# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/101 "2002-08-12T19:23:18Z")
Better to have loved and lost your favorite CD, then to have loved and lost your car. One bad apple \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/102 "2002-08-12T19:24:09Z")
Better to have loved and lost than to go to prison, get done anal and still lose. Anything worth doing \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. ---
**Author:** ![peasea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc79bd/32.png) [@peasea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peasea)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/103 "2002-08-12T19:57:39Z")
One bad apple will kick one good apple’s ass, take its wallet, and be on his way. Anything worth doing probably involves women or money. The grass is always greener\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/104 "2002-08-12T20:20:07Z")
The grass is always greener on the Columbian side of the fence. Of all the things I’ve lost \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/105 "2002-08-12T20:33:25Z")
Of all the things I’ve lost, I miss my foreskin the most - _ **JDT** _ 😃 I’m out of proverbs. **lieu** , you’re welcome to pick the next one. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/106 "2002-08-12T21:03:48Z")
The older the fiddle \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/107 "2002-08-12T22:29:51Z")
The older the fiddle the more likely it is to turn up on _Antiques Roadshow_ and be deemed worthless. Too many cooks \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ ---
**Author:** ![Cougarfang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@Cougarfang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cougarfang)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/108 "2002-08-13T02:11:32Z")
…means more food for me! Mmmmm… Haste… ---
**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 13, 2002, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/109 "2002-08-13T07:32:46Z")
Hasten only for money, nothing else is worth the effort. An empty jug makes… ---
**Author:** ![wyldelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/4491bb/32.png) [@wyldelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wyldelf)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/110 "2002-08-13T08:22:58Z")
An empty jug makes…for a very poor drinking companion - fill 'er up barman!! When life gives you\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/111 "2002-08-13T08:24:52Z")
When life gives you steel-toed boots, use 'em! Let a smile be \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ ---
**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 13, 2002, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/112 "2002-08-13T08:26:37Z")
Let a smile be \_\_\_ a smile and not a grimace of constipation. A atched kettle \_\_\_\_\_ ---
**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 13, 2002, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/113 "2002-08-13T08:27:39Z")
Bugger, should be: A watched kettle \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ ---
**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 13, 2002, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/114 "2002-08-13T10:09:17Z")
A watched kettle is hard to steal. It’s not what you do, it’s\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ ---
**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 13, 2002, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/115 "2002-08-13T10:14:08Z")
It’s not what you do, it’s\_ who you do it to. When in Rome \_\_\_\_ ---
**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 13, 2002, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/116 "2002-08-13T10:26:23Z")
When in Rome, get me some nice olive oil, cheers. The world is your\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ ---
**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 13, 2002, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/117 "2002-08-13T10:27:30Z")
The world is your\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ whelk. All roads lead \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/118 "2002-08-13T17:31:43Z")
All roads lead to construction detours and dead ends, leaving you lost in the middle of nowhere at two o’clock in the morning. You can run, but \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ ---
**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 13, 2002, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/119 "2002-08-13T17:40:53Z")
You can run, but I’ve got a pogo-stick so nyah! Money makes\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provide-the-proverb-game/123055/120 "2002-08-13T19:48:12Z")
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