# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/101 "2004-06-24T17:52:32Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Now **THAT’S** funny! 😃😃 > > and shootin’ 'em is illegal. > > “In the event of a loss of cabin air pressure…” Go back to the ranger station and request an airtight cabin. ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/102 "2004-06-24T17:54:32Z")
> [@Nametag](#): > > To every problem there is a solution… And that solution should be beer. That’s the pot calling the kettle… ---
**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 24, 2004, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/103 "2004-06-24T18:02:34Z")
you don’t use a high enough SPF. Ceci n’est pas… ---
**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 24, 2004, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/104 "2004-06-24T18:03:48Z")
Dammit. > [@](#): > > That’s the pot calling the kettle… FROM INSIDE ITS OWN HOME!! :eek: :eek: Ceci n’est pas… ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/105 "2004-06-24T18:44:17Z")
> [@matt\_mcl](#): > > Ceci n’est pas… le moment pour cette merde. I’ve got the need… ---
**Author:** ![Tiggrkitty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tiggrkitty/32/17966_2.png) [@Tiggrkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiggrkitty)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/106 "2004-06-24T18:48:06Z")
> [@DeVena](#): > > le moment pour cette merde. > I’ve got the need… … for ice cream! Just because everybody’s doing something… ---
**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 24, 2004, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/107 "2004-06-24T18:57:40Z")
… doesn’t mean you can sing on a train and scare old ladies. Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to … ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/108 "2004-06-24T19:01:44Z")
> [@Bippy the Beardless](#): > > … doesn’t mean you can sing on a train and scare old ladies. > > Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to … … sleep, be rich, and stand up straight. Neither rain, nor sleet, nor dark of night… ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Means\_Go](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cc9497/32.png) [@Green\_Means\_Go](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Means_Go)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/109 "2004-06-24T19:04:09Z")
> [@](#): > > Neither rain, nor sleet, nor dark of night… …matters one bit if you are huddled up in your bedroom reading the messageboard. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Means\_Go](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cc9497/32.png) [@Green\_Means\_Go](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Means_Go)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/110 "2004-06-24T19:04:49Z")
> [@](#): > > Neither rain, nor sleet, nor dark of night… …matters one bit if you are huddled up in your bedroom reading the messageboard. It aint the size of the dog in the fight… ---
**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 24, 2004, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/111 "2004-06-24T19:20:43Z")
> [@LastCall](#): > > It aint the size of the dog in the fight… …it’s the size of Big Bubba, the owner who think’s your “reel purr-ty” Soylent Green…is… ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/112 "2004-06-24T19:39:31Z")
> [@nocturnal\_tick](#): > > Soylent Green…is… on Sale at Wal-Mart!! Woo Hoo! When it’s time to change, you have to… ---
**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 24, 2004, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/113 "2004-06-24T19:45:22Z")
> [@DeVena](#): > > on Sale at Wal-Mart!! Woo Hoo! > When it’s time to change, you have to… remember to turn your underwear inside out if you don’t have any clean ones. “For all you do…” ---
**Author:** ![AThingWithFeathers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@AThingWithFeathers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AThingWithFeathers)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/114 "2004-06-24T20:38:34Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > For all you do…" I can do better. The man who is swimming against the stream… ---
**Author:** ![Redwing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@Redwing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redwing)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/115 "2004-06-24T20:46:28Z")
…gets hit by the barge coming downstream I can’t drive… ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/116 "2004-06-24T21:32:26Z")
> [@Redwing](#): > > …gets hit by the barge coming downstream > > I can’t drive… …nor can I putt. too many cooks… ---
**Author:** ![Tiggrkitty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tiggrkitty/32/17966_2.png) [@Tiggrkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiggrkitty)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/117 "2004-06-24T21:36:54Z")
> [@vunderbob](#): > > …nor can I putt. > too many cooks… …and not a single dishwasher in the house. A bird in the bush is … ---
**Author:** ![Chastain86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/118 "2004-06-24T21:37:30Z")
> [@vunderbob](#): > > …nor can I putt. > too many cooks… …overdo it with the friggin’ cilantro. **Enough already.** If you don’t have anything nice to say… ---
**Author:** ![Tiggrkitty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tiggrkitty/32/17966_2.png) [@Tiggrkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiggrkitty)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/119 "2004-06-24T21:38:00Z")
> [@Tiggrkitty](#): > > …and not a single dishwasher in the house. > > A bird in the bush is … :smack: :smack: A bird in the hand … ---
**Author:** ![Chastain86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/120 "2004-06-24T21:42:58Z")
> [@Tiggrkitty](#): > > :smack: :smack: > > A bird in the hand … …means piddle in your palm. Just fixing the double-post… 🙂 If you don’t have anything nice to say… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931.md?page=7)