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| Author: | Zhuge Liang [ Fri May 16, 2003 3:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | If you know what I mean... |
Isn't it interesting how something said in one context can mean something else in another context? <br><br>For example...<br><br>"Darnit, one card short..."<br><br>Means something totally different if you're in a card game or talking about somebody. :P<br><br>If you know what I mean.<br><br>ZL<br><br>Any more you can think of? <p><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.buncha-network.com/zl/R3K.gif"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--> <!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.buncha-network.com/zl/ZLstrat.gif"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--> <!--EZCODE BR START--><br /><!--EZCODE BR END--><br>Empires wax and wane; states cleave asunder and coalesce. <br><br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>"Swift as the wind, silent as the forest, fierce as the fire, steady as the mountain."</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> A banner used by the Takeda clan of Kai (Sengoku Jidai era). </p><i></i> |
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| Author: | Chibi Yosho [ Fri May 16, 2003 3:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: If you know what I mean... |
You mean something like<br><br>"Not the sharpest knife in the drawer?" <p></p><i></i> |
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| Author: | Zhuge Liang [ Fri May 16, 2003 3:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: If you know what I mean... |
Yes, exactly.<br><br>ZL <p><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.buncha-network.com/zl/R3K.gif"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--> <!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.buncha-network.com/zl/ZLstrat.gif"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--> <!--EZCODE BR START--><br /><!--EZCODE BR END--><br>Empires wax and wane; states cleave asunder and coalesce. <br><br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>"Swift as the wind, silent as the forest, fierce as the fire, steady as the mountain."</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> A banner used by the Takeda clan of Kai (Sengoku Jidai era). </p><i></i> |
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| Author: | Chibi Yosho [ Fri May 16, 2003 3:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: If you know what I mean... |
"Not the brightest match in the box."<br><br>"Two pickles short of a sandwich."<br><br>My maths teacher uses the all the time... Not at me ^^;; <p></p><i></i> |
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| Author: | Princess Tanmi [ Fri May 16, 2003 3:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: If you know what I mean... |
"A few fries short of a Happy Meal" ^_^ <p><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.madkukkii.com/nat/nunatt2a.jpg" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--> "A gift of the wind, sired by lightning, born of thunder"</p><i></i> |
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| Author: | Cerebrate Araq [ Fri May 16, 2003 3:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: If you know what I mean... |
"a few socks shot of a foot"<br><br>"a few basket cases short of a nut house"<br><br>"a few good men out of a.......few good men" <p><!--EZCODE CENTER START--><div style="text-align:center"><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.queenofswords.com/mbk1.jpg"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--></div><!--EZCODE CENTER END--></p><i></i> |
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| Author: | Chibi Yosho [ Fri May 16, 2003 3:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: If you know what I mean... |
"Two trees short of a jungle"<br><br>"Three monkeys short of a zoo" <p></p><i></i> |
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| Author: | Zhuge Liang [ Fri May 16, 2003 4:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: If you know what I mean... |
Doesn't have to be just "mental" case stuff.<br><br>For instance, this one is from an interview with the actor who played Gilderoy Lockheart in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets:<br><br>"Lockheart is one of those people of whom my mother would say, 'if you told him you went to the moon, then he's been there twice.'"<br><br>ZL<br> <p><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.buncha-network.com/zl/R3K.gif"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--> <!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.buncha-network.com/zl/ZLstrat.gif"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--> <!--EZCODE BR START--><br /><!--EZCODE BR END--><br>Empires wax and wane; states cleave asunder and coalesce. <br><br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>"Swift as the wind, silent as the forest, fierce as the fire, steady as the mountain."</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> A banner used by the Takeda clan of Kai (Sengoku Jidai era). </p><i></i> |
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| Author: | Chibi Yosho [ Fri May 16, 2003 4:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: If you know what I mean... |
Maybe... <br><br>"The world is round; it has no point" <p></p><i></i> |
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| Author: | Zhuge Liang [ Fri May 16, 2003 4:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: If you know what I mean... |
