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East Price Road
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I could have been a tree surgeon, but I was hacked off.
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"Fishes stop and ask me where I'm bound." (Incredible String Band)
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Sioni Sais
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quote:
Originally posted by Fidei Defensor:
I could have been a baker, but I needed more dough.
If you had become a baker, you'd have kneaded more dough. ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
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"He isn't Doctor Who, he's The Doctor"
(Paul Sinha, BBC)
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rolyn
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I could have been a grave-digger , but they showed me 2 shovels and said 'take your pick'.
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Change is the only certainty of existence
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rolyn
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I could have been a quiz-master , but it was out of the question .
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Change is the only certainty of existence
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Fidei Defensor
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I could have joined the Paris River Police, but that would have been insane.
[ 22. May 2012, 13:40: Message edited by: Fidei Defensor ]
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Das ist gewisslich wahr!
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East Price Road
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I could have been a weather forecaster, but I was under a cloud.
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"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 sprinter, but my hopes were dashed.
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"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 train driver, but they all railed against me.
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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 harbormaster, but my ship came in.
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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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Taking the Peace
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I could have been a man of sorrows, but I was rejected.
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Bibo, ergo sum
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East Price Road
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I could have been a fencer, but I was foiled.
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"Fishes stop and ask me where I'm bound." (Incredible String Band)
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Taking the Peace
Apprentice
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I could have been Prince of Denmark, but it was not to be.
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Bibo, ergo sum
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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.
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Who knows? Only God!
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Taking the Peace
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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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I could have been a soldier, but I was given my marching orders.
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Pasco
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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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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.
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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 detective, but I hadn't a clue.
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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 cocktail bartender, but I was no great shakes.
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"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 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.
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"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
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handle with care, can explode without apparent reason
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Pasco
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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.
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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 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.
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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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Pasco
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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.
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"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.
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"No method, no teacher, no guru..." Van Morrison.
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churchgeek
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.
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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.
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"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.
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Starbug
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I could have been a locksmith but I get too keyed up.
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“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.
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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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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.
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"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.
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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.
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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.
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"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
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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 huntsman, but I was outfoxed.
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"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."
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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
Bad Example
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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.
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Tradition is the handing down of the flame, not the worship of the ashes Gustav Mahler.
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