our phrases
back to the pub
August 2008
Votes received:
1. "It's difficult to remember that the objective was to drain the swamp... When you're up to your backside in alligators! ....Unknown source......"
From: Dave Moffat		    
vote for this phrase   e-mail to a friend   1967
2. "a friend in need is a pest"
From: nonk		    
vote for this phrase   e-mail to a friend   1845
3. "you are dangling from the edge of the cliff that overlooks the abysmal pit of senility"
From: Hemant Tekchandani		    
vote for this phrase   e-mail to a friend   1836
4. "A minute They say it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them, but then an entire life to forget them."
From: Elle		    
vote for this phrase   e-mail to a friend   1771
5. "If you can overhear the voices in someone else's head plotting your doom, its probably time to take a break"
From: Joseph Cheney		    
vote for this phrase   e-mail to a friend   1750
6. "i'm not forgetful.....my mind's just absent without leave"
From: nonk		    
vote for this phrase   e-mail to a friend   1749
7. "Work is the curse of the dringking classes. Oscar Wilde"
From: harry leyland		    
vote for this phrase   e-mail to a friend   1744
8. "there are many good reasons for drinking, and one has just entered my head, if a fellow can't drink when he's living how the hell can he drink when he's dead."
From: kev		    
vote for this phrase   e-mail to a friend   1731
9. "If you have a lot of tension and you get a headache, do what it says on the aspirin bottle: "Take two aspirin" and "Keep away from children". (Author unknown)"
From: Michael		    
vote for this phrase   e-mail to a friend   1724
10. ""The stars are matter We are matter It doesn't matter" From: Capt Beefheart "
From: scott		    
vote for this phrase   e-mail to a friend   1689
11. "unix IS user-friendly, it's just very picky about it's friends!!"
From: Joseph Cheney		    
vote for this phrase   e-mail to a friend   1672
12. "Build a man a fire and he is warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he is warm for the rest of his life."
From: 1badcpa		    
vote for this phrase   e-mail to a friend   1655
13. "The early bird catches the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese!"
From: Susi		    
vote for this phrase   e-mail to a friend   1644
14. "In every sentence, everything after the word "but" is the truth."
From: Brent		    
vote for this phrase   e-mail to a friend   1634
15. "Drink will get you through times of no money, better than money will get you through times of no drink! (converted, Furry Freak Brothers saying!!). "
From: Steve		    
vote for this phrase   e-mail to a friend   1630
16. "Allways smile at a lady, if she's ugly it dose you no harm and makes her feel good. And if she's beautifull it dose her no harm and makes you feel good"
From: billy		    
vote for this phrase   e-mail to a friend   1586
17. "No good deed goes unpunished. From Martin"
From: Martin Lonsdale		    
vote for this phrase   e-mail to a friend   1574
18. "The map is not the terrain!"
From: Andrew McMullon		    
vote for this phrase   e-mail to a friend   1572
19. "In life people will forgive what you do TO them, but never what you do FOR them!"
From: grodno		    
vote for this phrase   e-mail to a friend   1571
20. "Never chase after buses or women - there will always be another one along in a minute"
From: Alistair Nicholls		    
vote for this phrase   e-mail to a friend   1568
21. "Before you criticise somebody, walk a mile in their shoes. That way - you're a mile away - and you've got their shoes."
From: JULIAN T		    
vote for this phrase   e-mail to a friend   1524
22. "Beware of making the measurable important, rather than measuring the important."
From: Peter Richardson		    
vote for this phrase   e-mail to a friend   1501
23. "" The road to Hell is paved with good intentions." -- BigSugar"
From: BigSugar		    
vote for this phrase   e-mail to a friend   1489
24. "He who laughs last thinks slowest."
From: JoshT		    
vote for this phrase   e-mail to a friend   1411
25. "quote " He who has false teeth laughs last""
From: ken		    
vote for this phrase   e-mail to a friend   1404
26. "Ruddles is for life, not just the weekend."
