a little birdie told me so

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

War Eagle!!!!

7 comments:

ZuzanaJanuary 11, 2011 at 7:18 AM
I am not at all into American football - am I suppose to see something in this picture or the words.;) Or just some big men tumbling around, hehe.;))
But I remember Super Bowl Sunday when I lived in NC; mostly for good company and good food.;))
xoxo
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DarylJanuary 11, 2011 at 8:43 AM
I found myself actually missing having the football games on all weekend .. Ray didnt want a TV in his room, he's too uncomfortable to be distracted - according to him and we all know how smart he is, he did ignore all the warning signs and ended up in hospital ..
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GailOJanuary 11, 2011 at 9:43 AM
I've been listening to the news about all your snow and ice and have been worrying about my southern friends...glad to see you are cozy and safe. Now what team is this? Doesn't look like the Patriots to me:)
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Tracy Golightly-GarciaJanuary 11, 2011 at 6:05 PM
Even though Auburn did beat my Clemson Tigers--I am glad they are the national champions.

Best
Tracy :)
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CharJanuary 11, 2011 at 8:32 PM
i'm proud to be from a state so great to have back to back championships and heisman's winners from two different schools
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YolandaJanuary 13, 2011 at 4:50 PM
Even though I live in Oregon I am still a southern girl. Go Sec.
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RNSANEJanuary 14, 2011 at 12:18 AM
I actually always liked college football better than the pros and, being from Columbus, GA, only about 30 miles from Auburn, I was a War Eagle fan - though my loyalties switched to GA Tech when my brother and, then, my two nephews went there. My very first college game was a GA - Auburn game which was so exciting. Back in those days, college football was a fancy affair. People dressed up, women wore suits and big mum corsages and Bass Weejuns and it was a really big event.
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...."We were Birds Without Wings. You were a robin and I was a blackbird. And there were some who were eagles or vultures or pretty gold finches, but none of us had wings. For birds with wings nothing changes. They fly where they will and they know nothing about borders and their quarrels are very small. But we are always confined to earth, no matter how much we climb to the high places and flap our arms. Because we cannot fly we are condemned to do things that do not agree with us. Because we have no wings we are pushed into struggles and abominations that we did not seek and then after all that, the years go by. The mountains are leveled. The valleys rise. The rivers are blocked by sand and the cliffs fall into the sea." -Louis De Berniere

Who Said It First?

The phrase "little birdie told me so" may find it's origins in this Bible verse. "Do not revile the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich in your bedroom, because a bird of the air may carry your words, and a bird on the wing may report what you say" (Ecclesiastes 10:20). The earliest form of the saying was included in John Heywood's collection of proverbs (1546). In 1583, Brian Melbancke wrote in 'Philotimus'" 'I had a little bird, that brought me newes of it.' In 1711, in 'Letter to Stella,' Jonathan Swift came close to the current version: 'I heard a little bird say so.'