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In Shaw's SAINT JOAN, Joan says:
"If ifs and ands were pots and pans,
there'd be no need of tinkers"
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if its and ands were pots and pans
Posted by: kpearson (---.cg.shawcable.net)
Date: April 14, 2022 12:30AM
Hi, my mother in law (now deceased) used to say a poem with this phrase " if its and ands were pots and pans there would be no work for tinkers" in it. Does anyone know what the poem was called ?
thanks,
Karen.
thanks,
Karen.
Re: if its and ands were pots and pans
Posted by: glenda (---.client.comcast.net)
Date: April 14, 2022 03:10AM
Google sez......
Scottish proverb:
"If wishes were horses, beggars would ride
If turnips were swords, i'd wear one by my side
If ifs and ands were pots and pans,
there'd be no need for tinkers' hands"
Also:
If "ifs" and "ands" were pots and pans, there'd be no work for tinkers' hands. - Charles Kingsley (1819-1875)
I learned as a child:
If ifs and buts were candy and nuts
We'd all have a merry Christmas.
Scottish proverb:
"If wishes were horses, beggars would ride
If turnips were swords, i'd wear one by my side
If ifs and ands were pots and pans,
there'd be no need for tinkers' hands"
Also:
If "ifs" and "ands" were pots and pans, there'd be no work for tinkers' hands. - Charles Kingsley (1819-1875)
I learned as a child:
If ifs and buts were candy and nuts
We'd all have a merry Christmas.
Re: if its and ands were pots and pans
Posted by: Marian-NYC (---.nyc1.dsl.speakeasy.net)
Date: May 3, 2022 08:46PM
In Shaw's SAINT JOAN, Joan says:
"If ifs and ands were pots and pans,
there'd be no need of tinkers"
Re: if its and ands were pots and pans
Posted by: lg (---.trlck.ca.charter.com)
Date: May 3, 2022 09:10PM
Re: if its and ands were pots and pans
Posted by: Johnny SansCulo (---.nycmny83.covad.net)
Date: May 4, 2022 08:19PM
"if wishes were fishes we'd all cast nets"
Robert Heinlein?
Robert Heinlein?