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Dafyd
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I could have been a Hellhost but they moved my post.
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we remain, thanks to original sin, much in love with talking about, rather than with, one another. Rowan Williams
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joan knox
Knoxy is my homeboy
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you all could have been awesome...
and indeed, you all actually are!! ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Jesus saves, Allah protects, Buddha enlightens, Cthulhu thinks you'll make a nice sandwich
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Jahlove
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I could have been a psychoanalyst but id did nothing for me
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“Sing like no one's listening, love like you've never been hurt, dance like nobody's watching, and live like its heaven on earth.” - Mark Twain
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East Price Road
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I could have been a bus conductor, but it just wasn't the ticket.
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"Fishes stop and ask me where I'm bound." (Incredible String Band)
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Jahlove
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I could have been a reincarnationist but nobody had a vacancy
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“Sing like no one's listening, love like you've never been hurt, dance like nobody's watching, and live like its heaven on earth.” - Mark Twain
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East Price Road
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I could have been a midwife, but I gave it a wide birth.
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"Fishes stop and ask me where I'm bound." (Incredible String Band)
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Yam-pk
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I could have been a brain-surgeon, but I lost my mind
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East Price Road
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I could have been a heart surgeon, but I got stuck on the bypass.
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"Fishes stop and ask me where I'm bound." (Incredible String Band)
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
Dressed for Church
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I could have been a watchmaker but I ran out of time.
[Is this thread still open?]
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"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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Pearl B4 Swine
Ship's Oyster-Shucker
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I could have been a floral arranger, but I had a vase-ectomy.
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Oinkster
"I do a good job and I know how to do this stuff" D. Trump (speaking of the POTUS job)
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joan knox
Knoxy is my homeboy
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quote:
Originally posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe:
I could have been a watchmaker but I ran out of time.
[Is this thread still open?]
*wanders in, looks around, notices Miss Amanda*
[It would appear to be so - seems there's life in the ole thread yet]
*wanders off*
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Jesus saves, Allah protects, Buddha enlightens, Cthulhu thinks you'll make a nice sandwich
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joan knox
Knoxy is my homeboy
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I could have been a water conservationist, but I didn't give a dam.
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Jesus saves, Allah protects, Buddha enlightens, Cthulhu thinks you'll make a nice sandwich
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Chorister
Completely Frocked
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I could have been a sexton, but I didn't dig it.
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Retired, sitting back and watching others for a change.
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East Price Road
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I could have been a leatherworker, but I had to go into hiding.
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"Fishes stop and ask me where I'm bound." (Incredible String Band)
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lilBuddha
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I could have been a Photographer, but I just couldn't focus.
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I put on my rockin' shoes in the morning
Hallellou, hallellou
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MiceElf
Not your average mouse
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I could have been a piano tutor, but my Bach was worse than my bite.
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What do we want.... Cure for Obesity
When do we want it.... After Dessert.
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Yam-pk
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I could have been a violin-player, but I had other strings to my bow
[ 09. March 2012, 14:56: Message edited by: Yam-uk ]
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Jahlove
Tied to the mast
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I could have been an ornithologist but I got twitchy
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“Sing like no one's listening, love like you've never been hurt, dance like nobody's watching, and live like its heaven on earth.” - Mark Twain
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East Price Road
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I could have been a bingo caller, but my number was up.
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"Fishes stop and ask me where I'm bound." (Incredible String Band)
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Jahlove
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I could have been a Cockney - but i bowed* out
* for our non-londophile viewers, a cockney must be born within the sound of Bow Bells
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“Sing like no one's listening, love like you've never been hurt, dance like nobody's watching, and live like its heaven on earth.” - Mark Twain
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East Price Road
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I could have been a footballer, but they moved the goalposts.
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"Fishes stop and ask me where I'm bound." (Incredible String Band)
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
Dressed for Church
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I could have been an oceanographer but it didn't float my boat.
