Take a simple common saying, and repeat it in such a was as other will have difficulty understanding it.
ie:
Posit: When the matriarch resides in a non-humorous state, the entirety of the household is similary emotionally challenged.
Posted by no. 6 (Member # 7753) on :
When Mom's unhappy, everyone's unhappy.
Gastronomically challenged in the first person.
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
(I have no idea what gastronomically means but I have played this game with song titles, and it is oh so amusing! Was especially with hip-hop and death metal song titles... hehe)
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
There's no accounting for taste.
Meteorology, though a common topic of conversation, is rarely the subject of practical action.
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
We can talk about the weather all day long, but we can't change it.
Missing items are invariably found in the ultimate location examined.
Posted by Edgehopper (Member # 1716) on :
It's always in the last place you look.
When pulling thread through fabric, do so with the proper speed, lest you multiply your efforts by ten.
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
A stitch in time saves nine. But I don't unerstand the "in the first person" part.
I'm processing a new one.
The pulchritude of this object is constituted in lacking any apparent function.
Posted by vonk (Member # 9027) on :
Form over function
The thing to which you refer will not happen except of course when the home of our Dark Lord, the Morning Star, becomes encrusted in the solid manifestation of the combination of that chemical that you breath to live and that chemical that is used to make certain kinds of highly destructive bombs.
Edit: because the H is H2O stands for hydrogen, not helium, as any idiot knows.
Also, I think that my interpretation of pooka's fits perfectly well thank you very much Lisa, and I don't care if I'm wrong
[ August 23, 2006, 11:29 AM: Message edited by: vonk ]
Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
When Hell freezes over. (though, I hope you don't have Hydrogen balloons at birthday parties... unless the kid's name is Hindenberg)
When initial efforts produce unsatisfactory results, it becomes necessary to adjust and repeat efforts until success can be achieved.
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
When hell freezes over.
And pooka's was "That's the beauty of it. It doesn't do anything". <grin>
The period commencing with either birth or conception, depending on ones convictions in that regard, and ending with cessation of all bodily functions or at the very least cessation of brain stem activity, can be compared to a female of genus canus, subsequent to which, all bodily functions do cease.
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
Oops. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
Life's a bitch and then you die.
The ability to condense one's vebiage into a minimum quantity of language units, commonly referred to as words and phrases, is the ephemeral essence residing deep within the core of linguistic expression of humorous design.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Should you find yourself unable to thrash your companions soundly, you might instead follow in their path.
Posted by vonk (Member # 9027) on :
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
The essence of life is that of a female dog, followed at some interval by the end of said life.
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
someone already did "life's a b*tch and then you die"
"Bordom begets mischief" (Mine is better than the original =P )
Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
Idle hands are the devil's plaything.
Avians of similar plummage congregate according to said similarity.
Posted by Seatarsprayan (Member # 7634) on :
Birds of a feather flock together.
Her hypothalamus will continue to produce high levels of endorphins until such time as her male parental unit removes the vehicle from her possession.
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
She'll have fun fun fun till her daddy takes the t-bird away.
When threatened or confused, ambulate in a consistant radius from a fixed point while vocalizing loudly.
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
When in danger or in doubt Run in circles; scream and shout.
Independent of your location, you may be found at that location.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
Wherever you go there you are?
The compatability of those 2 individuals is such that is could be likened unto pisum sativum and daucus carota.
Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
They go together like peas and carrots.
Propel, propel, propel your craft, lightly down the liquid solution. Ecstatically, ecstatically, ecstatically, ecstatically, existence is but a delusion.
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
Peas and carrots? I've never heard that. I've heard of two peas in a pod, but...
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
Lisa: Watch Forest Gump
Flying Cow: trying to figure yours out.
edit: row row row your boat gently down the stream, merrily merrily merrily merrily life is but a dream.
Failure to comply results in a less than desireable, for you, outcome.
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
Lisa: Only place I ever heard it was in Forrest Gump. But then, you instantly got my "Scream and Shout" one and I was afraid that was too obscure.
