"You don't want our ministry to become another religion do you?" quoted from a variety of "leaders"from my past..talk about a self fulfilled prophecy..one they DID get right!! LOL
It doesn't have to have come from TWI. Infact, truth be known, and I'm stepping out on a 'limb' to suggest this, but I don't think TWI had too many ORIGINALS.
I love Ogden Nash and his 'words of wisdom'. One such favorite is:
"Candy is Dandy, but Liquor is Quicker"
:blink: (I have never experienced this to know it for sure tho.) ;)
Put on your 'thinking caps', I know there are more out there......
"You gotta go to grow." "You grow 10 years spiritually in 1 year."
Lies....lies.....lies.
I think I heard that 500 times when they were trying to get me to go out WOW. I wouldn't necessarily agree that I grew 10 years spiritually in 1 like they claimed. My WOW year was one of the most F'd up years I ever had in my life (and I was married to a drug addict for 6 years). I think I was the only one in my family who didn't have life issues like the others. Drunken debauchery was a great example of how my WOW family was. Now what does that tell you?
Ok then, Ever hear of Ogden Nash? Or how about Will Rogers?
Here are some of Will Rogers.
Will Rogers, who died in a plane crash with Wylie Post in 1935, was probably the greatest political sage this country has ever known.
Enjoy some of his humorous wisdom:
1. Never slap a man who's chewing tobacco.
2. Never kick a cow chip on a hot day.
3. There are two theories to arguing with a woman...neither works.
4. Never miss a good chance to shut up.
5. Always drink upstream from the herd.
6. If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.
7. The quickest way to double your money is to fold it and put it back in your pocket.
8. There are three kinds of men;
o The ones that learn by reading.
o The few who learn by observation.
o The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence.
9. Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment!
10. If you're riding' ahead of the herd, take a look back every now 'n then to make sure it's still there.
11. Lettin' the cat outta' the bag is a whole lot easier'n puttin' it back in.
12. 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.
Here is something else to Hopefully help one laugh and forget about TWI?
The Washington Post's Mensa Invitational once again asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition.
Here are a few of this year's winners:
1. Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.
2. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
3. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.
4. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
5. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.
6. Glibido: All talk and no action.
7. Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
8. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.
9. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you're eating.
And the pick of the literature:
10. Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and a pain in the rear.
Word Wolf, Yeah count on those being Will Roger's sayings. Got them from a most reliable source.
DMiller: As to having to be TWI sayings, WHO SAID they had to be? Is Greasespots limited to just TWI stuff? I think, tho, I may have started the Post in the WRONG Topic Center? If so, I don't know how to move it to JUST PLAIN SILLY. But me thinks it ought to be in JPS instead., cause I never intended for it to be ONLY TWI sayings...
DMiller: As to having to be TWI sayings, WHO SAID they had to be? Is Greasespots limited to just TWI stuff? I think, tho, I may have started the Post in the WRONG Topic Center? If so, I don't know how to move it to JUST PLAIN SILLY. But me thinks it ought to be in JPS instead., cause I never intended for it to be ONLY TWI sayings...
So, Thanks for the one from RR.
Ahhhhh. Ok. Since your initial list was made up of phrases from twi, I thought that was what you were after. I like those Mensa definitions! :P
A moderator has to move this to JPS. I think it is still (cough!) not available to start a thread there.
Well, I don't like ANY of the ones from TWI save the one about the greatest cargoes of life, but I don't think that's a TWI-ism. Maybe it's just because of the WayBrain it stirs up....
My Mama has some really good ones, I think. I know I'm biased, but.....
Instead of the ole "they put their pants on one leg at a time too":
"Their farts stink too"
Instead of the comments about poking out our bottom lip and pouting:
"If you want sympathy you can find it between .... and syphillis in the dictionary"
When we were contemplating a difficult (yet silly) teenage decision:
"Make it light on yourself, kid"
Instead of cursing she would always say,
"Shoot Bubba!"
