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The Sleeman Centre, Brisbane, Australia.  Next to the 25m swimming pool.  14 Jan 03 I spotted this one myself, on a poster next to the swimming pool...
"All patrons are to shower, using soup, before entering the pool."




Senior Pastor, CitiPointe Christian Outreach Centre, Brisbane, Australia.  12 Jan 03 "Survival is not a good enough reason to survive"
Mark Ramsey




In Chapter 1 of the fifth edition of 'The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creating a Web Page' "HTML isn't the Hideous, Terrible, Mega-Leviathan that its name might suggest,
but rather a Harmless, Tame, Mini-Lapdog."

Paul McFedries



Page 315.  'Life is just what you make it: my story so far'.  Book by Donny Osmond and Patricia Romanowski.  Published by Hyperion in 1999. "Brush after every meal and see your dentist for regular checkups."
Donny Osmond




p257.  'Wisdom'.  Book by Larry Lea "Don't take anything into your body that will cause more harm than good."
Larry Lea




16 Nov 2002, 'Every Day With Jesus' "The Man who was the greatest realist has been turned into the greatest idealist."
Selwyn Hughes




from 'White with Two Sugars (Please)', a poem contained in the book 'Up to Date', by Steve Turner. "Coffee is a multilingual, multi-racial, liquid esperanto"
Steve Turner




From the section on Ilkeston Fair (Derbyshire, England), in the book 'Ey up mi duck, part two', by Richard Scollins and John Titford "Roll up here, and you'll see what you never did see, never can see,
and never will see!"

Apparently a popular cry at the October fair in Ilkeston (an English town)



p176.  'The Ragamuffin Gospel.  Book by Brennan Manning. "The Biblical image of the victorious life reads more like the victorious limp."
Brennan Manning

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