# 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:** 11
**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2008, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/201 "2008-02-24T20:50:57Z")
And it’s always darkest before the cows come home. The cows will come home when the fat lady sings? ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2008, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/202 "2008-02-24T23:37:52Z")
[QUOTE=Boyo Jim] The way I heard it was it’s like rubbing Paul’s peter to pay Piper. [/QUOTE] :eek: Ono! You mean I didn’t invent it? Rats! [QUOTE=AskNott] That’s like rubbing Paul’s peter to pay a sports bet. [/QUOTE] I don’t understand it, but I think I like it better! ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/203 "2008-02-25T13:04:28Z")
Beauty is in the eye of the camel ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/204 "2008-02-25T19:40:18Z")
It’s the greatest thing since slicing bread with a four-loaf cleaver. She’s a femme fatale; she has a pitiless clitoris, and an onerous yoni. ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/205 "2008-02-25T22:27:37Z")
You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t kill two birds with one bush. Don’t count your chickens until you cross the bridge. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/206 "2008-02-26T10:00:59Z")
Spare the rod and spoil the whole bunch. Pride goeth before beauty. A hop, skip and a holler. Truth is stranger than friction. A cod and a flounder. ---
**Author:** ![Ragiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6de8d8/32.png) [@Ragiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ragiel)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/207 "2008-02-26T11:22:21Z")
It’s an ill wind that keeps the doctor away. ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/208 "2008-02-26T15:16:18Z")
Behind every good man is a butt. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/209 "2008-02-26T15:19:49Z")
Many hands make a blind horse kill chickens in a basket ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/210 "2008-02-27T07:42:47Z")
A sober chicken can’t make a silk purse out of a judges ear ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Rosewater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Mr.Rosewater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Rosewater)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/211 "2008-02-27T10:04:12Z")
A burning dog needs no chimney. I burning you dog! ---
**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 28, 2008, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/212 "2008-02-28T03:13:25Z")
You can talk the walk, but can you walk the talk? ---
**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 28, 2008, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/213 "2008-02-28T08:56:45Z")
Keep 'em coming guys, don’t give up. Remember: “Winners never quit, and quitters can’t be choosers.” ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/214 "2008-02-28T15:41:58Z")
Time and blind camels wait for no tide ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/215 "2008-02-28T15:43:55Z")
[QUOTE=Shai’tan] “Winners never quit, and quitters can’t be choosers.” [/QUOTE] Good one! ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/216 "2008-02-28T15:52:43Z")
Mind your p’s in a pod. Sold me down the river without a paddle. Beauty is in the eye of the hurricane. No news is good for the gander. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/217 "2008-02-29T17:03:33Z")
Oh, [would that the Roman people had but](http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Caligula) [one Coke!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I'd_Like_to_Teach_the_World_to_Sing) ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/218 "2008-03-01T17:09:13Z")
It’s like the dog guarding the cathouse. Absence breeds contempt. Familiarity makes the heart grow fonder. The walls have little pitchers. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/219 "2008-03-01T17:24:56Z")
Fe, Fi, Fo, Fum! I smell mad dogs and Englishmen! ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/220 "2008-03-01T18:24:54Z")
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