# It's not rocket surgery **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 13, 2008, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394 "2008-02-13T03:23:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shai\_tan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Shai\_tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shai_tan)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/1 "2008-02-13T03:23:40Z")
What’s taking so long? Shit or get off the fence. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/2 "2008-02-13T03:28:49Z")
A full moon does not an Autumn make. ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/3 "2008-02-13T03:31:15Z")
We’ll burn that bridge when we come to it. ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/4 "2008-02-13T03:39:39Z")
One mans trash, one giant leap for mankind. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/5 "2008-02-13T03:57:56Z")
That’s all water under the horse! ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/6 "2008-02-13T04:01:31Z")
People who live in glass houses, shouldn’t. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/7 "2008-02-13T04:03:02Z")
Every time it rains, it rains. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/8 "2008-02-13T04:06:24Z")
A rolling stone eventually stops, where it may gather moss. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/9 "2008-02-13T04:10:47Z")
You either win or you don’t. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/10 "2008-02-13T04:37:49Z")
A stitch in time, saves a dime. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/11 "2008-02-13T04:46:21Z")
A rolling stone gathers momentum. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/12 "2008-02-13T04:48:55Z")
Is a bear Catholic? Does the pope shit in the woods? ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/13 "2008-02-13T04:49:30Z")
If we can hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/14 "2008-02-13T05:12:11Z")
Some people say the glass is half empty; others say it is half-full. I say, who the hell stole half my drink? ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/15 "2008-02-13T05:26:16Z")
Poor guy, just bit the farm. You can lead a whore to Vassar, but, you can’t make her think. **Sublight** , people who live in glass houses, better be pretty. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/16 "2008-02-13T05:34:36Z")
My bird in hand is worth two bushes. All good things come to he who is of weight. ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/17 "2008-02-13T05:50:21Z")
[QUOTE=Fugazi] We’ll burn that bridge when we come to it. [/QUOTE] I actually say this one quite often, except I say “We’ll burn that bridge when we cross it.” ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/18 "2008-02-13T07:10:26Z")
[QUOTE=Shai’tan] What’s taking so long? Shit or get off the fence. [/QUOTE] You rang? I got stuck on the fence. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/19 "2008-02-13T07:17:19Z")
If you can’t beat a dead horse, join 'em. It’s water over the dam anyways. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/20 "2008-02-13T08:13:46Z")
You can please some of the people all of the time, or all of the people some of the time, but there are no old, bold pilots. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394.md?page=2)