# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-undoperize-them/374909/101 "2006-10-06T03:44:47Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] Yep. Let’s see… **One can travel to a variety of locations. If one makes the effort to do so, then one will invariably succeed.** [/QUOTE] Travel is its own reward? ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-undoperize-them/374909/102 "2006-10-06T11:36:30Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > He possessed no follicle appendages on the superior surface of his cranium where such follicle appendages habitually germinate. > > [QUOTE=Mindfield] > Um … bald as a cue ball? [/quote] Or, more specifically, “He had no wool on de top ob his head– De place whar de wool ought to grow.” – Stephen Foster, [_Old Uncle Ned_](http://www.iath.virginia.edu/utc/minstrel/oldunclened.html) ---
**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 6, 2006, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-undoperize-them/374909/103 "2006-10-06T12:22:58Z")
I guess minstrel pieces aren’t my forte. 🙂 **The best time to produce the cured product of assorted herbage is in the diurnal hours when there are no obscuring clouds.** ---
**Author:** ![934spe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/90db22/32.png) [@934spe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/934spe)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-undoperize-them/374909/104 "2006-10-06T12:45:21Z")
**Upon coming to the conclusion that the increase in thermal engery has become to great, the removal of ones self from the designated daily ration preperation area shall be done.** ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-undoperize-them/374909/105 "2006-10-06T12:58:25Z")
[QUOTE=Mindfield] **The best time to produce the cured product of assorted herbage is in the diurnal hours when there are no obscuring clouds.** [/QUOTE] Make hay while the sun shines. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-undoperize-them/374909/106 "2006-10-06T12:59:30Z")
[QUOTE=934spe] **Upon coming to the conclusion that the increase in thermal engery has become to great, the removal of ones self from the designated daily ration preperation area shall be done.** [/QUOTE] (We did this one) If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. ---
**Author:** ![934spe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/90db22/32.png) [@934spe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/934spe)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-undoperize-them/374909/107 "2006-10-06T13:01:51Z")
[QUOTE=LunaV] (We did this one) If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. [/QUOTE] So it appears we have. Sorry for the duplicate. ---
**Author:** ![934spe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/90db22/32.png) [@934spe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/934spe)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-undoperize-them/374909/108 "2006-10-06T13:11:43Z")
**Continue to apply ones projected facial breathing feature to a natural granite disc used to change the shape or edge of a metal object** ---
**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 6, 2006, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-undoperize-them/374909/109 "2006-10-06T13:31:05Z")
**Given that one’s final position in a given competitive endeavour is determined by one’s disposition, it therefore follows that the rear is brought up by those with the most favourable disposition.** ---
**Author:** ![Praetor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58956e/32.png) [@Praetor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Praetor)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-undoperize-them/374909/110 "2006-10-06T13:35:39Z")
[QUOTE=934spe] **Continue to apply ones projected facial breathing feature to a natural granite disc used to change the shape or edge of a metal object** [/QUOTE] Put your nose to the grindstone. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-undoperize-them/374909/111 "2006-10-06T14:00:29Z")
[QUOTE=Rysto] Travel is its own reward? [/QUOTE] Nope! ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-undoperize-them/374909/112 "2006-10-06T18:28:48Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] Nope! [/QUOTE] No matter where you go, there you are. (Is that the right?) ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-undoperize-them/374909/113 "2006-10-06T18:29:50Z")
[QUOTE=Mindfield] **Given that one’s final position in a given competitive endeavour is determined by one’s disposition, it therefore follows that the rear is brought up by those with the most favourable disposition.** [/QUOTE] Nice guys finish last. ---
**Author:** ![Rebecca\_DiMwitter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a87d85/32.png) [@Rebecca\_DiMwitter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebecca_DiMwitter)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-undoperize-them/374909/114 "2006-10-06T21:11:13Z")
[QUOTE=Moe] 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\*\*. [/QUOTE] Isn’t this “the end justifies the means”? Altho I can see where “All’s well that ends well” might also be acceptable. Howz about: “In gazing upon your visage, it appears to me as if you have recently viewed something transparent and ethereal in quality and been deeply distressed by the viewing.” –Beck ---
**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 6, 2006, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-undoperize-them/374909/115 "2006-10-06T23:00:04Z")
“You look like you’ve seen a ghost.” **Philanthropy originates from one’s own domicile.** ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-undoperize-them/374909/116 "2006-10-06T23:06:00Z")
[QUOTE=Mindfield] **Philanthropy originates from one’s own domicile.** [/QUOTE] Charity begins at home. Gaining physical well-being, lucre, and sagacity is accomplished by entering the land of Morpheus when the night is still young and returning to the land of the living when the day is but new-born. ---
**Author:** ![bundykala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@bundykala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bundykala)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-undoperize-them/374909/117 "2006-10-06T23:57:30Z")
[QUOTE=Scribble] Gaining physical well-being, lucre, and sagacity is accomplished by entering the land of Morpheus when the night is still young and returning to the land of the living when the day is but new-born. [/QUOTE] Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. It is extremely rare for a potentially beneficial occasion to repeat the rapping of timber to produce a resounding signal, the purpose of which is to notify an individual of the presence of said potentially beneficial occasion. ---
**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 7, 2006, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-undoperize-them/374909/118 "2006-10-07T02:56:40Z")
[QUOTE=bundykala] It is extremely rare for a potentially beneficial occasion to repeat the rapping of timber to produce a resounding signal, the purpose of which is to notify an individual of the presence of said potentially beneficial occasion. [/QUOTE] Opportunity doesn’t knock twice. In your present form you are composed of minuscule particules of varied origins. This composition will not change even after your vitals do. ---
**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 7, 2006, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-undoperize-them/374909/119 "2006-10-07T17:52:08Z")
[QUOTE=Mighty\_Girl] In your present form you are composed of minuscule particules of varied origins. This composition will not change even after your vitals do. [/QUOTE] Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust? **A meal consisting of turnabout is most ideally prepared and presented long after being removed from the stove.** ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-undoperize-them/374909/120 "2006-10-07T18:45:00Z")
[Quote=Mindfield] Originally Posted by Mighty\_Girl In your present form you are composed of minuscule particules of varied origins. This composition will not change even after your vitals do. Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust? [/Quote] You have the right idea, but I believe the actual quote **Mighty\_Girl** had in mind was “Dust thou art, and to dust shalt thou return.” > [@](#): > > A meal consisting of turnabout is most ideally prepared and presented long after being removed from the stove. Revenge is a dish best served cold. **Insane domestic canines and Y-chromosome-equipped residents of the land once ruled by William the Conqueror vacate their domiciles in order to bask beneath the rays of the star located approximately 93,000,000 miles from Earth at a time approximately equidistant from the preceding midnight and the upcoming one.** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-undoperize-them/374909.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-sayings-undoperize-them/374909.md?page=7)