# Humorous Sayings **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 18, 2003, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-sayings/195903 "2003-08-18T04:38:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-sayings/195903/1 "2003-08-18T04:38:10Z")
Please, leave out the, “Even a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” sort of profound twaddle. Certainly none of the noxious “Today is the first day of the rest of your life” drivel. We’re looking for solidly funny old sayings. Here’s a few: _Winter teaches a naked woman how to knit._ [sup]DANISH SAYING[/sup] _The gift everybody gives but nobody takes, advice._ [sup]FRENCH SAYING[/sup] _People who brag about their ancestors are like potatoes, the best part is underground._ [sup]FRENCH SAYING[/sup] ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-sayings/195903/2 "2003-08-18T05:00:00Z")
Mods, please lock this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Amberlei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@Amberlei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amberlei)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-sayings/195903/3 "2003-08-18T05:26:13Z")
Why lock the thread? ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-sayings/195903/4 "2003-08-18T05:27:31Z")
Why close it? ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-sayings/195903/5 "2003-08-18T05:52:55Z")
Maybe that was a humourous saying? ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-sayings/195903/6 "2003-08-18T05:53:57Z")
Oh, he double-posted. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-sayings/195903/7 "2003-08-18T06:19:50Z")
Procrastination is the art of catching up with yesterday. Spanish saying I believe? Or it might be another one that is similar. ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-sayings/195903/8 "2003-08-18T08:04:24Z")
> [@](#): > > Living is > a thing to do > now or never - > which do you? Piet Hein ~ Danish philosopher, mathematician, scientist and author - and the inventor of the superellipse and soma cube. I love Hein’s collection of poems (maybe 10,000) in his “Grooks” series, out of print. 🆒 [http://www.powerweb.net/playandlive/piethein.htm](http://www.powerweb.net/playandlive/piethein.htm) [http://www.borgen.dk/engelske/piet\_hein.htm](http://www.borgen.dk/engelske/piet_hein.htm)