Past Imperfect

Girl Talk

Aside

Inside every older person is a younger person -- wondering what the hell happened.
Cora Harvey Armstrong

Inside me lives a skinny woman crying to get out. But I can usually shut
the bitch up with cookies.
Unknown

The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy.
Helen Hayes (at 73)

I refuse to think of them as chin hairs. I think of them as stray
eyebrows.
Janette Barber

My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first one being --
hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint.
Erma Bombeck

Old age ain't no place for sissies.
Bette Davis

Thirty-five is when you finally get your head together and your body
starts falling apart.
Caryn Leschen

If you can't be a good example -- then you'll just have to be a horrible
warning.
Catherine

I'm not going to vacuum 'til Sears makes one you can ride on.
Roseanne Barr

Behind every successful man is a surprised woman.
Maryon Pearson

Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission.
Eleanor Roosevelt

27 comments:

Kim Ayres said...: Inside every fat woman is a thin one tryng to get out - I know because I ate her
- Jo Brand; 10:29 AM
Pat said...: Excellent Kim!; 10:58 AM
Eryl Shields said...: I'm just beginning to learn what Eleanor Roosevelt means by that and it's both scary and liberating.

Inside me there is definitely a fat person who keeps trying to insist I'm hungry. I have the upper hand at the moment but who knows for how long!; 1:38 PM
Pat said...: Eryl: it can be discouraging; my difficult time is after dinner and that's when I eat fresh fruit (as well as during the day.) Now it seems it is better not to eat fresh fruit and veg after 3pm:(; 3:07 PM
OldLady Of The Hills said...: I LOVE these...especially Erma Bombeck's quote...LOL! Though Rosanne's is a close second, for me...! And Bette Davis certainly knew what she was talking about, didn't she?
On Third Thought, maybe that first "quote" is the most accurate...Pass The Cookies, PLEASE!; 4:22 PM
Theblonde said...: It's not fair! already I can relate to Janette Barber's quote, and a few others too! (.....And I'm not yet even 50!); 5:22 PM
Anonymous said...: There's a great deal of truth in those sayings. My thin person would love to escape but she's well and truly chained in there. Just think, I could lose several stones easily if she managed to get out!; 5:52 PM
Unknown said...: Avoid dead trees in high winds.

Me, hindsight, paah!; 6:02 PM
Pat said...: Naomi : I found them all pretty relevant.

theblonde: the trouble is blonde hairs glint in the sun. One of the reason Marilyn glowed on screen was the fact that she had a fine golden down - like a peach. In later years one should employ a whisker watch- ie employ someone with perfect eye sight to watch the little blighters and deal with them.; 6:10 PM
Pat said...: sablonneuse: nothing like a woman of substance:)

John: we have a ginormous tree overlooking us - I get all the leaves and in these very strong winds I'm constantly telling MTL I'm worried about it. He's not!; 7:32 PM
TLP said...: I was meant to be the horrible warning. I've found my calling!; 10:03 PM
Z said...: I'm a horrible warning! Yes!!(!)

Oh dear, I've found the occasional upper lip whisker. But I've never even looked on my chin!; 10:35 PM
FOUR DINNERS said...: Inside every older person is a younger person -- wondering what the hell happened

Absolutely; 11:09 PM
Pat said...: TLP: you'll have to fight it out with Z but I think you are both shining examples.

Z: Germaine Greer was talking on the phone to her sister and suddenly said
"Oooooh there's somenting on my chin," And her sister - in - Australia said
"That's a whisker!"; 11:34 PM
Pat said...: 4d: I keep forgetting which one I am.; 11:51 PM
Daphne Wayne-Bough said...: That last one is one of my mottoes.; 11:11 AM
Anonymous said...: Sam's back, dear. Thought you'd want to know.

Cheers.; 12:31 PM
Pat said...: Daphne: it's going to be mine from hence:); 12:44 PM
Pat said...: Randall thanks! the one day I didn't check.; 3:00 PM
Sam, Problem-Child-Bride said...: I like the horrible example one the best but the one that rings most chillingly true is the one about what happens to you at 35. I am 33 and the clock is ticking. Tick tick tick and so unto the grave...

I'm going to cheer myself up now with a thorough trawl of your archives to see if I can catch up on all things Pat. Kettle's just boiling too!

Missed you, sweetie-pie!; 5:22 PM
Pat said...: Sam:not as much as I've missed you. We've all been mooning around like lost souls; 8:42 PM
f:lux said...: Suddenly I'm thinking that when I decided to come back to England I forgot to pack my inner thin person! ;); 1:44 PM
Pat said...: f:lux: where were you? France? Yesterday MTL treated me to a lovely brown leather jacket so my inner thin person has to come out and stay out.; 4:44 PM
Carli N. Wendell said...: Ooh, I really like the Roseanne Barr one. . . althought it's a little small in my apartment for a ride-on vacuum.
Another favorite Roseanne line: I consider myself to be a pretty good judge of people, which is why I don't like none of them.; 7:12 AM
Pat said...: Hi Carli: we used to get Roseanne's early TV programmes and she made me laugh a lot. Back to bed now:); 8:01 AM
carmilevy said...: Erma Bombeck was one of my favorite authors when I was a kid precisely because of gems like this one. What a treasure she was, and what a loss to humanity we suffered when she passed away.

I'm back from Michele's again. Hope you're not sick of me :); 11:37 PM
Pat said...: Carmi: am I sick of a breath of fresh air?; 11:47 PM