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Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 07-27-2002, 08:25 AM:
Rated G 
"May our lives, like the leaves of the maple, grow
more beautiful as they fade.
May we say our farewells, when it's time to go,
All smiling and unafraid."
-- Larry E. Johnson
"Let him live to be a hundred! We want him here on earth.
--Oliver Wendell Holmes (to a friend)
Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 07-29-2002, 06:06 AM:
Rated G "Early to rise and early to bed
makes a male healthy and wealthy
and dead.
--James Thurber
"May the devil cut the toes off all our foes, that we may know them by their limping."
-- Irish
Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 07-29-2002, 07:06 AM:
Rated G "Ad multos annos - to many years!
- Latin toast from Governor Mario Cuomo
to President Ronald Reagan at the 1988
Gridiron dinner, Washington D.C.
To the spirit of Christmases yet to come.
--World War II toast
Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 07-29-2002, 07:20 AM:
Rated G
Though life is now pleasant and sweet to the sense
We'll be damnably mouldy a hundred years hense.
--Old pirate toast
To live in the hearts we leave behind is not to die.
-- Paul Dickson (Author)
Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 07-29-2002, 10:39 AM:
Rated G "To every lovely lady bright,
I wish a gallant faithful knight;
To every faithful lover, too,
I wish a trusting lady true."
-- Sir Walter Scott
"The love you give away is the only love you keep."
-- Elbert Hubbard
Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 07-30-2002, 07:09 AM:
Rated G "To the old, long life and treasure;
To the young, all health and pleasure.
-- Ben Jonson
To Maturity
When there's snow on the roof,
there's fire in the furnace.
--Anon.
Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 07-30-2002, 07:26 AM:
Rated G Here's to the memory
Of the man
That raised the corn
That fed the goose
That bore the quill
That made the pen
That wrote the Declaration of Independence
It is my loving sentiment, and by the blessing of God it shall be my dying sentiment - Independence now and Independence forever!
--Daniel Webster
Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 07-30-2002, 08:18 AM:
Rated G The following known as the Jacobite Toast, is ascribed to Lord Duff who presented it in the year 1745.
A..B..C...A Blessed Change.
D..E..F...Down Every Foreigner.
G..H..J...Good Help James.
K..L..M...Keep Lord Marr.
N..O..P...Noble Ormond Preserve.
Q..R..S...Quickly Resolve Stewart.
T..U..V..W...Truss Up Vile Whigs.
X..Y..Z...'Xert Your Zeal.
Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 07-30-2002, 10:23 AM:
Rated G " Only the young die good."
--Oliver Herford
"May we keep a little of the fuel of youth to warm our body in old age."
"Your not as young as you used to be
But you're not as old as you're going to be
So watch it!
-- Irish
Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 07-30-2002, 10:34 AM:
Rated G I used to know a clever toast
But pshaw! I cannot think it-
So fill your glass to anything
and, bless your souls, I'll drink it.
Drink to the girls and drink to their mothers,
Drink to their father and to their brothers;
Toast their dear healths as long as your able,
And dream of their charms while your under the table.
-- Paul Dickson (Author)
Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 07-30-2002, 12:30 PM:
Rated G "Here's to us that are here, to you that are there, and the rest of us everywhere."
Rudyard Kipling
"Here's to your good health,
and your family's good health
and may you all live long and prosper."
-- Joseph Jefferson, actor, as Rip Van Winkle
Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 08-05-2002, 09:39 AM:
Rated G "We haven't all the good fortune to be ladies; we have not all been generals, or poets or statesmen; but when the toast works down to the babies we stand on common ground. We've all been babies."
--Mark Twain
Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 08-08-2002, 09:19 AM:
Rated G
"Here's to champagne, the drink devine,
That makes us forget our troubles;
It's made of a dollar's worth of wine
and three dollar's worth of bubbles."*
* This is the original version of the toast, at least nine decades old; so you may have to inflate the dollar amount to up date it.
Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 12-12-2002, 07:29 AM:
Rated G ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
"Don't worry about the future,
The present is all thou hast,
The future will soon be present,
And the present will soon be past.
--Charles Dickens
Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 12-12-2002, 07:57 AM:
Rated G
Good luck to the hoof and the horn
Good luck to the flock and the fleece
Good luck to the growers of corn
with blessings and plenty of peace
--Daniel Webster
Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 12-12-2002, 08:05 AM:
Rated G
Drink to the girls and drink to their mothers,
Drink to their fathers and to their brothers
Toast their dear healths as long as your able,
And dream of their charms while under the table.
--Thomas D'urfey
Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 12-12-2002, 10:38 AM:
Rated G
Here's to my mother-in-laws daughter,
Here's to her father-in-law's son;
And here's to the vows we've just taken,
And the life we've just begun.
--Ralph Waldo Emerson
Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 12-12-2002, 10:44 AM:
Rated G
Tho' a kiss be a-miss,
She who misses the kisses
As Miss without kiss
May miss being a Mrs.
And he who, a-miss
Thinks both Missed and Kisses
Will miss Miss and Kiss
And the kisses of the Mrs.
