Any sayings you wish ot question or update?

[BillyTheMountain]

"a picture is worth a thousand words"

So is a photoshopped picture worth MORE than a thousand words, or LESS?

If a magazine editor pays $1 for 10 words,what would she pay for a picture?

[BillyTheMountain]

"a penny saved is a penny earned"

And what? A penny spent wasn't earned?

Are you saying all the money I spent must have been stolen? What?!

Come on, people!!

[yoopers]

Society rampage:

"...'til death do us part."

[phlegm]

"Definition of Crazy: Someone who does the same thing over and over and over, expecting a different result."

Isn't that the "definition of optimism" ? Is it crazy to be optimistic?

[maestro8]

"I could care less"

If you could care less, why don't you?

[forrestunifreak]

"Holy cow!"



Cows aren't holy.

[UniBrier]

Cows aren't holy.Not to you or me anyway. (http://www.kamat.com/indica/culture/holy-cow.htm)

Update: The TWO DAY WEEKEND: Brought to you by the Labor Movement. The Sabbath and/or Sunday Day of Rest already brought to you by the Judeo-Christian Tradition. The Three Day Weekend: Brought to you by flex time.

[bugman]

"In other words"

Why didn't you just use those words to start with and save some time?

"In terms of"

It's a transition that is just useless. Psuedo intelectuals like to use it to sound smart, but it just annoys me.

[entropy]

"Holy cow!"
Cows aren't holy.
I've already fixed that one. "HOLEY COW!" :D

[phlegm]

I've already fixed that one. "HOLEY COW!" :D

Or, maybe "wholely" cow, without any divine essence? ;)

[forrestunifreak]

Ok, fine.

"Holy sh!t"


Sh!t isn't holy.

Happy now? :)

[entropy]

Or, maybe "wholely" cow, without any divine essence? ;)
Dang, 1up'd. I _like_ it!

Edit: Anyone care to debate the inherent divinity in "holy" vs "holey"?

[cathwood]

"Definition of Crazy: Someone who does the same thing over and over and over, expecting a different result."

Isn't that the "definition of optimism" ? Is it crazy to be optimistic?

OMG, that's exactly what I thought when someone said this on another thread.

Cathy

[cathwood]

"I've got my eye on you". Well no actually my eye is still in it's socket.

"Talking to yourself is the first sign of madness". No actually, it's the only chance I get for decent conversation. :D

Cathy

[ice_cold_uni6]

Ok, fine.

"Holy sh!t"


Sh!t isn't holy.

Happy now? :)
no, it certainly isnt holy.
but thats the point of the saying! its used when something amazing happens, so you say something that is supposed to be impossible. :)

[gkmac]

"You are what you eat". I've just eaten a sausage hotpot, so apparently I am a sausage. And maybe a mashed potato as well.

"May the best man win". What if there are women competing as well?

"Life begins at 40". It doesn't, it begins at zero years old, when you are born.

"Idleness is the root of all evil". How exactly does idling a unicycle on the same spot have a malicious purpose?

[cathwood]

"You are what you eat". I've just eaten a sausage hotpot, so apparently I am a sausage. And maybe a mashed potato as well.

"May the best man win". What if there are women competing as well?

"Life begins at 40". It doesn't, it begins at zero years old, when you are born.

"Idleness is the root of all evil". How exactly does idling a unicycle on the same spot have a malicious purpose?

gkmac, do I rember you once suggesting you had no/little sense of humour??? Unbelievable. The last one is particularly funny.

Cathy

[gkmac]

gkmac, do I rember you once suggesting you had no/little sense of humour???Sense of humour, in other words, ability to receive humour, is not a part of me. Creation of humour from within me is something different, even though I have no idea if it's funny until someone responds to it.

[BillyTheMountain]

Thanks for the laughs, everybody!! :D

[carsonpalooza]

"It was in the last place I looked" I'd hope you would stop looking for it after you found it...

