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madison2000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-14-05 09:48 AM
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Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to
the town gossip.

Will Rogers (1879-1935)
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Freebird12004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-14-05 09:56 AM
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1. your favorite Aunt!
Edited on Mon Mar-14-05 10:46 AM by Freebird12004
and we use that phrase slightly paraphrased {we avoid the town gossip}... your parrot will tell on you !

I didn't know who said that first - thanks.

on-edit... I was just informed that the unabridged/non-paraphrased quote is hundreds of years old and from Spain.
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