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#40130 08/30/01 11:10 PM
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No gentleman ever did harm unintentionally.

"A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally," said Oscar Wildely.


#40131 08/30/01 11:42 PM
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"A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally"

This is not supposed to be a place to be serious, but that quotation bothers me, because the best of gentlemen do indeed at times hurt others unintentionally. Worse still, for those who would hesitate to claim that honorable estate, all too often we hurt even those we love unintentionally.


#40132 08/31/01 01:42 AM
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Never say never unless you dare!

A Quayle in hand is worth two in the Bush

The quickest moss grows on a rolling stone

Quoth the Poebird, "Ravenously more!"


#40133 08/31/01 02:26 AM
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At the risk of yarting, since I myself have brought this up before, I have to offer a maxim from one of the undisputed masters:

The question is ... which is to be master -- that's all. ... Impenetrability! That's what I say.


#40134 08/31/01 04:46 AM
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A young yak won't catch a rattlesnake.

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Sense does not chicken.


#40136 08/31/01 08:05 AM
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Out of the frying pan, into the microwave.


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or, alternatively and still in an incendiary mode:

The juvenile offspring of mankind,
When cauterized by ignition,
Forever bears within its mind
The fear of repetition.


#40138 08/31/01 10:22 AM
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When training as a doctor, I onced loved a beautiful young nurse, but I never cauterize


#40139 09/01/01 02:18 AM
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A maxim is what you make it.


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