[James_Potter]

I've already fixed that one. "HOLEY COW!" :D
There's some cows at the U of I with holes in their sides...you can stick your arm into them.

[James_Potter]

"kicked the bucket"
"bite the dust"
"bought the farm"

How do any of the above refer to death? Except in the movie Its A Mad Mad Mad Mad World, the guy really did kick the bucket when he died....

[Borges]

Excuse my language but:
Fighting for peace is like **** for virginity.

So fighting for peace is kind of futile, but still fun?

It sounds like something young men would sign up for.
Which side where those protesters on?

[Borges]

Society rampage:

"...'til death do us part."

My parents are maried for " ...as long as the Lord in His wisdom grants them the ability". 36 years so far.

[BillyTheMountain]

[QUOTE=gkmac"Life begins at 40". It doesn't, it begins at zero years old, when you are born.
[/QUOTE]

And I thought we could make ONE thread free of politics....

[Miss Ayelery]

Billy dear, if it's not too much trouble, would you mind taking a few extra seconds to proofread the titles of your threads before you create them? I've noticed a few typos lately, and it's always best to address this sort of thing before it becomes a trend. That old saying that applies to meeting people applies also to thread titles: "You only have one chance to make a good first impression."

Given the care and thinking you so clearly put into all these new threads, why undermine your potential impact with a careless mistake in the title?

Thank you dear!

MA

[uni57]

"You are what you eat". I've just eaten a sausage hotpot, so apparently I am a sausage. And maybe a mashed potato as well.A "little" off-topic, but you literally are what you eat -- at the molecular and cellular level. Eat foods high in trans fats and polyunsaturated fats and those fats will end up in your cell membranes (where, say, saturated fatty acids would have been preferred as cell membrane material). Each cell requires the intake of nutrients and fuel and the elimination of waste products. Proper cell membrane permeability and stiffness are required -- and are affected by the fats that comprise the cell membrane. The foods you eat are the building blocks for your body. The wrong foods can negatively affect the functioning of your body at the cellular level. How can it function as a complex system if each cell can't even live effortlessly and do its job effectively? This is the genesis of disease. Nutrition is everything. Hippocrates said, "Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food."

Very sorry to post something so heavy, but you trampled on one of my all-time favorite (and sacred) sayings. :) But I forgive you -- after all, you seem pretty smart for a mashed potato. :)

[MuniAddict]

"Definition of Crazy: Someone who does the same thing over and over and over, expecting a different result."

Isn't that the "definition of optimism" ? Is it crazy to be optimistic?You mean "if at first you don't succeed try, try again until you DO succeed?

[James_Potter]

Excuse my language but:
Fighting for peace is like **** for virginity.

So fighting for peace is kind of futile, but still fun?

It sounds like something young men would sign up for.
Which side where those protesters on?
naw, ****ing for virginity doesn't make any sense, because if you ****, you have no virginity, likewise, if you fight, you have no peace.

[Unimichael]

[QUOTE=cathwood"Talking to yourself is the first sign of madness". No actually, it's the only chance I get for decent conversation. :D

Cathy[/QUOTE]

My variation on that is:
"It's lonely at the top... That's why I talk to myself."

[monkeyman]

Wow, Uni57 and Miss A posting again.

So far I think Cathy's talking-to-herself one is the funniest.

[siafirede]

I hate it when professors/people in general say "In the real world..." I guess that I am living in the matrix or some kind of fake world right now.

[hell-on-wheel]

"Happy as a clam." which always confused me til I read somewhere that the original saying was "Happy as a clam at high tide."

I tend to truncate sayings myself, like:

"You and I are two peas." (...in a pod)

or "I can kill two birds." (...with one stone) to which a British Guyanan co-worker replied, "Why do you want to kill birds?"

[iridemymuni]

a picture is worth a thousand words.

a word is worth a million pictures.

[Naomi]

"Idleness is the root of all evil". How exactly does idling a unicycle on the same spot have a malicious purpose?

