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AnninGlos | Report | 12 Aug 2007 13:05 |
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the following quotes................................ who said that? Please be honest and admit if you have googled the answer so the rest don't think you are super intelligent and they are not Lol!!! |
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AnninGlos | Report | 12 Aug 2007 13:06 |
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1. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife 2 “The God to whom little boys say their prayers has a face very like their mother’s” 3 “Bring me my bow of burning gold, bring me my arrows of desire” 4 “My secret for longevity? Drinking martinis, smoking cigars” |
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Ladylol Pusser Cat | Report | 12 Aug 2007 13:08 |
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hi ann ive got a feeling no4 was a woman lol. |
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AnninGlos | Report | 12 Aug 2007 13:09 |
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Lorraine you would be wrong!! |
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Ladylol Pusser Cat | Report | 12 Aug 2007 13:12 |
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i was trying out my gift of telepathy guess its not working x |
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Dee the Bibliomaniac | Report | 12 Aug 2007 13:12 |
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3 is what they sing at the WI (Not that I go there) Jerusalem - Blake??? Dee xx |
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*~~*Posh*~~* | Report | 12 Aug 2007 13:13 |
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Was no 4 ....George Burns? I'm probably wrong lol |
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♥~Muffy! ~♥ | Report | 12 Aug 2007 13:14 |
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1. Jane Austen - First sentence in Pride and Prejudice. xx |
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ButtercupFields | Report | 12 Aug 2007 13:15 |
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No. 1....Oscar Wilde? |
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AnninGlos | Report | 12 Aug 2007 13:18 |
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1 is Jane Austen 2????? 4 is George Burns |
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AnninGlos | Report | 12 Aug 2007 13:19 |
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sorry 3 is William Blake |
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*~~*Posh*~~* | Report | 12 Aug 2007 13:21 |
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Hey I got one right!! :-) It was the 'Cigars' that made me think George Burns. xxx |
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AnninGlos | Report | 12 Aug 2007 13:21 |
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so, still 2 to get 5 “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat” 6 “If husband sent too often to dog-house, he go at last to cat-house” 7 “I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too” 8 “People are always sending me photos of their aspidistras” |
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Dee the Bibliomaniac | Report | 12 Aug 2007 13:22 |
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OK, is Muffy around?? I have to confess ;-))) I googled and No 2 is James Barrie, the Peter Pan man ;-)) |
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AnninGlos | Report | 12 Aug 2007 13:23 |
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Well done honest Dee!! |
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Dee the Bibliomaniac | Report | 12 Aug 2007 13:24 |
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7 is Queen Elizabeth the 1st and off of the top of my head I would say John Betjeman for 8 |
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AnninGlos | Report | 12 Aug 2007 13:25 |
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Dee 7 right 8 wrong. the clue is in the sentence. |
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Angela now in Wilts (not North Devon) | Report | 12 Aug 2007 13:26 |
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Helo all 8 Gracie Fields? Angela 5 Winston Churchill (I thought it was, but googled to confirm) |
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AnninGlos | Report | 12 Aug 2007 13:27 |
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angela correct |
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Dee the Bibliomaniac | Report | 12 Aug 2007 13:30 |
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8 Alan Titchmarsh?? you are into gardening aren't you Ann? Betjeman came to mind because one of his books has that plant on the cover ;-)) |
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