Chopping Wood

[Wildfisher]

This is a classic – can’t remember where I first saw it…………

"We spent all of our time chopping wood to keep the fire going so we could dry the clothes we got wet when chopping wood"

[ten boaber]

Aye chopping wood warms you up twice as thet say roond here

[Malcolm]

did you know, time  is natures way of stopping every thing happening at once!

That quote is frustrating me: Wasn't it Nakor the Islanian who said that? Or did Heinlein get there before Feist?

[Fishtales]

According to this it was Woody Allen

Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once. 
         — Woody Allen (1935 – ), actor

It is also down to Professor John Wheeler.

[haresear]

That quote is frustrating me: Wasn't it Nakor the Islanian who said that? Or did Heinlein get there before Feist?

Jeez, Malcolm. I thought I was reasonably well read. Which language are you talking?

Alexandinho, Alessandro.....

[Malcolm]

Jeez, Malcolm. I thought I was reasonably well read. Which language are you talking?

I now know it was Nakor the Islanian who was Raymond E Feist's crazy priest-like character in the Serpentwar (and later) series - obviously not the original however!

I wondered if he had nicked it from Robert A Heinlein as it reminded me of something he wrote which my brain hasn't yet tracked down....

Just Googled the phrase and it was also in Star Trek episode 118!

[haresear]

Jeez, Malcolm. I thought I was reasonably well read. Which language are you talking?

I googled these myself the other night and now know we are talking Sci-Fi, instead of the usual fish :lol:.

May the Gael force be with you

McR2D2

[Ptinid]

Malcolm - I had fogotten you were a Sci-Fi'er when we met on the Earn!

Your posts got me to thinking about fishing in Sci-Fi (the books - not the films), and the closest I can get is sandtrout in the Dune books.

Any others you've come across?