She was only a xxxx's daughter.....

[gbaughma]

OK, keeping it clean here...... well, PG-13 anyway.....

"She was only a quarryman's daughter, but all the guys took her for granite."

"She was only a stableman's daughter, but all the horsemen knew her (horse manure)"

"She was only an electrician's daughter, but oh how she sparked my interest."

Aww.. heck... I'll stop... but point you to this thread....

http://www.mywriterscircle.com/index.php?topic=8293.15

Just my 2¢

"What the captain doesn't realize is that we've secretly replaced his Dilithium Crystals with new Folger's Crystals."

--Greg

http://parallel.tzo.com

 

[SkipVought]

...or...

Little Johnny's teacher: "Johnny, please use fascinate, in a sentence."

Little Johnny replied, "I have a jacket with nine buttons, but I can only fasten eight."

Skip,
[sub]
Just traded in my old subtlety...
for a NUANCE![/sub]

 

[Turkbear]

OR
(apologies in advance)

Little Johnny's teacher:"Johnny please use horticulture in a sentence"

Johnny said:"You can lead a horticulture but you can't make her learn"

To Paraphrase:"The Help you get is proportional to the Help you give.."

 

[gbaughma]

Of course, I'm reminded of one of my favorite jokes here:

http://www.funnies.com/redpoet.htm

Just my 2¢

"What the captain doesn't realize is that we've secretly replaced his Dilithium Crystals with new Folger's Crystals."

--Greg

http://parallel.tzo.com