Actually, I think I might have started that one. I can't remember exactly.
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"You don't want our ministry to become another religion do you?" quoted from a variety of "leaders"from my past..talk about a self fulfilled prophecy..one they DID get right!! LOL
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:D
It doesn't have to have come from TWI. Infact, truth be known, and I'm stepping out on a 'limb' to suggest this, but I don't think TWI had too many ORIGINALS.
I love Ogden Nash and his 'words of wisdom'. One such favorite is:
"Candy is Dandy, but Liquor is Quicker"
:blink: (I have never experienced this to know it for sure tho.) ;)
Put on your 'thinking caps', I know there are more out there......
"Sincerity is no guarantee for Truth"
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In pfal, (vpw's class),
it was
"Believing EQUALS Receiving"
that was on the chart in the syllabus and shoved down our throats.
You haven't really experienced pfal until you've read it in the original Klingon.
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Can anyone explain what
"Go until you hear glass"
was SUPPOSED to mean when lcm would start rambling?
I know he took it from football, but I can't find the meaning there, either.
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Yes, it use to be "Believing = Receiving" but at the Live Advanced Class in Ohio VP said "Believing Appropriates Receiving". :D
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"You gotta go to grow." "You grow 10 years spiritually in 1 year."
Lies....lies.....lies.
I think I heard that 500 times when they were trying to get me to go out WOW. I wouldn't necessarily agree that I grew 10 years spiritually in 1 like they claimed. My WOW year was one of the most F'd up years I ever had in my life (and I was married to a drug addict for 6 years). I think I was the only one in my family who didn't have life issues like the others. Drunken debauchery was a great example of how my WOW family was. Now what does that tell you?
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Geesh, apparantely I've miscommunicated this post?
I'm hoping for Fun Phrases, not phrases that TWI have left you BITTER about!!!
This is not meant for VENTING any lines given by TWI to lure you or get you to conform to them.
Lets try and FORGET about that and concentrate on Fun tidbit phrases, even cliches that Merit Truth, or Logic, or Profound thought?
PLEASE!!!!
:D
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Would it available if I (fill in the blank)?
If you want to travel fast and far, you've gotta travel light.
Anyone else hear this one...Paul (and therefore Victor Paul by default) is our example in the Grace Administration not Jesus!!!
You owe your life to this Ministry.
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...Take your foot off the hose...
The line given to encourage the twi follower to give even more money! :lol:
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"The greatest cargoes in life come in over quiet seas".
Even though I like this saying, in twi-speak this coulda been translated as
(more or less)
"Don't rock the boat, or make waves. Our ABS ship is coming in!" :D :lol: :D
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I can think of no phrases, codewords, or colloquialisms of TWI that I would now classify as "fun." Not even remotely so. :(
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Ok then, Ever hear of Ogden Nash? Or how about Will Rogers?
Here are some of Will Rogers.
Will Rogers, who died in a plane crash with Wylie Post in 1935, was probably the greatest political sage this country has ever known.
Enjoy some of his humorous wisdom:
1. Never slap a man who's chewing tobacco.
2. Never kick a cow chip on a hot day.
3. There are two theories to arguing with a woman...neither works.
4. Never miss a good chance to shut up.
5. Always drink upstream from the herd.
6. If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.
7. The quickest way to double your money is to fold it and put it back in your pocket.
8. There are three kinds of men;
o The ones that learn by reading.
o The few who learn by observation.
o The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence.
9. Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment!
10. If you're riding' ahead of the herd, take a look back every now 'n then to make sure it's still there.
11. Lettin' the cat outta' the bag is a whole lot easier'n puttin' it back in.
12. 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.
Here is something else to Hopefully help one laugh and forget about TWI?
The Washington Post's Mensa Invitational once again asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition.
Here are a few of this year's winners:
1. Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.
2. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
3. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.
4. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
5. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.
6. Glibido: All talk and no action.
7. Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
8. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.
9. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you're eating.
And the pick of the literature:
10. Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and a pain in the rear.
