The Argyle Sweater by Scott Hilburn for December 02, 2017

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    Packratjohn Premium Member almost 7 years ago

    Yet he persevered, and we remember his quips even today. High Five, Ben…..

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    Superfrog  almost 7 years ago

    Stow thrones?

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    PICTO  almost 7 years ago

    We used to have a glass house in our town…it was just a stone’s throw from the gravel pit.

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    x_Tech  almost 7 years ago

    Old Bennie should have done some further reading on the matter.

    “PEOPLE IN GLASS HOUSES SHOULDN’T THROW STONES – “Those who are vulnerable should not attack others. The proverb has been traced back to Geoffrey Chaucer’s ‘Troilus and Criseyde’ (1385). George Herbert wrote in 1651: ‘Whose house is of glass, must not throw stones at another.’ This saying is first cited in the United States in ‘William & Mary College Quarterly’ (1710). Twenty-six later Benjamin Franklin wrote, ’Don’t throw stones at your neighbors’, if your own windows are glass.’ ‘To live in a glass house’ is used as a figure of speech referring to vulnerability.” From “Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings” (1996) by Gregory Y. Titelman (Random House, New York, 1996)."

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    mickjam  almost 7 years ago

    Rip-off of The Far Side: Confucious at the Office.

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    jreckard  almost 7 years ago

    That was until he saw the 30-minute infomercial for the Ronco Idio-matic.

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    F-Flash  almost 7 years ago

    I think Henry J. Windex came up with that saying? Just sayin.

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    uniquename  almost 7 years ago

    …smoke pot. They have stoned throes.

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    redstart  almost 7 years ago

    People who live in glass houses just shouldn’t!!!

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    Hippogriff  almost 7 years ago

    Spend a lot on draperies.

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    CeeJay  almost 7 years ago

    …let their parakeets fly free.

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    lwiesenfelder  almost 7 years ago

    Pretty sure Ben would have used the word aphorism in lieu of idiom

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    joe piglet Premium Member almost 7 years ago
    I noticed Scott used cursive writing. There has been a number of Charlie Brown comics with cursive and a number comments about how many young people could read the comic. My youngest, 18.5 years old, had cursive until the letter “L” then they pulled that from the school curriculum. She went on to learn the rest on her own.
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    GROG Premium Member almost 7 years ago

    Bust other people’s windows.

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    joegeethree  almost 7 years ago

    Lean back against the wall.

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    Zen-of-Zinfandel  almost 7 years ago

    In most states, they shouldn’t get stoned while smoking their own home-grown.

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    Kind&Kinder  almost 7 years ago

    They didn’t come naturally because he was most often busy chasing women in Paris (and elsewhere!).

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    T Smith  almost 7 years ago

    Considering Ben’s rather progressive sentiments on human sexuality, I highly doubt he’d be concerned with the walking around naked part.

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    Laurie Stoker Premium Member almost 7 years ago

    while not as catchy, every one of them was appropriate.

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