08-14-2006, 10:20 AM
|
#1 | | Fencing Expert
Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Pennsauken, NJ
Posts: 8,376
| Finish that proverb (or maxim, saying, cliché, adage, etc.)....
Quote: |
Originally Posted by oiuyt Give a man a fish... | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Inquartata ...and he'll stink after three days. | I'm sure you get the idea.
Proverb #1:
Early to bed and early to rise...
-B
__________________ http://www.usfanominees.com The USFA-nominated officer candidates for the 2008-2012 term
"Oh but you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you!"
| 
|  | | And now for this message... |
| |
08-14-2006, 10:27 AM
|
#2 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Philadelphia, PA
Posts: 1,572
| Quote: |
Originally Posted by oiuyt Proverb #1:
Early to bed and early to rise... | ...makes Jack a dull boy.
Proverb (well, kinda) #2:
Damn the torpedoes....
--Philistine | 
| | |
08-14-2006, 10:33 AM
|
#3 | | Senior Member
Join Date: May 2006 Location: Here
Posts: 2,117
| The shrapnel hurts.
An apple a day......
__________________ Quote: |
Originally Posted by IHateMrPotatohead I can't think of anything to put down there! |  | |
| | |
08-14-2006, 10:36 AM
|
#4 | | Epee fencing addict
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Glenwood, ny
Posts: 2,147
| ... makes the apple vendor rich.
A stitch in time...
__________________
One test is worth a thousand opinions.
I ain't as good as I once was, but I'm as good once as I ever was. - Toby Keith
"We have met the enemy and he is us." - Pogo | |
| | |
08-14-2006, 10:37 AM
|
#5 | | Curmudgeon-in-Chief
Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Somewhere in your nightmares!
Posts: 22,269
| ...flies.
What's sauce for the goose...
__________________
Use the Shift key, people! Keyboard manufacturers everywhere are ineffably saddened when you ignore what they made just for you!
Last edited by Inquartata; 08-14-2006 at 10:39 AM.
| |
| | |
08-14-2006, 10:38 AM
|
#6 | | Senior Member
Join Date: May 2006 Location: Here
Posts: 2,117
| Quote: |
Originally Posted by parrythis A stitch in time... | ....makes you hope you used a thimble.
The early bird....
Ugh...Late! What's sauce for the goose....makes it yummy and tender.
__________________ Quote: |
Originally Posted by IHateMrPotatohead I can't think of anything to put down there! | | |
| | |
08-14-2006, 10:41 AM
|
#7 | | Senior Member
Join Date: May 2000 Location: The Reflecting God
Posts: 3,778
| Quote: |
Originally Posted by IHateMrPotatohead ....makes you hope you used a thimble.
The early bird....
Ugh...Late! What's sauce for the goose....makes it yummy and tender. |
..gets eaten by the cat.
You can lead a horse to water....
__________________
This is evolution- the monkey, the man, then the gun
| |
| | |
08-14-2006, 10:42 AM
|
#8 | | Fencing Expert
Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Pennsauken, NJ
Posts: 8,376
| Quote: |
Originally Posted by IHateMrPotatohead The early bird.... | ... gets the early worm.
A bird in the hand....
-B
__________________ http://www.usfanominees.com The USFA-nominated officer candidates for the 2008-2012 term
"Oh but you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you!"
| |
| | |
08-14-2006, 10:43 AM
|
#9 | | Fencing Expert
Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Pennsauken, NJ
Posts: 8,376
| Quote: |
Originally Posted by latenight You can lead a horse to water.... | ... but drowning him is much harder.
If you build a better mousetrap....
__________________ http://www.usfanominees.com The USFA-nominated officer candidates for the 2008-2012 term
"Oh but you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you!"
| |
| | |
08-14-2006, 10:45 AM
|
#10 | | Sr. Spirits Inspector
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Florida
Posts: 1,777
| What will you do with the pile of dead mice?
The grass always greener...
__________________ "Everybody’s got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer." — W.C. Fields "So just read an article on the dangers of heavy drinking....
Scared the crap out of me.
So that's it!
After today, no more reading."
"Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati (When all else fails play dead)" — Possom Lodge Motto | |
| | |
08-14-2006, 10:48 AM
|
#11 | | Senior Member
Join Date: May 2006 Location: Here
Posts: 2,117
| Quote: |
Originally Posted by rac The grass always greener... | ....when you use lots of chemical additives to make it appear so.
(I'll steal Brad's from above)
A bird in the hand...
__________________ Quote: |
Originally Posted by IHateMrPotatohead I can't think of anything to put down there! | | |
| | |
08-14-2006, 10:49 AM
|
#12 | | Fencing Expert
Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Pennsauken, NJ
Posts: 8,376
| Quote: |
Originally Posted by rac The grass always greener... | After you paint it (green).
In the kngdom of the blind....
__________________ http://www.usfanominees.com The USFA-nominated officer candidates for the 2008-2012 term
"Oh but you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you!"
| |
| | |
08-14-2006, 10:49 AM
|
#13 | | Curmudgeon-in-Chief
Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Somewhere in your nightmares!
Posts: 22,269
| No, no, no! It's not about inventing a new ending, it's about finding the ending of an appropriate, existing proverb!
Sigh...
__________________
Use the Shift key, people! Keyboard manufacturers everywhere are ineffably saddened when you ignore what they made just for you!
| |
| | |
08-14-2006, 10:50 AM
|
#14 | | Fencing Expert
Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Pennsauken, NJ
Posts: 8,376
| Quote: |
Originally Posted by IHateMrPotatohead A bird in the hand... | Can be quite messy.
(I need to be faster)
In the land of the blind...
__________________ http://www.usfanominees.com The USFA-nominated officer candidates for the 2008-2012 term
"Oh but you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you!"
| |
| | |
08-14-2006, 10:51 AM
|
#15 | | Epee fencing addict
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Glenwood, ny
Posts: 2,147
| Quote: |
Originally Posted by IHateMrPotatohead A bird in the hand... | .... craps in your hand much more accurately than one flying overhead.
[edit] In the land of the blind...
... car insurance rates are triple.
Money is the root of...
__________________
One test is worth a thousand opinions.
I ain't as good as I once was, but I'm as good once as I ever was. - Toby Keith
"We have met the enemy and he is us." - Pogo | |
| | |
08-14-2006, 10:55 AM
|
#16 | | Senior Member
Join Date: May 2000 Location: The Reflecting God
Posts: 3,778
| Quote: |
Originally Posted by parrythis .... craps in your hand much more accurately than one flying overhead.
[edit] In the land of the blind...
... car insurance rates are triple.
Money is the root of... | ...all G-strings
A watched pot...
__________________
This is evolution- the monkey, the man, then the gun
| |
| | |
08-14-2006, 10:55 AM
|
#17 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Philadelphia, PA
Posts: 1,572
| Quote: |
Originally Posted by IHateMrPotatohead .
The early bird.... | ....is a dish best served cold.
Proverb:
A fool and his money....
--Philistine | |
| | |
08-14-2006, 11:13 AM
|
#18 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Cougar Country
Posts: 8,212
| Quote: |
Originally Posted by latenight ...all G-strings
A watched pot... | gets leaves picked off too soon. Quote: |
Originally Posted by Philistine ....
Proverb:
A fool and his money....
--Philistine |
is about to have new fencing gear.
Proverb: For every pot....
__________________
If Joan of Arc could turn the tide of an entire war before her 18th. birthday, you can get out of bed.
~E. Jean Carroll
It's psychosomatic. You need a lobotomy. I'll get a saw. ~Calvin & Hobbes | |
| | |
08-14-2006, 11:14 AM
|
#19 | | Senior Member
Join Date: May 2006 Location: Here
Posts: 2,117
| Quote: |
Originally Posted by Philistine
A fool and his money....
--Philistine
|
...are elected to congress.
A friend in need....
Ack! Late again....
For every pot, there is a smoker....
__________________ Quote: |
Originally Posted by IHateMrPotatohead I can't think of anything to put down there! | | |
| | |
08-14-2006, 11:25 AM
|
#20 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Philadelphia, PA
Posts: 1,572
| |