FC: Row Row Row Your boat gently down the stream, merrily merrily merrily merrily life is but a dream.
Said activity resembles driving a two wheeld personal conveyance.
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
Thats as easy as riding a bike.
It is contra-indicated to enumerate your poultry before they have breached their embryotic containment unit.
Posted by SenojRetep (Member # 8614) on :
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
The length of time prior to the disclosure of the veracity of any disputed article is of limited duration
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
quote:Originally posted by BlackBlade: Failure to comply results in a less than desireable, for you, outcome.
Resistence is futile?
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
The truth will out. Or time will tell.
Possession of a single avian has the same marginal utility as two of the same genus arborally situated.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
A bird in hand is worth two in a bush
----
Bestow upon me a discontinuity!
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
Gimme a break.
To venture with courage and fortitude into regions previously ventured into by any member of homo sapiens.
Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :
To boldly go where no man has gone before!
We come at last to the crux of the matter, for this is where the difficulty makes itself known.
Posted by Leonide (Member # 4157) on :
To Boldly go where no man has gone before.
We should therefore turn and meet the melody, aftewards proceeding to move in a rhythmic pattern together.
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
Wow. I'm doubly stumped.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
quote:Originally posted by starLisa: Wow. I'm doubly stumped.
I'm glad I am not the only one.
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
we should face the music and.... dance together???
I'm gonna go on anyway if no one has objections...
Given a millinial existance of the rule of the anglo-saxons over this and associated land, this time will be refered to by peoples of the future as their best.
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
Strike three, I'm out, but I'll add an easy one.
The son of the Greek bard said, "Sir, Posession of a bovine is not appropriate."
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
Bart Simpson says, "Don't have a cow, man."
And I'm triply stumped as well. Maybe it's a full day of programming that's dulled my mind.
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
quote:Originally posted by Leonide: To Boldly go where no man has gone before.
We should therefore turn and meet the melody, aftewards proceeding to move in a rhythmic pattern together.
I'd never heard of this.
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
"Gastronomically challenged in the first person." hungry i
"We come at last to the crux of the matter, for this is where the difficulty makes itself known." That's the beauty of it, it doesn't do anything. Now we get to the hard part.
[ August 23, 2006, 07:38 PM: Message edited by: aspectre ]
Posted by cmc (Member # 9549) on :
(oh my gosh my head hurts from reading this thread! ; ) )
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
I fail a 3rd time Pixiest, what is it?
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
quote: Given a millinial existance of the rule of the anglo-saxons over this and associated land, this time will be refered to by peoples of the future as their best.
is
quote: if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, 'This was their finest hour'
I tried to make it so that it wouldn't be really really really really easy and I guess I made it too hard.
Pix
Posted by Kasie H (Member # 2120) on :
In first person: That which inspires trembling and cowering is really the sole source of all trembling and cowering.
Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
We have nothing to fear but fear itself.
"Obscured or no longer within visual range, doesn't register on the consciousness", juxtaposed with the countervailing sentiment, "Ubiety in a differing locale engenders tenderness in the heart," leaves amorous adventurers with no useful advice.
It's two, two, TWO proverbs in one! Not sold in stores.
edit:adventures->adventurers
[ August 23, 2006, 08:52 PM: Message edited by: Morbo ]
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
"Out of sight out of mind", and "absence makes the heart grow fonder," leaves love in the lurch.
(Note: I had to invent the surrounding bits)
A rosy-coloured atmosphere when the local fiery ball of gas has disappeared over the horizon of the area makes ovis aries-watchers pleasant and fun to be with. A similar occurence after the local fiery ball of gas has just again become visible makes this same particular group of personnages apprehensive about the coming expanse of daylight.
Posted by Kasie H (Member # 2120) on :
Red sky at night, sailor's delight. Red sky at morning, sailors take warning.
Widely known verbiage uttered with a last breath.
