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- Anyone know the origin of the phrase - Bob Hammond 26/November/06
- "Now's the time to chase the squirrel" - Mary Grace Huber 24/November/06
- Hell with the lid off - ESC 24/November/06
- "Against the day" - Jim Krapf 22/November/06
- "Against the day" - pamela 22/November/06
- "It's five o'clock somewhere" - UnderOneHut 22/November/06
- Attitude to spare - wellspring 22/November/06
- If you aim at nothing, you will hit it - cynthia 22/November/06
- If you aim at nothing, you will hit it - ESC 22/November/06
- Make the numbers dance - Tibor 21/November/06
- I was the one who began using it as a metaphor - Jack Paheco 20/November/06
- I was the one who began using it as a metaphor - Smokey Stover 20/November/06
- Double Nickels on the Dime - John Stenerson 19/November/06
- Behind every succesful man there is a woman - Manu 19/November/06
- Behind every succesful man there is a woman - ESC 19/November/06
- Keep those cards and letters coming - Lisa 18/November/06
- From your lips to God's ear - Jan 18/November/06
- Cheese car, cheese mobile - Kashima 17/November/06
- Bat**** crazy - William W. Webb 17/November/06
- Bat**** crazy - ESC 17/November/06
- Bat**** crazy - pamela 17/November/06
- Bat**** crazy - ESC 17/November/06
- Very low food security - Jonathan 16/November/06
- Very low food security - Bob 16/November/06
- I can't, I've got a bone in my leg - John Pocklington 16/November/06
- I can't, I've got a bone in my leg - Gary Martin 16/November/06
- In spades - Valeriy 16/November/06
- Number 8 hat - mike ollis 16/November/06
- Blood and treasure - ESC 16/November/06
- Blood and treasure - Smokey Stover 16/November/06
- The road to failure is paved with good intentions - edmund 15/November/06
- The road to failure is paved with good intentions - Smokey Stover 15/November/06
- "A good marksman may miss" - Valeriy 15/November/06
- "A good marksman may miss" - Bob 15/November/06
- "Over egg the pudding" - Bjorn Again (Graham) 15/November/06
- "Over egg the pudding" - Smokey Stover 15/November/06
- "Over egg the pudding" - Bob 15/November/06
- "Over egg the pudding" - Smokey Stover 15/November/06
- Bleeding heart liberal - m 14/November/06
- Bleeding heart liberal - Smokey Stover 15/November/06
- Bleeding heart liberal - ESC 15/November/06
- Bleeding heart liberal - Smokey Stover 15/November/06
- Pulling your own weight - Bob Horner 14/November/06
- By cracky - Ken Hammond 14/November/06
- By cracky - Smokey Stover 14/November/06
- "Each for each is what we teach" - D Heywood 14/November/06
- "Throw your hat in the door" - Max Ashton 14/November/06
- Pass the brain bleach - taka 14/November/06
- Pass the brain bleach - RRC 14/November/06
- In the holler - Indy 13/November/06
- In the holler - Smokey Stover 13/November/06
- "Cotton to" - Bill 12/November/06
- "cotton to" - Smokey Stover 12/November/06
- "To be sure" - Hasan 12/November/06
- "To be sure" - David FG 12/November/06
- Pig's breakfast - zolyd 12/November/06
- Pig's breakfast - Victoria S Dennis 13/November/06
- [goodbye/farewell] ___, [we/i] barely knew [thee/ye/you]. - fred 11/November/06
- We hardly knew ye - Smokey Stover 13/November/06
- We hardly knew ye - Bob 13/November/06
- We hardly knew ye - Smokey Stover 13/November/06
- Give me a place to stand - lewis 10/November/06
- Let up - me 10/November/06
- Talking like a man with a paper asshole - Noah Wilk 06/November/06
- AS LARGE AS LIFE AND TWICE AS NATURAL - Yuri 04/November/06
- AS LARGE AS LIFE AND TWICE AS NATURAL - Smokey Stover 04/November/06
- Make a wedge on your nose - Valeriy 03/November/06
- Make a wedge on your nose - Smokey Stover 03/November/06
- Make a wedge on your nose - Victoria S Dennis 03/November/06
- Make a wedge on your nose - Smokey Stover 03/November/06
- In Dickies Meadow - heather Collier 02/November/06
- "Snyder's Hound" - Chloe Craig 02/November/06
- Roi Snider? - Lewis 02/November/06
- You're nicked - Diane Coleman 31/October/06
- You're nicked - David FG 31/October/06
- Travel being more important than the destination - Heidi 31/October/06
