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19-12-2008, 14:06
Famous Quotes by famous people


I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalog: 'No good in a bed, but fine against a wall.'
-- Eleanor Roosevelt

Last week, I stated this woman was the ugliest woman I had ever seen. I have since been visited by her sister, and now wish to withdraw that statement.
-- Mark Twain

The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending; and to have the two as close together as possible.
George Burns

Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people only once a year.
-- Victor Borge


Sometimes, when I look at my children, I say to myself 'Lillian, you should have remained a virgin.'
-- Lillian Carter (mother of Jimmy Carter)


Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
-- Mark Twain

By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
-- Socrates

I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.
-- Groucho Marx

My wife has a slight impediment in her speech. Every now and then she stops to breathe.
-- Jimmy Durante

I have never hated a man enough to give his diamonds back.
-- Zsa Zsa Gabor

Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar and fat.
-- Alex Levine

My luck is so bad that if I bought a cemetery, people would stop dying.
-- Rodney Dangerfield

Money can't buy you happiness But it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.
-- Spike Milligan

Until I was thirteen, I thought my name was SHUT UP.
-- Joe Namath

I don't feel old. I don't feel anything until noon. Then it's time for my nap.
-- Bob Hope

I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in it.
-- W.C. Fields

We could certainly slow the aging process down if it had to work its way through Congress.
-- Will Rogers

Don't worry about avoiding temptation. . As you grow older, it will avoid you.
-- Winston Churchill

Maybe it's true that life begins at fifty . But everything else starts to wear out, fall out, or spread out.
-- Phyllis Diller

By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he's too old to go anywhere.
-- Billy Crystal

santiago
19-12-2008, 14:13
"Nu arunca pruncul odata cu apa in care te-ai spalat".
Nuntile aveau loc in general in luna iunie, pentru ca singura baie din
an se facea in luna mai si in prima luna a verii viitorii soti inca
miroseau acceptabil. Oricum, corpul era deja imbibat de "miresmele"
transpiratiei si ca sa mascheze cit de cit mirosul neplacut, miresele
purtau in brate un buchet de flori (de aici a ramas obiceiul
buchetului purtat de mireasa!) ;

"Cada" era,de fapt, un butoi mare, plin cu apa calda. Stapinul casei
avea privilegiul de a se imbaia primul, in apa curata. In aceeasi apa
urmau la spalat, rind pe rind, fiii si restul persoanelor de sex
masculin din familie.

Apoi venea rindul femeilor si, la sfirsit, al copiilor, in ordinea
descrescatoare a virstelor.
In final, apa era atit de murdara, incit puteai pierde un bebelus prin
ea. De atunci dateaza la britanici vorba "Nu arunca pruncul odata cu
apa in care te-ai spalat".

Regina Elisabeta I a Angliei a ramas celebra si prin urmatoarea
declaratie, facuta cu mandrie: "Fie ca e nevoie sau nu, eu o data la
trei luni ma spal !"