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LANE NO TWAIN

Terry Lane, somehow still employed, absolutely destroys one of the best-known quotes of modern times:

Mark Twain, or someone else, once said: “We all grumble about the weather but nothing is done about it.” Which made us laugh because we knew then that nothing could be done about it. Well, it is no longer so funny. Now we know that there is something we can do about it ...

But can something be done about Lane?

UPDATE. Paco presents other famous quotes and sayings mangled by Terry Lane:

• “Honesty is one of the better policies.”

• Nathan Hale: “I regret that, countrywise, I have a maximum of one life to give.”

• Queen Victoria: “That’s not funny!”

• Harry Truman: “If you can’t stand the heat in the kitchen, go into the living room.”

• Winston Churchill: “I have nothing to offer, but blood, toil, tears and perspiration.”

UPDATE II. Jim Treacher:

• “Every 60 seconds there’s a baby that’s born who will grow up to be naive.”

Ross:

• “Jesus burst into tears.”

Kiwinews:

• “Was his father the same way? Because the fruit of the apple tree rarely hits the ground at a distance from the trunk.”

• “You can lead a horse to water, but Wronwright stole the lake.”

• “Laugh and the world laughs with you, cry and maybe get some headtilts, tops.”

CraigC:

• “A suture promptly rendered saves the square root of 81.”

• “All things are equanimous as they relate to both emotional relationships and armed conflict.”

Grimmy:

• “We have nothing to fear except for those things that make us afraid.”

• “Now that it’s winter, no one is very happy.”

Donnah:

• “Good grief, Miss Molly.”

• “Winning’s not everything, but it’s at the top of the list.”

• “Run out the clock for the Gipper.”

• “One if on foot; two if in boats.”

Blogagog:

• “Early birds have to eat worms.”

• “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what your country can do for me.”

• “Mr. Gorbachev, paint that wall!”

Reese:

•“Charlie don’t windsurf!”

Kyda Sylvester:

• “Half a loaf is better than sliced bread.”

Trainer:

• “Shall I compare thee to July 27th?”

Jack Lacton:

• “A bush in the bird is worth two hands.”

Ushie:

• “It’s only popular music with a simple beat, played by a quartet or perhaps a quintet, but I am fond of it.”

Eeniemeenie:

• “One small step for a man - one giant leap for conspiracy theorists.”

As Spiny Norman says: “What’s truly amazing is Lane gets paid good money to write that mush … and you guys produce better for free!”

Posted by Tim B. on 12/30/2006 at 12:18 PM
  1. Make that

    LANE’S CHRISTMAS HAMLET

    Posted by Inurbanus on 2007 01 01 at 03:55 AM • permalink

  2. “There must be an exit strategy,” said the court jester to the person with the poor family background and difficult circumstances thus forced to turn to crime.

    Posted by Craig Mc on 2007 01 01 at 09:47 AM • permalink

  3. Hey Hey Mcloud, get off ‘a ma ewe!

    Rolling Stones of Scone

    Carl

    Posted by Carl M on 2007 01 01 at 12:14 PM • permalink

  4. Austria! Well, then. Guten tag! Let’s put another weinerschitzel on the grill!

    Lloyd Christmas

    Posted by paulris on 2007 01 01 at 12:19 PM • permalink

  5. We will bite them on the features.

    You can drink a horse’s water, but cannot lead it.

    There is the known and the other known and between them lie the doors of reception.

    I ordered a medium steak. It contacted the other side and told them we wanted unconditional surrender.

    Posted by Simon Darkshade on 2007 01 01 at 01:14 PM • permalink

  6. This is a funny thread!

    Writing Laneisms is as easy as falling off a bicycle.

    Posted by Patricia on 2007 01 01 at 01:25 PM • permalink

  7. “I hate quotations!” - Ralph Waldo Emerson, channelling Terry Lane. Or maybe it’s the other way around - who knows?

    Posted by Urbs in Horto on 2007 01 01 at 01:45 PM • permalink

  8. “Love me with a great deal of empathy.”

    —Elvis

    Posted by CraigC on 2007 01 01 at 01:48 PM • permalink

  9. Bob Ellis is a writer.

    Posted by andycanuck on 2007 01 01 at 02:10 PM • permalink

  10. “A woman needs a bicycle like a man needs to fish.”

