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Sometimes Sayings.
1 month 3 weeks ago #254933
by Morris
I have my shoulder to the wheel,
my nose to the grindstone,
I've put my best foot forward,
I've put my back into it,
I'm gritting my teeth,
Now I find I can't do any work in this position!
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Said by a Journalist character in a book by Dick Francis:-
Never leave a pub before closing time,
Never leave a story when it's hot,
Never leave a woman on her doorstep.
Paragraphs and skirts should be short,
Pheasants and breasts should be high.
Never leave a pub before closing time,
Never leave a story when it's hot,
Never leave a woman on her doorstep.
Paragraphs and skirts should be short,
Pheasants and breasts should be high.
I have my shoulder to the wheel,
my nose to the grindstone,
I've put my best foot forward,
I've put my back into it,
I'm gritting my teeth,
Now I find I can't do any work in this position!
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1 month 3 weeks ago #254934
by Mrsmackpaul
Your better to die trying than live on your knees begging
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Your better to die trying than live on your knees begging
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1 month 2 weeks ago #254951
by grandad
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"Welcome to the monthly meeting of the Plastic Surgery Addicts Group"
" I see a lot of new faces here today......."
" I see a lot of new faces here today......."
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1 month 2 weeks ago #254953
by Mrsmackpaul
Your better to die trying than live on your knees begging
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Your better to die trying than live on your knees begging
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1 month 2 weeks ago #254974
by grandad
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1 month 2 weeks ago #254976
by cobbadog
Cheers Cobba & Cobbarette
Coopernook, The Centre of our Universe
Working on more play time.
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and that thing is a prime example
Cheers Cobba & Cobbarette
Coopernook, The Centre of our Universe
Working on more play time.
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1 month 2 weeks ago #254986
by Morris
I have my shoulder to the wheel,
my nose to the grindstone,
I've put my best foot forward,
I've put my back into it,
I'm gritting my teeth,
Now I find I can't do any work in this position!
Replied by Morris on topic Sometimes Sayings.
I mentioned a few days ago "The Hater" as I called him, I do know his real name and my Wife's nickname based on his surname but it is probably safer here to call him The Hater.
His first wife was 19 years old when they married and when he was walking her into hospital to have her first baby, he said to her, Stand up straight, you are waddling like an old woman. He drove home and half an hour later a nurse phoned him and said "Congratulations, Mr. xxx, you have a fine daughter" He replied "What, already?" and hung up.
It was a week later that he first visited his wife and saw his baby daughter. His excuse for the delay was that he had things to do.
A few years later, they had two children and he brought his family to Melbourne where they moved
into the two-bedroom house owned with his brother, brother's wife and their three children. After some twenty months, his brother, or brother's wife, suggested it was time they moved out. I do not know which of them asked, but The Hater always blamed his sister-in-law, and always referred to her as "That German Bitch" (she, or her parents, had come from Germany) The Hater complained that he only heard that his brother had died when a stranger telephoned to offer condolences. The hater told the story to my Wife and I, and when my wife said you have not seen your brother for years, The Hater said "yes I have, I have seen him riding his pushbike around the area" When my Wife said, You have not spoken to him, though. The Hater replied "No, I have not spoken to him but I have seen him."
There is more to tell but I will wait to see if you want me to continue.
Morris.
His first wife was 19 years old when they married and when he was walking her into hospital to have her first baby, he said to her, Stand up straight, you are waddling like an old woman. He drove home and half an hour later a nurse phoned him and said "Congratulations, Mr. xxx, you have a fine daughter" He replied "What, already?" and hung up.
It was a week later that he first visited his wife and saw his baby daughter. His excuse for the delay was that he had things to do.
A few years later, they had two children and he brought his family to Melbourne where they moved
into the two-bedroom house owned with his brother, brother's wife and their three children. After some twenty months, his brother, or brother's wife, suggested it was time they moved out. I do not know which of them asked, but The Hater always blamed his sister-in-law, and always referred to her as "That German Bitch" (she, or her parents, had come from Germany) The Hater complained that he only heard that his brother had died when a stranger telephoned to offer condolences. The hater told the story to my Wife and I, and when my wife said you have not seen your brother for years, The Hater said "yes I have, I have seen him riding his pushbike around the area" When my Wife said, You have not spoken to him, though. The Hater replied "No, I have not spoken to him but I have seen him."
There is more to tell but I will wait to see if you want me to continue.
Morris.
I have my shoulder to the wheel,
my nose to the grindstone,
I've put my best foot forward,
I've put my back into it,
I'm gritting my teeth,
Now I find I can't do any work in this position!
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1 month 2 weeks ago #254991
by cobbadog
Cheers Cobba & Cobbarette
Coopernook, The Centre of our Universe
Working on more play time.
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Keep the yarn going to see if I can learn something from this. I have very little if anything to do with my eldest daughter
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1 month 2 weeks ago #254998
by Mrsmackpaul
Your better to die trying than live on your knees begging
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Yep, keep it going Morris
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Your better to die trying than live on your knees begging
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1 month 1 week ago #255132
by Morris
I have my shoulder to the wheel,
my nose to the grindstone,
I've put my best foot forward,
I've put my back into it,
I'm gritting my teeth,
Now I find I can't do any work in this position!
Replied by Morris on topic Sometimes Sayings.
I just spent over an hour typing the next instalment and it all disappeared.
I will have another try when I get the time (and the energy)
I will have another try when I get the time (and the energy)
I have my shoulder to the wheel,
my nose to the grindstone,
I've put my best foot forward,
I've put my back into it,
I'm gritting my teeth,
Now I find I can't do any work in this position!
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