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Re: Quote of the Day

Postby John » Fri Aug 30, 2024 1:20 pm

Colin B wrote:Quote of the Day - 30th August 2024:

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Err....... millions fly every year, Joseph !

and some don't.

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Re: Quote of the Day

Postby Colin B » Fri Aug 30, 2024 1:44 pm

An aeronautical expert once calculated that his doomed test flight could have been successful if he'd jumped from a higher spot.

Didn't look like it as he plummeted like a stone !
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Re: Quote of the Day

Postby Colin B » Mon Sep 02, 2024 4:02 pm

Quote of the Day - 2nd September 2024:

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Sounds like he's speaking from experience...
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Re: Quote of the Day

Postby Colin B » Tue Sep 03, 2024 10:31 am

Quote of the Day - 3rd September 2024:

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Blore's Razor is a site of JJ Blore

But what if both are equally funny or neither is funny at all ?
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Re: Quote of the Day

Postby Colin B » Wed Sep 04, 2024 10:40 am

Quote of the Day - 4th September 2024:

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Thomas Woodrow Wilson - US politician & academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921.
Born December 28th 1856 – Died February 3rd 1924

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Doesn't mean he's in the wrong.
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Re: Quote of the Day

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Colin B wrote:Quote of the Day - 4th September 2024:

Quote of the Day - 4th September 2024 - 001.jpgWoodrow Wilson [2].JPG

Thomas Woodrow Wilson - US politician & academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921.
Born December 28th 1856 – Died February 3rd 1924

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Doesn't mean he's in the wrong.

Did he suggest he was?
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Re: Quote of the Day

Postby Colin B » Wed Sep 04, 2024 11:05 am

Colin B wrote:Doesn't mean he's in the wrong.
John wrote:Did he suggest he was?


The moral is that the popular, mainstream view isn't necessarily the correct one.
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Re: Quote of the Day

Postby John » Wed Sep 04, 2024 12:23 pm

Colin B wrote:
Colin B wrote:Doesn't mean he's in the wrong.
John wrote:Did he suggest he was?


The moral is that the popular, mainstream view isn't necessarily the correct one.

Did anyone say otherwise?
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Re: Quote of the Day

Postby Colin B » Wed Sep 04, 2024 12:46 pm

Colin B wrote:Doesn't mean he's in the wrong.
John wrote:Did he suggest he was?
Colin B wrote:The moral is that the popular, mainstream view isn't necessarily the correct one.
John wrote:Did anyone say otherwise?


Well, there's a popular misconception that if enough people believe something, it must be right.

"Of course there is a god, so many million believers can't be wrong !"
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Re: Quote of the Day

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Colin B wrote:
Colin B wrote:Doesn't mean he's in the wrong.
John wrote:Did he suggest he was?
Colin B wrote:The moral is that the popular, mainstream view isn't necessarily the correct one.
John wrote:Did anyone say otherwise?


Well, there's a popular misconception that if enough people believe something, it must be right.

"Of course there is a god, so many million believers can't be wrong !"

Are 50 million of them also Elvis fans?
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Re: Quote of the Day

Postby Colin B » Wed Sep 04, 2024 5:45 pm

Colin B wrote:
Colin B wrote:Doesn't mean he's in the wrong.
John wrote:Did he suggest he was?
Colin B wrote:The moral is that the popular, mainstream view isn't necessarily the correct one.
John wrote:Did anyone say otherwise?


Well, there's a popular misconception that if enough people believe something, it must be right.

"Of course there is a god, so many million believers can't be wrong !"
John wrote:Are 50 million of them also Elvis fans?


No idea.
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Re: Quote of the Day

Postby Colin B » Thu Sep 05, 2024 11:22 am

Quote of the Day - 5th September 2024:

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On Phoenix, we just have guidelines..... & members who know their own minds...
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Re: Quote of the Day

Postby Colin B » Fri Sep 06, 2024 1:20 pm

Quote of the Day - 6th September 2024:

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Philip Kindred Dick - often referred to by his initials PKD - US science fiction writer & novelist.
He wrote 44 novels & about 121 short stories, most of which appeared in science fiction magazines during his lifetime.
Born December 16th 1928 – Died March 2nd 1982

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Unlike Santa, the Tooth Fairy & the Easter Bunny...
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Re: Quote of the Day

Postby Colin B » Sat Sep 07, 2024 10:10 am

Quote of the Day - 7th September 2024:

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Reminds me of another similar saying:

"A lie will be half way round the world by the time the truth gets its boots on !"
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Re: Quote of the Day

Postby John » Sat Sep 07, 2024 2:03 pm

Colin B wrote:Quote of the Day - 7th September 2024:

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Reminds me of another similar saying:

"A lie will be half way round the world by the time the truth gets its boots on !"

As we've witnessed with many politicians, and particularly Trump.
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