# The 'gems of wisdom' smashing game. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 16, 2002, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gems-of-wisdom-smashing-game/143133 "2002-12-16T18:48:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![robertliguori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@robertliguori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robertliguori)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gems-of-wisdom-smashing-game/143133/1 "2002-12-16T18:48:49Z")
Here are the rules: You take an aphorism (sp, no time to look it up), and disprove it. Extra credit points if you do so in the form of another aphorism. Example: “There are no atheists in a foxhole.” Counter: “There are no Christians in a brothel, and there are a damn sight more brothels than foxholes.” Who’s next? ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gems-of-wisdom-smashing-game/143133/2 "2002-12-16T18:56:03Z")
Example: Look before you leap. Counter: He who hesitates is lost. ---
**Author:** ![CRorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CRorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CRorex)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gems-of-wisdom-smashing-game/143133/3 "2002-12-16T19:41:37Z")
Example: That which does not kill you, makes you stronger. Counter: [http://www.theserialcaller.co.uk/files/www.TheSerialCaller.com\_BROWN\_SYRUP.mp3](http://www.theserialcaller.co.uk/files/www.TheSerialCaller.com_BROWN_SYRUP.mp3) I might not be getting this game. ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gems-of-wisdom-smashing-game/143133/4 "2002-12-17T10:51:04Z")
Example: Absence makes the heart grow fonder. Counter: Out of sight, out of mind. ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gems-of-wisdom-smashing-game/143133/5 "2002-12-17T13:02:15Z")
Example: A penny saved is a penny earned. Counter: The only things of certainty are Death and Taxes ---
**Author:** ![Jemidex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Jemidex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jemidex)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gems-of-wisdom-smashing-game/143133/6 "2002-12-17T13:08:28Z")
Time and tide wait for no man Counter: Haste makes waste ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gems-of-wisdom-smashing-game/143133/7 "2002-12-17T14:36:26Z")
“Many Hands make light work.” Counter: “Too many cooks spoil the broth.” ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gems-of-wisdom-smashing-game/143133/8 "2002-12-17T14:55:28Z")
“Good things come to those who wait.” Counter: “The early bird gets the worm.” ---
**Author:** ![Kn\_ckers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@Kn\_ckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kn_ckers)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gems-of-wisdom-smashing-game/143133/9 "2002-12-17T15:15:43Z")
“The grass is always greener on the other side” Counter: There’s no place like home. ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gems-of-wisdom-smashing-game/143133/10 "2002-12-17T15:45:15Z")
There’s no smoke without fire. Don’t judge a book by its cover. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gems-of-wisdom-smashing-game/143133/11 "2002-12-17T16:39:29Z")
“Great Minds Think Alike” Counter: “Fools seldom differ” ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gems-of-wisdom-smashing-game/143133/12 "2002-12-17T18:49:29Z")
“You can’t go home again.” Counter: Home is where, when you go there, they have to take you in. ---
**Author:** ![Soup\_du\_jour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Soup\_du\_jour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup_du_jour)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gems-of-wisdom-smashing-game/143133/13 "2002-12-17T19:54:02Z")
Or, **dwc1970** ’s could be… “Good things come to those who wait.” “Time and tide wait for no man.”