# Silly game: Mangle an expression **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 23, 2011, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-game-mangle-an-expression/593731 "2011-08-23T01:43:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-game-mangle-an-expression/593731/1 "2011-08-23T01:43:33Z")
It would be nice if the expression is relatively well known, but don’t let its lack of recognizability limit you. Hell, make one up if you wish. Example: Stupidity means never having to say “I understand.” ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-game-mangle-an-expression/593731/2 "2011-08-23T01:55:00Z")
“Here’s looking at your kid” ---
**Author:** ![Yaxche](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8dc957/32.png) [@Yaxche](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yaxche)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-game-mangle-an-expression/593731/3 "2011-08-23T16:31:22Z")
We used to do this all the time when I was younger, intentionally mashing up to sayings that seem to fit together, but don’t actually make sense. Example: “Why don’t you take a dirt nap off a short pier” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-game-mangle-an-expression/593731/4 "2011-08-23T18:50:07Z")
Don’t put off to tomorrow what you can get somebody else to do today. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-game-mangle-an-expression/593731/5 "2011-08-23T19:00:54Z")
Lewd lips sink ships. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-game-mangle-an-expression/593731/6 "2011-08-23T22:34:03Z")
Does the Pope shit in the woods? I’m not as think as you drunk I am. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-game-mangle-an-expression/593731/7 "2011-08-23T22:54:12Z")
A fool and his gold weigh more than just the gold. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-game-mangle-an-expression/593731/8 "2011-08-23T23:06:24Z")
“Revenge is a dish best served with mashed potatoes” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-game-mangle-an-expression/593731/9 "2011-08-24T04:02:21Z")
A bird in the hand is worth $2.95 in the KFC. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-game-mangle-an-expression/593731/10 "2011-08-24T06:57:59Z")
If I said you had a beautiful body THEN would you bury it? ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-game-mangle-an-expression/593731/11 "2011-08-24T13:44:12Z")
A stopped clock never boils. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-game-mangle-an-expression/593731/12 "2011-08-25T18:54:36Z")
“Don’t count your chickens. Ever.” ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-game-mangle-an-expression/593731/13 "2011-08-26T12:56:24Z")
a watched boil never pops ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-game-mangle-an-expression/593731/14 "2011-08-26T13:30:34Z")
“I’d give my right arm to be ambidextrous.” ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-game-mangle-an-expression/593731/15 "2011-08-26T13:31:43Z")
“Two wrongs don’t make a right, but three lefts do.” ---
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-game-mangle-an-expression/593731/16 "2011-08-26T14:59:39Z")
Penis mightier than sword. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-game-mangle-an-expression/593731/17 "2011-08-26T20:19:03Z")
Early to rise and early to bed is boring as hell. ---
**Author:** ![Toffe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e19adc/32.png) [@Toffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toffe)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-game-mangle-an-expression/593731/18 "2011-08-26T23:33:19Z")
I think you might enjoy the mangled expressions of Jack Aubrey from the Aubrey-Maturin series by Patrick O’Brian, many of which are collected [here](http://www.hmssurprise.org/Resources/Aubreyisms.html): Some examples: ‘But a bird in the hand is worth any amount of beating about the bush, don’t you agree?’ -‘… they have chosen their cake, and must lie in it.’ -‘You mean, they cannot have their bed and eat it.’ -‘No, no, it is not quite that, neither. I mean – I wish you would not confuse my mind, Stephen.’ “beating two birds with one bush” “a bird in the hand waits for no man” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-game-mangle-an-expression/593731/19 "2011-08-27T00:23:50Z")
Houseguests are like fish: Delicious with lemon and butter. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-game-mangle-an-expression/593731/20 "2011-08-27T18:01:16Z")
[QUOTE=Stephen King] I have the heart of a ten year old. I keep it in a jar on my desk. [/QUOTE] same [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-game-mangle-an-expression/593731.md?page=2)