# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/101 "2008-02-14T15:54:22Z")
Learn and let live. It’s no skin off my teeth. Can’t live with 'em, can’t shoot 'em. Better late than ridiculously late. Same day, different shit. ---
**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 14, 2008, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/102 "2008-02-14T16:40:27Z")
Don’t try to boil your watch. It never will. It doesn’t matter; it’s half of one or six dozen of the other. You have to break some eggs if you’re going to play Hamlet. Quit dithering! Either fish or cut farts. ---
**Author:** ![Ragiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6de8d8/32.png) [@Ragiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ragiel)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/103 "2008-02-14T16:51:12Z")
It’s easier to shoot the messenger than get permission. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/104 "2008-02-14T17:03:51Z")
E=mc4 ---
**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 14, 2008, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/105 "2008-02-14T17:16:16Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] E=mc4 [/QUOTE] No no no. E=MC Hammer. Quoted from [here](http://adamcadre.ac/07lyttle.html): He was marooned in the jaws of a human minefield, and with every step the noose grew tighter. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/106 "2008-02-14T17:25:10Z")
I think, therefore. What? ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/107 "2008-02-14T18:06:54Z")
If it quacks like dog shit, don’t step in it. ---
**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 14, 2008, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/108 "2008-02-14T18:54:58Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > Don’t try to boil your watch. It never will. I think what you’re trying to say here is that a potted watch never boils. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/109 "2008-02-14T19:06:25Z")
One spring does not make a swallow ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/110 "2008-02-14T19:39:11Z")
If you lie down with a sleeping dog, you get up with tired fleas. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/111 "2008-02-14T19:53:30Z")
I saw; I conquered; I came. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/112 "2008-02-14T20:03:11Z")
That which does not kill me just postpones the inevitable. ---
**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 14, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/113 "2008-02-14T20:06:28Z")
If you lie down with a sleeping bull, you get up with tired shit. ---
**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 14, 2008, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/114 "2008-02-14T20:46:34Z")
It’s cold as a witches brew outside. Drivin’ like a bat outta hell or high water. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/115 "2008-02-14T21:25:49Z")
Quoted from Dodger pitcher Jason Schmidt today: “I’m starting to see a light at the end of the road” :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Ragiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6de8d8/32.png) [@Ragiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ragiel)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/116 "2008-02-14T21:34:53Z")
It’s always darkest just before the fat lady sings. ---
**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 14, 2008, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/117 "2008-02-14T21:39:41Z")
[QUOTE=VunderBob] If it quacks like dog shit, don’t step in it. [/QUOTE] It’s raining cats and dogs out there - I stepped in a poodle. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/118 "2008-02-14T21:42:05Z")
Too many cooks are better than none. ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/119 "2008-02-14T22:06:02Z")
God does not shoot dice on the street corner with the Universe. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/120 "2008-02-14T22:10:52Z")
[QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] [QUOTE=AskNott] Don’t try to boil your watch. It never will. [/QUOTE] I think what you’re trying to say here is that a potted watch never boils. [/QUOTE] Don’t try to boil your watch. It waits for no man. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394.md?page=7)