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Word For the Day (3/19/18)Croesus
Merriam Webster
| 3/19/18
Posted on 03/18/2018 6:18:18 PM PDT by left that other site
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A proper name can often become a new generic word itself, such as ' "Kleenex" for facial tissue, "Aspirin" for a pain reliever, and "Croesus" for a wealthy man.
To: secret garden; VRWCmember; SoothingDave; Texan5; NicknamedBob; TruthShallSetYouFree; theDentist; ...
They may fold us, spindle us, and mutilate us,
But they will never crease us!
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posted on
03/18/2018 6:20:00 PM PDT
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(For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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The ancient scribe Davidus Broccus thought very highly of this particular ruler; he often admired the “Croesus in his pants”
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posted on
03/18/2018 6:25:04 PM PDT
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mikrofon
(Weekend BUMP)
To: mikrofon
LOL...A sharp crease does not always indicate a sharp mind! :-)
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posted on
03/18/2018 6:27:28 PM PDT
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"Our young, handsome hero is an international man of mystery, fresh off the boat from London with no introduction but a note for a thousand pounds sterling, a fortune worthy of Croesus and enough to break a trading house." Karen Heller, The Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2017Someone wrote that sentence in 2017? And, I'm not that impressed with Croesus if he thinks 1,000 pounds a fortune.
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posted on
03/18/2018 6:42:56 PM PDT
by
NutsOnYew
(If the world was perfect, it wouldn't be.)
To: NutsOnYew
Only if he gives out 1000 pd notes like business cards.
THEN I’d be impressed! :-)
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posted on
03/18/2018 6:48:03 PM PDT
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President Trump, like the Lydian King Croesus of antiquity, could land in a foreign country with $100.00 in his pocket and not only survive, but turn that tender stake into a fortune.
"I am an American fighting man. I serve in the forces guarding our country and our way of life. I am prepared to give my life in their defense." |
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posted on
03/18/2018 7:03:49 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(FMF Corpsman - Lima 3/5 RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
To: ConorMacNessa
That is one of the things I love about him! ;-)
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posted on
03/18/2018 7:04:30 PM PDT
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To: left that other site; xsmommy; Red Badger
Quote Edgar’s foe,
Nevermore!
Lest the crowseeus!
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posted on
03/18/2018 7:33:03 PM PDT
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Robert A Cook PE
(I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
To: left that other site
When I was a kid, in backwoods West Virginia, my dad and uncles would always refer to people as “rich as Croesus”. I wondered then but never asked, “Who’s Croesus?” I didn’t learn who Croesus was until I was a teenager.
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posted on
03/18/2018 7:36:33 PM PDT
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backwoods-engineer
(Enjoy the decline of the American empire.)
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Increase-us so that we win them all next time.
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posted on
03/18/2018 7:47:16 PM PDT
by
Songcraft
("Pray without ceasing." 1 Thessalonians 5:17)
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posted on
03/18/2018 11:59:08 PM PDT
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MoochPooch
(I'm a compassionate cynic.)
To: left that other site
The Clintons forgot about Jesus
In their quest to be richer than Croesus
More than one accusation
‘bout their phony foundation
Might make all their assets cry: “Seize us”
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posted on
03/19/2018 6:04:42 AM PDT
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
(Be careful, Kimmy. Our President is Trump, not Obama!)
To: Robert A Cook PE
I am positively raven about your reference to Poe.
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posted on
03/19/2018 6:17:30 AM PDT
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left that other site
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To: backwoods-engineer
That would have been Cletus Croesus, who gotta a doublewide over yonder!
(((My neighbors in the Trailer Park think I must be rich as Croesus, since I don’t share my 750 sq ft single with anyone else but my Dawg.)))
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posted on
03/19/2018 6:20:27 AM PDT
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To: Pray All Day
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posted on
03/19/2018 6:21:03 AM PDT
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To: MoochPooch
Especially if one has many children!
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posted on
03/19/2018 6:22:50 AM PDT
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree
There is nothing in the Historical Record to indicate that the immense wealth of Croesus was composed of ill-gotten gains.
The Clintoons, however...
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posted on
03/19/2018 6:26:08 AM PDT
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The Clintons are as rich as Croesus-
They are traveling all of the time
Somehow whenever they do that
It is always on somebody’s dime
Every time that Hillary’s fat ass
Is hauled up the steps to a plane
Someone else is paying the bill
But they won’t share in the gain
Campaign donations to the DNC
She used to go selling her book
As her puppets there were silent
About those millions she took..
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posted on
03/19/2018 12:11:06 PM PDT
by
Texan5
("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
To: Texan5
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posted on
03/19/2018 3:30:41 PM PDT
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