp.

[abra]

These made me laugh, especially kb83.

"Be on your toes every minute if you expect to make good."
— Jack Trice

chopstix on 2013-07-29 16:44:00
be on your toes every minute if you're walking on eggshells

puzzleme on 2013-10-02 18:26:57
Be on your toes every minute if you're very short.

LLapp on 2014-11-13 10:19:47
Make good what?

Barnabas on 2015-01-23 19:09:47
Ballerinas??

dovid1946 on 2015-02-06 02:53:33
be on your toes every minutes and in a short while you will get a cramp

kb83 on 2015-11-02 05:09:21
Is this the guy who was nimble and quick?

[montyb]

"One of the advantages bowling has over golf is that you seldom lose a bowling ball."
— Don Carter

dovid1946 on 2015-05-22 08:58:39
There have been an abundance of golf quotes on this site , as well as a plethora of quotes about fishing. I hope this will be the first and last of the bowling quotes.

kb83 on 2015-11-16 07:42:14
Yes, please spare us by striking them.

[LLapp]

"A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists." — Don Marquis

montyb on 2014-08-10 13:37:32
Have a nice day, Don.

[LLapp]

"A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip." — Caskie Stinnett

Lily H on 2011-05-12 01:47:52
How is it diplomatic to tell someone to go to hell?

punga on 2011-08-20 06:29:43
"We had a frank and useful exchange of views and will consider the issue carefully going forward, as appropriate."

montyb on 2015-12-19 03:00:57
"May you enjoy the warmer climes of your destination."

[ddph]

"The world loves a spice of wickedness. "
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

bansaisequoia on 2012-04-05 02:51:58
It's on my rack between turmeric and cumin.

montyb on 2012-05-31 19:49:05
As if we need more proof, JR Ewing is making a come back.

puzzleme on 2014-10-09 18:56:23
Bansai, I'm shocked that your spices are not in alpha order.

Beagle on 2015-03-05 09:57:31
I liked my "slice of wickedness" better. And by the way, my spices ARE in alphabetical order!

judy100 on 2015-07-26 05:02:32
The rampage of TV gossip show$

[LLapp]

Wonderful limerick from kb83!

I searched online for each line of kb83's verse and came up with nothing, so I assume it's an original. Brilliant!!


"Reach for the stars, even if you have to stand on a cactus." — Susan Longacre

kb83 on 2015-10-07 04:24:12
I tried to jump over a cactus/ My quadruceps needed the practus./ I'd no cause to fear it/ But soon lost my spirit / With my corpus no longer intactus.

[aerie]

"The greatest wastes are unused talents and untried ideas. "
— Unattributed


montyb on 2014-01-18 09:01:47
As a kid I once had an idea about how to catapult my bike across the creek. It is probably best that it was never tried.

BrainCellKeeper on 2014-11-29 15:56:28
37 seconds - montyb, sounds like an episode of Jackass.

jnoodles on 2015-05-29 14:33:01
montyb I'll get my video camera and build the catapult. All you have to do is show up on a bike!

montyb on 2016-01-03 19:05:13
It is so good to have friends.

[wvwoman]

thanks, aerie

that was a great one, aerie--thanks for posting!

[aerie]

Thank you for saying so, wvwoman.
My favorite part of solving a cryptogram is getting to see what other solvers said. I'm new to this site, but have already laughed myself silly. I left a few comments myself, but I think they might have been deleted when the computer system wiped out the scores. It definitely deleted the forum posts that were made when I first joined.

[ddph]

"With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things. "
— William Wordsworth

matarisa on 2012-10-10 02:00:13
"An eye made quiet"....?

Quizzical on 2014-02-15 15:15:57
Yes, by the power of hominy. It's hard to see or talk through a pile of grits on your face.

zeldamar on 2014-04-21 06:23:28
Quizzical, you made me laugh.

wvwoman on 2014-04-22 00:07:43
yes, matarisa, you know--those noisy eyes?!

[ddph]

"When a flirt fishes for a man, she fishes merely for the sport. "
— Unattributed

montyb on 2012-07-06 22:43:13
Catch and release; ecologically sound.

cindidido on 2013-04-11 15:04:42
And the rest of us fish until we find a keeper.

abra on 2014-11-12 06:09:14
That one was REALLY hard for me.

QuexUl on 2015-04-07 02:36:51
"Merely for the sport"? HAH! They will also skin the fish, fry the fillets in a hot pan, and eat them while the remains lie gasping on the ground. Er, so I hear...

[Annamariah]

"Remember the tea kettle - it is always up to its neck in hot water, yet it still sings!"
— Unattributed

chopstix on 2013-02-17 03:55:30
that's not singing, that's a cry for help!

momof7 on 2013-03-17 07:23:24
It's whistling. "Whenever I'm afraid, I whistle a happy tune..."

Lurker on 2013-07-08 23:23:01
I thought it was singing "I'm a little teapot..."

skoogie2 on 2013-07-14 22:29:22
It's kind of a mournful screech now that I think about it...

montyb on 2014-02-21 15:49:49
Mine screams.

wvwoman on 2015-01-15 17:17:30
mine sounds like a harmonica chord.

tjsrc on 2015-04-14 18:37:02
Mine's electric and has a blue LED light in it. It doesn't "sing" nor whistle.

JenDiaz72 on 2015-12-02 13:51:47
" I'm a little tea pot short and stout..."

[abra]

Annamaria, this made me wonder if you know the Little Teapot Song. Do children in Finland sing it?

[Annamariah]

No, I listened to the song on YouTube, but I don't know it from my childhood. There are Finnish versions of Itsy Bitsy Spider and Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, though.