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
(Shepherds actually, but sailors is also used in that saying.)
Posted by Kasie H (Member # 2120) on :
Huh, I never knew that. I learned lots of sayings from my grandfather, who served in the Pacific during WWII, so they're all Navy and/or ship-related. I won't share the in the name of possibly using them here Posted by skillery (Member # 6209) on :
quote:Widely known verbiage uttered with a last breath.
Deathbed confession?
The blancmange has resident substantiation.
Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
The proof is in the pudding.
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
quote:Widely known verbiage uttered with a last breath.
Famous last words.
The depression associated with the disvolving of a romantic relationship is less severe than the ennui originating from the lack of such emotional connections.
Posted by skillery (Member # 6209) on :
"It’s better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all."
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
The accurate inqusition is thus, whether to exist or to choose its lifeless opposite.
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
"to be or not to be"
a difficulty no greater than that of pastry
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
"Easy as pie." (Although I find it very difficult to make a good pie crust.)
A domesticated ungulate that reflects light at wavelengths other than those within one standard deviation of the mean.
Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
A horse of a different color
Your inability to discern the true essence of that which is comprised of such elements as foliated life forms of the sedentary variety is due to your unwavering focus on those very same elements to the exclusion of their existence in a greater context.
Posted by cmc (Member # 9549) on :
Can't see the forest for the trees...
*please someone else post a new one if i'm right, cause i'm not so good at putting different words into place to make it tricky... and i did try but they all seem too easy...*
Posted by Soara (Member # 6729) on :
You can't see the forest for the trees.
One can not enter into the state of campanionship with another being if one only eats a food item being composed mostly of a mix of a certain green leaf-shaped flora and a liquified topping of a variety of flavors. (from the Simpsons)
Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
You can't make friends with salad.
It is not in one's best interest to increase one's bipedal velocity while transporting a metallic item used chiefly for deconstruction of paper goods.
Posted by Soara (Member # 6729) on :
Don't run with sissors.
I am irritated to the point that I can no longer handle these reptiles engaging in a inappropriate sexual act with a matriarcle figure on board a airboune vehicle, also engaging in a similar sexual act.
(This is so much fun! )
Posted by Dr Strangelove (Member # 8331) on :
I've had it with these m*****f****** snakes on this m*****f****** plane!
Utilize your ocular sense before propelling yourself upward and forward.
Posted by Soara (Member # 6729) on :
Look before you leap.
The mechanical object meant for mobilizing large amounts of dirt on the opposite side of his thin sheet of transperant solidified material was very hefty in size.
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
Uh... bulldozer... dumptruck... glass... window... huh?
Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
The bulldozer outside his kitchen window was quite a big one. (had to look it up in my Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy... maybe try to stick to sayings and not obscure quotations?)
Individuals residing in domiciles constructed entirely of transparent sheets of fused sand would be well advised not to hurl bits of terra firma through the air.
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
Those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
While visiting a place with strange customs, such as the Etruscans might have, it behooves you to adopt those same customs.
Posted by Dr Strangelove (Member # 8331) on :
When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
You too are betraying me in this vile plot, betrayer-who-I-thought-was-friend?
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
Ummm...
Et tu, Brute?
Don't inspect the dental work of a donated equine.
Posted by Dr Strangelove (Member # 8331) on :
quote:Ummm...
Et tu, Brute?
Yeah, I couldn't really think of a good way to say Brute without ... you know .... saying Brute. Posted by SenojRetep (Member # 8614) on :
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
An increase in the size differential between an individual relative to the median size of some subgroup against which that individual may be judged, results in a commensurate increase in the eventual impact force of said individual when succumbing to the inevitable effects of gravity.
Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
Edit: The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
The frozen dairy beverage of mine made through use of a blender and often including tasty flavorings such as vanilla, chocolate, strawberry or other fruits affects young males of the species homo sapiens in such a way as to lure them to a large enclosed area often covered with grass.
