OLD SORES FROM ST JUST

A regular feature in the printed Trunch Trumpet

1

"Blood may be thicker than water, but always remember that custard is thicker than them both."

2

"I wouldn't do that for all the F in Felbrigg."

3

"Half a loaf is better than no rest at all."

4

"In life you can't just sweep everything under the carpet - larger objects should be swept behind the sideboard."

5

"Never start a job in the middle.  If you do, then when its half done you won't know if yopu've reached the beginning or the end."

6

"A Miss is as good as a Mrs to a blind man."

7

"If you aren't broke, don't fidget."

8

"You don't keep a dog and bath yourself."

9

"There's many a bad tune played on a new fiddle."

10

"A pleasure shared is a pleasure halved"

11

"A little bit of pain never hurt anyone."

12

"There's newts as strange as folk"

13

"Actors speak louder than worms."

14

"The proof of the pudding is in the club."

15

"The way to a man's heart is paved with good intentions."

16

"Cast your bread upon the water - it'll fatten the ducks up a treat."

17

"From mighty oaks, little acorns drop."

18

"A fool and his monkey are soon patted."

19

"A change is as good as arrest." (George Kipper)

20

"If the way to a man's heart is through his stomach, you're starting from a very odd place."

21

"Beauty is in the eye of the beast."

22

"When the tough get going, the going gets tough."

23

"Every journey begins with but a single step - unless you're on a bicycle."

24

"One man's meat is another man's pheasant."

25

"Wherever I lay my hat, that's my head."

26

"A cat may look at a queen, but it had better watch out for corgis."

27

"It takes one to bongo."

28

"You can't fit a quartet in a piss pot."

29  

"Presence makes the heart go yonder/wander."

30

"You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear,

but you can make a nourishing soup of it."