Wondering how long it would take to get a bunch of random thoughts or words of wisdom by at least 100 forum members. Pictures without words count too.

Wear sunscreen.

if its shiny, she is going to like it.

That is a far-reaching statement, Eric. It is the perfect visual essay covering everything from Creation and human purpose to a justification for war.

Keep. It. Simple. Stupid.

Hey, what's that green stuff in my pond!!

Curling rocks eh!

You need one of six things to make a lot of money.

1. A special or unique skill, that's also in demand
2. An incredible work ethic
3. A patent
4. A reputation for being the absolute best at something
5. A cornered market
6. A good, new idea

If you make a lot of money using any or all of these skills, the market will respond, and attempt to lower your ability to earn. So you have to adapt, like The Borg in Star Trek.

NATURE ABHORS A VACUUM. MONEY MAKING OPPORTUNITIES ARE THE ABSOLUTE DEFINITION OF THE WORD VACUUM.

Stolen from Mr. Cody. "It depends".

You can't win if you don't play

The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity.

There aren't a whole lot of original ideas left in my world.

From my Father: If you don't know where you want to go, almost any road you take will take you there.

Next time, buy a spill proof keyboard

From anyone who discovers I have a pond-"You got any fish in that pond of yours?"

The definition of happiness is always having time for "just one more cast".

Got goats?

Money is for spending.

Cowardice is almost always the lack of ability to suspend functioning of the imagination.

-e. Hemingway

The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they are true.
-a. Lincoln

Also...subscribe to pond boss.

There is a difference between living and living well.

It is easier to collect 100 random thoughts when the snow is on the ground than when the bass are coming off the beds.

As a man, if you only do one thing right in your life, marry: up

"No good deed goes unpunished"

My wife used to argue that the actual quote is, "No good deed goes unnoticed", but more and more she is beginning to realize that I am right.

"Doing work that others will not do, and achieving success by doing things others cannot do".

I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end. If the end brings me out all right, what's said against me won't amount to anything. If the end brings me out wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference." - Abe Lincoln

Don't eat any yellow snow.

I don't have to outrun the bear. I just have to outrun you.

Hope is the chirp of the bird in the darkness just before dawn.

It is a lot easier to let the cat out of the bag than it is to put the cat back in the bag.

I'm going to put the theory that dog is man's best friend to the test. I'm going to simultaneously lock my dog and my wife in the trunk of my car and see who's happy to see me after I open it in an hour.

It's often better to ask forgiveness than permission

Keep your stick on the ice

You can't fix stupid

Measure twice, cut once

Patience is a virtue...but so is impatience.

I dream of a better tomorrow, where chickens can cross the road and not be questioned about their motives....

I was looking for the pic of Theo swimming in his pond (the picture that needs no words....), but I gave up and had to settle for the chicken conundrum.

Patience is full of wait.

I'm still wondering. Where does the white go when the snow melts.

"Gold and rose, the colors of a dream I had
Not too long ago
Misty blue and lilac too, never to grow old.
There you were under a tree of song
Sleeping so peacefully.
In your hand, a flower played
Awaiting there for me."

-J.H.

Simply let your 'Yes' be 'Yes,' and your 'No,' 'No' -NIV,Mt5:37

Frustration is the only 100% Guarantee you have with computers and software, not featured in sales literature!

Never take the boat plug out while you're on the lake.

Don't forget to put the plug in before going out on the lake, or even putting it into the slip for the first time.

(A neighbor did that, brand new boat, had to leave, got a call later from the marina, boat is under water! Kinda a bummer for him! He survived, lesson learned )

I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is'
kv

Every day is what you make of it.
Sometimes you get closer, but some days you have to take a step back and re-evaluate to move forward.

Don't ever release the elusive blowfish

Just for you !

Make more than you spend.

The sun will go down tonight and come right back up tomorrow...if it doesn't, we've got bigger problems than yours and mine.

Time heals all wounds and wounds all heels.

Hold hands when you cross the street

Remember what my mom said....

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How about:

Run like he** when you cross the street, because that gal with the cell phone stuck to her face really ain't interested in you at the moment!

If you only expect the best, you can achieve it..If you only expect the worst, you're guaranteed it.

