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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread "that's why we call it the present" #178503 08/04/2008 9:15 PM Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 4 BaselAnnie stranger BaselAnnie stranger Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 4 I have heard (in yoga) "Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift--that's why we call it the present." And I heard the same (or almost the same) quote as wisdom presented in Kung Fu Panda. Anybody happen to know the source of this remarkable etymology? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: "that's why we call it the present" BaselAnnie #178504 08/04/2008 11:16 PM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania The Pook old hand The Pook old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania My guess would be the greeting card industry Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: "that's why we call it the present" The Pook #178509 08/04/2008 11:36 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803  Originally Posted By: The Pook My guess would be the greeting card industry LLOL Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,917 Posts230,571 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,363 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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