| Proverbs & sayings 10:54 - Jun 3 with 3164 views | clive_baker |
Without going full on David Brent, I'm not ashamed to admit I do enjoy a proverb / quote. A good friend of mine is Hindu and regularly tries to use new ones when talking to me, which like a good joke I can never remember myself. Anyone got any to offer? Few favourites of mine below:
"Each time you point your finger at someone, 3 of your own point back at you".
"There is nothing noble in being superior to another man. The true nobility is being superior to your previous self"
"Why would a monkey know of the taste of ginger?" - When something completely unexpected is expected of someone.
"Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice". I think this was Henry Ford, the journey can be as rewarding as the end goal. At least that's my interpretation.
"I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination".
Any more?
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| Proverbs & sayings on 10:56 - Jun 3 with 2894 views | Keno |
Soft fruit in, soft sh1t out - my grandma |  |
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| Proverbs & sayings on 11:23 - Jun 3 with 2848 views | tractorboy1978 |
Ricky Gervais - "the best advice I've ever received is no one else knows what they are doing either" - that has always stuck with me when I am being too hard on myself. And it looks particularly relevant now with the handling of this crisis.
I also like:
'When the game ends, the king and the pawn go back in the same box"
"Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people they don't like" |  | | |
| Proverbs & sayings on 11:25 - Jun 3 with 2827 views | Herbivore |
I think you are sailing dangerously close to going full Brent. Some good ones in there though. |  |
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| Proverbs & sayings on 11:53 - Jun 3 with 2771 views | bluefunk |
"You catch more flies with honey than vinegar" - real old school saying that
A previous boss of mine loved "What gets measured gets done" - very Brentesque but true nonetheless |  | | |
| Proverbs & sayings on 12:04 - Jun 3 with 2731 views | SE1blue |
‘Everything will be OK in the end. If it’s not OK, it’s not the end’ |  |
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| Proverbs & sayings on 12:16 - Jun 3 with 2705 views | C_HealyIsAPleasure |
I really expected the wood one to be accredited to Ron Swanson |  |
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| Proverbs & sayings on 12:16 - Jun 3 with 2709 views | itfcjoe |
“Money don’t make my world go round, I’m reaching out to a higher ground”
On a more serious note, If by Rudyard Kipling is great and has some brilliant messages in there
“If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings–nor lose the common touch”
I think that can relate to my industry well |  |
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| Proverbs & sayings on 12:39 - Jun 3 with 2675 views | tractorboy1978 |
| Proverbs & sayings on 12:16 - Jun 3 by itfcjoe |
“Money don’t make my world go round, I’m reaching out to a higher ground”
On a more serious note, If by Rudyard Kipling is great and has some brilliant messages in there
“If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings–nor lose the common touch”
I think that can relate to my industry well |
"Ladies and gentlemen, England will be playing 4-4-f*****g-2" | | | |
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| Proverbs & sayings on 12:55 - Jun 3 with 2650 views | Meadowlark |
My dad always used to say "Time spent in preparation is seldom wasted!" |  | | |
| Proverbs & sayings on 13:04 - Jun 3 with 2635 views | eastangliaisblue |
My Dad always used to say to me "Lazy people end up working twice as hard." To make sure i did things properly the first time. [Post edited 3 Jun 2020 13:06]
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| Proverbs & sayings on 13:15 - Jun 3 with 2604 views | WeWereZombies |
Abair ach beagan is abair gu math e |  |
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| Proverbs & sayings on 13:34 - Jun 3 with 2574 views | NthQldITFC |
Red sky at night, shepherds' delight. Red sky in the morning, shepherd's pie.
How's yer belly off for spots?
It's a bit chilly round the houses. |  |
| # WE ARE STEALING THE FUTURE FROM OUR CHILDREN --- WE MUST CHANGE COURSE # | | Poll: | It's driving me nuts |
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| Proverbs & sayings on 13:39 - Jun 3 with 2571 views | BrixtonBlue |
My work wife is Bulgarian and they have some proper bonkers (and often quite dark) sayings;
"The horse went into the river" - meaning things started to go wrong.
"The hasty bitch gives birth to blind puppies" - meaning haste makes waste.
"He stuck a hedgehog in his pants" - he did something that will cause him trouble
Morons pick grapes, heroes drink wine - no explanation necessary.
And my personal favourite;
“Whenever he farts, he unsettles the dust” - meaning a short person. |  |
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| Proverbs & sayings on 14:24 - Jun 3 with 2511 views | Libero |
| Proverbs & sayings on 13:39 - Jun 3 by BrixtonBlue |
My work wife is Bulgarian and they have some proper bonkers (and often quite dark) sayings;
"The horse went into the river" - meaning things started to go wrong.
"The hasty bitch gives birth to blind puppies" - meaning haste makes waste.
