# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/161 "2008-02-19T07:40:49Z")
half of one, six a dozen of the other side of the fence ---
**Author:** ![Rhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@Rhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhubarb)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/162 "2008-02-19T07:58:22Z")
A fool and his money are paved with good intentions, but the road to hell is soon parted. The grass is always greener when the cows come home. It’s always later when you think. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/163 "2008-02-19T08:01:33Z")
There are two kinds of people: those who say there is no such thing as infinite recursion, and those who say "There are two kinds of people: those who say there is no such thing as infinite recursion, and those who say "There are two kinds of people: those who say there is no such thing as infinite recursion, and those who say … ---
**Author:** ![Idaho\_Red](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ba9def/32.png) [@Idaho\_Red](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idaho_Red)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/164 "2008-02-19T09:31:06Z")
Time’s fun when you’re having flies ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/165 "2008-02-19T12:28:09Z")
Time flies like an arrow, and fruit flies like a banana. Also, remember the immortal adage: Riding a bicycle is like riding a bicycle. Once you learn you never forget it. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/166 "2008-02-19T14:16:09Z")
The road to hell is paved with unbought stuffed dogs. – Ernest Hemingway ---
**Author:** ![Lurking\_Quahog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lurking_quahog/32/21274_2.png) [@Lurking\_Quahog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lurking_Quahog)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/167 "2008-02-19T14:26:20Z")
It is what it is. What else would it be? ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/168 "2008-02-19T16:28:41Z")
It’s like locking the barn door before the thief comes in. ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/169 "2008-02-19T19:57:47Z")
The check’s in your mouth and I won’t come in the mail. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/170 "2008-02-19T19:58:57Z")
In order to understand recursion, one must first understand recursion. ---
**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 19, 2008, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/171 "2008-02-19T21:05:26Z")
He’s about as easycoming as they go… ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/172 "2008-02-19T23:47:29Z")
(courtesy of BrattiAtti - author unknown) Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach that man to use the internet, and he’ll leave you alone for weeks. ---
**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 20, 2008, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/173 "2008-02-20T00:42:14Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] (courtesy of BrattiAtti - author unknown) Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach that man to use the internet, and he’ll leave you alone for weeks. [/QUOTE] Give a man fishes, and he will sleep with the fishes. Teach that man to to keep away from the fishes, and he will sleep with the mollusks. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/174 "2008-02-20T01:17:35Z")
a day without sunshine is like two in the bush ---
**Author:** ![Klytus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Klytus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klytus)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/175 "2008-02-20T03:45:38Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] (courtesy of BrattiAtti - author unknown) Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach that man to use the internet, and he’ll leave you alone for weeks. [/QUOTE] Build a man a fire, he’ll be warm for a day. _Set_ a man on fire, and he’ll be warm for the rest of his life. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/176 "2008-02-20T08:01:26Z")
Let him who is without sin cast the first chicken. ---
**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 20, 2008, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/177 "2008-02-20T09:03:07Z")
[QUOTE=Shai’tan] It’s easier for a beautiful camel to pass through the eye of the beholder, than it is for a fool with money to get into heaven. [/QUOTE] It’s easier to shove a needle through a camel than to sew a stairway to heaven. ---
**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 20, 2008, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/178 "2008-02-20T09:36:40Z")
[QUOTE=Boyo Jim] It’s easier to shove a needle through a camel than to sew a stairway to heaven. [/QUOTE] I like that one. Is it original to you? ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/179 "2008-02-20T12:00:11Z")
Hell hath no fury like a camel with a needle shoved in its eye ---
**Author:** ![RiverRunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/977dab/32.png) [@RiverRunner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RiverRunner)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394/180 "2008-02-20T18:14:36Z")
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