# Say up the screwing. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 24, 2012, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-up-the-screwing/641952 "2012-11-24T00:34:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mewl\_Dear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Mewl\_Dear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mewl_Dear)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-up-the-screwing/641952/1 "2012-11-24T00:34:13Z")
You can beat a dead horse to water but you can’t make it drown. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-up-the-screwing/641952/2 "2012-11-24T00:56:42Z")
We’ll burn that bridge when we come to it. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-up-the-screwing/641952/3 "2012-11-24T01:11:10Z")
A bird on the hand is worth a hand in the bush. Never count your eggs before they hatch. You can lead a horse to drink but you can’t make it water. Five Russians, three opinions. The right hand doesn’t know what the right is doing. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-up-the-screwing/641952/4 "2012-11-24T01:17:06Z")
A penny saved is 1/(1-t) pennies earned, where t is your marginal rate of income tax. With apologies to the Wealthy Barber. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-up-the-screwing/641952/5 "2012-11-24T01:21:16Z")
[An old thread of mine that’s somewhat relevant.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=661577) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-up-the-screwing/641952/6 "2012-11-24T01:39:32Z")
You’ve got some good shoulders on your head. Use them! ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-up-the-screwing/641952/7 "2012-11-24T01:44:24Z")
Six of one, a dozen of the other. (or as a friend of mine used to say with a fake Latin accent: “Seex of Juan, seven of Armando!”) ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-up-the-screwing/641952/8 "2012-11-24T03:59:05Z")
You’re barking up a dead horse. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-up-the-screwing/641952/9 "2012-11-24T04:18:51Z")
You can lead a horticulture, but you can’t make her think. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-up-the-screwing/641952/10 "2012-11-24T04:28:30Z")
A fool and his money are soon partying. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-up-the-screwing/641952/11 "2012-11-24T05:18:30Z")
Necessity is the mother of strange bedfellows. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-up-the-screwing/641952/12 "2012-11-24T05:35:05Z")
That’s the way the cookie bounces. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-up-the-screwing/641952/13 "2012-11-24T07:06:12Z")
Yogi Berra once said, “90% of this game is half mental.” ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-up-the-screwing/641952/14 "2012-11-24T09:03:22Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Yogi Berra once said, “90% of this game is half mental.” He also said “I really didn’t say all those things I said”. Unless that was one of them. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-up-the-screwing/641952/15 "2012-11-24T11:07:44Z")
The early bird in the hand is worth getting two worms in the bush. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-up-the-screwing/641952/16 "2012-11-24T11:26:59Z")
Let he who is without moss cast the rolling stone. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-up-the-screwing/641952/17 "2012-11-24T13:56:05Z")
> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#): > > Six of one **half** , a dozen of the other. It’s not rocket surgery. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-up-the-screwing/641952/18 "2012-11-24T14:33:07Z")
Let those who live in glass houses cast the first stone. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-up-the-screwing/641952/19 "2012-11-24T14:34:17Z")
It’s not the heat; it’s the humility. ---
**Author:** ![Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-up-the-screwing/641952/20 "2012-11-24T14:55:30Z")
Oh, I don’t know if I’m pulling cats or herding teeth. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-up-the-screwing/641952.md?page=2)