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Rediculous but true
Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2019 2:19 am
by Fred588
This has nothing whatever to do with quicksand but it could be fun. I invite people to contribute examples of "sayings" that sound, and are, ridiculous on the surface but that are also true.
Here are two examples:
1. There is more than one way to skin a cat, but sometimes you just get bitten.
2. Yu can always lead a horse to water, but if you can get it to do the backstroke then you've really got something.
Re: Rediculous but true
Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2019 7:01 pm
by mudmaiden
If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. If you teach a man to fish, he'll sit on his butt all day with a rod in one hand and a bottle of beer in the other!
Re: Rediculous but true
Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2019 7:24 pm
by Fred588
mudmaiden wrote:If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. If you teach a man to fish, he'll sit on his butt all day with a rod in one hand and a bottle of beer in the other!
Good one. In the old days he would also have a (cigar) butt in his mouth.
Re: Rediculous but true
Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2019 9:01 pm
by Mynock
People who live in glass houses should get dressed in the basement.
Re: Rediculous but true
Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2019 9:07 pm
by Fred588
Mynock wrote:People who live in glass houses should get dressed in the basement.
lol. I'm told they also should not stow thrones but that is part of a silly joke.
Re: Rediculous but true
Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2019 10:03 pm
by Tim Kelly
How about, computers may be the future but there is no app for breaking up a fatberg!
Re: Rediculous but true
Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2019 11:00 pm
by Fred588
If it looks like a duck, and is quacks like a duck, and it walks like a duck, then most likely its a duck.
Re: Rediculous but true
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2019 12:50 am
by schlamm
Walk a mile in someone else's shoes before you insult them.
You'll be a mile away and they will be barefoot
Re: Rediculous but true
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2019 5:56 am
by jadokast98
It's the same... But different. My favorite.
Re: Rediculous but true
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2019 8:16 am
by Boggy Man
Here is a nice collection:
To err is human. But, to REALLY foul things up, requires a computer.
It is always darkest before the storm.
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak up and remove all doubt.
Black holes are where God divided by zero.
One often meets his destiny on the path he takes to avoid it.
We grow old too soon and become wise too late.
Talk is cheap because supply exceeds demand.
Love is chemistry. Sex is physics.
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
Avoid life. It will kill you in the end.
A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.
A man who runs behind a car will get exhausted. A man who runs in front of a car will get tired.
The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there is a 90% probability you'll get it wrong.
If you can't be a good example, serve as a horrible warning.
Eat well, stay fit, die anyway.
Accept that some days you're the pigeon, and some days you're the statue.
You can lead a man to knowledge, but you can't make him think!