Posted by Eduardo St. Elmo (Member # 9566) on :
FC: My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard.
the experience between being born and death is akin to a cardboard container holding small edible items that have been laboriously produced from beans.
Posted by Raventhief (Member # 9002) on :
Life is like a box of chocolates.
I am in favor of posteriors of larger than median space displacement and am in capable of verbally misleading on this topic.
Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
"I like big butts, I cannot lie" by Sir Mix-a-Lot
Your salvation is in peril assuming you implement an action, and even supposing you neglect to perform said action you are likewise doomed.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Darned if you do, and darned if you don't.
Having the ability to make decisions for others will rot your soul; having the ability to make all decisions for all people will cause your soul to shrivel into dust.
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Transporting an equine to a source of hydration can be accomplished. Forcing the aforementioned to quaff the liquid is an impossibility.
Posted by SenojRetep (Member # 8614) on :
You can bring<edit>lead</edit> a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
In exposition, one ought to eschew the more esoteric and tangential elements of description and, instead, embrace those that are demonstrably concise, oh ye of dramaticallly less than average intellect.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
K.I.S.S.
I have become aware that I am a writer of verse, while I had not been aware of this before. However, my lower extremities were aware of this fact, as is evidenced by their extreme physical dimensions.
Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
"I'm a poet and don't know it. But my feet surely show it." - Longfellows.
It would be disadvantageous of you to place one of your two bipedal transport surfaces onto a linear discontinuity in the surface upon which you enjoy mobility, lest the female from whose loins you emerged suffer damage to the skeletal structure surrounding and protecting her spinal cord.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
(FC, close enough.)
Step on a crack, break your mother's back.
Any person who fails to act in a timely manner will shortly need the assistance of Mapquest.
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
Move it or lose it.
A person of low intellect reveals said intellect by the endeavors upon which he bases his life.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Stupid is as stupid does.
The fact that, within 24 hours, the radiation generated by the fusion of hydrogen atoms into helium under the pressure of gravity will be detectable by those on the inward side of the earth is of sufficient certainty that one would be prudent to put the entirety of one's assets at risk regarding said fact.
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
Sure as night follows day.
Numeric entities communicate falsehoods while individuals known to utter falsehoods engage in calculations.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
I was actually going for a quote from Annie on that one.
Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
The Sun'll come out, tomorrow, bet your bottom dollar...
I don't know Lisa's.
The optimum outcome would be to refrain from verbalizing and be marked as possibly a person of the lowest order in the outmoded classification scheme (now subsumed in a revised hierarchy) of mental retardation, than to asseverate inchoate thoughts and confirm said low ranking as a certainty.
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
quote:Any person who fails to act in a timely manner will shortly need the assistance of Mapquest
Hesitate and your lost.
+
It is better to remain silent and thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.
finally mine.
The lack of sonic vibrations is equivalent to AU pigmentation.
Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
Silence is golden. (but duct tape is silver... heh)
The signed voucher of payment has been placed in the care of our government's messenger service.
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
starLisa:
Figures can't lie, but liars can figure...?
Better to keep your mouth shut and let everyone think you're stupid, than to open it and prove them right.
I apologize, but I have no wittiscism or comment.
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
Flying, the Check is in the Mail
If refuge passes through the entranceway, then one can expect a waste products exodus.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
(Scott: no; Dan: close.)
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
Garbage in, garbage out.
An avian held in the metacarpus is twice as valuable as one skulking about amidst the firs.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Failing to take the time to consider all your options will lead to squandering of precious resources.
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
haste makes waste.
Options exist in the field of feline taxedermy.
Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
You are creating a massive geological feature formed through the collision of tectonic plates and continental drift from the domicile of a grounddwelling mammal of the rodent family.
Posted by skillery (Member # 6209) on :
You're making a mountain out of a molehill.
a continuous body of salt water filled with long-tailed primates; the excrement of long-tailed primates
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
You're making a mountain out of a molehill.
It is likely wise to cultivate a healthy suspicion of visitors from Athens who bring overfull suitcases.
