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Old 12-14-2008, 03:22 PM
 
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My son has been using this site to find sayings/phrase meanings...just thought it was fun.


Sayings and Phrases - meanings and origins
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Old 12-14-2008, 04:30 PM
 
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Very interesting site,,,,, I couldn’t find the one I was wanting to. “Work smart not hard!” I can’t think of when I first heard it but I believe in it very much now. Why make a job difficult to do when with a little thinking you can make it easier.
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Old 12-14-2008, 06:29 PM
 
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Very interesting site,,,,, I couldn’t find the one I was wanting to. “Work smart not hard!” I can’t think of when I first heard it but I believe in it very much now. Why make a job difficult to do when with a little thinking you can make it easier.
AksarbeN refuses to admit he's lazy....he's an efficiency expert.
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Old 12-14-2008, 09:11 PM
 
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Smile .

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Very interesting site,,,,, I couldn’t find the one I was wanting to. “Work smart not hard!” I can’t think of when I first heard it but I believe in it very much now. Why make a job difficult to do when with a little thinking you can make it easier.
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AksarbeN refuses to admit he's lazy....he's an efficiency expert.
I’m not frightened of work,,,, I can lay down beside it and fall asleep anytime.
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Old 12-15-2008, 01:37 PM
 
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Very interesting site,,,,, I couldn’t find the one I was wanting to. “Work smart not hard!” I can’t think of when I first heard it but I believe in it very much now. Why make a job difficult to do when with a little thinking you can make it easier.
Thats because this phrase was coined in the 20th century AFTER processes like Six Sigma, etc. were formulated
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Old 12-15-2008, 02:06 PM
 
Location: Arizona, The American Southwest
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I know about 15 years ago or so, somebody I worked with had a humorous phrase. I work in the Information Technology, and we'd be discussing something, then he'd jokingly say "Ah, I see.. said the blind man, as he picked up his hammer and saw!"...
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Old 12-15-2008, 02:20 PM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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I know about 15 years ago or so, somebody I worked with had a humorous phrase. I work in the Information Technology, and we'd be discussing something, then he'd jokingly say "Ah, I see.. said the blind man, as he picked up his hammer and saw!"...
I always heard it as:

"I see, said the blind man to the deaf dog as he picked up his hammer and saw."

Here's one my step father use to say:

"I stand here before you, to sit down behind you, to tell you a tale I know nothing about. Early one morning 2 dead boys got up to fight. They drew their long swords back and forth, back and forth. A deaf policeman heard the noise and came and shot the 2 dead boys. If you don't believe this truthful lie, just go ask Old Sam, the blind man, who saw the 2 dead boys die."
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Old 12-15-2008, 05:22 PM
 
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Certain people need to hear this one on a regular basis:

"Those who think they know everything are particularly annoying to those of us who do."

When I was very young (Lord that was a looooong time ago) my older brother taught me the joke mentioned above incorrectly. He was a bit mean-spirited.

"Ah, I see.. said the blind man, as he picked up his hammer and walked around the corner!"

I told it all the time because it got such a big laugh.

I still dislike him....
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Old 08-24-2011, 07:00 PM
 
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Quite an interesting site,ill look up some stuff i say often on it and see if its there!
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Old 08-24-2011, 11:34 PM
 
Location: playing in the colorful Colorado dirt
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I’m not frightened of work,,,, I can lay down beside it and fall asleep anytime.
Are you my hubby's long lost twin?
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