Reading some threads over the last several months, I’m reminded about a saying. Wish I knew who to give credit to for its origin.
“Never put on paper anything you would not want read in public”.
Allan
The threads remind me of another saying that is quite reassuring to me as a newspaper editor:
“Never argue with a man who has an unlimited supply of paper and unlimited supply of ink.”
Hey Allan,
I attribute the quote to Bea Skipsey,
my 8th grade civics teacher. That’s the
exact words she used whenever she caught
anyone passing notes in class just before
she had them come up front and share them
with everyone.G Warm regards, Jim
Hi Jim,
Wow, guess I should have said “an OLD saying”! (LOL)
later,
Allan
Reminded of what my dad told me “never let your Aligator mouth over load your Hummin bird butt”
rich
the version of your post that was used in my old neighborhood was -
“don’t let your mouth write a check your body can’t cash”
mike
grumps,
My ‘old neighborhood’ was Brooklyn, NY. Yours?
Allan
Rich…My dad always said, “Don’t let your alligator mouth overload your “tadpole” a**”! I did so a few times, anyway.
my dear uncle used to say “you can’t shine s**t” not sure if it’s relevant to this post, but it’s a great saying!
allen,
not brooklyn, new rochelle, ny and still living there, although i must admit i have mellowed just a tad over the years.
mike
Around my kneck of the woods in was and still is “put your mind in motion before you put your mouth in gear”
“If it was easy anybody could do it”
Timothy S. Furey Sr.
on the other hand, how dull would life be if everyone carefully vetted everything they said before saying it! we would have lost all of those good george bush gaffes like “i know you all work hard to put food on your families…”
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Reading some of the threads over the last several months, I’m reminded about THIS saying: “There is a reason I was born with two ears and one mouth.” In two weeks I will celebrate the occassion of my 70th birthday; born on Crown Street between Schnectady and Troy, Brooklyn,NY
Steve V.
upthecreek,
Holy Sh*t!!!
You write, “born on Crown Street between Schnectady and Troy, Brooklyn, NY”. I didn’t know there was a hospital there because I lived on Union St. between Schenectidy and Utica Ave. Then I moved to the corner of Carroll St. and Schenectidy!
What schools did you go to and when? I went to PS 167, then Wingate HS.
Feel free to email me. Lot’s of history.
Allan
RW here,
Here was one of my gang’s favorite sayings:
“Well whaddya know, a 150 pound man with a 300 pound mouth.”
Later, RW
“We fish for pleasure; I for mine, you for yours.” -James Leisenring on fishing the wet fly-
My Daddy always said never to argue with childern or fools, neither one knows enough to know when they are wrong.
Every day that I wake up and everything still works. Is a good day.
While all the saying above ring of truth, the point of my initial post was that something in print, like a post, is there for all to see. Words used in conversation, discussion or agrument can later be said to have been taken out of context, misunderstood or quoted incorrectly.
You write something on these pages and they are a picture. A part of your personal and permanent history.
Allan
Or, my personal favorite:
“You should never wrestle with a pig… you both get dirty and the pig enjoys it.”
“It is better to remain quiet, and let everyone wonder, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt!”
Parnelli