On idling or perhaps on being idle:

If you can do it why bother? If you can't, why try?

Nao

[maestro8]

That old saying that applies to meeting people applies also to thread titles: "You only have one chance to make a good first impression."

Dearest Miss A,

In your recent post in "Any sayings you wish ot question or update?", you misquoted an "old saying" when berating poor Billy about his practice of proofreading.

The actual saying goes "You only have one chance to make a first impression."

If you qualify "first impression" with the word "good", or any word, you're implying that you may have multiple chances to make a first impression. This creates a paradox, unless you know some obscure definition of "first".

Miss A, what I'm really trying to say is, while you may have a few loyal fans, Billy has hundreds, if not thousands, more. You really shouldn't f*** with Billy. Thanks.

Yours,
maestro8

[BillyTheMountain]

You really shouldn't f*** with Billy. Thanks.

Yours,
maestro8

Spoken like a true Zappa fan!! :D

[JJuggle]

The actual saying goes "You only have one chance to make a first impression."

If you qualify "first impression" with the word "good", or any word, you're implying that you may have multiple chances to make a first impression. This creates a paradox, unless you know some obscure definition of "first".
Going by Google, the expression, "you only get one chance to make a first impression" results in twice as many hits as "you only have one chance to make a first impression". So you got it wrong too. ;)

However, that notwithstanding, I don't see how modifying "first impression" with "good" or any other word creates the impression that more than one first impression can be made. It merely states, "if a good first impression is what you want to make, you only get once chance." It doesn't suggest that more than one first impression can be made and so there is nothing paradoxical about it.

And furthermore, I'd suggest you show a lady a little respect.

[maestro8]

However, that notwithstanding, I don't see how modifying "first impression" with "good" or any other word creates the impression that more than one first impression can be made.
Any qualification indicates there is a more general case... "good first impression" is more specific than "first impression"... i.e. there are many types of "first impressions" but only one type of "good first impression"... which leads to the paradox... there is only one first impression but many types of first impressions. Maybe that only makes sense to me...

...which is okay 'cause the universe is only a figment of my imagination and it only needs to make sense to me.

And furthermore, I'd suggest you show a lady a little respect.
I'm suggesting the lady show Billy her utmost respect. Don't nobody f*** around with Billy!

edit: I mean no disrespect to the lady or her fans. But woe be to him that f***s with Billy!

[Miss Ayelery]

I'm suggesting the lady show Billy her utmost respect. Don't nobody f*** around with Billy!
Maestro dear, it was not my intent to disrespect Billy. I hold him in highest regard. I was simply making a suggestion on how he could improve the overall impact of his messages, while also ensuring his threads can make the strong first impression he intends.

As for your other point, I'm quite aware that a mountain is something you don't want to f*** with. You don't want to f*** with a mountain at all. I don't f*** with Billy, and I don't f*** with Ethel. I saw what happened to the guy with the flies.

MA

[bugman]

Maestro dear, it was not my intent to disrespect Billy. I hold him in highest regard. I was simply making a suggestion on how he could improve the overall impact of his messages, while also ensuring his threads can make the strong first impression he intends.

As for your other point, I'm quite aware that a mountain is something you don't want to f*** with. You don't want to f*** with a mountain at all. I don't f*** with Billy, and I don't f*** with Ethel. I saw what happened to the guy with the flies.

MA

The guy with the flies was here in Sep 2005?

[maestro8]

"bought the farm"... How do any of the above refer to death?
I overlooked this one earlier... there are a few explanations for this one... see the following links:

Snopes.com on buying the farm (http://www.snopes.com/language/phrases/farm.htm)
The Phrase Finder's explanations (http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/72850.html)

How I first heard the phrase was in a flight simulation game (Chuck Yeager's or something thereabouts). When you crashed your plane into some poor farmer's land, you ended up "buying the farm"... the explanation lies in the above links.

