“Oh the tangled web we weave, when first we try to knit a thneed!”

“A bird in the hand,,,, is dinner!”

“Don’t count your chickens with a fox!”

“A chain is only as strong as the material it’s made from!”

“A fool and his money are great if your a door to door salesman!”

“Don’t smell a gift horse’s breath!”

“Beware of Greeks!!!”

“Behind every great man is a brute with a knife!”

“A stitch in time is an impossibility(you can’t mend time)!”

“Give a man enough rope and he’ll have all your rope!”

“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but that isn’t permission to wail on me!”

“The longest journey starts with a full bladder!”

“Those who live in glass houses have no tan lines!”

“You can lead a horse to water, provided you have a horse, a lead and some water!”

“Absynthe makes the heart palpitate!”

Riff-in-Thyme said:

“Absynthe makes the heart palpitate!”

“Absinthe makes the tart grow fonder.” – Ernest Dowson.

PM 2Ring said:

Riff-in-Thyme said:

“Absynthe makes the heart palpitate!”

“Absinthe makes the tart grow fonder.” – Ernest Dowson.

I knew there was a reason I used to drink that shit.

poikilotherm said:

PM 2Ring said:

Riff-in-Thyme said:

“Absynthe makes the heart palpitate!”

“Absinthe makes the tart grow fonder.” – Ernest Dowson.

I knew there was a reason I used to drink that shit.

Absinthe always makes me think of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. I visited a museum of his works in Albi last year. An excellent collection, well presented with a good audio tour guide.

morrie said:

poikilotherm said:

PM 2Ring said:

“Absinthe makes the tart grow fonder.” – Ernest Dowson.

I knew there was a reason I used to drink that shit.

Absinthe always makes me think of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. I visited a museum of his works in Albi last year. An excellent collection, well presented with a good audio tour guide.

I’m still trying to work out if absinthe causes hallucinations or those reports were all from people with tertiary syphilis.

morrie said:

Absinthe always makes me think of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. I visited a museum of his works in Albi last year. An excellent collection, well presented with a good audio tour guide.

It reminds me of the painting by Degas

apparently it was the high alcohol content that was the main reason people went a bit funny on it rather than anything in the type of liquor it was.

• apparently it was the high alcohol content that was the main reason people went a bit funny on it rather than anything in the type of liquor it was.

It was the Bundy of its day…

Boris said:

apparently it was the high alcohol content that was the main reason people went a bit funny on it rather than anything in the type of liquor it was.

I was hopeful. I can get 90% EtOH.

“get a downtown jeweller”

“Oh the tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive. How much easier it becomes the second time around.”

“A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. Whoever said that never spent an hour in the bushes with a couple of birds.”

“Behind every great man is a woman – kicking him in the arse.”

“A stitch in time saves nine. But nine out of ten stitches save none.”

“The longest journey starts with a single step. But one step takes you practically nowhere.”

“Look before you leap, because he who hesitates is lost.”

Don’t do today what you can do tomorrow.

if at first you do not understand the problem, shoot the problem (wookie proverb)

alcohol and tobacco have been used as currency in the past

the great thing about them is that they are vitually immune to inflation

when you have too much currency it just gets smoked or drunk

“The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese”

American currency used to have a tobacco leaf on it to symbolise a bundle of tobacco that used to be used a s currency

jjjust moi said:

“The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese”

then the bird eats the mouse

never judge someone until you have walked a mile in their shoes – because then you’ll be a mile away, and you’ll have their shoes.

• then the bird eats the mouse

And the worm goes free…

If you loan someone one hundred dollars, and you never see them again – it was probably a good investment.

PM 2Ring said:

morrie said:

Absinthe always makes me think of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. I visited a museum of his works in Albi last year. An excellent collection, well presented with a good audio tour guide.

It reminds me of the painting by Degas

The invention of the cocktail “Earthquake” or Tremblement de Terre is attributed to Toulouse-Lautrec: a potent mixture containing half absinthe and half cognac (in a wine goblet, 3 parts Absinthe and 3 parts Cognac, sometimes served with ice cubes or shaken in a cocktail shaker filled with ice.

Just as I was waiting to go and sit my oral French exam in 1968, we had the Meckering earthquake. Cars were bouncing about and the columns on the building at UWA where the exams were held were visibly moving. The first question the examiner asked me was “Aimez vous les tremblements de terre?” If I had studied French art instead of French architecture, the question may have taken on a different meaning. : )

He who is calm in a crisis, has thought who else to blame.

Man with hands in pockets, might be on the ball.

Arts said:

If you loan someone one hundred dollars, and you never see them again – it was probably a good investment.

i’m open to receiving any donations if any one is open to it

morrie said:

The invention of the cocktail “Earthquake” or Tremblement de Terre is attributed to Toulouse-Lautrec: a potent mixture containing half absinthe and half cognac (in a wine goblet, 3 parts Absinthe and 3 parts Cognac, sometimes served with ice cubes or shaken in a cocktail shaker filled with ice.

Intense!
morrie said:

Just as I was waiting to go and sit my oral French exam in 1968, we had the Meckering earthquake. Cars were bouncing about and the columns on the building at UWA where the exams were held were visibly moving. The first question the examiner asked me was “Aimez vous les tremblements de terre?” If I had studied French art instead of French architecture, the question may have taken on a different meaning. : )

:)

wookiemeister said:

alcohol and tobacco have been used as currency in the past

Yes. And I’m sure they’re still used, albeit unofficially.

wookiemeister said:

American currency used to have a tobacco leaf on it to symbolise a bundle of tobacco that used to be used as currency

I don’t think so… perhaps you’re thinking of the tobacco note

Familiarity breeds Tasmanians.

Riff-in-Thyme said:

Familiarity breeds Tasmanians.

What did Tasmanians do to deserve that?

There shall in that time be rumors of things going astray, erm, and there shall be a great confusion as to where things really are, and nobody will really know where lieth those little things with the sort of raffia-work base, that has an attachment. At that time, a friend shall lose his friend’s hammer, and the young shall not know where lieth the things possessed by their fathers that their fathers put there only just the night before, about eight o’clock.

roughbarked said:

Riff-in-Thyme said:

Familiarity breeds Tasmanians.

What did Tasmanians do to deserve that?

See any red-headed aborigines around?

roughbarked said:

Riff-in-Thyme said:

Familiarity breeds Tasmanians.

What did Tasmanians do to deserve that?

Really, who doesn’t deserve to be lambasted on the odd occasion?

Riff-in-Thyme said:

roughbarked said:

Riff-in-Thyme said:

Familiarity breeds Tasmanians.

What did Tasmanians do to deserve that?

See any red-headed aborigines around?

Michael Mansell sprigs to mind.

jjjust moi said:

Riff-in-Thyme said:

roughbarked said:

What did Tasmanians do to deserve that?

See any red-headed aborigines around?

Michael Mansell sprigs to mind.

who would have thought finding a less cumbersome alternative to “backwoods inbred yokels” would have got so personal?

Riff-in-Thyme said:

jjjust moi said:

Riff-in-Thyme said:

See any red-headed aborigines around?

Michael Mansell sprigs to mind.

who would have thought finding a less cumbersome alternative to “backwoods inbred yokels” would have got so personal?

on second thoughts, “familiarity breeds backwoods inbred yokels” is punchier. Apologies for any offense. ;)