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Life is but the stream I go a fishin' in: Terse Aphorism Mod
Posted: Fri May 23, 2014 6:57 pm
by Cap Mandrake
Gain control of the known world (and Antarctica too) by posting the most pithy aphorism you can think of.....
RE: Life is but the stream I go a fishin' in: Terse Aphorism Mod
Posted: Fri May 23, 2014 7:12 pm
by obvert
The difference between fiction and reality is that fiction has to make sense.
Tom Clancy
RE: Life is but the stream I go a fishin' in: Terse Aphorism Mod
Posted: Fri May 23, 2014 7:23 pm
by Cap Mandrake
“When you come to a fork in the road, take it.”
Yogi Berra [:)]
RE: Life is but the stream I go a fishin' in: Terse Aphorism Mod
Posted: Fri May 23, 2014 7:52 pm
by dr.hal
The crime is NOT that life is so short, it's that people take so F#@*ing long to live it.
Don't know who said it first, but it sure is spot on.
RE: Life is but the stream I go a fishin' in: Terse Aphorism Mod
Posted: Fri May 23, 2014 7:53 pm
by dr.hal
I have to put in one more if I may!
This is called the great paradox:
Due to circumstances beyond my control, I am master of my fate and captain of my soul.
RE: Life is but the stream I go a fishin' in: Terse Aphorism Mod
Posted: Fri May 23, 2014 9:40 pm
by poodlebrain
See my signature.
RE: Life is but the stream I go a fishin' in: Terse Aphorism Mod
Posted: Fri May 23, 2014 11:24 pm
by witpqs
As far as the laws of Mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality. – Albert Einstein
RE: Life is but the stream I go a fishin' in: Terse Aphorism Mod
Posted: Sat May 24, 2014 12:11 am
by EHansen
Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
Isaac Asimov
RE: Life is but the stream I go a fishin' in: Terse Aphorism Mod
Posted: Sat May 24, 2014 11:27 am
by LargeSlowTarget
To err is human ... but to blame someone else shows management potential.
RE: Life is but the stream I go a fishin' in: Terse Aphorism Mod
Posted: Sat May 24, 2014 12:28 pm
by BBfanboy
"May you live all the days of your life" - Jonathan Swift
RE: Life is but the stream I go a fishin' in: Terse Aphorism Mod
Posted: Sat May 24, 2014 4:36 pm
by Cap Mandrake
ORIGINAL: LargeSlowTarget
To err is human ... but to blame someone else shows management potential.
[:D][:D][:D]
RE: Life is but the stream I go a fishin' in: Terse Aphorism Mod
Posted: Sat May 24, 2014 4:37 pm
by Cap Mandrake
ORIGINAL: EHansen
Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
Isaac Asimov
Hai! This exacatry what-ah Osama bin Radin try to exprain to Sear Team Six right before head exprode.
RE: Life is but the stream I go a fishin' in: Terse Aphorism Mod
Posted: Sat May 24, 2014 4:47 pm
by Mike McCreery
I understand that Obamacare is reducing the time you can spend with patients but discourage you from handing out flashcards with these sayings as replacement for actual medical care...
RE: Life is but the stream I go a fishin' in: Terse Aphorism Mod
Posted: Sat May 24, 2014 6:05 pm
by BBfanboy
ORIGINAL: Wargmr
I understand that Obamacare is reducing the time you can spend with patients but discourage you from handing out flashcards with these sayings as replacement for actual medical care...
Are you saying that aphorisms are the last refuge of exasperated doctors? Who knew!
RE: Life is but the stream I go a fishin' in: Terse Aphorism Mod
Posted: Sat May 24, 2014 6:09 pm
by Cap Mandrake
ORIGINAL: Wargmr
I understand that Obamacare is reducing the time you can spend with patients but discourage you from handing out flashcards with these sayings as replacement for actual medical care...
That's quite a good idea. We could put little sayings like "Life sucks and then you die" or "Don't blame me, I voted for Ted Cruz" on the bag when we hand out the "ACA-formulary-approved-mud-poulitce"
RE: Life is but the stream I go a fishin' in: Terse Aphorism Mod
Posted: Sat May 24, 2014 6:48 pm
by poodlebrain
ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
ORIGINAL: Wargmr
I understand that Obamacare is reducing the time you can spend with patients but discourage you from handing out flashcards with these sayings as replacement for actual medical care...
That's quite a good idea. We could put little sayings like "Life sucks and then you die" or "Don't blame me, I voted for Ted Cruz" on the bag when we hand out the "ACA-formulary-approved-mud-poulitce"
Are you taking new patients? I'm almost 55, but my new insurance policy covers me for pediatric care.