- Travel being more important than the destination - Bob 31/October/06
- Canons of evidence - Gino 30/October/06
- 'going home' - Sue G 30/October/06
- 'going home' - James Briggs 30/October/06
- 'going home' - Victoria S Dennis 30/October/06
- 'going home' - James Briggs 30/October/06
- I wouldn't do that for a big clock - Azy 30/October/06
- GET A BREAK - Yuri 30/October/06
- GET A BREAK - Smokey Stoer 30/October/06
- GET A BREAK - RRC 30/October/06
- GET A BREAK - Smokey Stoer 30/October/06
- That Perches in the soul - Valeriy 30/October/06
- That Perches in the soul - Smokey Stover 30/October/06
- That Perches in the soul - Bob 30/October/06
- That Perches in the soul - Smokey Stover 30/October/06
- In your element - Sue 29/October/06
- Screwed, blued, and tattooed - rebecca 27/October/06
- Screwed, blued, and tattooed - RRC 27/October/06
- If looks could kill - Lyndsey 27/October/06
- If looks could kill - Smokey Stover 27/October/06
- If looks could kill - pamela 31/October/06
- If looks could kill - Smokey Stover 27/October/06
- A pox be on you - Troy 27/October/06
- Very good - mike clarke 27/October/06
- Very good - R. Berg 27/October/06
- Got your game face on - Tonya 26/October/06
- Got your game face on - Smokey Stover 26/October/06
- Got your game face on - RRC 26/October/06
- Got your game face on - Smokey Stover 26/October/06
- "Controlling shot" - Valeriy 25/October/06
- "Controlling shot" - Smokey Stover 25/October/06
- The most uncomfortable truth - Paul Gravett 24/October/06
- OUT IN THE BLUE - Yuri 24/October/06
- If tou don't know your history,it will repeat it's self - whitney 24/October/06
- If tou don't know your history,it will repeat it's self - Smokey Stover 24/October/06
- Never cracks a book - erica 23/October/06
- Never cracks a book - ESC 24/October/06
- Rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief - Luanne 23/October/06
- Rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief - Victoria S Dennis 23/October/06
- Rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief - R. Berg 24/October/06
- Rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief - Victoria S Dennis 23/October/06
- A very long time - ESC 22/October/06
- Laundry list - helene messina 20/October/06
- Laundry list - Joe Kralich 21/October/06
- Laundry list - R. Berg 20/October/06
- To cut money - Valeriy Lukinov 20/October/06
- To cut money - ESC 20/October/06
- Old sayings about the Midwest - colfaxian 20/October/06
- Old sayings about the Midwest - R. Berg 20/October/06
- Catch ones eye - Eva 19/October/06
- "Lord love a duck" - Pat Runquist 19/October/06
- "lord love a duck" - Joe Kralich 21/October/06
- "lord love a duck" - Gary Martin 19/October/06
- You took me from my nice warm cot and put me on that cold cold pot - Craig Berry 19/October/06
- You took me from my nice warm cot and put me on that cold cold pot - Smokey Stover 19/October/06
- Laugh and grow fat - elizabeth 19/October/06
- For mine - Michael Sinclair 19/October/06
- For mine - Smokey Stover 19/October/06
- For mine - Smokey Stover 19/October/06
- "Its Beggers belief" - marc 17/October/06
- "Its Beggers belief" - R. Berg 18/October/06
- "Its Beggers belief" - Smokey Stover 18/October/06
- "Its Beggers belief" - R. Berg 18/October/06
- He thought to himself - Jonathan 17/October/06
- He thought to himself - ESC 17/October/06
- Dead Duck - Jenny Slocombe 17/October/06
- It is the Mind that Calculates... - Paul Brantley 16/October/06
- Dropping off - Robert Cummings 16/October/06
- Put through your paces - Carl 16/October/06
- Put through your paces - Smokey Stover 16/October/06
- Put through your paces - ESC 16/October/06
- Put through your paces - Smokey Stover 16/October/06
- Sometimes I sits and thinks - Hannah 15/October/06
- Sometimes I sits and thinks - Smokey Stover 15/October/06
- Sometimes I sits and thinks - Victoria S Dennis 15/October/06
- To breathe down one's neck. - jigs 15/October/06
- Hitting the highnote - taka 15/October/06
- Hitting the highnote - ESC 15/October/06
- Hitting the highnote - Bob 15/October/06
- Hitting the highnote - ESC 15/October/06