[Studebaker_Hoch]

I saw what happened to the guy with the flies.
Yeah, and I still need a f***ing truss!

And by the way, tell that peacenik some guy, oh, I don't know, that I got his f***ing number.

[tomblackwood]

Here I always thought the Studebaker HAWK (http://www.lambojack.com/Palm%20Springs%20Meet/Studebaker%20Silver%20Hawk.jpg) was named after you, but from the spelling of your name, it looks like it was actually a loogie. Glad I never mentioned anything to your mom...

[Naomi]

Maestro dear, it was not my intent to disrespect Billy. I hold him in highest regard. MA


I know that "disrespect" appears, as a verb, in various dictionaries, but it still seems so awkward when used in this way. It makes my teeth hurt. It is nails on a blackboard. It is one word that I feel has a natural niche being used as a noun. It should be imprisoned in that role. Even as such, I find "lack of respect" sounds better.


Nao

[Miss Ayelery]

I know that "disrespect" appears, as a verb, in various dictionaries, but it still seems so awkward when used in this way. I find "lack of respect" sounds better.

"Maestro dear, it was not my intent to lack of respect Billy."

I don't know, Naomi dear; that one doesn't seem to roll off the tongue either. :)

MA

[Naomi]

"Maestro dear, it was not my intent to lack of respect Billy."

I don't know, Naomi dear; that one doesn't seem to roll off the tongue either. :)

MA


Now Miss A, I really think you might have tried just a little harder to notice that, in my comments, I suggested using "lack of respect" to replace the noun "disrespect". Should you require my help replacing "disrespect" when used as a transitive verb, then I would be very pleased to offer you such assistance as you might need. :)
You cannot afford to let your standards slip in this way. Your recent incorrect use of "can" rather than "may" disturbed me greatly. I had to open the curtains to check that the rest of the world remained intact.


Nao

[BillyTheMountain]

Nao killed this thread almost a year ago. Any thread that goes untouched for 10 months or more is officially killed.

Anyone is then allowed to revive the thread. This does not rob Nao or anyone else of their ThreadKiller status.

To unjack the thread and get back to sayings:

Think locally.
Act neighborly.


BTM

[One on one]

a picture is worth a thousand words.

a word is worth a million pictures.

Actually a word is worth 1/1000 of a picture.

[Borgschulze]

I would like to question a saying my Mother uses.

"I haven't (Insert an action) in a Coon's age."

From what I understand, a Coon is a racist term for a black person.

[john_childs]

I would like to question a saying my Mother uses.

"I haven't (Insert an action) in a Coon's age."

From what I understand, a Coon is a racist term for a black person.
Coon can be a racist term. But in this case it is completely innocent and referrs to raccoons.

What's the origin of "coon's age"? (http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mcoonsage.html)
Dear Straight Dope:

Where does the expression "coon's age" originate? Is it a racial reference or does it actually pertain to raccoons? --LDziurda

SDSTAFF Dex replies:

It actually refers to raccoons. The expression "in a coon's age" dates to the early 1800s, and to the folk belief that raccoons are long-lived. My pal Colibri of the Straight Dope Science Advisory Board says, "References differ, but a wild individual raccoon might live up to 5 to 7 years (average survival being much lower, though, probably 2-3 years), and in captivity they can live up to 14-17 years. So their lifespan is comparable to that of a dog."

In the early 1800s, it's doubtful if anyone knew how long raccoons actually lived, and two to three years in the wild is not really very long. But raccoon fur is hardy and reasonably durable, which might have given rise to the belief of longevity.
Google (or Live Search or Yahoo! Search) is your friend.

[john_childs]

I must question the phrase "older and wiser". Not everyone who is older has gotten wiser.

[monkeyman]

Just look at Billy.

[BillyTheMountain]

I would like to question a saying my Mother uses.

"I haven't (Insert an action) in a Coon's age."

From what I understand, a Coon is a racist term for a black person.

Like the same quote, but insert the word "dog's age" that's 7 years for every 1 human year.

