WELCOME to Friday December 14, 2012.  Counter Proverbs……. 

– Actions speak louder than words.

-or- The pen is mightier than the sword.

– Look before you leap.

-or- He who hesitates is lost.

– Many hands make light work.

-or- Too many cooks spoil the broth.

– Clothes make the man.

-or- Don’t judge a book by its cover.

– Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

-or- Better safe than sorry.

– The bigger, the better.

-or- The best things come in small packages.

– Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

-or- Out of sight, out of mind.

– What will be, will be.

-or- Life is what you make it.

– Cross your bridges when you come to them.

-or- Forewarned is forearmed.

– What’s good for the goose is good for the gander.

-or- One man’s meat is another man’s poison.

– With age comes wisdom.

-or- Out of the mouths of babes come all wise sayings.

– The more, the merrier.

-or- Two’s company; three’s a crowd.

That’s my story and I’m sticking to it! Have a wonderful weekend people and whatever you do today, don’t forget to LAUGH IT UP! Peace I am outta here, Eucman! 

 

QUOTES OF THE DAY 

“Christmas is less than two weeks away. I do most of my shopping online. But I hire someone to honk and scream obscenities at me while I’m doing it so I get the whole holiday shopping experience.” -Jimmy Kimmel

“A close friend of mine said his doctor gave him less than two weeks to live. But it turns out his doctor’s a Mayan. He says that to everybody.” -Jay Leno

“This year over 1,500 soldiers were kicked out of the armed forces for being overweight. And half of our fighter pilots are being charged for two seats.” -Conan O’Brien

 

G U A R A N T E D T O M A K E Y O U L A F F….  

A few years ago the battery in my beat-up VW Beetle had died because I left the lights on overnight. I was in a hurry to get to work on time so I ran into the house to get my wife to give me a hand to start the car. I told her to get into our second car, a prehistoric oversized gas guzzler, and use it to push my car fast enough to start it. I pointed out to her that because the VW had an automatic transmission, it needed to be pushed at least 20mph for it to start. She said fine, hopped into her car and drove off.  I sat there fuming wondering what she could be doing. A minute passed by and when I saw her in the rear-view mirror coming at me at about 30 mph, I realized that I should have been a bit clearer with my directions…   

Thursday’s Movie Trivia of the day!‘ How much movie trivia can you answer?

What movie is this quote from???  “It’s the stuff that dreams are made of.”

Answer: The Maltese Falcon (1941). Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) explains why everybody in the entire story has been chasing after this seemingly plain black statue. Every private detective movie and TV show ever made owes a debt to Bogie, Director John Huston and author Dashiell Hammett for this creation. Fantastic supporting cast includes Peter Lorre, Mary Astor, Sydney Greenstreet and Ward Bond. 

Friday’s Movie Trivia of the day! ‘How much movie trivia can you answer?

What movie is this quote from???  Truvy: “I kind of like hiring somebody with a past.”

Clairee: “She can’t be more than eighteen. She hasn’t had time to have a past.”

Truvy: “Oh get with it, Clairee. This is the eighties. If you can achieve puberty, you can achieve a past.”

 

Thursday’s Quizzler is……….

Which word doesn’t belong in the group?  Careful  Abalone  Overweight  Canine  Often

 ANSWER:  “Careful” does not belong.  All of the other words end in a number:

abal-ONE

overw-EIGHT

ca-NINE

of-TEN

Friday’s Quizzlers is……….

Translate each word group into a phonetic sound, and then string them all together to form the name of a body of water.

For example:

polar or grizzly, finger jewelry, not curved

Translation… Bear, Ring, Straight

Answer… Bering Strait

1. Vehicle, curved bone, to exist, not yang, to look at

2. Circle segment, bloodsucking arachnid, to be in debt, tibia

3. Cat sound, dreidel letter, 18-hole sport

4. Unaffiliated film, Japanese currency, interjection, to eschew

5. Helper, flightless South American bird, clock sound, programming language

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