There is nothing new under the sun...

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18 Feb 16

Seitse

Doug Stanhope

That's Why I Drink

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18 Feb 16

Here's an old idea with a new twist Thread 167580

vivify

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20 Feb 16

Originally posted by FMF
...or so Ponderable and Salomon tell us.

But surely ~ together ~ we can think of some things that [b]are new?[/b]

In post sure Slogan would've thought an iPad, PS4 and an airplane were completely different from anything in his time.

Grampy Bobby

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20 Feb 16

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Originally posted by FMF
...or so Ponderable and Salomon tell us.

But surely ~ together ~ we can think of some things that [b]are new?[/b]

Originally posted by FMF
"There is nothing new under the sun..."

Once again, an attribution please?

FMF

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20 Feb 16

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Originally posted by FMF
"There is nothing new under the sun..."

Once again, an attribution please?

Somebody said it to me on the phone.

Gambrel

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20 Feb 16

Ecclesiastes 1:9
“The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.”

King James Version (KJV)

FMF

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21 Feb 16

Originally posted by FMF
But surely ~ together ~ we can think of some things that [b]are new?[/b]

This has been reported recently. Numerous witty puns written by Shakepeare no longer raise a laugh (or they go unnoticed) because English pronunciation was different in his day than it is now.

The Time (UK) http://tinyurl.com/jf9kx4z