# Pithy observations **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 8, 2025, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pithy-observations/1021883 "2025-08-08T23:33:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2025, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pithy-observations/1021883/41 "2025-08-11T00:15:24Z")
Whomever is born poor and ugly has a very good chance to further develop both conditions as they age. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2025, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pithy-observations/1021883/42 "2025-08-11T00:35:01Z")
If God had meant for us to fly, He would have made it easier to get to the airport. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2025, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pithy-observations/1021883/43 "2025-08-11T02:37:01Z")
I’ve seen the future and it’s much like the present, only longer. - Dan Quisenberry ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2025, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pithy-observations/1021883/44 "2025-08-11T06:58:20Z")
You can lead a horticulture but you can’t make her think. –Dorothy Parker ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2025, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pithy-observations/1021883/45 "2025-08-11T07:02:05Z")
Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we are hung over. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2025, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pithy-observations/1021883/46 "2025-08-11T11:35:02Z")
I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2025, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pithy-observations/1021883/47 "2025-08-11T11:37:03Z")
“One man’s meat is another man’s poison.” ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2025, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pithy-observations/1021883/48 "2025-08-11T12:33:47Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Life is short. Eat dessert first. “Enjoy every sandwich”. – Warren Zevon * * * I prefer being a pessimist, because that way, I can only be pleasantly surprised. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2025, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pithy-observations/1021883/49 "2025-08-11T13:50:36Z")
“One man’s fish is another man’s poisson.” ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2025, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pithy-observations/1021883/50 "2025-08-11T15:15:03Z")
“Never eat fugu at a place called Mom’s.” ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2025, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pithy-observations/1021883/51 "2025-08-11T15:23:56Z")
“Never deploy to Production on a Friday” ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pithy-observations/1021883/52 "2025-08-11T15:53:00Z")
One man’s Mede is another man’s Persian. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2025, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pithy-observations/1021883/53 "2025-08-11T18:12:12Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > “Never deploy to Production on a Friday” And never make major code changes on a Friday, unless you’re planning on working the weekend. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2025, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pithy-observations/1021883/54 "2025-08-11T18:15:02Z")
If you don’t deploy them you can make changes without needing to work the weekend, though you are going to find a lot of errors on Monday when looking at the code you wrote on Friday. ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2025, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pithy-observations/1021883/55 "2025-08-11T18:27:27Z")
Cynicism is just another word for realism. Charlie was everywhere. _“Merde.._.” ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2025, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pithy-observations/1021883/56 "2025-08-11T22:54:18Z")
The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. [translated to Russian; translated back to English] The vodka is good but the meat has gone bad. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2025, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pithy-observations/1021883/57 "2025-08-13T18:05:13Z")
Diplomacy is the art of being able to say “nice doggie” until you have time to pick up a rock. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2025, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pithy-observations/1021883/58 "2025-08-13T19:28:46Z")
Under capitalism man exploits man, under communism is the other way around ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2025, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pithy-observations/1021883/59 "2025-08-13T21:47:45Z")
> [@glee](#): > > Money might not bring happiness - but lack of money brings sadness It might not bring happiness but it makes unhappiness and lot less unpleasant. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2025, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pithy-observations/1021883/60 "2025-08-13T21:52:17Z")
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