# Worst adage, proverb **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 4, 2000, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adage-proverb/4816 "2000-03-04T01:42:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Pooch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dbc845/32.png) [@Pooch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pooch)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2000, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adage-proverb/4816/1 "2000-03-04T01:42:00Z")
or pithy words of limited wisdom to live by. “If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all.” This string of nonsense is the chalk on the blackboard of comebacks–an Okie-aphorism in which the user, a corn and pabulum fed intellectual slacker, presumes to be delivering a witty gag order because, alas, that is what he was told by his parents. You know who you are. The next time you insist on revealing your proximity to the missing link, just drop your pants and put a lamp shade on your head. And, remember this–fuck off. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2000, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adage-proverb/4816/2 "2000-03-04T01:50:00Z")
You know, Pooch, if you don’t have anything nice to say, you really shouldn’t say anything at all. ---
**Author:** ![Pooch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dbc845/32.png) [@Pooch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pooch)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2000, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adage-proverb/4816/3 "2000-03-04T02:16:00Z")
[http://members.aol.com/meathusker/smile/shrill.wav](http://members.aol.com/meathusker/smile/shrill.wav) ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2000, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adage-proverb/4816/4 "2000-03-04T02:23:00Z")
Slight tangent: I have always been irritated by conflicting proverbs: Many hands make light work, but too many cooks spoil the broth. He who hesitates is lost, but you should look before you leap. - Rick ---
**Author:** ![Crystalguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dbc845/32.png) [@Crystalguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crystalguy)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2000, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adage-proverb/4816/5 "2000-03-04T02:29:00Z")
Absence makes the heart grow fonder but out of sight, out of mind. ---
**Author:** ![Andy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aeb1de/32.png) [@Andy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2000, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adage-proverb/4816/6 "2000-03-04T02:35:00Z")
Everything in moderation, but, er, you can’t get enough of a good thing. ---
**Author:** ![WallyM7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5e925/32.png) [@WallyM7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WallyM7)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2000, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adage-proverb/4816/7 "2000-03-04T02:58:00Z")
People in stone houses shouldn’t throw glass. * * * Voted as: **The poster you’d most like to meet.** I demand a recount. ---
**Author:** ![Bluepony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Bluepony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bluepony)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2000, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adage-proverb/4816/8 "2000-03-04T03:03:00Z")
“Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear.” Boy, that’ll never make the Farmer’s Almanac. (snort) * * * _…send lawyers, guns, and money…_ ``` Warren Zevon ``` ---
**Author:** ![WallyM7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5e925/32.png) [@WallyM7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WallyM7)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2000, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adage-proverb/4816/9 "2000-03-04T03:12:00Z")
Blue, I got a parking ticket. Can you do something? The early bird gets the worm. What happens to the early worm? He gets eaten by the early bird. I need a vacation. * * * Voted as: **The poster you’d most like to meet.** I demand a recount. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2000, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adage-proverb/4816/10 "2000-03-04T03:30:00Z")
> [@](#): > > “The ends never justify the means.” Nothing ever justfies the means except the ends. Doofuses! They’re everywhere! > [@](#): > > “Knowledge is power” > > “Power corrupts.” If both of these crapola lines are true , the obvious conclusion comes straight off a button I own, to whit: > [@](#): > > “Study hard; be evil.” * * * It matters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose. ---
**Author:** ![Bluepony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Bluepony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bluepony)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2000, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adage-proverb/4816/11 "2000-03-04T04:20:00Z")
[QUOTE] Originally posted by WallyM7: \*\*Blue, I got a parking ticket. ## Can you do something? Sure Wally, if it’s made of good paper stock, I can make a nifty toy boat out of it. 😃 Regards, BP _To Protect and Serve (snicker)_ * * * _…send lawyers, guns, and money…_ ``` Warren Zevon ``` ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2000, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adage-proverb/4816/12 "2000-03-04T14:57:00Z")
A penny saved is **a fucking penny!** * * * You say “cheesy” like that’s a **BAD** thing. ---
**Author:** ![aseymayo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@aseymayo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aseymayo)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2000, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adage-proverb/4816/13 "2000-03-05T00:03:00Z")
“A little hard work never killed anybody.” Sure it has. I’m not fallin’ for that one. ---
**Author:** ![Andy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aeb1de/32.png) [@Andy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2000, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adage-proverb/4816/14 "2000-03-05T03:44:00Z")
It’s not the winning, it’s the taking part that’s important. So why do we keep the score then? ---
**Author:** ![WallyM7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5e925/32.png) [@WallyM7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WallyM7)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2000, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adage-proverb/4816/15 "2000-03-05T03:58:00Z")
The squeaky wheel gets the grease. Or gets replaced. You make the call. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2000, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adage-proverb/4816/16 "2000-03-05T04:05:00Z")
Rick complained of the aphorism: > [@](#): > > Many hands make light work But surely you were aware that this was the business slogan of the great Sioux electrician Many Hands? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2000, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adage-proverb/4816/17 "2000-03-05T04:31:00Z")
“Two wrongs don’t make a right.” Well, duh! ---
**Author:** ![Pooch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dbc845/32.png) [@Pooch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pooch)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2000, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adage-proverb/4816/18 "2000-03-05T04:45:00Z")
So you passionately present your case and Doofus looks you square in the eye and smirkingly says, “There are two sides to everything.” (fumbles with saftey lock) All good things come to those who wait. vs You snooze, you lose. ---
**Author:** ![Alphagene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Alphagene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alphagene)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2000, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adage-proverb/4816/19 "2000-03-05T04:47:00Z")
Peaceful honest people… * * * **Gypsy** : Tom, I don’t get you. **Tom Servo** : Nobody does. I’m the wind, baby. ---
**Author:** ![JBENZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b77776/32.png) [@JBENZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBENZ)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2000, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adage-proverb/4816/20 "2000-03-05T07:34:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by AuntiePam: > **"Two wrongs don’t make a right." Well, duh!** Ah…but 3 left turns do. * * * JB Lex Non Favet Delicatorum Votis [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adage-proverb/4816.md?page=2)