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Sayings, adages, maxims...give a popular, supposedly wise saying as you add to it (or change it) to be just a little bit wiser, or maybe a little closer to reality.

Is there a particular proverb or popular phrase you hear others declaim (or one you occasionally find written) that annoys you? Is this saying missing something, maybe just an added remark that would better reveal the truth it aims to express?

If you were to rearrange the words to a standard phrase of your choice, or append a few enlightening words of your own to it, what is the expression you wish to alter and how would you reword it to be somewhat more 'realistic' or 'wiser'?

A few examples:
• Life is just a game...but expect to pay out a load of real money if you're losing at it.
• Good people will always finish last...if they don't stop letting the jerks cut in line.
• And the meek shall inherit the tough fellows' crap.
• Honesty is the best alternative policy.
• Money can't buy happiness...Bill Gates owns the rights to it.



 

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LindaH Survey Central Gold Subscriber Gold Star Survey Creator Survey Qualifier
posted 9-Aug-2002 2:56pm  
Don't throw the baby out with the bath water... give it to me!

 * grin *
NthenSome
(reply to LindaH) posted 10-Aug-2002 12:02am  
Hahaha!
Don't throw the baby out with the bath water...throw it out with the other biodegradables!
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(reply to NthenSome) posted 10-Aug-2002 11:21am  
Ack no! Don't throw the baby out at all!
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. Put it in a room full of baby toys and music!
NthenSome
(reply to LindaH) posted 10-Aug-2002 1:59pm  
Ok, ok. I guess we can recycle. Haha.
LindaH Survey Central Gold Subscriber Gold Star Survey Creator Survey Qualifier
posted 10-Aug-2002 11:43pm  
There is no room at the top... unless you are in a parking garage.
NthenSome
(reply to LindaH) posted 11-Aug-2002 3:29am  
It's lonely when you're at the top...of the sewage system, inviting people to "join" for lunch.
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(reply to NthenSome) posted 11-Aug-2002 11:39am  
It's lonely when you are on top of things, and everyone else is goofing off.
NthenSome
(reply to LindaH) posted 13-Aug-2002 11:55pm  
It's lonely on the top...as most gays seem to be 'bottoms' for some reason.
davethebrave371
posted 15-Aug-2002 3:07pm  
A watched pot never boils...but a watched teenage neighbour phones the police.
Kismetrei
posted 15-Aug-2002 9:04pm  
A stitch in time save 900!  * smile *
LindaH Survey Central Gold Subscriber Gold Star Survey Creator Survey Qualifier
posted 17-Aug-2002 11:22am  
It's not whether you win or lose, it's whether I win or lose.
ndjadesmommy
posted 20-Aug-2002 3:29pm  
"If you judge people, you have no time to love them."................."There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it."......................"I have great faith in fools; My friends call it self-confidence."................."The Most Important Things In Life Are Children And Art"
LindaH Survey Central Gold Subscriber Gold Star Survey Creator Survey Qualifier
posted 27-Aug-2002 7:17pm  
Where there's a will, there's a family squabble.
LindaH Survey Central Gold Subscriber Gold Star Survey Creator Survey Qualifier
posted 30-Aug-2002 12:36am  
NthenSome
posted 2-Sep-2002 9:34pm  
Don't cry over spilled milk...you're just ruining the fun for the rest of us cow-tippers.
LindaH Survey Central Gold Subscriber Gold Star Survey Creator Survey Qualifier
posted 4-Sep-2002 4:52pm  
Don't cry over spilled milk. Cry over spoiled milk.
NthenSome
(reply to LindaH) posted 8-Sep-2002 12:54am  
Don't cry over spilled milk - step away from it because you're getting your tears in it.
NthenSome
(reply to LindaH) posted 8-Sep-2002 12:55am  
Don't cry over spilled milk - smack the jerk who spilled it!
NthenSome
(reply to LindaH) posted 8-Sep-2002 12:56am  
Don't cry over spilled milk - it's the oil that's killing all the seabirds.
NthenSome
(reply to LindaH) posted 8-Sep-2002 1:02am  
If at first you don't succeed - and you're tempted to 'try try again' - walk away from the slot machines and seek help from Gamblers' Anonymous.
NthenSome
(reply to LindaH) posted 8-Sep-2002 1:05am  
If hindsight is 20/20 - then foresight is bionic.

(hey, I like that one actually)
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(reply to NthenSome) posted 8-Sep-2002 11:16am  
Don't cry over spilled milk, get away from it before it drips from the table to your lap.
NthenSome
(reply to LindaH) posted 9-Sep-2002 3:28am  
Don't cry over spilled milk - lactation is natural.
LindaH Survey Central Gold Subscriber Gold Star Survey Creator Survey Qualifier
(reply to NthenSome) posted 9-Sep-2002 11:13am  
Don't cry over leaked milk, just go get some nursing pads.

That would make a good nursing pad slogan. "...so you never have to cry over leaked milk"
NthenSome
(reply to LindaH) posted 9-Sep-2002 8:34pm  
Ha! "For that not-so-homogenized feeling..."
NthenSome
(reply to LindaH) posted 9-Sep-2002 9:21pm  
• "Two heads are better than none," said the famous horseman.
• If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it...does it dance naked in a drunken stupor as it sings songs about the swampland and smashes birds' nests while it smokes illegal cigars? (That one always makes me wonder...)
• A frown is really just a smile that's turned against a face.
• Is a glass half empty? Or is it time ferrr anozzer drinky-poo yet? Hic!
• Is a glass half empty? Or is it really not there at all?
• Is a glass house full of empty people who throw half a stone?
• Is a glass half empty when you spill milk in a forest with belligerent naked trees?
• "Two heads are better than nuns," said the gay priest.
• I think, therefore I nap.
• Now is the time for all good men to come to the sound of the ice cream truck.
• Blood is thicker than watered down margaritas.
• A family that plays together is a family that had better close the drapes.
• All's well that ends before the family slides come out...
• Why put off for tomorrow when you can say you did it just yesterday?
• "Two heads are better than the runs!" said the queazy mother who was about to birth twins.
LindaH Survey Central Gold Subscriber Gold Star Survey Creator Survey Qualifier
(reply to NthenSome) posted 9-Sep-2002 11:29pm  
All's well that ends.
Good things come and gone to those who are late.
A turd on the hand is worth two on the tush. (sorry)
NthenSome
(reply to LindaH) posted 10-Sep-2002 3:34pm  
"...two in the tush"! Ha! I've never quite looked at the rectum as a depository of sorts, but...(haha)

