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The wisdom of Will Rogers...
Take a stroll with me...this
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The Wisdom Of Will Rogers
Don't squat with your spurs on.
Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad
judgment.
Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier 'n putting' it back
in.
If you're riding ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to
make sure it's still there.
If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence, try ordering
somebody else's dog around.
After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started
roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him ...The
moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.
Never kick a cow chip on a hot day.
There's two theories to arguing with a woman. Neither one works.
If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging.
Never slap a man who's chewing tobacco.
It don't take a genius to spot a goat in a flock of sheep.
When you give a lesson in meanness to a critter or a person, don't be
surprised if they learn their lesson.
The quickest way to double your money is to fold it over and put it back
in your pocket.
Never miss a good chance to shut up.
Always drink upstream from the herd.
When you're throwing' your weight around, be ready to have it thrown
around by somebody else.
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Take a stroll with me:
submitted by Jan, my nice niece
Take a stroll with me...close your eyes...and go
back...before the Internet... before semi-automatics and crack...before SEGA or
Super Nintendo...wayback...
I'm talking about sitting on the curb, sitting on the
stoop, about hide and go seek, Simon Says, Red light - Green light. Lunch boxes
with a thermos. Chocolate milk, going home for lunch, penny candy from the
store, hopscotch, butterscotch, skates with keys, Jacks, Hula Hoops and
sunflower seeds, wax lips and mustaches, Mary Janes, saddle shoes and Coke
bottles with the names of cities on the bottom. Running through the sprinkler,
circle pins, bobby pins,Mickey Mouse Club, Rocky & Bullwinkle, Kukla, Fran
& Ollie, Spin & Marty...all in black & white.
When around the corner seemed far away, and going downtown seemed like going
somewhere. Climbing trees, making forts, backyard shows, lemonade stands, Cops
and Robbers, Cowboys and Indians, staring at clouds, jumping on the bed, pillow
fights, ribbon candy, angel hair on the Christmas tree, Jackie Gleason, white
gloves, walking to the movie theater, running till you were out of breath,
laughing so hard that your stomach hurt. Remember that? Not stepping on a crack
or you'd break our mother's back...paper chains at Christmas, silhouettes of
Lincoln and Washington...the smell of paste in school and Evening in Paris. What
about the girl who dotted her "i's" with hearts? The Stroll, popcorn
balls, & sock hops.
Remember when...there were two types of sneakers for girls
and boys (Keds & PF Flyer) and the only time you wore them at school was for
"gym." And the girls had those ugly gym uniforms. When it took five
minutes for the TV to warm up. When nearly everyone's Mom was at home when the
kids got home from school. When nobody owned a purebred dog. When a quarter was
a decent allowance. When you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny. When your
Mom wore nylons that came in two pieces. When all of your male teachers wore
neckties and female teachers had their hair done, everyday and wore high heels.
When you got your windshield cleaned, oil checked, and gas pumped, without
asking, all for free, every time. And, you didn't pay for air. And, you got
trading stamps to boot! When laundry detergent had free glasses, dishes or
towels hidden inside the box. When it was considered a great privilege to be
taken out to dinner at a real restaurant with your parents. When they threatened
to keep kids back a grade if they failed and did! When the worst thing you could
do at school was smoke in the bathrooms, flunk a test or chew gum. And the prom
was in the auditorium and you danced to an orchestra.
When a '57 Chevy was everyone's dream car...to cruise, peel
out, lay rubber or watch submarine races, and people went steady and girls wore
a class ring with an inch of wrapped bandaids, dental floss or yarn coated with
pastel frost nail polish so it would fit her finger. And no one ever asked where
the car keys were because they were always in the car, in the ignition, and the
doors were never locked. Remember lying on your back on the grass with your
friends and saying things like "That cloud looks like a..." And
playing baseball with no adults to help kids with the rules of the game.
Remember when stuff from the store came without safety caps
and hermetic seals because no one had yet tried to poison a perfect stranger.
And...with all our progress...don't you just wish, just once, you could slip
back in time and savor the
slower pace...and share it with the children of today. When
being sent to the principal's office was nothing compared to the fate that
awaited the student at home. Basically, we were in fear for our lives, but it
wasn't because of drive by shootings, drugs, gangs, etc. Our parents and
grandparents were a much bigger threat! But we survived because their love was
greater than the threat.
So send this on to someone who can still remember Nancy
Drew, The Hardy Boys, Laurel & Hardy, Howdy Doody and The Peanut Gallery.
The Lone Ranger, The Shadow Knows, Nellie Belle, Roy and Dale, Trigger and
Buttermilk...as well as the sound of a reel mower on Saturday morning, and
summers filled with bike rides, baseball games, bowling and visits to the
pool...and eating Kool-Aid powder with sugar.
Didn't that feel good, just to go back and say, "Yeah,
I remember that..."
Have a great day!
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Did you know?
In George Washington's days, there were no cameras. One's image
was either sculpted or painted. Some paintings of George Washington showed
him standing behind a desk with one arm behind his back while others showed
both legs and both arms. Prices charged by painters were not based on how many
people were to be painted, but by how many limbs were to be painted. Arms and
legs are "limbs", therefore painting them would cost the buyer more.
