# Popular sayings: UNdoperize them! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 2, 2006, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-undoperize-them/374909 "2006-10-02T01:17:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-undoperize-them/374909/41 "2006-10-03T16:25:37Z")
[QUOTE=ShibbOleth] A intellectually challenged individual and his fiat currency are expiditiously dispossessed. [/QUOTE] A fool and his money are soon parted. **The alleged insanity of the concerned individual in reality merely disguises technique.** ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-undoperize-them/374909/42 "2006-10-03T16:35:54Z")
[QUOTE=Dervorin] **The alleged insanity of the concerned individual in reality merely disguises technique.** [/QUOTE] There’s a method to his madness. **Mentally disordered like a small omnivorous canid** ---
**Author:** ![ChordedZither](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9c0ed/32.png) [@ChordedZither](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChordedZither)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-undoperize-them/374909/43 "2006-10-03T18:23:30Z")
Carzy as a fox **Will you attest to your intention to communicate that which is potentially verifiable, in its entirety, forgoing any extraneous commentary?** ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-undoperize-them/374909/44 "2006-10-03T18:29:52Z")
[QUOTE=ChordedZither] Carzy as a fox **Will you attest to your intention to communicate that which is potentially verifiable, in its entirety, forgoing any extraneous commentary?** [/QUOTE] Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? ---
**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 3, 2006, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-undoperize-them/374909/45 "2006-10-03T20:23:24Z")
**The tensile strength of a series of conjoined ferrous bands is equivalent to the member with the most pronounced fatigue.** ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-undoperize-them/374909/46 "2006-10-03T21:09:43Z")
[QUOTE=Mindfield] **The tensile strength of a series of conjoined ferrous bands is equivalent to the member with the most pronounced fatigue.** [/QUOTE] You’re only as strong as the weakest link in the chain (which I’m currently hearing in my head in the voice of Peter Gabriel, for those who get the referrence). \*\* If, at the conclusion, the result is copacetic, then the totality of the situation itself can be said to be copacetic, regardless of when the assessment is actually made\*\*. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2006, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-undoperize-them/374909/47 "2006-10-03T21:23:43Z")
[QUOTE=Moe] \*\* If, at the conclusion, the result is copacetic, then the totality of the situation itself can be said to be copacetic, regardless of when the assessment is actually made\*\*. [/QUOTE] All’s well that ends well. Gimme a minute for my obfuscation; I’ve been interrupted. (That’s not my saying.) ---
**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:** [October 3, 2006, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-undoperize-them/374909/48 "2006-10-03T21:31:23Z")
The lowest intake of photons immediately precedes the viewing of the nearest star. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-undoperize-them/374909/49 "2006-10-03T21:37:09Z")
[QUOTE=AskNott] The lowest intake of photons immediately precedes the viewing of the nearest star. [/QUOTE] It’s always darkest before the dawn. The struggle for erudition has occurred for approximately 28 years prior to the current millenium, depending on how one counts the eventuation of that era (it has been a longer journey than we had originally imagined). ---
**Author:** ![ChordedZither](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9c0ed/32.png) [@ChordedZither](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChordedZither)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-undoperize-them/374909/50 "2006-10-03T22:43:46Z")
[QUOTE=ShibbOleth] The struggle for erudition has occurred for approximately 28 years prior to the current millenium, depending on how one counts the eventuation of that era (it has been a longer journey than we had originally imagined). [/QUOTE] Oh, no, that’s just [too obscure](http://www.straightdope.com/pics/ignorance.gif). 😉 **The Judeo-Christian Deity would not throw 2D6 to resolve decisions regarding the totality.** ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2006, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-undoperize-them/374909/51 "2006-10-04T00:46:21Z")
[QUOTE=ChordedZither] **The Judeo-Christian Deity would not throw 2D6 to resolve decisions regarding the totality.** [/QUOTE] God does not play dice with the Universe. Are unobserved arboreal reverberations extant? ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2006, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-undoperize-them/374909/52 "2006-10-04T01:00:14Z")
[QUOTE=iamthewalrus(:3=] God does not play dice with the Universe. Are unobserved arboreal reverberations extant? [/QUOTE] _If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around, does it make a sound?_ One of my favorites via Woody Allen: **Be fruitful and multiply with yourself!** ---
**Author:** ![934spe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/90db22/32.png) [@934spe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/934spe)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2006, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-undoperize-them/374909/53 "2006-10-04T11:43:32Z")
I don’t have any answers to the remaining questions, but thought I would add: \*\*Using ones brain is proof of ones existence." ---
**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 4, 2006, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-undoperize-them/374909/54 "2006-10-04T12:45:54Z")
_Cogito ergo sum_. **You are advised to moderate your tone while simultaneously burdening yourself with a sizeable limb from a deciduous arbor.** ---
**Author:** ![934spe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/90db22/32.png) [@934spe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/934spe)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2006, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-undoperize-them/374909/55 "2006-10-04T12:55:53Z")
**It is unadvisable for those who dwell in transparent boxes to increase the angular velocity of small granite chunks.** ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2006, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-undoperize-them/374909/56 "2006-10-04T13:34:03Z")
Speak softly and carry a big stick. People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones. **It becomes a question of where the responsibility is ascribed for the dislocation of certain canines from the grounds?** ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2006, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-undoperize-them/374909/57 "2006-10-04T13:38:12Z")
[QUOTE=Mindfield] _Cogito ergo sum_. **You are advised to moderate your tone while simultaneously burdening yourself with a sizeable limb from a deciduous arbor.** [/QUOTE] Speak softly and carry a big stick. The mastication of the species _Canis lupes familiaris_ is not as pernicious as its vocalization would suggest. ---
**Author:** ![ChordedZither](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9c0ed/32.png) [@ChordedZither](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChordedZither)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2006, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-undoperize-them/374909/58 "2006-10-04T14:06:20Z")
[QUOTE=ShibbOleth] **It becomes a question of where the responsibility is ascribed for the dislocation of certain canines from the grounds?** [/QUOTE] Who let the dogs out? \*\*The paternal ancestors of those gathered here founded a novel governmental unit some 87 years ago. \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2006, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-undoperize-them/374909/59 "2006-10-04T14:13:33Z")
[QUOTE=The Weird One] Speak softly and carry a big stick. The mastication of the species _Canis lupes familiaris_ is not as pernicious as its vocalization would suggest. [/QUOTE] Its bark is worse than its bite. Consult (and I say this with as obscene emphasis as may be necessary to draw your attention) the extensive and essential technical documentation provided with the product you are attempting to use. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2006, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-undoperize-them/374909/60 "2006-10-04T16:33:43Z")
[QUOTE=Malacandra] Its bark is worse than its bite. Consult (and I say this with as obscene emphasis as may be necessary to draw your attention) the extensive and essential technical documentation provided with the product you are attempting to use. [/QUOTE] Read the fucking manual! What is the quantity of material from the secondary xylem of a woody plant that a _Marmota monax_ would be able to mill, under the assumption that this organism possessed the ability? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-undoperize-them/374909.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-undoperize-them/374909.md?page=4)