# Provide the Proverb (game) **URL:** \ **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:** 2
**Author:** ![Re\_PT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a698b9/32.png) [@Re\_PT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Re_PT)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/21 "2002-08-09T11:17:37Z")
“Marry in haste… and get your names mis-spelt on all the documents.” Fools rush in where \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/22 "2002-08-09T11:54:35Z")
Fools rush in where there’s a two for one sale. A stitch in time\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/23 "2002-08-09T12:19:23Z")
A stitch in time is a bloody good idea during open heart surgery. Good fences make… ---
**Author:** ![Re\_PT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a698b9/32.png) [@Re\_PT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Re_PT)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/24 "2002-08-09T12:31:12Z")
“Good fences make a profit, bad ones get caught.” Where there’s muck… ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/25 "2002-08-09T12:35:36Z")
Where there’s muck there’s mire. \<— _Is_ that the original? None are so blind as… ---
**Author:** ![peasea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc79bd/32.png) [@peasea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peasea)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/26 "2002-08-09T12:48:12Z")
“None are so blind as completely blind people” “Don’t put all your eggs\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_” ---
**Author:** ![Re\_PT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a698b9/32.png) [@Re\_PT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Re_PT)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/27 "2002-08-09T12:49:31Z")
AFAIK the original is “where there’s muck there’s brass” (although there could be a version before that). “None are so blind as… those with their eyes poked out by pointy sticks.” To badly mangle a Confucious (sp?) saying: The longest journey begins with… ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/28 "2002-08-09T12:57:11Z")
The longest journey begins with quickly vacating one’s bowels. Two is company, ---
**Author:** ![A\_Random\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/da6949/32.png) [@A\_Random\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Random_Geek)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/29 "2002-08-09T12:57:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by PT \* > \*\*The longest journey begins with… \*\* … a 4-hour layover in Cleveland. Where there’s smoke… ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/30 "2002-08-09T13:13:04Z")
Where there’s smoke, you’ll probably find a guy smoking some geef. Two is company… ---
**Author:** ![Re\_PT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a698b9/32.png) [@Re\_PT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Re_PT)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/31 "2002-08-09T13:32:23Z")
Two is company, two and a half is hard to explain. A watched pot… ---
**Author:** ![peasea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc79bd/32.png) [@peasea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peasea)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/32 "2002-08-09T13:43:18Z")
“A watched pot plant never grows.” “Don’t put all your eggs\_\_\_\_\_\_\_” ---
**Author:** ![Hattrick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/34f0e0/32.png) [@Hattrick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hattrick)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/33 "2002-08-09T14:05:50Z")
in someone else’s omlette. “Red sky at night, \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_” ---
**Author:** ![Go\_alien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9d8465/32.png) [@Go\_alien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_alien)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/34 "2002-08-09T14:35:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hattrick \* > \*\*in someone else’s omlette. > > “Red sky at night, \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_” \*\* your neighbour’s house is on fire. Where there’s a will \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ ---
**Author:** ![Re\_PT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a698b9/32.png) [@Re\_PT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Re_PT)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/35 "2002-08-09T14:41:05Z")
“Where there’s a Will there’s a Harry.” Don’t count your chickens… ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/36 "2002-08-09T14:42:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Go alien \* > \*\*Where there’s a will \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ \*\* …there’s many an anxious relative. If idiots could fly, … ---
**Author:** ![Re\_PT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a698b9/32.png) [@Re\_PT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Re_PT)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/37 "2002-08-09T14:57:26Z")
“Where there’s a Will there’s a Harry.” Don’t count your chickens… ---
**Author:** ![peasea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc79bd/32.png) [@peasea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peasea)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/38 "2002-08-09T15:26:42Z")
“Don’t count your chickens as dependents, or the IRS will get suspicious.” (from **ultrafilter** ) If idiots could fly, … ---
**Author:** ![Go\_alien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9d8465/32.png) [@Go\_alien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_alien)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/39 "2002-08-09T15:32:58Z")
If idiots could fly, the roads would be a lot safer. [a quick aside] Red sky in the morning, your neighbour’s house is STILL on fire. [/a quick aside] Many hands \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ ---
**Author:** ![Re\_PT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a698b9/32.png) [@Re\_PT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Re_PT)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/40 "2002-08-09T15:35:12Z")
Damn computer’s been posting whilst I was out of the office… “Many hands are attached to arms.” There’s many a slip… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055.md?page=3)