For the prevaricators
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moggiethouable
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For the prevaricators
For the prevaricators like me.
I have just come home after depositing a grandchild at school.
On the way back I got stuck behind a hearse travelling at 20mph, patience being the pre-requisite I stayed put.
As I closed in at a roundabout I noticed a brass coloured plaque on the rear of the coffin,
it read and I quote
"Ill do it later"
Wonderful.
I have just come home after depositing a grandchild at school.
On the way back I got stuck behind a hearse travelling at 20mph, patience being the pre-requisite I stayed put.
As I closed in at a roundabout I noticed a brass coloured plaque on the rear of the coffin,
it read and I quote
"Ill do it later"
Wonderful.
Happiness belongs to the self sufficient
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Re: For the prevaricators
Basil the 1955 series II


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Must be a relation to a sadly missed old boy I knew, when in a reflective mood he would often say ———-
‘ never put off ‘till tomorrow——what you can do the day after’ he was a one off in many ways.
‘ never put off ‘till tomorrow——what you can do the day after’ he was a one off in many ways.
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myoldjalopy
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Re: For the prevaricators
Alternatively - 'never do today what can be put off until tomorrow' 
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That's got an awful sense of urgency about it 
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myoldjalopy
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Not if you apply it rigorously each day - then you can put the task off indefinitely! 
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Mervin
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Re: For the prevaricators
I think "I told them I was ill" is on Spike Milligan's gravestone.
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philthehill
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My wife complains about me constantly saying "I will get round to it eventually".
I am now retired and life should be taken in the slow lane.
I am now retired and life should be taken in the slow lane.
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This is what you need:
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In a previous job my position was a step in the review and approval process for engineering changes. People would frequently bring me their paperwork hoping to get special attention. My usual response was put it on the pile and I’ll do it when I get around to it. On one occasion a draftsmen brought over his request and a crude wooden disc with “TUIT” carved into it.”what’s this” I asked. “It’s a round tuit, so you can do my job now”.
Bill B. ‘59 Pickup USA