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"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 gravedigger, but it was a dead end job.
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"Fishes stop and ask me where I'm bound." (Incredible String Band)
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
Dressed for Church
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Miss Amanda should think it would have gotten you deeper into a hole.
[She'll get her wrap.]
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"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 luggage handler, but it wasn't my bag.
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"Fishes stop and ask me where I'm bound." (Incredible String Band)
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Sir Kevin
Ship's Gaffer
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I could have been a survivor, but I couldn't live with myself.
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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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Dafyd
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Like Yam-Uk I could have been a snooker champion but I was blackballed from the club.
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we remain, thanks to original sin, much in love with talking about, rather than with, one another. Rowan Williams
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East Price Road
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I could have been in the chorus for The Messiah, but I couldn't get a handle on it.
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"Fishes stop and ask me where I'm bound." (Incredible String Band)
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Sylvander
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I could have been a proctologist but I couldn't be arsed.
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East Price Road
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I could have been a vegetable grower, but I didn't know my onions.
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"Fishes stop and ask me where I'm bound." (Incredible String Band)
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pjl
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i could have been a coal miner, but it turned out
to be the pits
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East Price Road
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I could have been a haematologist, but I was bloody awful.
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"Fishes stop and ask me where I'm bound." (Incredible String Band)
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St. Gwladys
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I could have been a rugby player, but I didn't really try.
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"I say - are you a matelot?"
"Careful what you say sir, we're on board ship here"
From "New York Girls", Steeleye Span, Commoners Crown (Voiced by Peter Sellers)
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East Price Road
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I could have been a seaside entertainer, but I was not the only pebble on the beach.
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"Fishes stop and ask me where I'm bound." (Incredible String Band)
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Ann
Curious
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I could have been a funeral director, but it was too grave an undertaking.
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Ann
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Ann
Curious
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I could have been a general, but I thought, "Sod this for a game of soldiers!"
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Ann
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Sister Influenza
Apprentice
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I could have been a composer but I had to write my chopin liszt
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Sister Influenza
Apprentice
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I could have been a ghost hunter but I got haunted down
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East Price Road
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I could have been an arborist, but I was barking up the wrong tree.
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"Fishes stop and ask me where I'm bound." (Incredible String Band)
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Timothy the Obscure
Mostly Friendly
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I could have been a rock star, but I spent too much time getting stoned.
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When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find more hideous crimes have been committed in the name of obedience than have ever been committed in the name of rebellion.
- C. P. Snow
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Sir Kevin
Ship's Gaffer
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I could have been a cadaver, but I'm not dead yet!
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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 calligrapher, but I blotted my copybook.
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"Fishes stop and ask me where I'm bound." (Incredible String Band)
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piccolo
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I could have been a golfer, but I didn't have the drive.
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"It's not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren't doing it."
Terry Pratchett
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piccolo
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I could have been the Messiah, but I'm a very naughty boy.
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"It's not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren't doing it."
Terry Pratchett
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Yam-pk
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I could have been a translator but it was all Greek to me
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East Price Road
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I could have been a river pilot, but it all went down the Swanee.
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"Fishes stop and ask me where I'm bound." (Incredible String Band)
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joan knox
Knoxy is my homeboy
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I could have worked at McDonald's, but I didn't have a humanities degree...
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Jesus saves, Allah protects, Buddha enlightens, Cthulhu thinks you'll make a nice sandwich
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Yam-pk
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I could've been an arms-trader but I got fired
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Pearl B4 Swine
Ship's Oyster-Shucker
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quote:
Originally posted by Yam-uk:
I could've been an arms-trader but I got fired
![[Killing me]](graemlins/killingme.gif) Just struck me funny
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Oinkster
"I do a good job and I know how to do this stuff" D. Trump (speaking of the POTUS job)
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East Price Road
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I could have been a sign-maker, but the writing was on the wall.
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"Fishes stop and ask me where I'm bound." (Incredible String Band)
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