# 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:** 21
**Author:** ![ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZombiesAteMyBrain)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/401 "2004-07-05T00:09:39Z")
> [@emekthian](#): > > … > So here’s to you, Mrs. Robinson… heaven knows it was about time you paid for a round. Everything comes to those who… ---
**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:** [July 5, 2004, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/402 "2004-07-05T00:11:56Z")
> [@emekthian](#): > > … go Satanist, oh when the Saints go Satanist. > > So here’s to you, Mrs. Robinson… …if it weren’t for you, Jackie would never have had the courage to play Major League Baseball. Hello, darkness, my old friend… ---
**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:** [July 5, 2004, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/403 "2004-07-05T00:13:02Z")
> [@ZombiesAteMyBrain](#): > > heaven knows it was about time you paid for a round. > > Everything comes to those who… …Have enough storage space. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/404 "2004-07-05T00:23:27Z")
> [@Rufus Xavier](#): > > …if it weren’t for you, Jackie would never have had the courage to play Major League Baseball. > Hello, darkness, my old friend… …how was the trip to Bermuda? It’s the time of the season for… ---
**Author:** ![ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZombiesAteMyBrain)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/405 "2004-07-05T00:24:27Z")
> [@Rufus Xavier](#): > > … > Hello, darkness, my old friend… Time for the vampires to come out for a drink. Watch out, here comes Buffy!!! Money doesn’t grow on … ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/406 "2004-07-05T00:31:25Z")
> [@ZombiesAteMyBrain](#): > > Money doesn’t grow on … …plants, no matter what your Colombian contacts say to the contrary. > [@Governor Quinn](#): > > It’s the time of the season for… …parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme. Getting strong now… ---
**Author:** ![ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZombiesAteMyBrain)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/407 "2004-07-05T00:51:53Z")
> [@Nightwatch Trailer](#): > > …Getting strong now… Jeez, when did you last change those sweaty socks! Honesty is the best … ---
**Author:** ![Rdshooze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9a140/32.png) [@Rdshooze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rdshooze)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/408 "2004-07-05T19:41:50Z")
> [@ZombiesAteMyBrain](#): > > Jeez, when did you last change those sweaty socks! > > Honesty is the best … . . . way to piss off a woman in a dressing room. It’s a long way to the top . . . ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/409 "2004-07-05T19:49:12Z")
…so get on my shoulders, it’ll be quicker that way. When a man loves a woman… ---
**Author:** ![emekthian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@emekthian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emekthian)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/410 "2004-07-05T23:31:34Z")
she’d better be over the age of consent. And I think it’s gonna be a long, long time… ---
**Author:** ![ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZombiesAteMyBrain)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/411 "2004-07-06T00:07:27Z")
> [@emekthian](#): > > And I think it’s gonna be a long, long time… before I kiss a frog and it turns into a handsome prince. There’s many a slip twixt… ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/412 "2004-07-06T00:59:07Z")
> [@ZombiesAteMyBrain](#): > > There’s many a slip twixt… …chair and podium. Come in here, dear boy, have a cigar… ---
**Author:** ![ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZombiesAteMyBrain)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/413 "2004-07-06T01:14:53Z")
> [@Nightwatch Trailer](#): > > … > Come in here, dear boy, have a cigar… and read my new bestseller about overcoming cancer. Money doesn’t grow on … ---
**Author:** ![Chastain86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/414 "2004-07-06T03:23:38Z")
> [@ZombiesAteMyBrain](#): > > Money doesn’t grow on … …trees, but can’t they get **paper** from trees anyway? 😕 Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not… ---
**Author:** ![emekthian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@emekthian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emekthian)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/415 "2004-07-06T04:01:22Z")
let any of his party members get below 1/4th of their max HP, or they might get killed before you can heal them. He who would sacrafice liberty for temporary security deserves… ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/416 "2004-07-06T04:33:06Z")
> [@emekthian](#): > > He who would sacrafice liberty for temporary security deserves… Exactly what he gets! You hear me, Mr. Ashcroft??!!! When you can keep your wits about you when all others are losing theirs… ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/417 "2004-07-06T06:00:36Z")
> [@Maureen](#): > > When you can keep your wits about you when all others are losing theirs… …then and only then can you post in Great Debates. You must cut down the mightiest tree in the forest _with_… ---
**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:** [July 6, 2004, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/418 "2004-07-06T14:07:29Z")
> [@Nightwatch Trailer](#): > > …then and only then can you post in Great Debates. > > You must cut down the mightiest tree in the forest _with_… the teeth of one of them tree huggin’ hippies! Every rose must have its… ---
**Author:** ![ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZombiesAteMyBrain)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/419 "2004-07-06T15:10:36Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Every rose must have its… Thorny past, exquisite present, and droopy future. You can catch more flies with honey than… ---
**Author:** ![BJMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/420 "2004-07-06T17:23:36Z")
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