• A bird in the hand means you've killed it.
• A bird in the hand - to a cat - is an edible toy.
• A bird in the hand is the equivalent to flipping someone off. ooIooo
• A bird in the hand - if you're a finger-painter - can become quite colorful.
• A bird in the hand - if you're a mime - is more interesting than you.
• A bird in the hand - if you're a surgeon - can cost lives.
• A bird in the hand - if you're applauding - repeatedly gets injured.
NthenSome
(reply to LindaH) posted 10-Sep-2002 4:48pm  
"All's well that sends bells," said an aspiring, wingless angel.
"All's well that ends in gel," said an aspiring, wingless an_ _ _, finally winning the spelling bee.
"All's well that ends in parallels," said the frustrated mathematician who couldn't plot a vector.
"All's well that spends at Shell," boasts a sign at a gas station.
"All's well that ends in Hell," reads a banner on the side of Satan's welcome-wagon.
"All's well who intends to tell," said professor of Whistle-Blowers 101.
"All's well to be lent a shell," said the slug.
LindaH Survey Central Gold Subscriber Gold Star Survey Creator Survey Qualifier
(reply to NthenSome) posted 10-Sep-2002 5:13pm  
I thought of a good one this morning but i forgot it.  * poker face *
NthenSome
(reply to LindaH) posted 10-Sep-2002 10:20pm  
To err is human, to forget is unforgivable. (haha)
LuridHope
posted 23-Sep-2002 11:00pm  
Nothing comes easy... at least nothing good.
LuridHope
posted 23-Sep-2002 11:01pm  
Please do not throw glass, in my house of stone.
LuridHope
posted 23-Sep-2002 11:02pm  
I'll jump off that bridge when I get to it.
LuridHope
posted 23-Sep-2002 11:03pm  
I would rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy
LuridHope
posted 23-Sep-2002 11:05pm  
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise... and boring as hell.
LuridHope
posted 23-Sep-2002 11:07pm  
There is no use crying over milled spilk.
LuridHope
posted 23-Sep-2002 11:13pm  
All the world is but a stage and we are merely roadies.
LuridHope
posted 23-Sep-2002 11:15pm  
Would a rose by any other name still wilt and die after paying $100 for 12 of them?
LuridHope
posted 23-Sep-2002 11:18pm  
The pen is mightier than the sword... unless of course you are in a sword fight.
LuridHope
posted 23-Sep-2002 11:22pm  
Rock and roll may not be dead, but it sure is getting sick.
LuridHope
posted 23-Sep-2002 11:25pm  
All you need is love... unless of course someone is holding your head under water.
LuridHope
posted 23-Sep-2002 11:27pm  
Everything is reletive... Now go back to your hovel.
LindaH Survey Central Gold Subscriber Gold Star Survey Creator Survey Qualifier
posted 24-Sep-2002 11:40am  
There's more to the pupil than meets the eye
LindaH Survey Central Gold Subscriber Gold Star Survey Creator Survey Qualifier
(reply to NthenSome) posted 30-Sep-2002 5:14pm  
A first grade teacher collected well known proverbs. She gave each child in her class the first half of a proverb and asked
them to come up with the remainder of the proverb. It's hard to believe
these were actually done by first graders--their insight
may surprise you. (or not, if you have kids or work with them!)
>
>Better to be safe than........punch a 5th grader
>
>Strike while the ......bug is close
>
>It's always darkest before......Daylight Savings Time
>
>Never underestimate the power of......termites
>
>You can lead a horse to water but.......how?
>
>Don't bite the hand that........looks dirty
>
>A miss is as good as a.........Mr.
>
>You can't teach an old dog new.......math
>
>If you lie down with dogs, you'll......stink in the morning
>
>Love all, trust..........me
>
>The pen is mightier than the........pigs
>
>An idle mind is.......the best way to relax
>
>Where there's smoke there's........pollution
>
>Happy the bride who.........gets all the presents
>
>A penny saved is.........not much
>
>Two's company, three's.........the Musketeers
>
>Don't put off till tomorrow what........you put on to go to bed
>
>Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and .....you have to blow
>your nose
>
>There are none so blind as.......Stevie Wonder
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>Children should be seen and not.........spanked or grounded
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>You get out of something only what you..... see in the picture on the box
>
>When the blind leadeth the blind.......get out of the way
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>And the favorite:
>Better late than ..........pregnant
warp9
posted 6-Oct-2002 4:35am  
A bird in the hand isn't worth two in my bush.
bandit1cat
posted 9-Oct-2002 6:29pm  
yes, be one
Oskars_Weiner
posted 9-Oct-2002 7:29pm  
I'll show you mine if you show me yours.
starrpickle
posted 6-Nov-2002 12:12pm  
be the ball
stosanser New User
posted 28-Jan-2010 4:15pm  
heres 2 revised ones, you figure them out .... " All Fart, no fumes " ..... " same crap, different butt-hole "
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