# That ship has sailed **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 30, 2024, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-ship-has-sailed/996861 "2024-01-30T12:00:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-ship-has-sailed/996861/21 "2024-01-31T00:07:09Z")
She broke through the glass ceiling with the three-inch spike heel of her shoe. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-ship-has-sailed/996861/22 "2024-01-31T02:35:27Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > She broke through the glass ceiling ; > with the three-inch spike heel of her shoe; applying a violent clockwise twist ensuring the break was irreparable. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-ship-has-sailed/996861/23 "2024-01-31T12:33:14Z")
She broke through the glass ceiling with the three-inch spike heel of her shoe applying a violent clockwise twist ensuring the break was irreparable and limped over to Nordstrom for a new pair _Next:_ Your really opened up a can of worms ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-ship-has-sailed/996861/24 "2024-01-31T13:47:22Z")
You really opened up a can of worms, but at least they are Red Wigglers, the Cadillac of worms ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-ship-has-sailed/996861/25 "2024-01-31T22:11:28Z")
You really opened a can of worms, but at least they are Red Wigglers, the Cadillac of worms, and the fishing this year has been spectacular. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-ship-has-sailed/996861/26 "2024-02-22T21:58:56Z")
Over in one of The BBQ Pit threads, I posted this line: > Not only is every word of that, including _but_ and _and_ , a lie, so is every punctuation mark. That’s a jump straight to the emphatic line, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Hurrilon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9adbd/32.png) [@Hurrilon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hurrilon)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2024, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-ship-has-sailed/996861/27 "2024-02-24T03:42:55Z")
You really opened a can of worms, but at least they are Red Wigglers, the Cadillac of worms, and the fishing this year has been spectacular, especially for the grizzly bears. ---
**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:** [April 29, 2024, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-ship-has-sailed/996861/28 "2024-04-29T21:09:53Z")
> [@Hurrilon](#): > > You really opened a can of worms, but at least they are Red Wigglers, the Cadillac of worms, and the fishing this year has been spectacular, especially for the grizzly bears. . . who have become TikTok influencers and encouraged millions of teens to try eating worms. A bird in the hand. . . ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2024, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-ship-has-sailed/996861/29 "2024-04-30T02:53:39Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > A bird in the hand. . . Is worth two in the bush, Two in the bush is worth… ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2024, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-ship-has-sailed/996861/30 "2024-04-30T11:05:55Z")
> [@](#): > > A bird in the hand. . . Is worth two in the bush, Two in the bush is worth three in the House of Reps. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2024, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-ship-has-sailed/996861/31 "2024-04-30T15:20:49Z")
> [@](#): > > A bird in the hand. . . Is worth two in the bush, Two in the bush is worth three in the House of Reps. but fruit flies like a banana. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2024, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-ship-has-sailed/996861/32 "2024-09-15T06:00:28Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Let’s take a saying such as the one in this thread’s title and make it emphatic, more emphatic, and most emphatic, in that order. Please let someone else post the next level after you post one before you post . The addition to the saying must be related to the saying. For example: > > > Original saying: That ship has sailed. > > > > Emphatic: That ship has sailed and dropped anchor at destination. > > > > More emphatic: That ship has sailed, dropped anchor at destination, and the passengers disembarked. > > > > Most emphatic: That ship has sailed, dropped anchor at destination, the passengers disemparked, and the entire crew deserted. > > Not only am I looking forward to the “next level” additions from the Teeming Millionstm, I’m looking forward to seeing what old sayings (or even new ones) said TM’s posts. > Most realistic: That ship has sailed, then capsized, gone over a waterfall, and crashed on the rocks > And then the rocks got cancer — Attributed to slacker superheroine Wonderella [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-ship-has-sailed/996861.md?page=1)