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Malachai Constant
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Perhaps we should rename this thread Pettifogging.
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
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Chief Joseph
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| Malachai Constant wrote: | | Perhaps we should rename this thread Pettifogging. |
Yes but, "The Devil's in the Details". "Used for saying that something may seem simple, but in fact the details are complicated and likely to cause problems".
The Irish economy is performing strongly, but the devil is in the detail.
Go placidly amid the noise and waste, and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.
Go placidly amid the noise and waste, and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.
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Malachai Constant
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A stitch it time saves nine
Never draw into an inside straight
I think therefore I am
Every dog has its day
There is no poo fairy
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
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flatsqwerl
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I saw a dead duck on Perry's lawn..
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Malachai Constant
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A cat can look at a king
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
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flatsqwerl
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where they hit and dissolve
there is the corner debris
little bits of bubbly red plastic
and fake metal trim
big sweepings ground down
from traffic delights
like holiday dandruff
the intersection for smashing
is only occasional, but deliciously
available to hear in my house
a sound to raise heads
from a pillow to say:
“ that one was loud “
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Bedivere
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Bedivere
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| flatsqwerl wrote: | | where they hit and dissolve
there is the corner debris
little bits of bubbly red plastic
and fake metal trim
big sweepings ground down
from traffic delights
like holiday dandruff
the intersection for smashing
is only occasional, but deliciously
available to hear in my house
a sound to raise heads
from a pillow to say:
“ that one was loud “ |
Is that a flatsqwerl original?
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flatsqwerl
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Chief Joseph
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a---holes are like elbows, everyone has one.
There is no accounting for taste.
You are unique, just like everyone else.
Boss..."Get back to work, all I want to see is a--holes and elbows!".
Go placidly amid the noise and waste, and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.
Go placidly amid the noise and waste, and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.
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Slugman
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Wed Jan 22, 2020 1:08 pm |
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This thread needs a rubber biscuit.
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Damian
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Slugman
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RayD
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Wed Jan 22, 2020 3:43 pm |
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This thread is like a fine wine. It ages well! 
don't believe everything you think
don't believe everything you think
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NASA announced the finalists in the “most boring and pointless naming of the newest rover” contest. The names all make me gag. The only one even remotely funny is by accident I’m sure: Vision. It is 2020 after all.
But remember when the British let the public decide the name of their new boat? We ended up with Boaty McBoatface. This is a true fact. I think I would prefer Rovey McRoverface to the nonsense NASA is considering.
Or how about Rover? I would love to hear news stories about the rover Rover. 
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Kind of odd that kids thought those up, too. Just no sense of humor or irony, those tykes. I wonder what some of the rejects were. I would have liked to see something less ostentatious; maybe simple and alliterative: like "Red" "Rosy" or ... "Spot".
Re Boaty McBoatface - technically a vessel that size isn't a boat - it's a ship. That would have been a good one: Shippy McShipface.  Alas, the powers that be rejected the peoples' choice and named it the "Sir David Attenborough" How British of them.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-36225652
"There are yahoos out there. It’s why we can’t have nice things." - Tom Mahood
"There are yahoos out there. It’s why we can’t have nice things." - Tom Mahood
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