- Her final remark was the straw - Mathias 14/October/06
- Her final remark was the straw - James Briggs 14/October/06
- Her final remark was the straw - Victoria S Dennis 14/October/06
- Her final remark was the straw - James Briggs 14/October/06
- Up on - qian qian 14/October/06
- Um-teenth - Craig 14/October/06
- "Neither Rain, Nor Sleet, Nor gloom of night" - Cricket 14/October/06
- "Neither Rain, Nor Sleet, Nor gloom of night" - ESC 14/October/06
- No more dishpan hands - ESC 13/October/06
- No more dishpan hands - Gary Martin 13/October/06
- No more dishpan hands - RRC 13/October/06
- No more dishpan hands - Bob 13/October/06
- No more dishpan hands - Gary Martin 13/October/06
- Lump sum payout - Tania 13/October/06
- Meaning of this proverb? - Marina 12/October/06
- Meaning of this proverb? - ESC 12/October/06
- Meaning of this proverb? - Smokey Stover 12/October/06
- "You don't know diddy" - Dan Halyard 12/October/06
- Buy them books, send them to school - Riverbrat 11/October/06
- Buy them books, send them to school - ESC 11/October/06
- Three shakes of a lambs tail - hotsabi 10/October/06
- Three shakes of a lambs tail - James Briggs 10/October/06
- "Hobnail boots going up and silk slippers going down" - kim galibert 10/October/06
- "Hobnail boots going up and silk slippers going down" - Simon 10/October/06
- "Hobnail boots going up and silk slippers going down" - Bob 10/October/06
- "Hobnail boots going up and silk slippers going down" - Simon 10/October/06
- The greased pig - lians 10/October/06
- Z-lister - me 10/October/06
- Z-lister - Bob 10/October/06
- Ten two and four - Shari 10/October/06
- "Plain jane" - Alistair 09/October/06
- "Plain jane" - Bob 09/October/06
- "Plain jane" - Smokey Stover 10/October/06
- "Plain jane" - Bob 09/October/06
- "Tossed/thrown into a tizzy" - RE 09/October/06
- "Tossed/thrown into a tizzy" - ESC 09/October/06
- "Tossed/thrown into a tizzy" - Smokey Stover 10/October/06
- "Tossed/thrown into a tizzy" - ESC 09/October/06
- I have'nt come up the thames on a banana boat - Jeanne Jackson 09/October/06
- I have'nt come up the thames on a banana boat - ESC 09/October/06
- I have'nt come up the thames on a banana boat - David FG 09/October/06
- I have'nt come up the thames on a banana boat - ESC 09/October/06
- Duffing over - Pall 08/October/06
- Duffing over - Smokey Stover 08/October/06
- "It's been one hell of a ride" - siliq 07/October/06
- "Free-for-all" - Greg 07/October/06
- Wigwam for winding up the sun - Tim Callaghan 07/October/06
- Service the loan - Sim 07/October/06
- service the loan - ESC 07/October/06
- "House rich, cash poor" - Allison 07/October/06
- "house rich, cash poor" - R. Berg 07/October/06
- "house rich, cash poor" - David FG 07/October/06
- "house rich, cash poor" - R. Berg 07/October/06
- "A new cat is on the cards" - nasta 07/October/06
- Fed up - Hadley 07/October/06
- Fed up - R. Berg 07/October/06
- How 'bout them ... - Rogerio 07/October/06
- Play out the string - David 07/October/06
- Play out the string - Smokey Stover 08/October/06
- The rule of holes - ESC 05/October/06
- Get one's hooks into - siliq 05/October/06
- Get one's hooks into - Smokey Stover 06/October/06
- Get one's hooks into - ESC 06/October/06
- Get one's hooks into - Smokey Stover 06/October/06
- "Death do us part" or "do us part" - siliq 05/October/06
- "death do us part" or "do us part" - Smokey Stover 05/October/06
- "Throwing their caps (bonnets) over the mills" - Jeff 05/October/06
- "throwing their caps (bonnets) over the mills" - ESC 05/October/06
- 'hit the stride' - Deepa 04/October/06
- 'hit the stride' - ESC 05/October/06
- Product Handling Awareness - Anne Murphy 03/October/06
- DOWN IN THE MOUTH - eileen mckean 03/October/06
- DOWN IN THE MOUTH - Victoria S Dennis 03/October/06
- The road to failure is paved with good intentions
- Duffing over
- Keep those cards and letters coming
- Double Nickels on the Dime
- "it's five o'clock somewhere"
- Dropping off
- Catch ones eye
- Laundry list
- A pox be on you
- Canons of evidence
- You're nicked
- 'vested interest'
- Give me a place to stand
- "cotton to"
- Pulling your own weight