# Popular sayings: Doperize them! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 30, 2006, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-doperize-them/374756 "2006-09-30T18:04:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [October 2, 2006, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-doperize-them/374756/41 "2006-10-02T01:06:45Z")
[QUOTE=cruel butterfly] I forgot to add one of my own: “A stitch in time saves nine” [/QUOTE] A length of thread so woven as to be completed within an acceptable period will prevent the necessity of repeating the same process nine times. **Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.** ---
**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:** [October 2, 2006, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-doperize-them/374756/42 "2006-10-02T01:43:35Z")
A person in a position of advantage will tend to abuse that advantage. The degree of abuse is commensurate with the degree of advantage. **Always look before you leap.** ---
**Author:** ![j\_sum1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@j\_sum1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j_sum1)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-doperize-them/374756/43 "2006-10-02T03:02:46Z")
**Always look before you leap.** Observation precedes elevation It is better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all. ---
**Author:** ![bundykala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@bundykala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bundykala)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-doperize-them/374756/44 "2006-10-02T03:22:00Z")
[QUOTE=j\_sum1] It is better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all. [/QUOTE] The benefits of experiencing an affectionate and appreciative relationship involving a mutual bond between two members of opposite sexes (assuming the relationship is of a heterosexual nature) prior to the loss of said relationship renders the beneficial qualities of a lack of such a relationship negligible. “You are what you eat” ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-doperize-them/374756/45 "2006-10-02T05:10:23Z")
All materials ingested will become integral components of one’s corpus. **All we have to fear is fear itself.** ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-doperize-them/374756/46 "2006-10-02T08:15:21Z")
Operant conditioning to an array of phobic associations leads to acute phobophobia. \*\*Up yours. \*\* ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-doperize-them/374756/47 "2006-10-02T08:37:20Z")
“Up Yours” Insert an object of indeterminate size into the terminus of your gastrointestinal tract. **It takes one to know one** ---
**Author:** ![mamboman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mamboman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mamboman)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-doperize-them/374756/48 "2006-10-02T11:22:27Z")
gnosis is achieved by assumption of the corporeal and temporal realities of the knower. “Time waits for no man” ---
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-doperize-them/374756/49 "2006-10-02T12:42:52Z")
[QUOTE=mamboman] “Time waits for no man” [/QUOTE] The ineffable and inexorable progress of the universe through the fourth dimension in the General Theory of Relativity is not impeded by the presence or absence of any particular individual. \*\* All your base are belong to us!\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-doperize-them/374756/50 "2006-10-02T12:52:58Z")
Nonsensical cyberspawned digital looped viral meme alluding to terrestrial inhabitants’ possession of Basic Astrological Stationary Edifices, while previously utilized by former said inhabitants\* en toto\*, have now been yielded to our opposing forces! \*\*Quoth the raven: “Nevermore.” \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-doperize-them/374756/51 "2006-10-02T15:42:19Z")
[QUOTE=Askia] \*\*Quoth the raven: “Nevermore.” \*\* [/QUOTE] A winged vertibrate of the genus Corvus is cited as uttering the word, “Nevermore”. **An idle mind is the devil’s workshop.** ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-doperize-them/374756/52 "2006-10-02T16:24:12Z")
[QUOTE=Dragwyr] An idle mind is the devil’s workshop. [/QUOTE] An encephalon in state of rest is attributed to be the workplace of a supernatural being purpoted to be the Christian god’s disgruntled employee, the latter is also known under the aliases Lucifer, Beelzebub, and Mephistopheles. **Take with a grain of salt** ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-doperize-them/374756/53 "2006-10-02T17:10:25Z")
[QUOTE=Mighty\_Girl] **Take with a grain of salt** [/QUOTE] Consumption of previously referenced items is contraindicated unless accompanied by a small particle or sodium chloride. Next: **Up shit’s creek without a paddle**. ---
**Author:** ![j\_sum1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@j\_sum1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j_sum1)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-doperize-them/374756/54 "2006-10-03T02:13:32Z")
[QUOTE=Patty O’Furniture] Consumption of previously referenced items is contraindicated unless accompanied by a small particle or sodium chloride. Next: **Up shit’s creek without a paddle**. [/QUOTE] Presently located in a slow-moving stream of effluent lacking conventional means of propulsion. **Brevity is the soul of wit.** ---
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-doperize-them/374756/55 "2006-10-03T16:31:21Z")
Jocular satire or droll repartee attains superlative status through succintness. ---
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-doperize-them/374756/56 "2006-10-03T16:33:08Z")
Whoops; forgot to include mine. \*\*Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey. \*\* Extra points to anyone who can drag in a Discworld reference. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2006, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-doperize-them/374756/57 "2006-10-04T19:41:03Z")
[QUOTE=jjimm] A friend of mine taught me the “doperized” (though I think **Mangetout** ’s version is more like proper doperization - hilarious) version of the popular drinking song “Show me the way to go home”: Show me the way to go home. I’m tired and I want to go to bed. I had a little drink about an hour ago And it’s gone right to my head. No matter where I roam, Over land or sea or foam, You will always hear me singing this song: Show me the way to go home. His version is fantastic to sing when stumbling back from the bar, especially if your drunken friends are harmonizing: Indicate the way to my abode. I am fatigued and I wish to retire. I had a little tipple sixty minutes ago And it’s infiltrated into my cranium. No matter where I perambulate, Over land or sea or undulating water, You will always hear me crooning this melody: Indicate the way to my habitual abode. [/QUOTE] I knew a slightly different one: Show me the way to my habitual abode I’m fatigued and I want to retire. Had an alcoholic beverage sixty minutes ago And it went right to my cerebellum. Wherever I may perambulate, Over atmospheric, geologic or oceanic terrain, you will alway find me humming this refrain, Show me the way to my habitual abode. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-doperize-them/374756.md?page=2)