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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#21 Post by Scurra » Tue Dec 09, 2008 7:15 pm

Gill, Many a mickle maks a muckle is perfectly easy to understand.

If you want to mak a muckle, you need several mickles.

How hard is that?
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.
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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#22 Post by gill216 » Tue Dec 09, 2008 8:11 pm

Clever s*d (sticks tongue out)

(I am allowed folks- dont know if the rest of you would get away with it but I can. :D )

Dear BP, Very hard actually. I assume its simialr to "lYLATPTPWLAT"?
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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#23 Post by Snoopy » Wed Dec 10, 2008 5:00 pm

Sorry Gill. I thought that was a well known saying. :shock:

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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#24 Post by gill216 » Wed Dec 10, 2008 5:07 pm

Probably is, I must have had earmuffs on my entire life :lol:
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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#25 Post by Snoopy » Fri Dec 12, 2008 5:39 pm

maisie ladybird wrote: TDFWFIHTD
Assuming this is still going

The devil finds work for idle hands to do

So how about

JBJBJATW

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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#26 Post by LAT » Fri Dec 12, 2008 7:00 pm

Very seasonal! :D

Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle all the way

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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#27 Post by Laura » Fri Dec 12, 2008 7:02 pm

So what's next LAT?

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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#28 Post by LAT » Fri Dec 12, 2008 7:05 pm

How about

M I H R A L ?

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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#29 Post by Bunnylump » Fri Dec 12, 2008 8:39 pm

Marry in haste, repent at leisure?

Assuming that's ok...

P I T T O T
You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.

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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#30 Post by Cenwulf » Sun Dec 14, 2008 10:01 pm

Procrastination Is The Thief Of Time.

How about...

T C T A C
Unfortunately, the number of ways of doing something wrong far exceed the number of ways of doing it right. G. Kasparov

16000 - 30/03/2017

neves-ytnewt rebmun rebmem suomynona srelzzup

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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#31 Post by Bunnylump » Mon Dec 15, 2008 12:00 am

Two's company, three's a crowd?

What about

T P O T P I I T E?
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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#32 Post by giraffe » Mon Dec 15, 2008 9:27 am

The Proof Of The Pudding Is In The Eating (or in the choking on the threepenny bit)


GKWLOOTFOS

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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#33 Post by evilkeen » Mon Dec 15, 2008 10:31 am

Good King Wenceslas looked out, on the feast of Stephen!


OHNTSABS

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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#34 Post by Laura » Mon Dec 15, 2008 5:13 pm

Oh Holy night, the stars are brightly shining!

GTCISP

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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#35 Post by chazzie » Mon Dec 15, 2008 6:01 pm

Good things come in small packages...

I D O A W C

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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#36 Post by Scurra » Mon Dec 15, 2008 6:23 pm

I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas

D P A Y E I O B
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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#37 Post by maisie ladybird » Mon Dec 15, 2008 6:42 pm

Don't put all your eggs in one basket

FIF

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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#38 Post by scarletannie » Sat Dec 20, 2008 1:12 am

oops

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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#39 Post by Laura » Sat Dec 20, 2008 10:21 am

erm............ Fudge is fabulous???? :oops:

I've no idea really. Anyone got any inspiration on this one?

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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#40 Post by scarletannie » Sat Dec 20, 2008 2:45 pm

Fifty is fabulous?

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