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RizzoTheRat

25,166 posts

192 months

Tuesday 4th August 2015
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History shall be kind to me, for I intend to write it - Churchill

Evil is when you treat people as things - Terry Pratchett

I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours - Random internet wisdom.

Saddle bum

4,211 posts

219 months

Tuesday 4th August 2015
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"Molon Labe"

King Leonidas at the Battle of Thermopylae

Modern day translation: "If you think you're hard enough, come on over".

Einion Yrth

19,575 posts

244 months

Tuesday 4th August 2015
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Saddle bum said:
"Molon Labe"

King Leonidas at the Battle of Thermopylae

Modern day translation: "If you think you're hard enough, come on over".
I know the Spartans pretty much invented the word laconic, but that's going some for terseness.

Mutley

3,178 posts

259 months

Tuesday 4th August 2015
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"you're going to find that many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view" Ben Kenobi


mattdaniels

7,353 posts

282 months

Tuesday 4th August 2015
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From another thread on here:

"It's not arrogance if you're right"

Joey Ramone

2,150 posts

125 months

Tuesday 4th August 2015
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"How do you make people happy? Kill all those who are unhappy"

Attributed to a charming gentleman who ran the Soviet Union for a number of years until his death in 1953.

Baryonyx

17,996 posts

159 months

Tuesday 4th August 2015
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"This is bks, Mark"

Johnson, Peep Show.

Mastodon2

13,826 posts

165 months

Tuesday 4th August 2015
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"When you're pushed, killing's as easy a breathing" - Nelson Mandela

vx220

2,689 posts

234 months

Tuesday 4th August 2015
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The Lord and the Devil are now playing chess,
The Devil still cheats and wins more souls,
And as for the Lord, well, he's just doing his best...

Sharted

2,632 posts

143 months

Tuesday 4th August 2015
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Buy your own fking glue.

Fatty Lewis

AmitG

3,299 posts

160 months

Tuesday 4th August 2015
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"Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the face."

- Mike Tyson


227bhp

10,203 posts

128 months

Tuesday 4th August 2015
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I don't know who this guy was, but he always seems good for a quote:


lord trumpton

7,401 posts

126 months

Tuesday 4th August 2015
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'Enough is as good as a feast' Mary Poppins


stuttgartmetal

8,108 posts

216 months

Tuesday 4th August 2015
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Give a man a job he loves, and he'll never work again.
Churchill.

Al U

2,312 posts

131 months

Tuesday 4th August 2015
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He who follows another, is always behind - Anon.

Choose a lazy person to do a hard job because that person will find an easy way to do it - Bill Gates

Edited by Al U on Tuesday 4th August 22:25

airsafari87

2,583 posts

182 months

Tuesday 4th August 2015
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If it floats, flies or f*cks. Rent it

Ray Luxury-Yacht

8,910 posts

216 months

Wednesday 5th August 2015
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airsafari87 said:
If it floats, flies or f*cks. Rent it
May well be better as 'If it floats, flies, has wheels or f*cks. Rent it..'

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Morningside

24,110 posts

229 months

Wednesday 5th August 2015
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Mastodon2 said:
"When you're pushed, killing's as easy a breathing" - Nelson Mandela
What was he referring to?

Saddle bum

4,211 posts

219 months

Wednesday 5th August 2015
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Einion Yrth said:
Saddle bum said:
"Molon Labe"

King Leonidas at the Battle of Thermopylae

Modern day translation: "If you think you're hard enough, come on over".
I know the Spartans pretty much invented the word laconic, but that's going some for terseness.
Literal translation is, "Come, take them". The Spartan King's response to Persian demands for them to lay down their arms.

Nowdays it is a symbol of defiance and also a rallying cry for gun-owners around the World.

anonymous-user

54 months

Wednesday 5th August 2015
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“Gratitude is a sickness suffered by dogs” - He had a fine moustaches and that's about it.
“Even the finest sword plunged into salt water will eventually rust.” ― Sun Tzu