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Where'd you get the idea that was a list of Will Rogers?
There's curses on that list and he was strictly a G-rated entertainer.
Further, I'm not even sure they were using electric fences in his day.
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This is not a twi saying, but since you invoked Will Rogers, here is one from Ronald Reagan.
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Word Wolf, Yeah count on those being Will Roger's sayings. Got them from a most reliable source.
DMiller: As to having to be TWI sayings, WHO SAID they had to be? Is Greasespots limited to just TWI stuff? I think, tho, I may have started the Post in the WRONG Topic Center? If so, I don't know how to move it to JUST PLAIN SILLY. But me thinks it ought to be in JPS instead., cause I never intended for it to be ONLY TWI sayings...
So, Thanks for the one from RR.
;)
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Ahhhhh. Ok. Since your initial list was made up of phrases from twi, I thought that was what you were after. I like those Mensa definitions! :P
A moderator has to move this to JPS. I think it is still (cough!) not available to start a thread there.
David
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D Miller, you are absolutely right. I DID start off with some Way-ISIMS? Oh well, so much for that.
Here are some more goodies.
Mausisms:
A backward poet writes inverse.
A man's home is his castle, in a manor of speaking.
Dijon vu - the same mustard as before.
Practice safe eating - always use condiments.
Shotgun wedding: A case of wife or death.
A man needs a mistress just to break the monogamy.
A hangover is the wrath of grapes.
Dancing cheek-to-cheek is really a form of floor play.
Sea captains don't like crew cuts.
Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?
Condoms should be used on every conceivable occasion.
Reading while sunbathing makes you well red.
When two egotists meet, it's an I for an I.
A bicycle can't stand on its own because it is two tired.
What's the definition of a will? (It's a dead giveaway.)
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
In democracy your vote counts. In feudalism your Count votes.
She was engaged to a boyfriend with a wooden leg, but broke it off.
A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.
If you don't pay your exorcist, you get repossessed.
With her marriage, she got a new name and a dress.
When a clock is hungry, it goes back four seconds.
The man who fell into an upholstery machine is fully recovered.
You feel stuck with your debt if you can't budge it.
Local Area Network in Australia: the LAN down under.
He often broke into song because he couldn't find the key.
Every calendar's days are numbered.
A lot of money is tainted - It taint yours and it taint mine.
A boiled egg in the morning is hard to beat.
He had a photographic memory that was never developed.
A plateau is a high form of flattery.
A midget fortune-teller who escapes from prison is a small medium at
large.
Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the end.
Once you've seen one shopping center, you've seen a mall.
Those who jump off a Paris bridge are in Seine.
Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead-to-know basis.
Santa's helpers are subordinate clauses.
Acupuncture is a jab well done.
Marathon runners with bad footwear suffer the agony of defeat.
:D
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Heh heh heh!!! :)
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BikerBabe
Is the glass half empty .. half full .. or is it just twice the size you really need?
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Just a guess, but it may mean running with all you've got even it mean crashing through a window or feeling broken glass in the parking lot.
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Well, I don't like ANY of the ones from TWI save the one about the greatest cargoes of life, but I don't think that's a TWI-ism. Maybe it's just because of the WayBrain it stirs up....
My Mama has some really good ones, I think. I know I'm biased, but.....
Instead of the ole "they put their pants on one leg at a time too":
"Their farts stink too"
Instead of the comments about poking out our bottom lip and pouting:
"If you want sympathy you can find it between .... and syphillis in the dictionary"
When we were contemplating a difficult (yet silly) teenage decision:
"Make it light on yourself, kid"
Instead of cursing she would always say,
"Shoot Bubba!"
Actually, I think I might have started that one. I can't remember exactly.
And the famous parental response,
"This too shall pass"
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My wow sis always said this one when troubles came my way.
"It's the rocks in the brook that make the brook sing."
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and this one when we cleaned our apartment:
'Don't leave any speck of dust for devil spirits to hide behind."
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