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 Originally Posted by IHateMrPotatohead Do unto others....
...before they do unto you (1 Epee 4:12-13)
Proverb:
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"Error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it" -- Thomas Jefferson
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Originally Posted by campb1pr Great minds.... ....make you go blind
(Only did it 'cos it rhymed)
Too many cooks.... The Stalwart Panda
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Ufta! You people!
It's not "Invent a funny new proverb", it's "Finish the proverb". Start off an existing proverb, and finish it with another existing proverb. Like making a mythological creature---a griffin is half lion, half eagle, not half lion and half snoogle! The halves are both of real beasts, not invented ones.
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Here's a proverb for you, Inq. Threads, like life, are what you make of them. Fencing T-shirts available at Off-The-Piste Wear **New designs** including f.net themed designs for easy recognition of fellow f.netters at tournaments!
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Originally Posted by Inquartata It's not "Invent a funny new proverb", it's "Finish the proverb". Start off an existing proverb, and finish it with another existing proverb. Like making a mythological creature---a griffin is half lion, half eagle, not half lion and half snoogle! The halves are both of real beasts, not invented ones. While my reply might not be from a proverb per se, it is from a well-known saying. The Stalwart Panda
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No, that's NOT a proverb, D'Art. 
Here's how it's done:
Too many cooks...
...care not a bit for toil, if the fowl be plump and fat.
OK, that's not particulary humorous. But still! Use the Shift key, people! Keyboard manufacturers everywhere are ineffably saddened when you ignore what they made just for you!
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*Goes to look for a "mooning" smiley.* The Stalwart Panda
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Originally Posted by gtmac Here's a proverb for you, Inq. Threads, like life, are what you make of them. It STILL isn't "Invent a new proverb". Use the Shift key, people! Keyboard manufacturers everywhere are ineffably saddened when you ignore what they made just for you!
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Originally Posted by Inquartata Here's how it's done:
Too many cooks...
...care not a bit for toil, if the fowl be plump and fat.
OK, that's not particulary humorous. But still! With your contribution today to the Caption thread you have little justification in complaining of thread perversion.  Fencing T-shirts available at Off-The-Piste Wear **New designs** including f.net themed designs for easy recognition of fellow f.netters at tournaments!
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Originally Posted by Inquartata It's not "Invent a funny new proverb", it's "Finish the proverb". Start off an existing proverb, and finish it with another existing proverb. Like making a mythological creature---a griffin is half lion, half eagle, not half lion and half snoogle! The halves are both of real beasts, not invented ones.
then show me what existing proverb ends with: "and he'll stink after three days" since that is the example that OIUYT used in starting this thread. Your quote, I believe? If it is the ending of a proverb, I will gladly proclaim my apologies from the heights of the water cooler! If not, just give us credit for following what we thought the instructions were!  :
Or just let B decide, since even his posting seemed to be inventing a new funny...
eh, what do I, a newbie around here, know anyways... 
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"Fish and guests stink after three days."
HA!  Use the Shift key, people! Keyboard manufacturers everywhere are ineffably saddened when you ignore what they made just for you!
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Originally Posted by Inquartata guests stink after three days." Well, that will happen if you hide the soap. The Stalwart Panda
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Originally Posted by Inquartata "Fish and guests stink after three days."
HA!
Gotta hand it to you - I didn't think of mixing the original proverb and the ending of another...
I APOLOGIZE TO INQ. FOR DOUBTING HIS ORIGINAL QUOTE USED BY OIUYT AS BEING PART OF A PROVERB/CLICHE/ETC. I WAS WRONG, but still think that the original intent of the thread was to invent new funny proverbs.
so, with that said...
proverb:
he who hesitates...
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Originally Posted by campb1pr Gotta hand it to you - I didn't think of mixing the original proverb and the ending of another...
I APOLOGIZE TO INQ. FOR DOUBTING HIS ORIGINAL QUOTE USED BY OIUYT AS BEING PART OF A PROVERB/CLICHE/ETC. I WAS WRONG, but still think that the original intent of the thread was to invent new funny proverbs.
so, with that said...
proverb:
he who hesitates... edits his post for being late.
Yeah it's not a proverb, but it is more fun to watch Inq blow a gasket! 
"What a tangled web we weave..." Whatever doesn't kill you, is gonna leave a scar...
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Originally Posted by latenight "What a tangled web we weave..." When we buy a pig in a poke...
"Though you're living with trouble and strife...." Why sabre? Because you don't take heads with the point.
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Originally Posted by sabreur "Though you're living with trouble and strife...." ...let a smile be your umbrella.
The best things in life are....
--Philistine
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...funny, hence why we should make up new endings to old parables.
A day late and... Characteristically, I had been trying too hard, and remembered again that wonderful piece of advice given by a French thinker: Trouve avante de chercher--Valery, it was. Or maybe it was Picasso. There are times when the most practical thing to do is to lie down.
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Originally Posted by purpzeyFCLI A day late and... ...none the richer.
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Originally Posted by Inquartata Ufta! You people!
It's not "Invent a funny new proverb", it's "Finish the proverb". I don't see a rule specifying that the proverb must be completed with the tale end of some other proverb. You finish as you feel it should be finished.
Spoilsport. "Why do you say this to me, when you know I will kill you for it?" - Zod
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"When life gives you lemons ..." "Why do you say this to me, when you know I will kill you for it?" - Zod
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