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Post by mikef6 on May 3, 2018 4:48:05 GMT
My Top 10 Favorites: 10. Instant classic 9. Happily married 8. Young Republican 7. Microsoft Works 6. Six-year-old beauty queen (think Jon-Benet Ramsey) 5. Greater Cleveland (or your choice of scapegoat city) 4. Decaffeinated coffee 3. President Trump 2. Bad Sex 1. United States Honorable mention Artificial intelligence Athletic scholarship Clean fill dirt Compassionate conservative Death benefit Military Intelligence Moral majority Open secret Original copy Peacekeeping force Sharp curves Silent alarm Small crowd Small fortune
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Post by cooly44 on May 3, 2018 13:44:01 GMT
Old news. Jolie laide. (French for pretty ugly girl)
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Post by mmexis on May 4, 2018 1:00:15 GMT
Some of the standard ones: Jumbo shrimp Long weekend Cold fire
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Post by lunda2222 on Jun 6, 2018 20:08:43 GMT
To pull oneself up by the bootstraps
(I think it probably stems from The adventure of Baron von Munchhausen, when he gets himself and his horse up from quicksand by pulling his own hair). Here's one which is actually holds true: Change is constant
It's a rewrite on Heraclitus famous words: "Panta Rhei". I think I prefer the modern saying rather than the ancient one, myself.
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