From: Emma Clarke		    
vote for this phrase   e-mail to a friend   1376
27. "If love is filled with fun and excitemant?? then y does it bring heartache and pain? "
From: emma		    
vote for this phrase   e-mail to a friend   1365
28. "i might b having the ugliest of the nose, smallest of the eyes, crookedest of the teeth, but the point is they all look good together"
From: chocoslayer		    
vote for this phrase   e-mail to a friend   1255
29. ""hurdles of life are upstairs to the optimists and downstairs to the pessimists"(leena singh)"
From: asmita		    
vote for this phrase   e-mail to a friend   1225
30. "One evening in October, When I was far from sober. I was dragging home my lonely manly pride. When my feet began to stutter, so I lay down in a gutter an d a pig came up and parked right by my side. "You can tell it is fair weather, when young men get together." a lady passer by was heard to say. "And you can tell a man who boozes by the company he chooses." And the pig got up and slowly walked away. Harvz"
From: Harvz		    
vote for this phrase   e-mail to a friend   1022
31. ""Never above you,Never below you.........But ALWAYS by your side""
From: Shaun Ruddle		    
vote for this phrase   e-mail to a friend   950
32. "A literate person might not necessarily be an educated person Pauline Felix"
From: pauline felix		    
vote for this phrase   e-mail to a friend   914
33. ""Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach him how to use the internet and he won't bother you for weeks...!""
From: Sharon Haddock		    
vote for this phrase   e-mail to a friend   871
34. "Absence unto love is like the wind unto fire; it extinguishes the small, it enkindles the great."
From: george blewitt		    
vote for this phrase   e-mail to a friend   867
35. "A man is as old as the woman he feels, and when he stops feeling he’s old"
From: hobbit		    
vote for this phrase   e-mail to a friend   790
36. "There are small sips and big sips, But the best sips are Ruddles-sips. "
From: hobbit		    
vote for this phrase   e-mail to a friend   769
37. "A stupid man has a loose tongue. A wise man has long ears. A Ruddles man has a considered opinion. "
From: hobbit		    
vote for this phrase   e-mail to a friend   752
38. "Roses are red violets are blue I love this web site and so should you"
From: hobbit		    
vote for this phrase   e-mail to a friend   741
39. "A friend with a Ruddles... is a friend without troubles!"
From: thewoodwhiz		    
vote for this phrase   e-mail to a friend   733
40. "A best friend indeed is a friend in need"
From: sabrina		    
vote for this phrase   e-mail to a friend   722
41. "Sure god made man before woman, you always make a rough draft, before you make the final masterpiece."
From: Debbie		    
vote for this phrase   e-mail to a friend   553
42. "It's a dog eat dog world, and I'm wearing milkbone underwear - Norm"
From: steve nagele		    
vote for this phrase   e-mail to a friend   544
43. "They say that the best form of contraception is wedding cake..."
From: James Brown		    
vote for this phrase   e-mail to a friend   447
44. "Tidy people are just too lazy to look for things!"
From: nigel		    
vote for this phrase   e-mail to a friend   436
45. ""I'm not here for a long time but I am here for a good time.""
From: sue hinds		    
vote for this phrase   e-mail to a friend   265
46. "Ruddles is God's way of telling us that He loves us and wants us to have fun and be happy."
From: vonHardenberg		    
vote for this phrase   e-mail to a friend   264
47. "The trick to dying young is to live a long time before you get there. (quote, but cannot remember source)"
From: WilberForce		    
vote for this phrase   e-mail to a friend   261
48. "Here's to those that love us, and may they always love us. Here's to those that don't love us, and may the good Lord see fit to change their hearts. But if He cannot change their hearts, then may he sprain their ankles so we'll know them by their limping as they come down the road toward us."
From: James Delavan		    
vote for this phrase   e-mail to a friend   255
49. "When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her. Sacha Guitry"
From: Roy L-N		    
vote for this phrase   e-mail to a friend   245
50. "Those who don't plan for success will never fail."
From: WilberForce		    
vote for this phrase   e-mail to a friend   244
51. "The best way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget it once. (Anonymous)."
From: Roy L-N		    
vote for this phrase   e-mail to a friend   238
52. ""The early bird catches the worm but I prefer to get up late and have bacon and eggs.""
From: kevin joyce		    
vote for this phrase   e-mail to a friend   11