# If life gives you lemons... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 24, 2004, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931 "2004-06-24T02:27:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![buttonjockey308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/301 "2004-06-30T00:59:44Z")
QUOTE]With great power comes great… [/QUOTE] mistakes. For those about to rock… ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/302 "2004-06-30T01:04:40Z")
> [@buttonjockey308](#): > > QUOTE]With great power comes great… mistakes. For those about to rock… [/QUOTE] …watch out for the cat’s tail. That’s one small step for man… ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/303 "2004-06-30T01:17:13Z")
> [@vunderbob](#): > > That’s one small step for man… But it’s bloody huge for a mouse. For what we are about to recieve… ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/304 "2004-06-30T01:29:03Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > For what we are about to recieve… We wish we could thank you Lord. But we’re fucking sick of this manna crap. The evil that men do lives after them, the good is oft… ---
**Author:** ![ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZombiesAteMyBrain)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/305 "2004-06-30T01:33:26Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > The evil that men do lives after them, the good is oft… remembered only by their wives and children. See a pin and pick it up… ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/306 "2004-06-30T01:46:43Z")
> [@ZombiesAteMyBrain](#): > > See a pin and pick it up… And all day long you’ll be standing there with a pin in your hand wondering what to do with it. You can’t put it in your pocket, it’s too sharp. And if you put it on your desk you’ll forget about it and stab yourself later. You really are something of an idiot, you know? I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or… ---
**Author:** ![Atticus\_Finch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@Atticus\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atticus_Finch)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/307 "2004-06-30T01:56:26Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > And all day long you’ll be standing there with a pin in your hand wondering what to do with it. You can’t put it in your pocket, it’s too sharp. And if you put it on your desk you’ll forget about it and stab yourself later. You really are something of an idiot, you know? > I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or… …snausages. Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow creep in this petty pace from day to day… ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/308 "2004-06-30T04:41:26Z")
> [@lambchops](#): > > …snausages. > > Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow creep in this petty pace from day to day… At least until that day when everything goes right for you and it’s like a dream come true. That day lasts about fourteen seconds. Let us endeavor to live that when we come to die… ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/309 "2004-06-30T04:52:21Z")
…the celebrations are kept to a minimum. There is special providence in… ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/310 "2004-06-30T12:27:41Z")
> [@matt\_mcl](#): > > …the celebrations are kept to a minimum. > > There is special providence in… …Rhode Island. KA-MAY-HA… ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/311 "2004-06-30T13:05:49Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > …Rhode Island. > > KA-MAY-HA… My Lord, KA-MAY-HA! Imagine me and you… ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/312 "2004-06-30T13:48:15Z")
…because you’re never going to get it. Is this a dagger that I see before me? ---
**Author:** ![ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZombiesAteMyBrain)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/313 "2004-06-30T16:14:21Z")
> [@matt\_mcl](#): > > … > Is this a dagger that I see before me? Would the government consider it a Weapon of Mass Destruction? Look after the pennies and… ---
**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/314 "2004-06-30T16:24:53Z")
> [@ZombiesAteMyBrain](#): > > Look after the pennies and… …you’ll be that jerk in the supermarket queue who spends 20 minutes paying for his shopping with pennies. It ain’t no thing if it ain’t got that… ---
**Author:** ![ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZombiesAteMyBrain)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/315 "2004-06-30T16:38:52Z")
> [@nocturnal\_tick](#): > > … > It ain’t no thing if it ain’t got that… Cocacola label - then it’s the REAL thing!! Handsome is as … ---
**Author:** ![BJMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/316 "2004-06-30T17:09:40Z")
. . . rare in Texas as a dachshund doing differential equations. The best laid plans o’ mice and men . . . ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/317 "2004-06-30T17:27:52Z")
> [@BJMoose](#): > > .The best laid plans o’ mice and men . . . allways involve cheese and boobies. If God had wanted us to fly, he’d have given us … ---
**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/318 "2004-06-30T17:31:12Z")
> [@Bippy the Beardless](#): > > If God had wanted us to fly, he’d have given us … …the ability to build aeroplanes…wait a minute. When all is said and done… ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/319 "2004-06-30T17:37:14Z")
> [@nocturnal\_tick](#): > > …the ability to build aeroplanes…wait a minute. > When all is said and done… just shut the hell up, quit babbling on and go home already! It’s all over but… ---
**Author:** ![BJMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/320 "2004-06-30T17:44:00Z")
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