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alan45
26-05-2008, 12:36
1. A bicycle can't stand alone; it is two tired.

2. A will is a dead giveaway.

3. Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.

4. A backward poet writes inverse.

5. In a democracy it's your vote that counts; in feudalism, it's your Count that votes.

6. A chicken crossing the road: poultry in motion.

7. If you don't pay your exorcist you can get repossessed.

8. With her marriage she got a new name and a dress.

9. Show me a piano falling down a mine shaft and I'll show you A-flat miner.

10. When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds.

11. The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine was fully recovered.

12. A grenade fell onto a kitchen floor in France resulted in Linoleum Blownapart.

13. You are stuck with your debt if you can't budge it.

14. Local Area Network in Australia : The LAN down under.

15. He broke into song because he couldn't find the key.

16. A calendar's days are numbered.

17. A lot of money is tainted: 'Taint yours, and 'taint mine.

18. A boiled egg is hard to beat.

19. He had a photographic memory which was never developed.

20. A plateau is a high form of flattery.

21. The short fortuneteller who escaped from prison: a small medium at large.

22. Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the end.

23. When you've seen one shopping center you've seen a mall.

24. If you jump off a Paris bridge, you are in Seine.

25. When she saw her first strands of gray hair, she thought she'd dye.

26. Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead to know basis.

27. Santa's helpers are subordinate clauses.

28. Acupuncture: a jab well done.

Perdita
26-05-2008, 12:47
This is good, thank you

Abigail
26-05-2008, 18:32
12. A grenade fell onto a kitchen floor in France resulted in Linoleum Blownapart.


I don't get this one :confused:

Perdita
26-05-2008, 18:40
12. A grenade fell onto a kitchen floor in France resulted in Linoleum Blownapart.


I don't get this one :confused:

A grenade tends to blow things up - Linoleum Blownapart is a reference to Napoleon Bonaparte of France (I hope I am right :) )

Abigail
26-05-2008, 18:41
I've never heard of Napoleon Bonaparte so thats why it doesn't make sense.

Perdita
26-05-2008, 18:46
I've never heard of Napoleon Bonaparte so thats why it doesn't make sense.

Napoleon I (born Napoleone di Buonaparte, later Napoléon Bonaparte)[1] (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a French military and political leader who had significant impact on modern European history. He was a general during the French Revolution, the ruler of France as Premier Consul of the French Republic, Empereur des Français, King of Italy, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation and Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine.

Just some info on him.

Abigail
26-05-2008, 18:48
Is he just referred to as Napoleon? I've heard of him.

di marco
26-05-2008, 18:49
I've never heard of Napoleon Bonaparte so thats why it doesn't make sense.

Napoleon I (born Napoleone di Buonaparte, later Napoléon Bonaparte)[1] (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a French military and political leader who had significant impact on modern European history. He was a general during the French Revolution, the ruler of France as Premier Consul of the French Republic, Empereur des Français, King of Italy, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation and Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine.

Just some info on him.

as in the napoleon who fought at waterloo?

Perdita
26-05-2008, 18:52
I've never heard of Napoleon Bonaparte so thats why it doesn't make sense.

Napoleon I (born Napoleone di Buonaparte, later Napoléon Bonaparte)[1] (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a French military and political leader who had significant impact on modern European history. He was a general during the French Revolution, the ruler of France as Premier Consul of the French Republic, Empereur des Français, King of Italy, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation and Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine.

Just some info on him.

as in the napoleon who fought at waterloo?

That is him

Perdita
26-05-2008, 18:53
The Battle of Waterloo, fought near the town of Waterloo (pronounced [watəʀˈloː]) in Belgium on Sunday 18 June 1815,[5] was the decisive battle of the Waterloo Campaign, and Napoleon Bonaparte's last. Waterloo marked the end of the period known as the Hundred Days, which began in March 1815 after Napoleon's return from Elba, where he had been exiled after his defeats at the Battle of Leipzig in 1813 and the campaigns of 1814 in France. The defeat put a final end to Napoleon's rule as Emperor of the French.

di marco
26-05-2008, 18:54
I've never heard of Napoleon Bonaparte so thats why it doesn't make sense.

Napoleon I (born Napoleone di Buonaparte, later Napoléon Bonaparte)[1] (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a French military and political leader who had significant impact on modern European history. He was a general during the French Revolution, the ruler of France as Premier Consul of the French Republic, Empereur des Français, King of Italy, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation and Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine.

Just some info on him.

as in the napoleon who fought at waterloo?

That is him

yeh i know who he is, didnt know his name was bonaparte though

Chris_2k11
26-05-2008, 21:59
I can't believe how long it took me to get number 10 *hangs head in shame*

StarsOfCCTV
26-05-2008, 23:04
I can't believe how long it took me to get number 10 *hangs head in shame*
:lol: It took me a while to get that too :p

alan45
27-05-2008, 00:35
I've never heard of Napoleon Bonaparte so thats why it doesn't make sense.
The froggy General wh conquered most of Europe until defeated by Richard Sharpe assisted by the Duke of Wellington at Waterloo