"He stuck a hedgehog in his pants" - he did something that will cause him trouble
Morons pick grapes, heroes drink wine - no explanation necessary.
And my personal favourite;
“Whenever he farts, he unsettles the dust” - meaning a short person. |
Just sent these to my Bulgarian mate, he has no idea WTF I’m going on about.
I think your work wife’s taking the p1ss mate. |  | | |
| Proverbs & sayings on 14:27 - Jun 3 with 2503 views | Darth_Koont |
"Better an empty house than a bad tenant" - said after an audible fart. |  |
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| Proverbs & sayings on 14:30 - Jun 3 with 2493 views | LankHenners |
| Proverbs & sayings on 13:39 - Jun 3 by BrixtonBlue |
My work wife is Bulgarian and they have some proper bonkers (and often quite dark) sayings;
"The horse went into the river" - meaning things started to go wrong.
"The hasty bitch gives birth to blind puppies" - meaning haste makes waste.
"He stuck a hedgehog in his pants" - he did something that will cause him trouble
Morons pick grapes, heroes drink wine - no explanation necessary.
And my personal favourite;
“Whenever he farts, he unsettles the dust” - meaning a short person. |
That fourth one sounds like it's from a, uh, different time. |  |
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| Proverbs & sayings on 14:50 - Jun 3 with 2452 views | BrixtonBlue |
| Proverbs & sayings on 14:24 - Jun 3 by Libero |
Just sent these to my Bulgarian mate, he has no idea WTF I’m going on about.
I think your work wife’s taking the p1ss mate. |
Don't know what to tell you. She's told me some of these and I looked up the rest here;
https://blazingbulgaria.wordpress.com/2012/05/31/proverbs/
...some of which are also the ones she independently told me. The horse one I've seen on several websites, seems like quite a popular one. | |
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| Proverbs & sayings on 14:59 - Jun 3 with 2422 views | footers |
Mother always used to say to me "Are your fcking legs broken? Go get it yourself, you lazy little sht."
Truer words never spoken. |  |
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| Proverbs & sayings on 15:05 - Jun 3 with 2413 views | J2BLUE |
| Proverbs & sayings on 12:04 - Jun 3 by SE1blue |
‘Everything will be OK in the end. If it’s not OK, it’s not the end’ |
Said SE1, moments before he was killed by an emu. |  |
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| Proverbs & sayings on 15:06 - Jun 3 with 2412 views | Meadowlark |
| Proverbs & sayings on 14:59 - Jun 3 by footers |
Mother always used to say to me "Are your fcking legs broken? Go get it yourself, you lazy little sht."
Truer words never spoken. |
And you turned out OK! Didn't you? | | | |
| Proverbs & sayings on 15:08 - Jun 3 with 2399 views | footers |
| Proverbs & sayings on 15:06 - Jun 3 by Meadowlark |
And you turned out OK! Didn't you? |
My parole officer says I'm making real progress.  | |
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| Proverbs & sayings on 15:11 - Jun 3 with 2392 views | eastangliaisblue |
"Any port in a storm" used to be one of my favourites back in my single days to justify pulling women who weren't too attractive. Mind you they probably said exactly the same about me to their mates. | | | |
| Proverbs & sayings on 15:13 - Jun 3 with 2388 views | Schmoke |
Not sure if this qualifies but its excellent nonetheless. All the way from Poland:
'Nie mój cyrk, nie moje małpy'
or 'not my circus, not my monkeys'. |  | | |
| Proverbs & sayings on 15:24 - Jun 3 with 2355 views | NewcyBlue |
| Proverbs & sayings on 12:55 - Jun 3 by Meadowlark |
My dad always used to say "Time spent in preparation is seldom wasted!" |
This is quite apt for me right now.
I'm joining ship next week, it is one we've bought from a different company. So the ship name will change, along with the call sign, and the port of registry. Many other things about the ship will change, but those 3 are of particular interest to me.
All three are painted on the lifeboats and rescue boat. The name and port of registry are painted on the Lifebuoys.
I'm currently making stencils now to take with me. It'll save me a fair few hours work on board, searching for materials and tools. This way I can go, scrape the old paint off, and whack the new paint on with my homemade stencils.
It's normally a good job for the cadets (apprentices), one job that I absolutely hated. But for some reason I am quite enjoying it at the moment Probably because I have all the materials I need, I bought a proper hobby knife set, I've got all the time in the world to make a neat job of it too.
It'll also make a pretty decent first impression when I go on board and the Captain tells me that we need to make stencils for the Life Saving Appliances and I can say that I've done it at home so we just need to paint them. |  |
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| Proverbs & sayings on 15:27 - Jun 3 with 2342 views | NewcyBlue |
"Be general in your foundations so you can be specific in your goals" | |
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