<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/images/emoticons/smile.gif ALT=":)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> That's good. <br><br>I think anything you can add "If you know what I mean..." to the end of would work. Just like that game on Who's Line is It Anyway. :P<br><br>ZL <p><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.buncha-network.com/zl/R3K.gif"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--> <!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.buncha-network.com/zl/ZLstrat.gif"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--> <!--EZCODE BR START--><br /><!--EZCODE BR END--><br>Empires wax and wane; states cleave asunder and coalesce. <br><br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>"Swift as the wind, silent as the forest, fierce as the fire, steady as the mountain."</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> A banner used by the Takeda clan of Kai (Sengoku Jidai era). </p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub19.ezboard.com/btenchimuyo79943.showUserPublicProfile?gid=zhugeliang@tenchimuyo79943>Zhuge Liang</A> <IMG SRC="http://www.ezboard.com/ezgfx/gicons/black_greenspot.gif" BORDER=0> at: 5/16/03 3:19:28 pm<br></i> |
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| Author: | Princess Tanmi [ Fri May 16, 2003 4:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: If you know what I mean... |
Overly macho men...<br><br>"Always trying to take me lucky charms" ^_^ <p><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.madkukkii.com/nat/nunatt2a.jpg" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--> "A gift of the wind, sired by lightning, born of thunder"</p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub19.ezboard.com/btenchimuyo79943.showUserPublicProfile?gid=princesstanmi>Princess Tanmi</A> <IMG SRC="http://www.webdeveloper.com/animations/bnifiles/bullet2.gif" BORDER=0> at: 5/16/03 3:32:06 pm<br></i> |
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| Author: | Chibi Yosho [ Fri May 16, 2003 4:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: If you know what I mean... |
"The grass is always greener on the other side"<br><br>"One small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind" <p></p><i></i> |
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| Author: | Linden Ryuujin [ Fri May 16, 2003 4:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: If you know what I mean... |
"A couple of brain cells sort of a pair"<br>"About as sharp as a soggy pancake"<br>(Both quotes ^_^) <p><!--EZCODE CENTER START--><div style="text-align:center"><!--EZCODE HR START--><hr /><!--EZCODE HR END--><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.lindenryuujin.34sp.com/Ezboard/Sigpic2.gif" style="height:304;width:147;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>~ Links ~<br>[ <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.lindenssite.btinternet.co.uk">My Final Fantasy Site</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--> | <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.lindenryuujin.34sp.com/IPB">My Board</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--> | <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.tenchimuyoonline.net/mboard/">Tenchi Muyo! Online Message Board</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--> ]</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--></div><!--EZCODE CENTER END--></p><i></i> |
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| Author: | Princess Tanmi [ Fri May 16, 2003 5:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: If you know what I mean... |
"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush"<br><br>"You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make him drink"<br><br>"Give a calf enough rope and he'll hang himself"<br><br>A few borrowed from Grandma. ^_^ <p><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.madkukkii.com/nat/nunatt2a.jpg" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--> "A gift of the wind, sired by lightning, born of thunder"</p><i></i> |
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| Author: | mjhennessey [ Fri May 16, 2003 7:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: If you know what I mean... |
"a lot of water over the dam"<br><br>"we'll cross that bridge when we get to it"<br><br>Time to get out Bartlett's Familiar Quotations ... <p><div align="center"><style>.siggy { border-top : 2px solid #EAEAFF;border-right : 2px solid #000084;border-bottom :2px solid #000000;border-left : 2px solid #A4A4FF;background-image: url('http://www.henheart.com/ezstuff/washu11b.jpg');}.siggy td {background-color: transparent; color: #00F0FF; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;} .siggy a:link { color: #FF0000; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; }.siggy a:active { color: #FFFF00; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; }.siggy a:visited { color: #8080FF; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; }.siggy a:hover { color: #FF0000; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; } </style><center><table span class="siggy" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" width="426" id="AutoNumber2"><tr><td><table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" width="100%" id="AutoNumber2" height="103"><tr><td align="center" width="20%" height="83"><img border="0" src="http://www.henheart.com/ezstuff/washu29a.jpg" width="261" height="384"></td><td align="center" width="120" height="73" valign="top"><b><a href="http://pub92.ezboard.com/bmidnightlagoonmessageboard">Midnight Lagoon</font></a></b><p><b><a href="http://www.henheart.com/yabbse/">Henheart's Universe</font></a></font></b></p><p><b><a href="http://pub116.ezboard.com/banimecommunity71285">Anime Community</font></a></b></td></table></td></tr></table></center></div></p><i></i> |
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