# Provide the Proverb (game)
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [August 9, 2002, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055 "2002-08-09T00:12:12Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@rexnervous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rexnervous)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2002, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/1 "2002-08-09T00:12:12Z")
Let’s see if this one’s any good.
We start with a proverb, in which part of it is left blank. Next poster must
1. complete the proverb in any (hopefully somewhat amusing or ironic) manner, as long as it is **not** the original
2. provide a new partially completed proverb, that uses one noun/adverb/adjective from the previous one (or a related term)
For example:
Poster A) Dogs that bark at a distance \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
Poster B) … are your neighbors’
```
If you lie down with dogs, ____________
```
* * *
So here goes…
“You can lead a horse to water, \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_”
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### Author:  [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2002, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/2 "2002-08-09T01:43:13Z")
…but you can’t make him think.
Two wrongs don’t make a right, \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
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### Author:  [@Bindlestiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bindlestiff)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2002, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/3 "2002-08-09T01:44:14Z")
…But you can’t make him think.
“Sauce for the goose \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_”
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### Author:  [@Bindlestiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bindlestiff)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2002, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/4 "2002-08-09T01:45:55Z")
…But three rights make a left"
“It’s a wise man that knows\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_”
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### Author:  [@peasea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peasea)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2002, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/5 "2002-08-09T02:12:13Z")
…that sauce for the goose…makes it tastier"
"A bird in hand…
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### Author:  [@rexnervous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rexnervous)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2002, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/6 "2002-08-09T02:36:02Z")
A bird in hand…is better than a cow in brain
“An army of sheep led by a lion would \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_”
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### Author:  [@WV\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WV_Woman)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2002, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/7 "2002-08-09T03:33:14Z")
eventually get eaten, as lions get hungry.
Every cloud \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
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### Author:  [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2002, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/8 "2002-08-09T03:59:34Z")
Every cloud eventually rains on your parade.
“A penny saved is \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_”.
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### Author:  [@ResIpsaLoquitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ResIpsaLoquitor)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2002, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/9 "2002-08-09T04:05:19Z")
…probably worth more as scrap copper."
“He who dies with the most toys…”
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### Author:  [@peasea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peasea)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2002, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/10 "2002-08-09T04:08:05Z")
“…will probably be Michael Jackson.”
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### Author:  [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2002, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/11 "2002-08-09T04:08:32Z")
“He who dies with the most toys… was probably a Star Wars fan.”
"He who hesitates …
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### Author:  [@peasea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peasea)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2002, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/12 "2002-08-09T04:10:51Z")
“…gets beat out by someone with an incomplete post”
“Tis better to have loved and lost…”
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### Author:  [@rexnervous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rexnervous)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2002, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/13 "2002-08-09T04:11:33Z")
He who dies with the most toys…needs a better tax attorney
“Smooth seas do not make \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_”
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### Author:  [@TalkingHead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TalkingHead)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2002, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/14 "2002-08-09T04:30:26Z")
“He who hesitates … is trying to post on SDMB.”
Spare the rod, \_\_\_\_\_\_
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### Author:  [@peasea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peasea)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2002, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/15 "2002-08-09T04:40:44Z")
OK, now we have _three_ proverbs to finish. I’ll take one:
“Smooth seas do not make…Jack a dull boy.”
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### Author:  [@rexnervous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rexnervous)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2002, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/16 "2002-08-09T05:48:34Z")
Spare the rod, spoil the cone
We still have to finish “Tis better to have loved and lost…”
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### Author:  [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2002, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/17 "2002-08-09T06:18:48Z")
…than to wake up next to a Dalmatian."
Look before you…
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### Author:  [@Re\_PT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Re_PT)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2002, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/18 "2002-08-09T09:26:35Z")
“Look before you… pull out onto a busy road.”
Too many cooks…
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### Author:  [@WV\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WV_Woman)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2002, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/19 "2002-08-09T10:55:00Z")
Too many cooks … not enough waiters.
Marry in black \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
(Note: this is a lesser known proverb. The original is “marry in black and you’ll wish yourself back.”)
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### Author:  [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2002, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/20 "2002-08-09T11:01:50Z")
Marry in black… steel-toed boots.
Marry in haste \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
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