    Gloria Steinam

    Posted by David Crawford on 2007 01 01 at 02:38 PM • permalink

  11. “This is what life’s all about”—Ned Kelly

    Posted by Phranger on 2007 01 01 at 05:03 PM • permalink

  12. Never punch a gift horse in the mouth.

    Posted by jgm on 2007 01 01 at 05:39 PM • permalink

  13. Give a man a fish, and he’ll eat it. Teach a man to fish and he’ll be gone all weekend. - blogagog (director’s cut)

    Light a fire for a man and he is warm for the day - set him on fire and he is warm for the rest of his life!

    Posted by PeterTB on 2007 01 01 at 06:21 PM • permalink

  14. Some guy should make Terry an offer he can’t
    confuse.

    Yeah, I’d love to see the bum sleeping
    with the oysters.
    .

    Posted by dver on 2007 01 01 at 07:19 PM • permalink

  15. “Don’t count your chickens til they’ve crossed the road.”

    - Colonel Sanders

    Posted by egg_ on 2007 01 02 at 12:17 AM • permalink

  16. You can’t walk straight on a twisted Lane

    - Old Russian Proverb

    Posted by egg_ on 2007 01 02 at 12:25 AM • permalink

  17. Allah Akkbhhhhhhhtttgghhhhhhgghhhh

    —Saddam Hussein

    Posted by Dan Lewis on 2007 01 02 at 02:30 AM • permalink

  18. I had a dream.

    And then I woke up and couldn’t remember the good bits.

    Martin Luther King.

    Posted by mr creosote on 2007 01 02 at 06:42 AM • permalink

  19. We have nothing to fear but…

    ...AAAAARRGGHH!  WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT!

    Posted by mr creosote on 2007 01 02 at 06:51 AM • permalink

  20. Making sure your sentences aren’t really all that long is the main point, probably actually the primary tool, for making what you say comedic in nature- I think it was Jesus that said that, right before Brutus stabbed him.

    Posted by wreckage on 2007 01 02 at 06:52 AM • permalink

  21. Ask not for whom the blog trolls;
    For the blog trolls for thee.

    - Hemmingway

    Posted by mr creosote on 2007 01 02 at 08:38 AM • permalink

  22. Time in reconnaisance is seldom wasted (unless you are in 2 Cav).


    Paratus

    Posted by Razor on 2007 01 02 at 09:18 AM • permalink

  23. At least we’ll always have the capital of France.

    Posted by Bill Spencer on 2007 01 02 at 11:55 AM • permalink

  24. Give a man a fish, and he’ll think you’re weird.

    Posted by Bill Spencer on 2007 01 02 at 12:06 PM • permalink

  25. The Biro is slightly superior to the rapier.

    Posted by mr creosote on 2007 01 02 at 04:33 PM • permalink

  26. “One good turn deserves most of the blanket.”

    Posted by bill schumm on 2007 01 02 at 07:15 PM • permalink

  27. Teach a Terry Lane to write and he writes…and writes…and writes…and rights his wrongs.

    Where’s the Poignant Asshole con Onanism gag order when you need it?

    Paco! This means you!

    Posted by carpefraise on 2007 01 02 at 11:51 PM • permalink

  28. ahh, should be
    “and NEVER rights his wrongs…”

    damn cognitive failure…

    Posted by carpefraise on 2007 01 02 at 11:52 PM • permalink

  29. No man is an eyeliner.


    Give a gentleman a piscatorial delight and he’ll chew it with delicacy and deliberation.
    Teach him how to extract one from the deeps and he’ll probably gaze at you in horror and dine on one at a five-star restaurant.


    Math is rigid.

    Posted by carpefraise on 2007 01 02 at 11:57 PM • permalink

  30. God grates!!

    -Hoummos

    Posted by carpefraise on 2007 01 02 at 11:58 PM • permalink

  31. In shallots we trust.

    Posted by carpefraise on 2007 01 03 at 12:09 AM • permalink

  32. “Frankly, Scarlett, I don’t care.”  Rhett Butler.

    “The plane is arriving.”  Tatoo.

    “It was a clear night without a cloud in the sky.”

    Posted by RK on 2007 01 03 at 01:16 AM • permalink

  33. “My parrot is dead”.

    - John Cleese

    Posted by mr creosote on 2007 01 03 at 07:15 AM • permalink

  34. I fear naux faux in shining amour.

    Posted by carpefraise on 2007 01 04 at 08:09 AM • permalink

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