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#71502 05/27/02 05:10 PM
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OK, if all work and no play make Jack a dull boy, then what does all play and no work make Jack?

I can't think of an answer to this one.

Help, please.

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#71503 05/27/02 05:13 PM
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Playful.


#71504 05/27/02 05:14 PM
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All work and no play makes jack. All play and no work makes a jackass.


#71505 05/27/02 05:20 PM
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It makes one my neighbor's unemployed son-in-law - Jack the Rapper.




#71506 05/27/02 10:10 PM
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Impecunious. But then, not all buy in to the Puritain/Protestant work ethic.


#71507 05/27/02 10:18 PM
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a party animal! when can i met him!

you know what they say, No Pain, No gain so do the right thing.. Party till it hurts!


#71508 06/03/02 05:28 AM
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Around here we have a saying: Work is a wonderful thing: I could watch it all day long..


#71509 06/04/02 04:01 PM
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all play and no work make Jack?

A gigolo ?

OTOH I've found the best thing to do with your jack is to put it to work!

#71510 06/08/02 01:53 AM
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an idle sod?
or perhaps just everybody's sodding idol (for getting away with what we all wish we could get away with!)



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