What made you smile recently?

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PabloLerntKochen said:
Imagine being a kid and you have to remember like 10 cities in welsh geography. After that, you can compete at memory Olympics
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My maternal grandmother is from the Welsh Valleys and her first language was Welsh. We grew up knowing our Great Grandmother as 'mamgu' pronounced "mam ghee" (as in clarified butter ghee). My ex-step father's mother is also from the Welsh Valleys, same again first language was Welsh, so I have a lot of Welsh heritage in my blood.
 
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My maternal grandmother is from the Welsh Valleys and her first language was Welsh. We grew up knowing our Great Grandmother as 'mamgu' pronounced "mam ghee" (as in clarified butter ghee). My ex-step father's mother is also from the Welsh Valleys, same again first language was Welsh, so I have a lot of Welsh heritage in my blood.
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I spent most of '69 and part of '70 in Abergavenny, South Wales and I would guess around 10% spoke Welsh (and only Welsh). '73 and '74 I spent in Hollywell in North Wales and around 90% spoke Welsh (but only when they felt like it),
 
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I spent most of '69 and part of '70 in Abergavenny, South Wales and I would guess around 10% spoke Welsh (and only Welsh). '73 and '74 I spent in Hollywell in North Wales and around 90% spoke Welsh (but only when they felt like it),
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My great grandmother was born in 1901. My Grannie in 1923. It was a different era back then. My Grannie only left Wales because she joined the WAAF in WWII which is how she met my grandfather (a pilot).
 
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I watched a Pépin episode from the very early ‘90’s, and he said something that made me laugh.

The format of the show is, after he makes everything, he brings it over to a table, sits down, and recommends a wine for the dishes he just prepared.

In this episode, he lightly boiled some asparagus, made a chopped vegetable garnish for it, and a vinaigrette.

He sat down at the table and said (paraphrasing, and imagine Pepin’s gentle-but insistent French-accented English):

“Traditionally, it is said not to drink wine with asparagus, with vinaigrette…well, I drink wine with everything!” - pours a glass of wine.

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A few new ones; new to me at least:

1. When one door closes and another door opens, you are probably in prison.
2. To me, "drink responsibly" means don't spill it.
3. Age 60 might be the new 40, but 9:00 pm is the new midnight.
4. It's the start of a brand new day, and I'm off like a herd of turtles.
5. The older I get, the earlier it gets late.
6. When I say, "The other day," I could be referring to any time between yesterday and 15 years ago.
7. I remember being able to get up without making sound effects.
8. I had my patience tested. I'm negative.
9. Remember, if you lose a sock in the dryer, it comes back as a Tupperware lid that doesn't fit any of your containers.
10. If you're sitting in public and a stranger takes the seat next to you, just stare straight ahead and say, "Did you bring the money?"
11. When you ask me what I am doing today, and I say "nothing," it does not mean I am free. It means I am doing nothing.
12. I finally got eight hours of sleep. It took me three days, but whatever.
13. I run like the winded.
14. I hate when a couple argues in public, and I missed the beginning and don't know whose side I'm on.
15. When someone asks what I did over the weekend, I squint and ask, "Why, what did you hear?"
16. When you do squats, are your knees supposed to sound like a goat chewing on an aluminum can stuffed with celery?
17. I don't mean to interrupt people. I just randomly remember things and get really excited.
18. When I ask for directions, please don't use words like "east."
19. Don't bother walking a mile in my shoes. That would be boring. Spend 30 seconds in my head. That'll freak you right out.
20. Sometimes, someone unexpected comes into your life out of nowhere, makes your heart race, and changes you forever. We call those people cops.
21. My luck is like a bald guy who just won a comb.
 
