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• And I thought *I* had problems!
• I had a thought once, but it died of lonliness.
• Lost cause: The last thing I lost was a white pillow case.
  After 30 mins searching inside the washing machine, folds of other laundry etc etc, I reached the answer by thought....
• I thought I had a back-up, but she refused to type it in again.
• If I was the head of a country that lost a war, and I had to sign a peace treaty, just as I was signing I'd glance over the treaty and then suddenly act surprised.
  Wait a minute! I thought WE won!" -- Deep Thoughts, by Jack Handey...
• Like corn in a field I cut you down, I threw the last punch way too hard, After years of going steady, well, I thought it was time, To throw in my hand for a new set of cards.
  And I can't take you dancing out on the weekend, I figured we'd painted too much of this town, And I tried not to look as I walked to my wagon, And I knew then I had lost what should have been found, I knew then I had lost what should have been found....
• I thought you had the plane tickets! -- Famous Last Word
• What I gave, I have; what I spent, I had; what I kept, I lost. -- old epitaph
• When I was 16, I thought there was no hope for my father.
  By the time I was 20, he had made great improvement....