# Word Game: The primrose path of least resistance **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 2, 2014, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676 "2014-03-02T16:12:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2014, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676/21 "2014-03-04T15:16:33Z")
There’s a sucker, born-again, every minute. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676/22 "2014-03-05T01:10:30Z")
It’s five o’ clock somewhere over the rainbow. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2014, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676/23 "2014-03-05T04:20:52Z")
Oh, Auntie Em, there’s no place like home for the holidays! ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676/24 "2014-03-05T06:11:36Z")
Wherever I lay my hat, that’s my home, home on the range ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676/25 "2014-03-05T13:13:32Z")
Make hay while the sun also rises ---
**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:** [March 5, 2014, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676/26 "2014-03-05T14:49:34Z")
Do not ask what your country can do for you, it tolls for thee! ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676/27 "2014-03-05T17:31:41Z")
The only thing we have to fear is the mindkiller. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2014, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676/28 "2014-03-05T18:07:26Z")
Diamonds and Rust Never Sleep. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676/29 "2014-03-05T21:47:53Z")
Never let the sun go down on an…argument? Oh I’m sorry, but this is abuse. You want room 12A, just along the corridor. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676/30 "2014-03-05T21:54:53Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Diamonds and Rust Never Sleep. Ha ha, Out of the blue, and into the black and blue. Or, Out of the blue, and into the great wide open. ``` *** ``` Also, Call of the wild blue yonder. Let it go overboard. Easy come, easy does it. Money talks, bullshit walks like an Egyptian? ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676/31 "2014-03-05T22:02:38Z")
Live and let bygones be bygones. Once bitten, twice on the pipes. (if the answer is noooo…) Tell me something good golly, Miss Molly. Two’s company, three is the number thou shalt count. ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676/32 "2014-03-05T22:19:44Z")
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may comes in like a lion, and out like a lamb. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2014, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676/33 "2014-03-05T22:53:26Z")
And now for something in the way she moves… ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676/34 "2014-03-05T23:09:08Z")
> [@Vita\_Beata](#): > > Gather ye rosebuds while ye may comes in like a lion, and out like a lamb. Nevermind this one … months mixed up +:smack: :o Gather ye rosebuds while ye maypole. …_flees in embarassment._… ---
**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:** [March 5, 2014, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676/35 "2014-03-05T23:33:14Z")
Looking at the world through rose gardens ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676/36 "2014-03-05T23:43:41Z")
Roses are red, violets are blue moon of Kentucky, keep on shining ---
**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:** [March 6, 2014, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676/37 "2014-03-06T02:59:42Z")
Faster than a speeding ticket ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2014, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676/38 "2014-03-06T08:40:23Z")
March hare apparent. Stairway to heaven can wait. If it fits, you must acquit yer bellyachin’. What’s good for the goose, is good for the thing that ails you. On top of Old Smokey The Bear. (P.S. Don’t be silly, **Vita Beata** , we know what you meant!) ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2014, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676/39 "2014-03-06T13:47:56Z")
Thanks, Brujaja. Chicken fried steak through the heart ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2014, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676/40 "2014-03-06T14:34:55Z")
Question for **brujaja** : Do you remember any _keyword_ we could search for in that old thread where we got into this sort of wordplay? It’s been _years_ since that thread was active and I can’t recall a sinlgle post word-for-word, but we had a few instances where at least four phrases or expressions were fused together like these. I’d love to review those things if we could find them. I’d also like to know who all contributed to that thread. Any help there, anybody? Some great work here, people! With no more to go on but the one example in the OP, this has blossomed into some fun stuff!! Keep 'em coming! Add twists and wrinkles to suit your own tastes and inspirations. Does the old song “Send me the pillow that you dream on” encourage anything like “Send me the pillar of salt”? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676.md?page=3)