Quotes and Sayings

[magicniner]

Responses to a friend passing wind audibly -

"A bit more choke and it would have started!"
or
"That works, now try the lights!"

 

[savarin]

I always new that as:-
If that aint poop it will do till you get some.
And the classic if you were to blame:-
Said in a loud whisper "Look innocent, they will all think it was me"

 

[Cobra]

For any activity there are four levels of competence:

Unconscious incompetence - You don't know what you don't know.
Concious incompetence - You have discovered what you don't know.
Conscious competence - You are able if you think about it.
Unconscious competence - You complete the activity without even thinking about it.

 

[dtsh]

As my mother so frequently said (learned from her father)
"What one man can put together, another man can take apart" (with an implied, "figure out how and fix it")

 

[RJSakowski]

For any activity there are four levels of competence:

Unconscious incompetence - You don't know what you don't know.
Concious incompetence - You have discovered what you don't know.
Conscious competence - You are able if you think about it.
Unconscious competence - You complete the activity without even thinking about it.

Along the same line,

"He who knows, and knows not that he knows, is asleep - wake him. He who knows, and knows that he knows, is a wise man - follow him. He who knows not and knows not that he knows not, is a fool ... shun him. He who knows not and knows that he knows not, is ignorant ... teach him."

 

[westsailpat]

It was a whole lot easier to get older than wiser .

 

[Larry Hoy]

My old pappy use to say It takes a good horse to fart after a long day of plowing.

 

[Z2V]

Responses to a friend passing wind audibly -

"A bit more choke and it would have started!"
or
"That works, now try the lights!"

Your voice has changed but your breath is still the same

 

[Grumpy Gator]

We cannot escape history.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, annual message, December 1, 1862
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[Grumpy Gator]

“Hey Jake. I got an idea.'
'Be gentle with it,' the Doc grinned. 'It's in a strange place.”
― Spider Robinson, Callahan's Crosstime Saloon
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