[maestro8]

Just look at Billy.
I'm sure he's as cute as a button.

A mountain-sized button, but cute nonetheless.

[GILD]

"Definition of Crazy: Someone who does the same thing over and over and over, expecting a different result."

And exactly how many times have you pressed CONTROL+P without the printer even thinking about it?
Or CNTRL+ALT+DELETE while the frozen machine just sits there, looking at you, mocking your definition of insanity.

Computers are here to drive us crazy.

[GILD]

i.e. there are many types of "first impressions" but only one type of "good first impression"... which leads to the paradox... there is only one first impression but many types of first impressions. Maybe that only makes sense to me...
If you assume that all the 'first impressions' are perpetrated by the same person then, and only then, would you have a paradox.

"At least he can be a good example" refers.


I saw what happened to the guy with the flies.

Sendhair??!?

I must question the phrase "older and wiser". Not everyone who is older has gotten wiser.
Isn't that "Older Budweiser"?

[gkmac]

"The customer is always right".

To put it bluntly, this is the biggest pile of shit ever to be excremented.

Far too often I witness the shopper in front of me in the queue do things that falsify that phrase. A few examples... A customer gets their credit card PIN wrong. Is that customer right? A customer forgets an item they meant to get and asks the cashier to call a supervisor to get it for them. The whole idea is to put your food into the trolley/cart before you get to the checkout. Shopping lists are very useful to prevent this sort of thing. That customer didn't use a list and they forgot something. Is that customer always right? A customer kicks up a fuss because they believe an incorrect price has appeared on the till display. Most times the supervisor brings the price ticket over and proves them wrong. So is that customer always right? Customers who let their children stand in the trolleys/carts, even though there are clear notices telling them not to. Is that customer right in the process of letting their child's dirty shoes contaminate the food of the unsuspecting next customer?

[GILD]

No, obviously there are times when someone, who's temporary definition in a retail environment will identify them as the 'customer', will be demonstrably wrong.

Wrong happens.

This doesn't detract from the basic truth of that service-oriented saying.


A slew of stand-up comedians, George Carlin among them, have mined the 'rich' comedic vein of taking well-known (and widely understood) expressions and generating cheap laughs by attempting to interpret them literally.
All rather puerile really.

I can only hope this thread isn't going tp devolve into that kind of mess, but I suspect it's a bit late for that.

I guess the fat is indeed in the fire.

[BillyTheMountain]

he's as cute as a button.


Seen any really cute buttons lately?

[BillyTheMountain]

I guess the fat is indeed in the fire.

Ha

[tobbogonist]

"would loose my head if it wasn't screwed on"

school biology tought me heads where pre-attached and needed no form of adhesive what-so-ever.

[GILD]

Yeah, but I guess here's my real point.
Do you really want to speak a language that's been bleached clean of all it's expressions?
What are you? An accountant?

[tobbogonist]

But then you get the people who don't know there expressions.

Example: george w bush, "we must protect ourselfs from those societies that kill at the whim of a hat" (or something pretty close to that. i know it involved killing at the whim of a hat.)

[GILD]

That was just a speech error and as a speaking-professional, you should know how easily they happen.
"...kill on a whim..."
"...kill at the drop of a hat..."

Take the metaphor by the horn and hand out mixed bull-wipes.

[tobbogonist]

true. but i still like the idea of dangerous mind controlling headgear with a whim to kill :)

[GILD]

"A Whim To a Kill"... isn't that a song?

[tobbogonist]

I thought it was a novel.
I remmeber seeing it in the library and thinking about hats.

[GILD]

I might be thinking of A Whim With a View, but that was a movie.

[tobbogonist]

havnt seen that. Although i am not really a movie person, to much sitting down and not talking involved.

[GILD]

Well, you can't have your cake and eat it.

(Huh? What's the point of having cake and not eating it? Some of the comedic rants ref expressions are kinda funny. I quite like that one.)