Folk wisdom and family sayings

[BetteTheRed]

"In for a penny, in for a pound."

 

[KayTheCurler]

Tighten your belts - there isn't much to eat today.

 

[KayTheCurler]

Empty vessels make the most noise.

 

[paradox3]

Red sky at night, sailor's delight,
Red sky in the morning, sailor's warning.

Surprisingly accurate! And with a biblical origin (Matthew).

 

[Luce NDs]

"Patience is a virtue" ... truth is you have to wait an eternal period to observe it!

Even then is is virtually unseen due to irrational wants overrunning needs!

Thus you need ... to keep your head down!

 

[Carolla]

Red sky at night, sailor's delight,
Red sky in the morning, sailor's warning.

Surprisingly accurate! And with a biblical origin (Matthew).

It was beautifully pink here tonight ... we went outside just to admire it! Did not know there was a biblical origin ... will have to go find that one.

 

[Luce NDs]

It was beautifully pink here tonight ... we went outside just to admire it! Did not know there was a biblical origin ... will have to go find that one.

Goes with the red-shift theory ... busts into greater territory!

 

[Redbaron]

One that I was told a few times during my youth...
"If you keep the part in your hair straight, it'll start to grow that way."

I'm still waiting for that to happen. Hope it happens whilst I still have enough hair left to make it worthwhile.

 

[Luce NDs]

One that I was told a few times during my youth...
"If you keep the part in your hair straight, it'll start to grow that way."

I'm still waiting for that to happen. Hope it happens whilst I still have enough hair left to make it worthwhile.

There are broad based partings ...

 

[Luce NDs]

There are broad based partings ...

Truth be told ... some power will say there is nothing to it ... just to bury nothing in the myth of the expression; "there's nothing to it"!

Could all bear a cool Eire ... until cracked open ... then who will pay? Commonwealth intelligence suggests the demos ...

WE ask; "what do they know?"

 

[Luce NDs]

Impossible dreams??????

Yet some say the illusion of the temporal domain goes on ... mythical?

 

[ninj]

"You're known by the company you keep!"

(I heard it a few times during my early teens)

 

[Luce NDs]

If with certain boids ... expect feathery and lighter thoughts? They gather ... accretion? Einstein's constant dark force ...

 

[BetteTheRed]

Birds of a feather flock together.

 

[Luce NDs]

Birds of a feather flock together.

Thus Hitchcock's Birds! They do cast shadows ...

 

[Redbaron]

You'll thank me for this one day....

 

[Mrs.Anteater]

You'll thank me for this one day....

Has this ever happened to any parent?

 

[Luce NDs]

Has this ever happened to any parent?

Which one dais is the question to ask ... mon day? There's a start ...

 

[paradox3]

Close only counts in horseshoes and hand.granades.

From the family sayings of Mr Paradox.

 

[BetteTheRed]

I know that one, too (and use it, lol.)

A stitch in time saves nine. (And there never was a truer saying, both literally and metaphorically.)