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Re: What did he mean...         


Author: GeoAnnie
Date: May 9, 2008 15:52

On May 9, 10:03 am, Mick Fanner gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 09 May 2008 11:35:08 -0500, VickieB wrote:
>>> Yes, Marian, for example, thinks that the solution to every problem is to
>>> vote Democrat. :-)
>
>> She's not alone. ;-)
>
> So is Hilary a hammer or a nail? ;-)
>
> --
> Mick.    
>
> "A drum, a drum; Mickbeth doth come."

Depends on whether you are Hilary, or somebody else.

Annie in BC
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Re: What did he mean...         


Author: GeoAnnie
Date: May 9, 2008 15:52

On May 9, 8:44 am, Janet Baraclough zetnet.co.uk>
wrote:
> The message <68j748F2sn5q...@mid.individual.net>
> from "VickieB" privacy.net> contains these words:
>
>> ....when Mark Twain said -- "To someone with a hammer, every problem looks
>> like a nail."
>
>    He's describing someone stuck in conventional response. The
> implication is, think outside the box.  If you have lemons,  there's a
> lot more you could do than make lemonade.
>
>    Janet

Good reply, Janet!
That is very true.

Annie in BC
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Re: What did he mean...         


Author: GeoAnnie
Date: May 9, 2008 15:53

On May 9, 10:53 am, "geno4321" fuse.net> wrote:
> I don't know about tools.
> But a human's biggest problem is their mouth.
>
> "Séimí mac Liam" comcast.nospam.net> wrote in messagenews:Xns9A995B5671803Sim@216.196.97.136...
>
>
>
>> "VickieB" privacy.net> wrote in
>>news:68j9u6F2td1huU1@mid.individual.net:
>
>>> "Séimí mac Liam" comcast.nospam.net> wrote ...
>>>> "VickieB" privacy.net> wrote:
>
>>>>> ...when Mark Twain said -- "To someone with a hammer, every problem
>>>>> looks like a nail."
>
>>>>> Clueless in Oklahoma
>
>>>> I have most often seen this in reference to a tendency of victims of ...
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Re: What did he mean...         


Author: DittyDumDumDidy
Date: May 9, 2008 18:35

Vickie, smart as you are, you probly have a pretty good idea exactly
what he meant; but it is a good subject for discussion; also to help
analyse what your friends make of it.
blek
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Re: What did he mean...         


Author: DittyDumDumDidy
Date: May 9, 2008 18:40

Vickie, you are so subtle it probly goes by whie the rest of us are
looking for oil in the opposite direction
blakee
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Re: What did he mean...         


Author: DittyDumDumDidy
Date: May 9, 2008 18:47

What about folks with NO hammer????
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Re: What did he mean...         


Author: DittyDumDumDidy
Date: May 9, 2008 18:49

Don't Ever hit your grandma with a shovel
It makes a bad impression on her mind.

So hit your dear old, sweet old, grandma
With a ROCK.
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Re: What did he mean...         


Author: DittyDumDumDidy
Date: May 9, 2008 18:50

Suze, I think she meant nukular. Think about it. blake
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Re: What did he mean...         


Author: Gordon H
Date: May 10, 2008 01:57

DittyDumDumDidy@webtv.net writes
>What about folks with NO hammer????
>
They start up a business and call it "Universal Solutions".
--
Gordon H
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Re: What did he mean...         


Author: VickieB
Date: May 10, 2008 02:56

DittyDumDumDidy@webtv.net writes
>What about folks with NO hammer????
>
>
Well, if you have a nail to pound, everything will look like a hammer...
a rock or a wrench, or a shovel..... you'll try anything at hand.
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