# 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:** 2
**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, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adage-proverb/4816/21 "2000-03-05T07:43:00Z")
Annnd…if it’s always darkest just before dawn, how does the early bird FIND the friggin’ worm? Does he have landing lites? Does he get his batteries from the pink bunny? What’s the worm doing up at that hour anyway? Was he watching “The Good Earth” on AMC at 3 AM? Is that really an early bird or a night owl working late? If you got up earlier than the bird would YOU get the worm? Would you want to? What could you do with a worm in the morning anyway? Make an omelette? Would it smell like…victory? * * * JB Lex Non Favet Delicatorum Votis ---
**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, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adage-proverb/4816/22 "2000-03-05T10:21:00Z")
Go ahead, walk up to me while I’m reading a book jacket in the book store and say, “You can’t judge a book by its cover.” Please, make my day. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2000, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adage-proverb/4816/23 "2000-03-05T10:27:00Z")
1. The Truth shall set you Free. --Jesus 2. Ignorance is Bliss. --??? 3. Nothing is true [i.e., permanent, reliable] for even the gods change. --Plato * * * Therefore, the truth shall not set us free, but that’s okay, 'cos wouldn’t you rather be happy than free? * * * I’m a member of the _Monarchist_ political party. ---
**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, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adage-proverb/4816/24 "2000-03-05T10:45:00Z")
“Seeing is believing, yet some thing’s aren’t what they seem,” he said while dropping his pants. “That’s true,” she said, putting a lamp shade on her head. “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” she added, throwing caution to the wind. ---
**Author:** ![OliverTwistofLime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b487fb/32.png) [@OliverTwistofLime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OliverTwistofLime)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2000, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adage-proverb/4816/25 "2000-03-05T10:59:00Z")
How about this little incongruity?: _You can’t teach an old dog new tricks__It’s never too late to learn_ * * * Anger is just one letter short of Danger Eleanor Roosevelt ---
**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2000, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adage-proverb/4816/26 "2000-03-06T07:31:00Z")
The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. * * * Virtually yours, DrMatrix These words are mine and they are true - Chief Meninock ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2000, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adage-proverb/4816/27 "2000-03-06T08:10:00Z")
What you don’t know can’t hurt you. So if I don’t know there’s poison in my soda here, well ummm… yeah. ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2000, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adage-proverb/4816/28 "2000-03-06T15:40:00Z")
There’s nothing new under the sun, but there is a first time for everything. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2000, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adage-proverb/4816/29 "2000-03-06T16:40:00Z")
Outside of a dog a book is a man’s best friend, inside of a dog it’s too dark to read. And hey pooch I’m a fucking okie… * * * Yours truly, aha ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2000, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adage-proverb/4816/30 "2000-03-06T17:41:00Z")
This topic reminds me of a classic post by TennHippie in a thread about mixed metaphors. > [@](#): > > The squeaky wheel gets the elbow grease; oil and water flock together. A rose by any other name smells after 3 days; stop to consider the lillies; seize the daisies. If the shoe fits, it is on the other foot. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single foot in the mouth. Glass houses make good neighbors. You’ll be laughing out of the other side of next week. One man’s mate is another man’s bison. You can’t tell a book by its feathers. A bird in the hand is the Devil’s workshop; it is the goose that laid the bad apple. If wishes were horses, beggars would eat like French kings. If a tree falls on a mime, does it make a sound? The cat is out of the wet paper bag. There is honey and vinegar in the fly ointment. The ox is slow, but the sword is a plowshare. Guns or butterflies are free to fly into the flame. Misery loves strange bedfellows. She doesn’t know her ass from a hole in her head. ---
**Author:** ![yamo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e19b73/32.png) [@yamo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yamo1)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2000, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adage-proverb/4816/31 "2000-03-06T19:36:00Z")
Regret comes only when it’s too late. hate that one. ---
**Author:** ![OldBroad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@OldBroad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldBroad)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2000, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adage-proverb/4816/32 "2000-03-06T19:54:00Z")
Had a very droll boss once who used to say things like: “It’s always darkest…just before the bottom drops out” ## “In front of every silver lining theres a biiiiiig black cloud” * * * **SDMB’s oldest living female!** Acclaimed author of: _No Bad Brontosauri 365 Ways to Cook Sabertooth Tiger The Complete Idiot’s Guide to the Wheel_ ---
**Author:** ![plank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@plank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plank)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adage-proverb/4816/33 "2000-03-18T22:45:00Z")
Worth quoting again: > [@](#): > > The squeaky wheel gets the elbow grease; oil and water flock together. A rose by any other name smells after 3 days; stop to consider the lillies; seize the daisies. If the shoe fits, it is on the other foot. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single foot in the mouth. Glass houses make good neighbors. You’ll be laughing out of the other side of next week. One man’s mate is another man’s bison. You can’t tell a book by its feathers. A bird in the hand is the Devil’s workshop; it is the goose that laid the bad apple. If wishes were horses, beggars would eat like French kings. If a tree falls on a mime, does it make a sound? The cat is out of the wet paper bag. There is honey and vinegar in the fly ointment. The ox is slow, but the sword is a plowshare. Guns or butterflies are free to fly into the flame. Misery loves strange bedfellows. She doesn’t know her ass from a hole in her head. Doesn’t this read like the kind of message James Bond might receive? ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adage-proverb/4816/34 "2000-03-18T23:22:00Z")
## A penny saved is a fucking penny! ## Sealemon Ilove that! ## If a tree falls on a mime, does it make a sound? Uncs-stoppit I gotta draw breath man! If you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone-how do you know you had it? ---
**Author:** ![Kiki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kiki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiki)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2000, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adage-proverb/4816/35 "2000-03-19T01:15:00Z")
It’s doesn’t matter whether you win or lose, it’s how you play the game. Yeah, if you would have played **better** , we would’ve fuckin won. I’m just too damn competitive for this shit! * * * That John Denver’s full of shit man! ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2000, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adage-proverb/4816/36 "2000-03-20T04:22:00Z")
“You catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar.” Well, yeah, but who wants to catch **flies**??? ---
**Author:** ![SingleDad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@SingleDad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SingleDad)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2000, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adage-proverb/4816/37 "2000-03-20T04:30:00Z")
The light at the end of the tunnel may just be an oncoming train… ---
**Author:** ![Nickrz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@Nickrz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nickrz)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2000, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adage-proverb/4816/38 "2000-03-20T04:58:00Z")
“If at first you don’t succeed, try MPSIMS.” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2000, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adage-proverb/4816/39 "2000-03-20T05:03:00Z")
Pretty is as pretty does… Beauty is only skin deep… Oh, yeah, it’s a little off topic, but I freaking **hate** sports metaphors. * * * “Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no substitute for a good blaster at your side.” — Han Solo ---
**Author:** ![billehunt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c37758/32.png) [@billehunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billehunt)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2000, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-adage-proverb/4816/40 "2000-03-20T05:20:00Z")
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