A word to the wise ain't necessary, it's the stupid people who need the advice.----- Bill Cosby

One of my favorites: "When fishing for praise, modesty is often the best bait."

Bigger is better, unless its trouble

Thanks ewest!

Such a special picture of Theos.....

A new caption...
"They said it would never work, so his beaming smile was just that much more for proving that his new flotation device, made simply of other flotation devices, did indeed work just fine."

"Hold my beer and check this out..."

If you are a novice at anything involving electricity and are unsure of what you just did...NEVER let your ego stop you from asking for help!

If your waiting for your ship to come in make sure you sent one out. Otherwise your waiting for someone elses to come in.....

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him dribble a basketball.

Sh!! goes down hill.

It takes a big dog to weigh a ton!

You gonna do somethin' or just stand there and bleed...

Chartruse is a walleye's favorite color, unless it is something else.

So at the end of this topic, we can say the law about DO in underground water states; The DO will be high!, Unless it is not!

Do you know why they are eating wooly buggers today? Because it is on the end of MY LINE!

I had a hit!

the first liar doesnt have a chance!!

n8ly: Are you sorry you did this yet?

"Whatever you see on the Field on Friday you either taught or tolerated in practice."

N8LY, are you counting -- must be close to 100, yet they keep getting better!!!

If you think it is, but you're not sure- Set the Hook!

You can tune a piano but you can't tuna fish

Only the Devil and the Devil's helpers are out past two a.m.

A rolling stone gathers no bird in the bush.

I stole this one from one of you guys, but it bears repeating for the newbies. Mea culpa.

The fishing started out slow and then really tapered off.

You reap what you sow.

None of us is as smart as all of us.

There is no winner in an onion eating contest.

your ears aren't made to shut but your mouth is.

From my high school physics teacher: Hot glass looks like cold glass!

an eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind

"Just because you got the monkey off your back doesn't mean the circus has left town".

Old so fast...smart so late - German proverb

Don't worry about it unless it's worth worrying about.

The road to hell is paved with men who started out with honorable intentions.

The more I know about people - the better I like my dog

Someone once asked me if i wore a hair piece. Why would I buy a hair piece with a hole in it?

Behind every successful man is his woman. Behind the fall of a successful man is usually another woman.

To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.

Words of wisdom from my father...Marry a woman you really love talking to, because one day, that is all there will be.

Behind every successful rancher is a wife who works in town.

Or oil wells....

My dad always used to say "waste not, want not".

Sometimes the green grass on the other side of the fence is growing over a septic tank!

Behind every successful man is an amazed mother-in-law.

Just when I think you said the stupidest thing ever, you keep talking.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

I never saw a Hearse with a luggage rack...

Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans. J Lennon

"I have not failed....I've just found a million ways that won't work." T Edison

"you don't have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body." CS Lewis

A man of understanding will acquire wise counsel.

Hmmm, did the author of Proverbs hint that he knew a little something about pond management?!

No tombstone ever said , I wish I had fished less.

The saddest 7 weeks of my life are the 7 weeks after the PB magazine arrives and the 1 week it takes me to read it

Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without...
(no idea who said it but it stuck with me when I heard it.)

You can't be lost, if you don't care where you're at - HS Thompson

"Expect problems and eat them for breakfast"
Alfred A. Montapert

I just reading stuff I aint ever read before!

If you throw enough sh!! at someone... Eventually it starts to stick.

"A child of five would understand this. Someone go fetch a child of five!"

Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to their grave with a song still in them.

The older I get the more I realize that there is no substitute for Risk.

So many people I know never want to fail, so they never take risk.

There is a reason that Pride is the most deadly sin of the 7 deadly sins.

"You can't drink all day if you don't start in the mornin"....

Grandpa

"if it ain't broke, don't break it"

My Dad, I was rough on everything..

War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

Paul! Where you been?

Fish bite least when wind blows from east and bite best when wind from west.

"A mans character is built on the debris of his failures" (can't remember who said this)

"You only dehydrate from drinking beer... when you stop drinking beer" (my neighbor)

"I may not know much, But atleast I know I dont know much" Local Billionare

If you don't tell someone when you will be home from fishing, you will never be late.

They should make a Forrest Gump 2.

If they film it in the woods it could be a new "Invisible Man"...cause you can't see the Forrest through the trees...

Live the life you love & Love the life you live