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Lisa
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Originally posted by Scott R:
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Figures can't lie, but liars can figure...?

Close. Figures lie and liars figure.

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Lisa
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Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater.

An instruction worth following which is related to an opposable digit on the metacarpus of a member of homo sapiens.

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skillery
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A good rule of thumb?

The point at which an eraser may be found in proximity to a passageway for vehicles.

[ August 24, 2006, 03:25 PM: Message edited by: skillery ]

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FlyingCow
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Where the rubber meets the road.

Regularly eating from the Tree of Knowledge wards off acolytes of Hippocrates.

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Dan_raven
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An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

A medieval royal entertainer and the economic results of his toil part company in a small amount of time.

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skillery
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A fool and his money are soon parted.

A relaxed respite for the residents of Hades.

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Kasie H
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A cold day in hell.

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Kasie H
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A stick filled with ink can destroy even the sharpest medieval weapon.

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skillery
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Originally posted by Kasie H:
A cold day in hell.

Not what I had in mind.

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Kasie H
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...but it works...

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skillery
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All hell breaks loose

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Dan_raven
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The pen is mightier than the sword.

especially when.

Heck freezes over.

Monitoring a body of liquid as heat is applied to turn its phase into that of a gas guarantees that a violent phase change does not occur.

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MandyM
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Finally! I got some! I was feeling pretty stupid for a while.
Skillery: When Hell freezes over.
Kasie: The pen is mightier than the sword.

(This is too easy [Frown]

)It would be that the tureen hails the tea-making vessel as dark as ink.

Dang! I posted too slow! That last one stumped me.

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skillery
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A watched pot never boils.

Judgment-deficient individuals make haste to locale dreaded by ambulatory heavenly ministrants.

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Lisa
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Mandy: It's the pot calling the kettle black.
skillery: Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

A condition where the bony structure containing the neural network which processes information in organic creatures is located is duplicated is preferable to a condition in which it remains singular.

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Dan_raven
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The Pot calling the kettle black

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Items heavy with refractive and prismatic outter appearances are not, as a neccessity, AU.

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Lisa
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All that glitters is not gold.

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SenojRetep
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Two heads are better than one
All that glitters is not gold

One's habitual domicile is proximate, metaphorically speaking, with one's coronary tissue.

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Lisa
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Home is where the heart is.

The arrival of the Catholic institution responsible for maintaining the coherence of its faith-based community is not anticipated by anyone.

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MandyM
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Home is where the heart is.

I will come back with anoter one in a minute.

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skillery
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Monte Python: "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!"

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BlackBlade
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That is completely akin to the vessel describing the cauldron as having absolutely colorless attributes.

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Kasie H
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Didn't we just have "The pot calling the kettle black"?

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MrSquicky
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That's like the pot calling the kettle black.

Abilities of high magnitude carry with them corresponding obligations.

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Dan_raven
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With great powers come great responsibilities.

The ultimate in noble titles belongs to none other than legal tender.

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Bob_Scopatz
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The king is owned by the crown???

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Lisa
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Cash is king.

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Bob_Scopatz
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Ah...of course.

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Bob_Scopatz
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A single well-executed vector change merits reciprocation

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rivka
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[Nitpicks: AU = astronomical unit; Au = gold (aurum)
The fruit on the Tree of Knowledge was no apple.]

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rivka
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One good turn deserves another.

Aesthetic appeal cannot be measured below the epidermis.

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Bob_Scopatz
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Beauty is only skin deep.

Boil down the emperor's stuff and give it to him.

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BlackBlade
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Beauty is skin deep?

What person had the gaul to supply freedom of movement to the previously encarcerated curs!?

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kojabu
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Beauty is only skindeep.

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kojabu
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Boil down the emperor's stuff and give it to him.

Render to Caeser what is his?

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Bob_Scopatz
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yep...render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's.

Who let the dogs out?!

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Bob_Scopatz
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When one is already subterranean, do not displace soil upwards.

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MrSquicky
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Don't dig yourself any deeper.

A single expiration is to be lamented. A large number is a matter of mathematical abstraction.

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BlackBlade
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one person dying is a tragedy, a million deaths is just a statistic.

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rivka
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When in possession of ovoids produced by Gallus gallus, it is advisable to distribute them among a number of receptacles.

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BlackBlade
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Dont put all your eggs in one basket.

You are too advanced in your chronological value, considering you find the decible range intolerable.

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Soara
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You're too old...since you don't like being old?

Myself and several others of the same species inhabit the same deep sea viewing device of a hue similiar to that of a banana.

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skillery
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We all live in a yellow submarine.

Refrain from separating the two-winged insect from that portion of the implement designed to be held.

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skillery
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BlackBlade: If it's too loud, you're too old!

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Dan_raven
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Skill, don't fly off the handle.

The fortified entrance way which belongs to our nemisis is to be considered the lowest of the directions.

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rivka
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The enemy's gate is down! *LAUGH*

The ripened ovary of Malus domestica lacks a tendency to be displaced a great distance from its parental woody plant.

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MrSquicky
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The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

The effect of gravity on a thing is relatively determined by how many people require it.

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The attractiveness of an object is proportional to the number of people who need it?

I am the purveyor of embryonic poultry.
I am the Odobenus rosmarus.
<insert gibberish here>

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MrSquicky
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Nope.

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cmc
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It makes me think something along the lines of supply and demand... But I can't get it...

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