I dont like the new format..

[Rumplestiltskin]

Originally Posted by Michael in FtW

My Grandpa had a couple of expressions he liked to use that would seem to fit here:

"You can lead a horse to water but you can't make 'em drink."

"Some folks would complain if they were hung with a new rope."

My grandpa always said that you can lead a horse to water but you can't lead a horticulture!"

[Michael in FtW]

Originally Posted by Rumplestiltskin

My grandpa always said that you can lead a horse to water but you can't lead a horticulture!

I've got to remember that one!

[jpinmaryland]

I guess gramps never designed web pages for a mass market, huh?

BTW: rumplestiltskin; that quote is from Dorothy Parker.

[Rumplestiltskin]

Originally Posted by jpinmaryland

BTW: rumplestiltskin; that quote is from Dorothy Parker.

Looks like Gramps was a plagiarist. There is a dark horse lurking somewhere in most families.

[jpinmaryland]

I think the quote was from a TV show that Ms. Parker was on...the game was to use the word in a sentence and the word they gave her was: horticulture. "you can lead a horse to water but you can't lead a whore to culture.." something like that.

Probably a prearranged gag for tv, this was like in the 1950s I guess.

I think Jennifer Jason Leigh did a recent movie about Dorothy Parker. I bet there is a website where you can get more quotes from Parker.

[jpinmaryland]

here is one site to get you started;



http://www.workinghumor.com/quotes/dorothy_parker.shtml



the actual quote was "you can lead a horticulture but you cant make her think”

[mudbug]

I had a post some time ago over this very same bon mot by Miss Parker. Another one of her famous ones was "Men don't make passes at girls who wear glasses."

But I think my very favorite of hers was when a friend mentioned a mutual acquaintance who was rather short, describing him as a horse's a$$. Miss Parker demurred, saying, "You mean a pony's a$$."

[jpinmaryland]

or what about "If all the ladies who attended the Yale prom were laid end to end...?"

[wasabi]

I like that one too.