# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![rhythmonly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee59a6/32.png) [@rhythmonly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhythmonly)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/41 "2008-02-13T19:56:53Z")
The blue cat shit on the pump handle, and we didn’t have fresh water for 3 weeks. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/42 "2008-02-13T20:15:43Z")
Every word is worth one thousandth of a picture. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/43 "2008-02-13T20:21:20Z")
Time flies when its moving really fast ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/44 "2008-02-13T20:23:49Z")
Don’t look at me in that tone of voice. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/45 "2008-02-13T20:28:55Z")
Don’t leave my cheese out in the wind. ---
**Author:** ![Greenback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2bfe46/32.png) [@Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greenback)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/46 "2008-02-13T20:35:10Z")
We’re just shooting the shit. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/47 "2008-02-13T20:41:53Z")
'One man’s mate is another man’s person. ’ – B. Kliban ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/48 "2008-02-13T20:43:06Z")
I’m so full I could shit a horse! ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/49 "2008-02-13T20:44:14Z")
“You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make a sow’s ear out of a pig in a poke.” - Opus ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/50 "2008-02-13T20:51:45Z")
Oh get off your high horse and make him drink. I don’t know whether to shit or get off my high horse. ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/51 "2008-02-13T20:53:49Z")
A stitch in time… Hey! What’s a stitch? Oh. A stitch in time after time. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/52 "2008-02-13T21:00:00Z")
Fool me once shame on you. Fool me twice shame on… ??? …?? WE CAN"T GET FOOLED AGAIN! -Dubya ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/53 "2008-02-13T21:02:20Z")
No time to lose like the present. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/54 "2008-02-13T21:04:15Z")
[QUOTE=Hypno-Toad] No time to lose like the present. [/QUOTE] You can lead a horticulture but you can’t make her think. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/55 "2008-02-13T21:07:27Z")
Nothing ventured, nothing ventured. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/56 "2008-02-13T21:18:30Z")
It’s better to have loved and won than never to have lost at all. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/57 "2008-02-13T21:21:21Z")
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. ---
**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 13, 2008, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/58 "2008-02-13T21:23:32Z")
It’s always darkest just before the piano falls on you. (Oliver Faltz) This thing is snowballing like a house afire. I think it’s time to get our sleeves dirty. What comes around the mountain will be drivin’ six white horses. If your aunt Bobbi had balls, then Bob’s your uncle. Let me bring this up, just to be the Devil’s anchovy. ---
**Author:** ![Ethan\_Complex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Ethan\_Complex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethan_Complex)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/59 "2008-02-13T21:26:23Z")
It’s an ill wind that blows no whistles ---
**Author:** ![Ethan\_Complex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Ethan\_Complex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethan_Complex)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/60 "2008-02-13T21:28:15Z")
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