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There are times when "the best laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft a-gley".

Archive 2008-03-23 de Brantigny........................ 2008

But as Robert Burns would write: 'The best laid schemes of mice and men/Gang aft a-gley'.

Anna Seward (1742-1809) 2008

There are times when "the best laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft a-gley".

A lesson in vigilant civics de Brantigny........................ 2008

Despite all human efforts, our best-laid plans indeed Gang aft a-gley, an' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain.

"Terrorism is a cancer in Pakistan, we are determined, God willing, we will rid the country of this cancer." Ann Althouse 2008

But, as that Scottish poet wrote, "the best-laid plans o' mice an' men/ Gang aft a-gley."

The Happiest of Hours vuboq 2006

In other exciting gang aft a-gley news, my hotlines phone system is down.

The Happiest of Hours vuboq 2006

The saying is adapted from a line in “To a Mouse, ” by Robert Burns: “The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men/Gang aft a-gley.

The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry 2002

‡ Many lines from Burns’s poetry have become proverbial: “The best-laid schemes of mice and men/Gang aft a-gley” (often go astray), “A man’s a man for a’ [all] that.

Burns, Robert 2002

I had plans for the next day, but as the poet noted, the best-laid schemes gang aft a-gley.

Death on a Vineyard Beach Philip R.Craig 1996

But upon Venus as upon earth, the best laid plans of mice and men "gang aft a-gley," which is slang for haywire.

Pirates of Venus Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950 1962