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surfered

(14,261 posts)
Mon Oct 28, 2024, 02:58 PM Oct 2024

Idle thoughts from a retiree's wandering mind...

I had amnesia once -- or twice.
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Protons have mass? I didn't even know they were Catholic.
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I am neither for nor against apathy.
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All I ask is a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
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If the world were a logical place, men would be the ones who ride horses sidesaddle.
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What is a "free" gift? Aren't all gifts free?
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They told me I was gullible and I believed them.
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Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home, and when he grows up, he'll never be able to merge his car onto the freeway.
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Experience is the thing you have left when everything else is gone.
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One nice thing about egotists ... they don't talk about other people.
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My weight is perfect for my height ... which varies.
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I used to be indecisive. Now, I'm not sure.
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The cost of living hasn't affected its popularity.
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How can there be self-help groups?
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Show me a man with both feet firmly on the ground, and I'll show you
a man who can't get his pants off.
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Is it just me, or do buffalo wings taste like chicken?
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Idle thoughts from a retiree's wandering mind... (Original Post) surfered Oct 2024 OP
ROFL! Thank you. Joinfortmill Oct 2024 #1
Good collection of truisms. Arne Oct 2024 #2
All very funny. I have often thought that about men riding sidesaddle, ditto about boys' bikes. Walleye Oct 2024 #3
Yes, First hand experience on boys' bikes surfered Oct 2024 #4
I have seen more than one boy hurt himself that way Walleye Oct 2024 #7
EXACTLY!!! niyad Oct 2024 #9
Great collection! anciano Oct 2024 #5
Kind of reminds me of Steven Wright's or George Carlin's style of humor. surfered Oct 2024 #6
More than one of these had me grinning ear to ear. Thank you! n/t slightlv Oct 2024 #8
Oh no, not another Trump speech ! Oh, wait ... eppur_se_muova Oct 2024 #10
🤗 surfered Oct 2024 #12
Ha !!! Karadeniz Oct 2024 #11

Walleye

(45,405 posts)
3. All very funny. I have often thought that about men riding sidesaddle, ditto about boys' bikes.
Mon Oct 28, 2024, 03:03 PM
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