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
Man, I have no idea on those last two, rivka, skillery...
Posted by SenojRetep (Member # 8614) on :
Beware Greeks bearing Gifts
The ability to expand can only be bounded by the construct formed to expain the observable elements of the apparent surface against which all aerial objects are seen from the earth.
<edit>didn't see skillery's. Sounds something like the conjunction of "sea monkey;monkey sh*t" but I've never heard a phrase like that</edit>
Posted by skillery (Member # 6209) on :
The sky's the limit
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
OH! It's: Monkey see, monkey do.
Someone who has had their flesh used as a medium for taking dental impressions is likely to be somewhat unsociable on two occasions.
Posted by skillery (Member # 6209) on :
Once bitten, twice shy.
Two guys named Pedro consume a single large pulpy round fruit.
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
quote:Originally posted by Scott R: starLisa:
Figures can't lie, but liars can figure...?
Close. Figures lie and liars figure.
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater.
An instruction worth following which is related to an opposable digit on the metacarpus of a member of homo sapiens.
Posted by skillery (Member # 6209) on :
A good rule of thumb?
The point at which an eraser may be found in proximity to a passageway for vehicles.
[ August 24, 2006, 03:25 PM: Message edited by: skillery ]
Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
Where the rubber meets the road.
Regularly eating from the Tree of Knowledge wards off acolytes of Hippocrates.
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
A medieval royal entertainer and the economic results of his toil part company in a small amount of time.
Posted by skillery (Member # 6209) on :
A fool and his money are soon parted.
A relaxed respite for the residents of Hades.
Posted by Kasie H (Member # 2120) on :
A cold day in hell.
Posted by Kasie H (Member # 2120) on :
A stick filled with ink can destroy even the sharpest medieval weapon.
Posted by skillery (Member # 6209) on :
quote:Originally posted by Kasie H: A cold day in hell.
Not what I had in mind.
Posted by Kasie H (Member # 2120) on :
...but it works...
Posted by skillery (Member # 6209) on :
All hell breaks loose
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
The pen is mightier than the sword.
especially when.
Heck freezes over.
Monitoring a body of liquid as heat is applied to turn its phase into that of a gas guarantees that a violent phase change does not occur.
Posted by MandyM (Member # 8375) on :
Finally! I got some! I was feeling pretty stupid for a while. Skillery: When Hell freezes over. Kasie: The pen is mightier than the sword.
(This is too easy )It would be that the tureen hails the tea-making vessel as dark as ink.
Dang! I posted too slow! That last one stumped me.
Posted by skillery (Member # 6209) on :
A watched pot never boils.
Judgment-deficient individuals make haste to locale dreaded by ambulatory heavenly ministrants.
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
Mandy: It's the pot calling the kettle black. skillery: Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
A condition where the bony structure containing the neural network which processes information in organic creatures is located is duplicated is preferable to a condition in which it remains singular.
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
The Pot calling the kettle black
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
Items heavy with refractive and prismatic outter appearances are not, as a neccessity, AU.
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
All that glitters is not gold.
Posted by SenojRetep (Member # 8614) on :
Two heads are better than one All that glitters is not gold
One's habitual domicile is proximate, metaphorically speaking, with one's coronary tissue.
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
Home is where the heart is.
The arrival of the Catholic institution responsible for maintaining the coherence of its faith-based community is not anticipated by anyone.
Posted by MandyM (Member # 8375) on :
Home is where the heart is.
I will come back with anoter one in a minute.
Posted by skillery (Member # 6209) on :
Monte Python: "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!"
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
That is completely akin to the vessel describing the cauldron as having absolutely colorless attributes.
Posted by Kasie H (Member # 2120) on :
Didn't we just have "The pot calling the kettle black"?
Posted by MrSquicky (Member # 1802) on :
That's like the pot calling the kettle black.
Abilities of high magnitude carry with them corresponding obligations.
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
With great powers come great responsibilities.