Hence the expression. "Okay, but it'll cost you an arm and a leg".
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As incredible as it sounds, men and women took baths only twice a year! (May and
October) Women kept their hair covered, while men shaved their heads (because of
lice and bugs) and wore ! wigs. Wealthy men could afford good wigs made from
wool. The wigs couldn't be washed, so to clean them they could carve out a loaf
of bread, put the wig in the shell, and bake it for 30 minutes. The heat would
make the wig big and fluffy, hence the term "big wig". Today we often
use the term "here comes the Big Wig"
because someone appears to be or is powerful and wealthy.
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In the late 1700s, many houses consisted of a large room with only one chair.
Commonly, a long wide board was folded down from the wall and used for dining.
The "head of the household" always sat in the chair while everyone
else ate sitting on the floor. Once in a while, a guest (who was almost always a
man) would be invited to sit in this chair during a meal. To sit in the chair
meant you were important and in charge. Sitting in
the chair, one was called the "chair man". Today in business we use
the expression or title "Chairman or Chairman of the Board".
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Needless to say, personal hygiene left much room for improvement.
As a result, many women and men had developed acne scars by adulthood. The women
would spread bee's wax over their facial skin to smooth out their complexions.
When they were speaking to each other, if a woman began to stare at another
woman's face she was told "mind your own bee's wax." Should the woman
smile, the wax would crack, hence the term "crack a smile". Also, when
they sat too close to the fire, the wax would melt and therefore the expression
"losing face".
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Ladies wore corsets which would lace up in the front. A tightly
tied lace was worn by a proper and dignified lady as in "straight
laced."
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Common entertainment included playing cards. However, there was a tax! levied
when purchasing playing cards but only applicable to the "ace of
Spades". To avoid paying the tax, people would purchase 51 cards instead.
Yet, since most games require 52 cards, these people were thought to be stupid
or dumb because they weren't "playing with a full deck."
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Early politicians required feedback from the public to determine
what was considered important to the people. Since there were no
telephones, TV's or radios, the politicians sent their assistants to
local taverns, pubs, and bars who were told to "go sip some ale" and
listen to people's conversations and political concerns. Many assistants were
dispatched at different times. "You go sip here" and "You go sip
there".
The two words "go sip" were eventually combined when referring to the
local opinion and, thus we have the term "gossip".
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At local taverns, pubs, and bars, people drank from pint- and quart-sized
containers. A bar maid's job was to keep an eye on the customers and keep the
drinks coming. She had to pay close attention and remember who was drinking in
"pints" and who was drinking in "quarts", hence the term
"minding your "P's and Q's".
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One more: bet you didn't know this!!!! In the heyday of sailing ships, all war
ships and many freighters carried iron cannons. Those cannons fired round iron
cannon balls. It was
necessary to keep a good supply near the cannon, but how to prevent them from
rolling about the deck? The best storage method devised was a square based
pyramid with
one ball on top, resting on four resting on nine, which rested on sixteen. Thus,
a supply of 30 cannon balls could be stacked in a small area right next to the
cannon.
There was only one problem...how to prevent the bottom layer from sliding or
rolling from under the others. The solution was a metal plate called a
"Monkey" with 16 round
indentations. But, if this plate were made of iron, the iron balls would quickly
rust to it. The solution to the rusting problem was to make "Brass
Monkeys." Few landlubbers realize that brass contracts much more and much
faster than iron when chilled. Consequently, when the temperature dropped too
far, the brass indentations would shrink so much that the iron cannon balls
would come right off the monkey. Thus, it was quite literally, "Cold enough
to freeze the balls off a brass monkey". (And all this time, you thought
that was an improper expression, didn't you?)
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The most committed win!
Yes...
you can!
Go ahead risk it, say hello!
There's always Today!
"If you think you
can, or if you think you can't... you're right!"
Do it big, or stay in bed.
Be anchored to
some ideal, philosophy or cause that keeps you too excited to sleep.
Practice being excited!
Have the guts to go!
More powerful than the will to win is
the courage to begin
Do one thing after
another, one at a time.
Never try to catch two frogs with one
hand
When one must,
one can!
Change your thoughts and you change
your world.
Your friend is
the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.
Shoot as if it is impossible to fail!
When things go
wrong, don't go with them!
Forget tomorrow, today is the day!
Don't fear what you
want.
He conquers who endures!
Big shots are only
little shots who keep shooting!
The real sin is to persuade
oneself that the second best is anything but second best.
Success seems to be
largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
"To be what we are, and to become what
we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life"
Robert Louis Stevenson
If you always do
what you've always done, you'll always get what you always got!
“Far
better it is to dare mighty things,
even though checkered by failure,
than to live in that gray twilight that
knows neither victory nor defeat...”
Teddy Roosevelt
Gun control is not
about guns;
it's about control!
Press on!
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not:
Nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will
not: unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education alone will not:
the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination
alone are omnipotent!
Hit just one more
target, why not!
The squeaky wheel doesn't always get
greased, it often gets replaced.
From self alone
expect applause.
Some Brain food:
We are what we repeatedly do.
Excellence then is not an act, but a habit...
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