“Aging seems to be the only available way to live a long life.” Kitty O’Neill Collins

“You can live to be a hundred if you give up all things that make you want to live to be a hundred.” Woody Allen

“It’s paradoxical that the idea of living a long life appeals to everyone, but the idea of getting old doesn’t appeal to anyone.” Andy Rooney

“You know you’re getting old when you stoop to tie your shoelaces and wonder what else you could do while you’re down there.” George Burns

“There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.” Sophia Loren

“You don’t stop laughing when you grow old, you grow old when you stop laughing.” George Bernard Shaw

“By the time you’re 80 years old you’ve learned everything. You only have to remember it.” George Burns

“The really frightening thing about middle age is that you know you’ll grow out of it.” Doris Day

“How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you was?” Satchel Paige

“People ask me what I’d most appreciate getting for my eighty-seventh birthday. I tell them, a paternity suit.” George Burns

“Those who think they have no time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness.” Edward Stanley

“I’m very pleased to be here. Let’s face it, at my age I’m very pleased to be anywhere.” George Burns

“If I had known I was going to live this long, I’d have taken better care of myself.” Anonymous

Some guy said to me: ‘Don’t you think you’re too old to sing rock n roll?’ I said: ‘You’d better check with Mick Jagger.'” Cher

“I don’t feel old. I don’t feel anything until noon. Then it’s time for my nap.” Bob Hope

“Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show that the people who have the most live the longest.” Larry Lorenzoni

“At age 20, we worry about what others think of us. At age 40, we don’t care what they think of us. At age 60, we discover they haven’t been thinking of us at all.” Ann Landers

“You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely.” Ogden Nash

“Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My goal is to say or do at least one outrageous thing every week.” Maggie Kuhn

“You can’t help getting older, but you don’t have to get old.” George Burns

I feel about aging the way William Saroyan said he felt about death: ‘Everybody has to do it,’ but I always believed an exception would be made in my case. Martha Beck

“Today is the oldest you’ve ever been, and the youngest you’ll ever be again.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“Old age is always fifteen years older than I am.” Oliver Wendell Holmes

“Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you’ve got to start young.” Theodore Roosevelt
 
Yorky said:
“Aging seems to be the only available way to live a long life.” Kitty O’Neill Collins

“You can live to be a hundred if you give up all things that make you want to live to be a hundred.” Woody Allen

“It’s paradoxical that the idea of living a long life appeals to everyone, but the idea of getting old doesn’t appeal to anyone.” Andy Rooney

“You know you’re getting old when you stoop to tie your shoelaces and wonder what else you could do while you’re down there.” George Burns

“There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.” Sophia Loren

“You don’t stop laughing when you grow old, you grow old when you stop laughing.” George Bernard Shaw

“By the time you’re 80 years old you’ve learned everything. You only have to remember it.” George Burns

“The really frightening thing about middle age is that you know you’ll grow out of it.” Doris Day

“How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you was?” Satchel Paige

“People ask me what I’d most appreciate getting for my eighty-seventh birthday. I tell them, a paternity suit.” George Burns

“Those who think they have no time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness.” Edward Stanley

“I’m very pleased to be here. Let’s face it, at my age I’m very pleased to be anywhere.” George Burns

“If I had known I was going to live this long, I’d have taken better care of myself.” Anonymous

Some guy said to me: ‘Don’t you think you’re too old to sing rock n roll?’ I said: ‘You’d better check with Mick Jagger.'” Cher

“I don’t feel old. I don’t feel anything until noon. Then it’s time for my nap.” Bob Hope

“Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show that the people who have the most live the longest.” Larry Lorenzoni

“At age 20, we worry about what others think of us. At age 40, we don’t care what they think of us. At age 60, we discover they haven’t been thinking of us at all.” Ann Landers

“You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely.” Ogden Nash

“Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My goal is to say or do at least one outrageous thing every week.” Maggie Kuhn

“You can’t help getting older, but you don’t have to get old.” George Burns

I feel about aging the way William Saroyan said he felt about death: ‘Everybody has to do it,’ but I always believed an exception would be made in my case. Martha Beck

“Today is the oldest you’ve ever been, and the youngest you’ll ever be again.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“Old age is always fifteen years older than I am.” Oliver Wendell Holmes

“Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you’ve got to start young.” Theodore Roosevelt
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I'd like to add the words from my forum signature... “Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!” ― Hunter S. Thompson

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