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From the FCS Book of Useful Proverbs

Horror Show Antisocial behaviour will prevail while horror and violent films are shown and and social media is not restrained, and some parents ignore their responsibilitiesto the younger generation The world was a safer place when the popular shows wereAnnie Get Your Gun, My Fair Lady, The Cruel Sea and Hopalong Cassidy

Posted bydonmatthewspoetryDecember 11, 2022Posted inQuotesTags:quote1 Comment on From the FCS Book of Useful Proverbs

From the FCS Book of Useful Proverbs

Punctuality is the art of guessinghow late the other person will be

Posted bydonmatthewspoetryDecember 10, 2022Posted inQuotesTags:guessing, punctuality, quote1 Comment on From the FCS Book of Useful Proverbs

From the FCS Book of Useful Proverbs

Do clouds ever look down on usand say that one is shaped like an idiot?

Posted bydonmatthewspoetryDecember 9, 2022Posted inQuotesTags:clouds, idiot, looking, quote6 Comments on From the FCS Book of Useful Proverbs

From the FCS Book of Useful Proverbs

If you watch Titanic backwards,it’s about a magic ship thatsaves drowning people

Posted bydonmatthewspoetryDecember 7, 2022Posted inQuotesTags:drowning, quote, sea, Titanic3 Comments on From the FCS Book of Useful Proverbs

C. P. Snow

“Technology is a queer thing. It brings you great gifts with one handand stabs you in the back with the other C. P. SnowWriter

Posted bydonmatthewspoetryDecember 6, 2022Posted inQuotes, UncategorizedTags:back, c p snow, gifts, queer, stabbing, technology1 Comment on C. P. Snow

Arthur C. Clarke

“How inappropriate to call this planet Earth,when clearly it is Ocean” Arthur C. ClarkeAuthor

Posted bydonmatthewspoetryDecember 5, 2022Posted inQuotes, UncategorizedTags:Arthur c clarke, Earth, naming, ocean, planet', quote1 Comment on Arthur C. Clarke

From the FCS Book of Useful Proverbs

Posted bydonmatthewspoetryDecember 4, 2022Posted inQuotesTags:killing, mutation, quote2 Comments on From the FCS Book of Useful Proverbs

From the FCS Book of Useful Proverbs

A thing of beauty is a joy –until the style changes

Posted bydonmatthewspoetryDecember 2, 2022Posted inQuotesTags:beauty, joy, quote, style2 Comments on From the FCS Book of Useful Proverbs

From the FCS Book of Useful Proverbs

It’s better to help othersget on than to tell them where to get off

Posted bydonmatthewspoetryNovember 29, 2022Posted inQuotesTags:people, quote2 Comments on From the FCS Book of Useful Proverbs

From the FCS Book of Useful Proverbs

Back in the Day People talking to others in lifts

Posted bydonmatthewspoetryNovember 28, 2022Posted inQuotesTags:lifts, people, quote, talkingLeave a comment on From the FCS Book of Useful Proverbs

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