TODAY'S THOUGHTS/QUOTES AND WITTY BITS

JUS

Been thinking again..........should get a job/life Very Happy

anyways thought a little section for interesting quotes, witticisms, "it happened on this day" trivia etc. might prove interesting (maybe). Rolling Eyes

Anyways to start :

Apparently, EDISON DEMONSTRATES INCANDESCENT LIGHT:
December 31, 1879

John Denver born in 1943 (d. 12/10/97)
Ben Kingsley also born 1943 (31st Dec)
Donna Summer 1948

Natalie Imbruglia married this day in 2003

Apparently according to Fortean Times, a woman from Atlanta was cured on this day in 1990 of hiccoughs which had lasted 10 years by cutting a nerve in her throat...... Confused

"a very merry Christmas
and a happy new year
lets hope it's a good one
without any fear "

Happy Xmas War Is Over John Lennon

Feel free to add more..................PLEASE!
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JUS · Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2005 2:12 pm Post subject:

MISSED ANTHONY HOPKINS 1937 DOH
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JUS · Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2006 1:35 am Post subject:

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! Very Happy

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Nevertheless · master quizzer Joined: 02 Dec 2005 Posts: 444

ON THIS DAY - 1ST JAN Very Happy

1973 - Britain joins the EEC

1995 - Fred West found hanged in his cell

2002 - Euro reaches the streets of certain countries

And the obvious one....
2000 - The world celebrates the new millenium lol!

Birthdays:
Dana Andrews - 1909
Fiona Phillips - 1961

Deaths
Shirley Chisholm - 2005

JUS · Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2006 3:14 pm Post subject:

E.M. Forster BORN TODAY 1879. Author of A Room With A View, Howard's End, A Passage To India etc.

Quote " A pessimist is one who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both." OSCAR WILDE

Work like you don't need money, love like you've never been hurt, and dance like no one's watching.

Ã¢â‚¬â€œ Crystal Boyd

Now everyone's suitably inspired I'm off......... Very Happy

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JUS · Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2006 4:30 pm Post subject:

January 2

1981 The Yorkshire Ripper is apprehended
1979 Sid Vicious' trial begins, he is accused of murdering his girlfriend, Nancy Spungen in October 1978

533 - Mercurius became Pope John II, the first pope to adopt a new name upon elevation to the papacy.

"There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating-people who know absolutely everything and people who know absolutely nothing." OW

"If I never see that woman again, it's too soon" GROUCHO MARX
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JUS · Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 9:32 pm Post subject:

Mel Gibson jan 3rd 1956

A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?
Albert Einstein

Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.
Marilyn Monroe

ALASKA ADMITTED INTO THE UNION:
January 3, 1959
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JUS · Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 4:36 am Post subject:

I am so so jealous of this lovely number plate..........wonder if it's Bono's or not????????

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danny36 · Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 8:18 am Post subject:

I think the number plate will be worth more than the car!!
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playgirl · Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 1:38 pm Post subject:

It prob is, Laughing

. I have a car near me,an Aston Martin with the reg J BOND!! I expect that is worth more than his house!!!! Laughing

If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments.
Earl Wilson

If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars.
J. Paul Getty

Bigal · Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 1:40 pm Post subject:

Whoever said "talk is cheap" never hired a lawyer!

Whoever invented the expression "Dirt Cheap" never got a bill for garden topsoil.

JUS · Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 5:33 pm Post subject:

"I've sometimes thought of marrying, and then I've thought again."NOEL COWARD

"Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution yet." MAE WEST

"When a girl marries she exchanges the attentions of many men for the inattention of one."

"Before marriage, a man will lay down his life for you; after marriage he won't even lay down his newspaper. "

A bachelor never quite gets over the idea that he is a thing of beauty and a boy forever. "

"A husband is what is left of a lover, after the nerve has been extracted. "

"Love, the quest; marriage, the conquest; divorce, the inquest. "

ALL HELEN ROWLAND
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JUS · Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 3:29 pm Post subject:

SUN 8/1/6

ELVIS PRESLEY 1935 (d1977)
DAVID BOWIE 1947

I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to.
Elvis Presley

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
Buddha

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.
Buddha

I was the first woman to burn my bra - it took the fire department four days to put it out.
Dolly Parton
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JUS · Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 5:56 pm Post subject:

An alcoholic is someone you don't like who drinks as much as you do.
Dylan Thomas
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playgirl · Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 3:29 pm Post subject:

I saw a notice that said "Drink Canada Dry" and I've just started.
-- Brendan Behan

A man's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another drink.
-- W.C. Fields

Rod Stewart - 10/01/1945