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Old 10-05-2008, 01:09 AM   #1301
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"...to look into happiness through another man's eyes!"

"Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and ...."
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...the powers that be.

Useful as a screen door...
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...after the horses have gone.

God created whisky to keep the Irish...
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from wasting the Germans' beer.
Is that really from an existing saying?
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Hi Drew, welcome to the forums. Even though the thread title is a little misleading (after all it doesn't say finish the saying, maxim etc. with another saying) the original post gives the idea of finishing one saying with the ending of a different saying. Thought I'd let you know before Inq. gives you a harder time. :P

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... can come of nothing.

All that glisters ....
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... can come of nothing.

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.... horse! my kingdom for a horse!

We are such stuff as dreams are made on ....
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We are such stuff as dreams are made on ....
...molasses in January.

Like a bump...
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...molasses in January.

Like a bump...

on a log in a hole in the bottom of the sea.



Why can't a woman be more like a ...
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......stepping o'er the bounds of modesty.


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