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Pasco
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I could have been a lumberjack, but the post was axed.
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Pasco
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I could have been a newscaster and it's six months since my interview and still there's NO NEWS!
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Enigma
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I could have been a hang-glider but it's all up in the air.
-------------------- Who knows? Only God!
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Taking the Peace
Apprentice
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I could have been an albino, but that would have been beyond the pale.
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Pasco
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# 388
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I could have been a soldier, but I was given my marching orders.
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Pasco
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# 388
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I could have been a Royal Chef. I made Eaton Mess and was told it wasn't - that it was a (right?) Royal Mess!
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Pasco
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# 388
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I could have been an assembly line worker (having tried my best), but what the Foreman told me I couldn't repeat.
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East Price Road
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I could have been a policeman, but I was not much cop.
-------------------- "Fishes stop and ask me where I'm bound." (Incredible String Band)
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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I could have been a detective, but I hadn't a clue.
-------------------- "I take prayer too seriously to use it as an excuse for avoiding work and responsibility." -- The Revd Martin Luther King Jr.
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East Price Road
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I could have been a cocktail bartender, but I was no great shakes.
-------------------- "Fishes stop and ask me where I'm bound." (Incredible String Band)
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Pasco
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# 388
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I could have been a stand up, but my friends all fell over laughing.
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East Price Road
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I could have been a foreign correspondent, but I was nothing to write home about.
-------------------- "Fishes stop and ask me where I'm bound." (Incredible String Band)
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badger@thesett
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I could have been a grave digger but I lost the plot
-------------------- handle with care, can explode without apparent reason
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Pasco
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# 388
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I could have been an "extra" but I had had one too many.
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East Price Road
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I could have been a hill walker, but I wasn't inclined.
-------------------- "Fishes stop and ask me where I'm bound." (Incredible String Band)
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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I thought I might spend the rest of my life sitting in a chair that gently moved back and forth, but I was off my rocker.
-------------------- "I take prayer too seriously to use it as an excuse for avoiding work and responsibility." -- The Revd Martin Luther King Jr.
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Pasco
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# 388
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I could have been a monk, but my mum and dad had silenced me.
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East Price Road
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I could have been a member of the polar exploration team, but I was frozen out.
-------------------- "Fishes stop and ask me where I'm bound." (Incredible String Band)
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Pasco
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I could have been an ancestor, but my dates have all said, "Who do you think you are?! * "
[* UK TV programme tracing celebrities' ancestors]
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cosmic dance
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I could have been an economist but was stopped by the invisible hand.
-------------------- "No method, no teacher, no guru..." Van Morrison.
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churchgeek
![](http://forum.shipoffools.com/custom_avatars/5557.jpg) Have candles, will pray
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quote: Originally posted by Pasco: I could have been an "extra" but I had had one too many.
(Stealing the "extra" idea)
I could've been an extra, but they had too much of me.
-------------------- I reserve the right to change my mind.
My article on the Virgin of Vladimir
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East Price Road
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I could have been a disc jockey, but I spun out of control.
-------------------- "Fishes stop and ask me where I'm bound." (Incredible String Band)
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Morlader
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I could have been an acoustic guitarist, but I fret too much.
-------------------- .. to utmost west.
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Starbug
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I could have been a locksmith but I get too keyed up.
-------------------- “Oh the pointing again. They're screwdrivers! What are you going to do? Assemble a cabinet at them?” ― The Day of the Doctor
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agrgurich
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I could have been a dermatologist, but I was too rash.
-------------------- Life is a comedy to those who think & a tragedy to those who feel.-Horace Walpole
AJG
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Pasco
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# 388
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I could have been a clown but my Career's Advisor said, "Don't be silly."
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East Price Road
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I could have been a whisky distiller, but my plans were scotched.
-------------------- "Fishes stop and ask me where I'm bound." (Incredible String Band)
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jacobsen
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I could have been fighter pilot, but the interview panel shot me down.
-------------------- But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy The man who made time, made plenty.
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beachcomber
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I could have been a brick-layer, but I dropped one.
-------------------- Helen-Eva:'This is all really interesting and intensely confusing stuff and I am now bewildered in a much more informed way than I was before.'
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East Price Road
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I could have been a chimney sweep, but I had a brush with the law.
-------------------- "Fishes stop and ask me where I'm bound." (Incredible String Band)
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Sir Kevin
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I could have been an architect, but my left hand is dominant
-------------------- If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction Dietrich Bonhoeffer Writing is currently my hobby, not yet my profession.
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East Price Road
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I could have been a huntsman, but I was outfoxed.
-------------------- "Fishes stop and ask me where I'm bound." (Incredible String Band)
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jacobsen
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I could have got pregnant, but the oven went out*
*Reference to an English term for preganant - "having a bun in the oven."
-------------------- But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy The man who made time, made plenty.
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QLib
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I could have been a milkman*, but I didn't have the bottle.
*OK - strictly speaking, a dairy-related goods delivery person.
-------------------- Tradition is the handing down of the flame, not the worship of the ashes Gustav Mahler.
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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quote: Originally posted by QLib: OK - strictly speaking, a dairy-related goods delivery person.
Now that's udder nonsense!
[Miss Amanda will get her wrap.] [ 11. September 2012, 20:23: Message edited by: Amanda B. Reckondwythe ]
-------------------- "I take prayer too seriously to use it as an excuse for avoiding work and responsibility." -- The Revd Martin Luther King Jr.
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Morlader
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I could've been a GCSE English examiner but I couldn't make the grade.
-------------------- .. to utmost west.
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jacobsen
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I could have been a gardener, but was weeded out.
-------------------- But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy The man who made time, made plenty.
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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I could have been a gravedigger, but the opening was filled.
-------------------- "I take prayer too seriously to use it as an excuse for avoiding work and responsibility." -- The Revd Martin Luther King Jr.
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Bean Sidhe
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I could have been a Spice Girl but I couldn't cut the mustard.
-------------------- How do you know when a politician is lying? His lips are moving.
Danny DeVito
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East Price Road
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I could have been a prosecutor, but I didn't have the conviction.
-------------------- "Fishes stop and ask me where I'm bound." (Incredible String Band)
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East Price Road
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I could have been a magician, but I was disillusioned.
-------------------- "Fishes stop and ask me where I'm bound." (Incredible String Band)
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Morlader
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I could've been a ski instructor, but I got cold feet.
-------------------- .. to utmost west.
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mousethief
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I could have had a career as a weightlifter, but I couldn't get it off the ground.
-------------------- This is the last sig I'll ever write for you...
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jacobsen
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I could have bred puppies, but was dogged by misfortune.
-------------------- But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy The man who made time, made plenty.
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Sir Pellinore
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A Jesuit. Unlike the Vicar of Bray, no Glorious Revolution purportedly interfered. Merely a subterranean inner murmur that this wasn't the life for me.
-------------------- Well...
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Cara
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I could have been a builder, but people put the wrong construction on it.
-------------------- Pondering.
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Ariston
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And I could have destroyed Hull but—oh wait, I am!
-------------------- “Therefore, let it be explained that nowhere are the proprieties quite so strictly enforced as in men’s colleges that invite young women guests, especially over-night visitors in the fraternity houses.” Emily Post, 1937.
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