# 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:** 7
**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, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/121 "2004-06-24T21:45:06Z")
> [@Chastain86](#): > > …means piddle in your palm. > > Just fixing the double-post… 🙂 > If you don’t have anything nice to say… …post it in The Pit. Look before you… ---
**Author:** ![LeeshaJoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@LeeshaJoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LeeshaJoy)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/122 "2004-06-24T21:48:57Z")
> [@vunderbob](#): > > …post it in The Pit. > > Look before you… …and you’ll miss out on what’s going on behind you. An ounce of prevention… ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/123 "2004-06-24T21:49:22Z")
> [@Nametag](#): > > Does not freeze with a light rime. > To every problem there is a solution… but some solutions don’t solve any problems. If someone offers to sell you the Brooklyn Bridge… ---
**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, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/124 "2004-06-24T22:03:00Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > but some solutions don’t solve any problems. > > If someone offers to sell you the Brooklyn Bridge… …hold out for the Florida swampland, too. If everyone else is going to jump from your shiny new bridge… ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/125 "2004-06-24T22:07:47Z")
See if you can get them to toss in the Holland Tunnel; it’s a matched set. Those who cannot do, ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/126 "2004-06-24T22:25:19Z")
Hm. Well, THAT didn’t work. Let’s try… > [@vunderbob](#): > > …hold out for the Florida swampland, too. > If everyone else is going to jump from your shiny new bridge… Make sure they sign responsibility waivers first. Fools rush in… ---
**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, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/127 "2004-06-24T23:10:53Z")
> [@Maureen](#): > > Fools rush in… …to work having forgotten to put on a clothes first. One for sorrow, two for joy, three for a Girl, four for a boy, five for … ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/128 "2004-06-25T00:07:49Z")
> [@Bippy the Beardless](#): > > One for sorrow, two for joy, > three for a Girl, four for a boy, > five for … sexists who can’t scan either (nothing personal, **Bippy** , just fits). It’s always darkest just before… ---
**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 25, 2004, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/129 "2004-06-25T00:21:44Z")
> [@dwalin](#): > > sexists who can’t scan either (nothing personal, **Bippy** , just fits). > > It’s always darkest just before… …the sh^t hits the fan. FORWATD BARBARIANS! ON TO… ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/130 "2004-06-25T02:04:57Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > FORWATD BARBARIANS! ON TO… … the next Conan movie! One Fish, Two Fish… ---
**Author:** ![emekthian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@emekthian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emekthian)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/131 "2004-06-25T03:15:45Z")
…redshift, blueshift Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards… ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/132 "2004-06-25T04:15:50Z")
… because you’ll get five to fifteen if you touch that Hermione girl. One if by land… ---
**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 25, 2004, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/133 "2004-06-25T04:22:09Z")
…but $50 for water sports. I feel pretty, oh so pretty… ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/134 "2004-06-25T04:46:15Z")
> [@matt\_mcl](#): > > I feel pretty, oh so pretty… Now to get my wife’s panties back in the drawer… You must remember this, a kiss is but a… ---
**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 25, 2004, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/135 "2004-06-25T04:55:17Z")
…cause for impeachment. The state has no business in the… ---
**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 25, 2004, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/136 "2004-06-25T05:07:17Z")
> [@matt\_mcl](#): > > …cause for impeachment. > > The state has no business in the… …Colombian drug trade. Fool me once, shame on you… ---
**Author:** ![HardlyHuman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac8455/32.png) [@HardlyHuman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HardlyHuman)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/137 "2004-06-25T05:41:08Z")
“A bird in hand…” …is better than a bird overhead “early to bed, early to rise…” …makes a man stupid and blind in the eyes. ---
**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 25, 2004, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/138 "2004-06-25T05:48:35Z")
> [@lambchops](#): > > …Colombian drug trade. > > Fool me once, shame on you… …because you won’t live to get a second chance. This above all: to thine own self… ---
**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 25, 2004, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/139 "2004-06-25T06:07:12Z")
> [@matt\_mcl](#): > > …because you won’t live to get a second chance. > > This above all: to thine own self… …sing softly, in a sinister manner. 'Tis a far, far better thing I do today… ---
**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 25, 2004, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931/140 "2004-06-25T07:07:52Z")
> [@lambchops](#): > > 'Tis a far, far better thing I do today… …than what I’ll be doing tonight. Twice, and once tomorrow morning. As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-gives-you-lemons/251931.md?page=8)