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    #32
    Edgware
    Registered Users Posts: 5,875 ✭✭✭Edgware


    If you have a reputation for getting up early you can stay in bed till midday


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    #33
    [Deleted User]
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    Fair weather never made erm fair friend
    Two in the hand is worth four in the bush
    Look both ways before crossing the street
    He who is a gobshíte shall always be a gobshíte
    Mind how you go for the way is paved with danger


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    #34
    DublinCJM
    Registered Users Posts: 826 ✭✭✭DublinCJM


    Man who walks through airport door sideways going to bangkok
    Woman who sits on jockeys lap gets hot tip
    Man with hole in trouser pocket feel cocky all day long
    Man who runs behind bus gets exhausted


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    #35
    wexie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,480 ✭✭✭wexie


    Beware of dragons for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup


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    #36
    Pherekydes
    Registered Users Posts: 16,114 ✭✭✭✭Pherekydes


    You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be lead.


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    #37
    Mookie Blaylock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,058 ✭✭✭Mookie Blaylock


    A kick in the balls is worth 2 in the bush


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    #38
    RiderOnTheStorm
    Registered Users Posts: 2,092 ✭✭✭RiderOnTheStorm


    The early bird catches the worm, but the 2nd mouse gets the cheese.


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    #39
    wexie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,480 ✭✭✭wexie


    It takes a big man to cry

    And it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man


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    #40
    7 Seconds...
    Registered Users Posts: 8,471 ✭✭✭7 Seconds...


    Heard this on the radio today, thought it was good:

    No point being the richest person in the graveyard.


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    #41
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 21,679 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    She who is the biggest bítch will always be the biggest bítch.
    Do not do today what you can do next month.
    Rich man never knows bad day.


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    #42
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 21,679 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Better to be pregnant with food rather than child.


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    #43
    Edgware
    Registered Users Posts: 5,875 ✭✭✭Edgware


    Even a good dog likes to lick his balls


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    #44
    [Deleted User]
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    Much wants more, and more is never satisfied.


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    #45
    Pinch Flat
    Registered Users Posts: 7,761 ✭✭✭Pinch Flat


    I’d rather a bottle in front of me than a frontal labotomy


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    #46
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 13,712 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Can I come too... wrote: »
    No point being the richest person in the graveyard.
    Aye, 'no towbar on a hearse' is another one i'm fond of (particularly when i'm overdrawn).


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    #47
    Yer Da sells Avon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,737 ✭✭✭Yer Da sells Avon


    If some cunt can fuck something up, that cunt will pick the worst possible time to fucking fuck it up because that cunt's a cunt.


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    #48
    Kevin Finnerty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,254 ✭✭✭Kevin Finnerty


    If you want to know someone, look in their rubbish bin.


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    #49
    368100
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,067 ✭✭✭368100


    A Polish proverb......"Not my circus, not my monkeys"


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    #50
    wexie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,480 ✭✭✭wexie


    368100 wrote: »
    A Polish proverb......"Not my circus, not my monkeys"

    Similar to one I would frequently hear in work

    You can train a monkey but it'll still only be a trained monkey


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    #51
    Mookie Blaylock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,058 ✭✭✭Mookie Blaylock


    wexie wrote: »
    Similar to one I would frequently hear in work

    You can train a monkey but it'll still only be a trained monkey

    Pay peanuts....all you'll get are monkeys


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    #52
    sligojoek
    Registered Users Posts: 25,420 ✭✭✭✭sligojoek


    You can out a suit on a monkey but you can't hide his tail.


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    #53
    Poor Uncle Tom
    Registered Users Posts: 14,545 ✭✭✭✭Poor Uncle Tom


    With all these monkeys, the public service must be hiring again.


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    #54
    Ted_YNWA
    Registered Users Posts: 71,799 ✭✭✭✭Ted_YNWA


    The cream may rise to the top, but sh1t also floats.


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    #55
    wexie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,480 ✭✭✭wexie


    Ted_YNWA wrote: »
    but sh1t also floats.

    And shit rolls down hill


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    #56
    Autosport
    Registered Users Posts: 22,236 ✭✭✭✭Autosport


    The right man will move mountains to be with you, he won't hide behind them.

    Slow progress is better than no progress


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    #57
    Deub
    Registered Users Posts: 1,281 ✭✭✭Deub


    An african one:
    He who swallows a coconut, trusts his anus.


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    #58
    Pints?
    Registered Users Posts: 98 ✭✭Pints?


    All of man's problems stem from his inability to sit quietly in a room by himself.


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    #59
    Autosport
    Registered Users Posts: 22,236 ✭✭✭✭Autosport


    No relationship is all sunshine but two people can share one umbrella and survive the storm
    together.


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    #60
    Sky King
    Registered Users Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭Sky King


    The man who never made a mistake never made anything.


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    #61
    gozunda
    Registered Users Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    There's a whole feckin book of proverbs in the bible ....

    Knock yerselves out :pac:

    http://biblescripture.net/Proverbs.html


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