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  1. 02-07-2020, 02:34 AM #4901
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    ". . .In politics, looking at the big picture is the most convenient way of not getting bogged down in annoying little details . . . like facts. "

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    " . . . is there any great difference between politicians, religious fanatics, and pathological liars, . . . especially when they go on to spout some nonsense ???
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    " Message to the "Great Unwashed " . . . Eureka !!!"

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    "Don't let statistics do a number on you."

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    “ Figures often beguile me," he wrote, "particularly when I have the arranging of them myself; in which case the remark attributed to Disraeli would often apply with justice and force: 'There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.”

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    Quote Originally Posted by cudarunner View Post
    A nod's as good as a wink to a blind bat.

    Heard on my online radio station--Rockabilly Radio
    Don't want to pick nits, but the quote is , A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Grizzley1 View Post
    Don't want to pick nits, but the quote is , A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse....
    Better contact Monty Python--

    https://yarn.co/yarn-clip/93702528-0...3-e94292908827

    I do find that 'Faces' did the blind horse thing.

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    Got to see him with Faces just before he went to the Stones.
    He can play
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    Quote Originally Posted by cudarunner View Post
    Better contact Monty Python--

    https://yarn.co/yarn-clip/93702528-0...3-e94292908827

    I do find that 'Faces' did the blind horse thing.

    It's a really old saying...aslo the name of an album I think
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    Quote Originally Posted by rolodave View Post
    Got to see him with Faces just before he went to the Stones.
    He can play
    This is for this thread but how about Rod with his ode mucker

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