Modern Proverbs appeal

Wilson Gray hwgray at GMAIL.COM
Wed Jun 13 13:09:18 UTC 2007


"It's your red wagon. You can push it, pull it, knock it down, or drag it."

I.e., the responsibility is yours alone.

-Wilson

On 6/13/07, James Harbeck <jharbeck at sympatico.ca> wrote:
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> >I remember an old version of WordPerfect (oh, how I miss WordPerfect
> >and hate MSWord!) would always correct my spelling of the word
> >"folksong," surmising that I had endeavored to say "filching"!
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> Better that than felching!
>
> James Harbeck.
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die"---a strange complaint to
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