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Old 08-14-2006, 12:26 PM   #21
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Fools rush in....
...to be on the safe side.


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It never rains...
...while the sun shines.

Make hay...
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Not war.


Don't look a gift horse...
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Old 08-14-2006, 12:51 PM   #24
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Don't look a gift horse...

... in the wrong end.


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In for a penny....
.....out for lunch.

One man's comedy......
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...spoils the broth.


There's a sucker born...
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Old 08-14-2006, 01:02 PM   #27
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at the lollypop factory every day.



Where there is a will...
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Where there is a will...
...there's a probate attorney.


Idle hands are....
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Idle hands are....
...probably very clean.


Tiny things please...
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... I'm on a diet.



Discretion is the
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Curiosity killed....

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Curiosity killed....
...good neighbors.

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Good fences make...
...curious neighbors frustrated.


Proverb:
Where there's smoke...
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Proverb:
Where there's smoke...

....there's carcinogens.


All's fair.....
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...in a fencing bout.

Time...
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with two sabers.

A bird in the hand...
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That's it. Nothing more needs to be added. Just don't count them. They don't like it and you've got better things to do.

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Wild horses....
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