--Paul Dickson
Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 12-17-2002, 09:47 AM:
Rated G Colorado
The Cattle upon a thousand hills,
and the gold of El Dorado,
All kinds of climate, but darn few ills:
Full Glasses - To Colorado!
-W.E.P. French
Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 12-17-2002, 09:51 AM:
Rated G California
In the fold of the grape let's pledge her,
Land favored by luck and fate,
California must be heaven,
for she owns the golden gate
-W.E.P. French
Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 12-17-2002, 09:55 AM:
Rated G Iowa
Iowa - may the affections of her people, like the rivers of her border, flow to an inseparable union.
-Honorable Enoch W. Eastman
Ex-lieutenant governor of Iowa
Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 12-26-2002, 10:12 AM:
Rated G
Here's to good-byes-that they never be spoken!
Here's to friendships-may they never be broken!
--James Thurber
Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 12-26-2002, 10:16 AM:
Rated G
I used to know a clever toast,
But pshaw! I cannot think it-
So fill,your glass to anything
And, bless your souls, I'll drink it.
--Paul Dickson
Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 01-10-2003, 03:20 PM:
Rated G
Not the Laurel-but the race,
Not the quarry-but the chase;
Not the dice-but the play
May I, Lord, enjoy always!
--Anonamous
Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 03-18-2003, 12:59 PM:
Rated G Donnie Johnson
(An Irish Toast) Here's to you,& here's to me, may we never
disagree, but if we do, the HELL with you, & here's to ME. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
Posted by System Notices (Member # 2357) on 03-14-2005, 09:06 AM:
It has been 726 days since the last post.
Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 03-14-2005, 09:06 AM:
Rated G
I drink to your health when I'm with you,
I drink to your health when I'm alone,
I drink to your health so often
I'm beginning to worry about my own.
Here's to good-byes-that they never be spoken!
Here's to friendships-may they never be broken!
Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 03-14-2005, 09:08 AM:
Rated G
Early to rise and early to bed
makes a male healthy and wealthy
and dead.
--James Thurber
Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 04-07-2005, 01:44 PM:
Rated G
I just received a copy of the toast supposedly made by General Louis Wilson, Congressional Medal of Honor winner and former Commandant of the Marine Corps at the Marine Corps Birthday celebration a few years ago.
I thought you all would appreciate the sentiment in it. Booty, your son the former Marine,would understand this and perhaps could use it in one of his sermons on "Love". Semper Fidelis
TO LOVE:
"THE WONDERFUL LOVE OF A BEAUTIFUL MAID,
THE LOVE OF A STAUNCH, TRUE MAN,
THE LOVE OF A BABY, UNAFRAID,
HAVE EXISTED SINCE TIME BEGAN.
BUT THE GREATEST OF LOVES,
THE QUINTESSENCE OF LOVES,
EVEN GREATER THAN THAT OF A MOTHER,
IS THE TENDER, PASSIONATE, INFINITE LOVE, OF ONE DRUNKEN MARINE FOR ANOTHER." ![[thumbsup]](graemlins/thumbsup.gif)
Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 09-15-2005, 01:31 PM:
Rated G
Irish Drinking Toasts
May your glass be ever full.
May the roof over your head be always strong.
And may you be in heaven
half an hour before the devil knows you're dead.
Here's to me, and here's to you,
And here's to love and laughter-
I'll be true as long as you,
And not one moment after.
Here's to you and yours
And to mine and ours.
And if mine and ours
Ever come across to you and yours,
I hope you and yours will do
As much for mine and ours
As mine and ours have done
For you and yours!
Health and life to you;
The mate of your choice to you;
Land without rent to you,
And death in Eirinn.
Here's a toast to your enemies' enemies!
When we drink, we get drunk.
When we get drunk, we fall asleep.
When we fall asleep, we commit no sin.
When we commit no sin, we go to heaven.
So, let's all get drunk, and go to heaven!
Here's to a long life and a merry one.
A quick death and an easy one.
A pretty girl and an honest one.
A cold beer—and another one!
Here's to our wives and girlfriends:
May they never meet!
Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 03-09-2006, 09:28 AM:
Rated G sonata
Here's wishing you the top o' life without a single tumble. Here's wishing you the smiles o' life and not a single grumble. Here's wishing you the best o' life and not a claw about it. Here's wishing you the joy in life and not a day without it. --
Irish Blessing
Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 03-17-2006, 08:26 PM:
Rated G Lorraine
N IRISH TOAST
"May the grass grow long on the road to hell for want of use."
Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 03-17-2006, 08:41 PM:
Rated G B.B.
An Irish Blessing
May your neighbors respect you, Your trouble neglect you, The angels protect you, And heaven accept you.
May the Irish hills caress you. May her lakes and rivers bless you. May the luck of the Irish enfold you. May the blessings of Saint Patrick behold you.
Here’s to you and yours, And to mine and ours, And if mine and ours ever come Across you and yours, I hope you and yours will do As much for mine and ours, As mine and ours have done For you and yours.
Happy St. Patrick's Day Best Of Luck To You And Yours [/b]