cooperlola Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 [quote user="Will "][quote user="sweet 17"]i thought a highbrow person was the one who thinks of the William Tell overture when everyone else thinks it's the theme tune for the Lone Ranger! Nevermind, I guess I am just too old and remember the things that everyone else has forgotten![/quote]Poppadom poppadom poppadom dom dom...The William Patel Overture (Les Barker - Mrs Ackroyd)[/quote]Will, you will then remember the song of Earwig O, won't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Absolutely... My favourite Les Barker title was 'Dachshunds with erections can't climb stairs'. For the uninitiated, he is the absolute master of the excrutiating pun (often dog-related), e.g. 'The war on terrier', though he is also a serious poet. I feel a thread hijack coming on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 If a man is all alone in the forest, with no-one to hear, and he speaks....Is he still wrong?(Unknown) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 [quote user="Pierre ZFP"]If a man is all alone in the forest, with no-one to hear, and he speaks....Is he still wrong?[/quote]Yes. A man is always wrong (or so my wife tells me) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 I though a Highbrow is someone who can hear Wagner's 'Ride of the Valkyries' and not think of the Bugs Bunny Cartooon(Kill der Wabbit, kill der Wabbit.......wid my spear and magic hewlmet. Spear and magic helmet? Wes, spear and magic hewlmet) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 [quote user="Pierre ZFP"]I though a Highbrow is someone who can hear Wagner's 'Ride of the Valkyries' and not think of the Bugs Bunny Cartooon(Kill der Wabbit, kill der Wabbit.......wid my spear and magic hewlmet. Spear and magic helmet? Wes, spear and magic hewlmet)[/quote] Whenever I hear 'Ride of the Valkyries' I think of helicopters [8-)]Does that make me highbrow or lowbrow - or just a saddo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 "We'll come in low, out of the rising sun, and about a mile out, we'llput on the music... Yeah, I use Wagner -- scares the hell out of theslopes! My boys love it !""I love the smell of napalm in the morning... "Robert Duval, Apocalypse Now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Back to the William Tell overture, here it is written in a new type of musical notation[IMG]http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j205/vienormande/tittybum.jpg[/IMG] (titty bum titty bum titty bum bum bum) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugsy Posted December 5, 2006 Author Share Posted December 5, 2006 "I am going to concentrate on what's important in life. I'm going to strive to be a kind and generous and loving person. I'm going to keep death right here beside me, so that anytime I even think about getting angry at you or someone else, I'll see death and I'll remember."Diane Frolov. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patf Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 "Do not get into a quarrel with an argumentative man, nor incite him with words. Proceed cautiiously before an opponent and give way to an adversay.Sleep on it before speaking for a storm cometh forth like a fire from hay." Amenhotep 3, Pharoah in the 18th dynasty of Kemet. Could be advice for this forum, though it would take the fun out of it. Pat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5-element Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 "I used to dread getting older because I thought I would not be able to do the things I wanted to do, but now that I am older, I find that I don't want to do them" - Lady Nancy Astor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugsy Posted December 6, 2006 Author Share Posted December 6, 2006 Never be afraid to try something new.Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark;a large group of professionals built the Titanic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 Is it me or have you acquired 2 extra wheels, Bugs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugsy Posted December 6, 2006 Author Share Posted December 6, 2006 [quote user="cooperlola"]Is it me or have you acquired 2 extra wheels, Bugs?[/quote]It's my old dragster 'Bugbear 2', which I built from scratch in 1995. It's sadly no longer in my possession as I sold it when I finished racing in 1997.VW flat-four powered (although no VW parts in the motor) 2.7 litre and nearly 400hp (with Nitrous Oxide and Water Injection)Ran the quarter mile in 7.3 seconds with a terminal speed of 183mph.http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p211/Bugbear2/Bugbear.jpgBetter than SEX..................................................[:D][:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renaud Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 Bugbear's post that started this thread reminds me of a colleague with whom I used to fly on business trips.Arriving at the BA check-in desk he said that he was travelling to Bahrain but wanted his suitcase to go to India."That's not possible," the check-in person said."Well you managed it last time". The look that the check-in person gave, implied that she had heard it before but couldn't believe that she had given the feed line again.------------The Nancy Astor quote is like one from Degas, who said that when he was young he had lots of ideas for painting but did not have the technique, but now he was old he had the technique but had run out of ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugsy Posted December 6, 2006 Author Share Posted December 6, 2006 [quote user="Renaud"]Bugbear's post that started this thread reminds me of a colleague with whom I used to fly on business trips.Arriving at the BA check-in desk he said that he was travelling to Bahrain but wanted his suitcase to go to India."That's not possible," the check-in person said."Well you managed it last time". The look that the check-in person gave, implied that she had heard it before but couldn't believe that she had given the feed line again.[/quote] [:D][:D][:D][:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5-element Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 Nice one Renaud.I got the Nancy Astor quote from a book someone kindly gave me on my birthday (one of the significant milestone ones!) - the book is "Age doesn't matter unless you're a cheese" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mochas Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 Letter to the Weekly Telegraph:Tony and the truthSir– Tony Blair will undoubtedly go down in history as the Prime Ministerwho claimed that it was a slip of the tongue when he told the truth.John Crowley, Queenscliff, Victoria, AustraliaSomehow, this nice little quote has the ring of truth for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 I wish I could drink like a lady, one or two at most, three I'm under the table, four I'm under the host.The great Dorothy Parker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 My wife and I were married in a toilet - it was a marriage of convenience.Tommy Cooper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saddie Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 [quote user="Renaud"]Arriving at the BA check-in desk he said that he was travelling to Bahrain but wanted his suitcase to go to India."That's not possible," the check-in person said."Well you managed it last time". The look that the check-in person gave, implied that she had heard it before but couldn't believe that she had given the feed line again.------------ [/quote]I love flying. I've been to nearly as many places as my luggageBob Hope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugsy Posted December 6, 2006 Author Share Posted December 6, 2006 and ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northernlad Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 The thick brown stuffI'm always in it; It's only ever the depth that varies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weedon Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 Those are my principles, if you don't like them I have others - Groucho MarxI feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day - Frank Sinatra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 "Before you criticise someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticise them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes."Jack Handy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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