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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 4:33 pm
by kathlyn
forty is fantastic

Re: Well known phrases and sayings

Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 4:45 pm
by Scurra
Or, in a more cynical vein,

F*$# I'm Forty...

Re: Well known phrases and sayings

Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 6:35 pm
by Bunnylump
:lol: Never was a truer word spoken!

Re: Well known phrases and sayings

Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 8:53 pm
by Looby
F*$# I'm Forty...
or fifty!!!

Re: Well known phrases and sayings

Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 11:38 pm
by Bunnylump
What's 10 years, give or take?

Re: Well known phrases and sayings

Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 12:02 am
by LAT
Bunnylump wrote:What's 10 years, give or take?

An ever decreasing percentage of my life :(

Re: Well known phrases and sayings

Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 4:19 pm
by maisie ladybird
FIF CluePraemonitus praemunitus

Re: Well known phrases and sayings

Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 4:37 pm
by Bunnylump
Aha! It must be "Forewarned is forearmed" then?

Assuming that's right...

L I T B M

Re: Well known phrases and sayings

Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 5:03 pm
by Scurra
Ah, that's obviously the teen carol:

Like, in the Bleak Midwinter....

Re: Well known phrases and sayings

Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 5:15 pm
by Bunnylump
:lol: :lol: I'd love to say you were correct!

Re: Well known phrases and sayings

Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 7:54 pm
by Laura
Laughter Is The Best Medicine

(as exemplified by this site!)

Erm, finding it difficult to think of new ones now. How about

D A A G B F

Re: Well known phrases and sayings

Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 12:31 pm
by giraffe
Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friends


RTRNRHAVSN

Re: Well known phrases and sayings

Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 1:42 pm
by evilkeen
Rudolf the red nosed reindeer had a very shiny nose!

TEIH,TFID

Re: Well known phrases and sayings

Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 7:46 pm
by Cenwulf
To Err Is Human, To Forgive Is Divine

Or, in the words of Mae West:
"To err is human, but it feels divine."

MATWISIJ

Re: Well known phrases and sayings

Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 1:34 pm
by Snoopy
Many a true word is said in jest.

how about

ISTSCSB

Re: Well known phrases and sayings

Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 1:40 pm
by kingsley
I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing By ???

I'm not entirely sure as I thought the words were 'I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing In'.

Re: Well known phrases and sayings

Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2008 5:19 pm
by Snoopy
I'll not argue with you, Kingsley. It's a long time since I sang it and I typed it without really thinking. I was actually more worried about "come" or "go"!!!!
So over to you Knigsley...

Re: Well known phrases and sayings

Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2008 6:42 pm
by kingsley
OK then:

A A A D K T D A

Re: Well known phrases and sayings

Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2008 1:29 pm
by evilkeen
kingsley wrote:A A A D K T D A
An apple a day keeps the doctor away!

ITBWTW, ATWWWG, ATWWG

Re: Well known phrases and sayings

Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2008 1:56 pm
by Laura
evilkeen wrote:ITBWTW, ATWWWG, ATWWG
Is this a well known phrase, or a short novel in installments?