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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 3 1 2 3 Re: Pope's quote #56509 02/13/02 05:32 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Auf Deutsch: Wenige wissen wieviel man wissen musst,um zu wissen wie wenig man weisst. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Pope's quote #56510 02/13/02 05:40 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Wenige wissen wieviel... Love it, Dr. Bill. It rolls so trippingly off the tongue. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Pope's quote #56511 02/13/02 07:25 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Thanks for the Pope quote, oh Fiendly one! Nice to see it right and to learn the source. Dr Bill, I wish I could remember my tongue-twisters auf Deutsch. Meanwhile, I give you one of my favorite little puns: "Man ist was er ißt." translaation provided upon request Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter . #56512 02/13/02 08:13 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 M Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: germane German #56513 02/13/02 09:19 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Danke vielmals I had a classmate in German 101 a million years ago who understood "Danke vielmals" as "Danke viermals." Therefore, he figured, the more appreciative you were, the higher the number would be in your expression of gratitude. Danke sieben-und-fünfzigmals, Liesl Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Anu's quotes lack drollness #56514 02/13/02 11:22 PM Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 279 Ireland GallantTed enthusiast GallantTed enthusiast Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 279 Ireland Dear Dr Bill and Rhubarb Cayenne ye explain ta Ted what ye mean by them condimenten remarks? Is ya tryen ta tell me that I'm not worth me salt or somethin? That I don't cut the mustard? That ye no longer relish me, despite the fact that I'm a well seasoned Journeyman? That I'll never run with the movers and shakers and can ferget about haven a best celler? GT Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Anu's quotes lack drollness #56515 02/13/02 11:53 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... Hypocrite, n. One who, professing virtues he does not respect, secures the advantage of seeming to be what he despises. --Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary I'd say that was a bit droll, wouldn't you? P.S. Has a certain ring to it, doesn't it? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Anu's quotes lack drollness #56516 02/14/02 12:55 AM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... About advice: People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves. It is what I call the depths of generosity. --Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray A sensitive person is one who, because he has corns himself, always treads on other people's toes. --Oscar Wilde, The Remarkable Rocket Work is the curse of the drinking classes. --Oscar Wilde, In Conversation The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast. --Oscar Wilde, Lord Arthur Savile's Crime Rebel, n. A proponent of a new misrule who has failed to establish it. Moral, adj. Conforming to a local and mutable standard of right. Having the quality of general expediency. Lecturer, n. One with his hand in your pocket, his tongue in your ear and his faith in your patience. In each human heart are a tiger, a pig, an ass, and a nightingale. Diversity of character is due to their unequal activity. (from examples of "Epigram") for Jazzo Architect, n. One who drafts a plan of your house, and plans a draft of your money. Accuse, v.t. To affirm another's guilt or unworth; most commonly as a justification of ourselves for having wronged him. Agitator, n. A statesman who shakes the fruit trees of his neighbors--to dislodge the worms. Liar, n. A lawyer with a roving commission. --Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary Drollness replete...wouldn't you say? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Anu's quotes lack drollness #56517 02/14/02 01:03 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 K Keiva Carpal Tunnel Keiva Carpal Tunnel K Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 Quite droll indeed, Whit! But in the words of a poet whom both you and I love: Nash, of course! Child, the temptation please resist / To deify the humorist. Simply because we're stuck with solons / Whose minds resemble lazy colons, Do not assume our current jesters / Are therefor Solomons and Nestors. .... They'll sell their birthright every time / To make a point or turn a rhyme. This motto, child, is my bequest: / There's many a false word spoken in jest. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Anu's quotes lack drollness #56518 02/14/02 01:48 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear GT: No matter how much you enjoy lubricity and spices, do not put Tabasco in your condomends. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 3 1 2 3 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. 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