The ultimate in noble titles belongs to none other than legal tender.
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
The king is owned by the crown???
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
Cash is king.
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
Ah...of course.
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
A single well-executed vector change merits reciprocation
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
[Nitpicks: AU = astronomical unit; Au = gold (aurum) The fruit on the Tree of Knowledge was no apple.]
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
One good turn deserves another.
Aesthetic appeal cannot be measured below the epidermis.
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
Beauty is only skin deep.
Boil down the emperor's stuff and give it to him.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
Beauty is skin deep?
What person had the gaul to supply freedom of movement to the previously encarcerated curs!?
Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :
Beauty is only skindeep.
Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :
quote:Boil down the emperor's stuff and give it to him.
Render to Caeser what is his?
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
yep...render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's.
Who let the dogs out?!
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
When one is already subterranean, do not displace soil upwards.
Posted by MrSquicky (Member # 1802) on :
Don't dig yourself any deeper.
A single expiration is to be lamented. A large number is a matter of mathematical abstraction.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
one person dying is a tragedy, a million deaths is just a statistic.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
When in possession of ovoids produced by Gallus gallus, it is advisable to distribute them among a number of receptacles.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
Dont put all your eggs in one basket.
You are too advanced in your chronological value, considering you find the decible range intolerable.
Posted by Soara (Member # 6729) on :
You're too old...since you don't like being old?
Myself and several others of the same species inhabit the same deep sea viewing device of a hue similiar to that of a banana.
Posted by skillery (Member # 6209) on :
We all live in a yellow submarine.
Refrain from separating the two-winged insect from that portion of the implement designed to be held.
Posted by skillery (Member # 6209) on :
BlackBlade: If it's too loud, you're too old!
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
Skill, don't fly off the handle.
The fortified entrance way which belongs to our nemisis is to be considered the lowest of the directions.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
The enemy's gate is down! *LAUGH*
The ripened ovary of Malus domestica lacks a tendency to be displaced a great distance from its parental woody plant.
Posted by MrSquicky (Member # 1802) on :
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
The effect of gravity on a thing is relatively determined by how many people require it.
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
The attractiveness of an object is proportional to the number of people who need it?
I am the purveyor of embryonic poultry. I am the Odobenus rosmarus. <insert gibberish here>
Posted by MrSquicky (Member # 1802) on :
Nope.
Posted by cmc (Member # 9549) on :
It makes me think something along the lines of supply and demand... But I can't get it...
Posted by MrSquicky (Member # 1802) on :
I messed around with the order a bit and made it indirect. Hint: It contains a relative form of the technical term for the effect of gravity on an object.
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
Something about critical mass? And Bob, I am the eggman, I am the walrus, goo-goo-ka-choo.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
The effect of gravity on an object is its weight.
Posted by MrSquicky (Member # 1802) on :
Nope, it's a verb and yes, it is weight or rather weigh.
It was most famously said by someone with pointy ears.
[ August 24, 2006, 11:34 PM: Message edited by: MrSquicky ]
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.
Waft lightly in the manner of lepidopteran; cause a sharp unpleasant sensation usually felt in some specific part of the body in the manner of Apis mellifera.
Posted by MrSquicky (Member # 1802) on :
That's it. Was that annoying or fun?
Posted by Sterling (Member # 8096) on :
The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.
Presently, and in an immediate fashion, forces related to Hindu/Buddhist notions of active reflexivity of moral action will take posession of you.
EDIT: D'oh! Beaten to the punch by Rivka. Um, float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by MrSquicky: That's it. Was that annoying or fun?
I haven't decided. Posted by MrSquicky (Member # 1802) on :
See, I like that sort of thing. I like the somewhat obscure, but still fair ones (and I think that one was fair), both in coming up with them and in solving them.
Instant Karma's gonna get you.
A surefit of culinary workers results in failure in luquid based sustenance.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Rules of conduct or action laid down by a governing authority are similar to rod-shaped portions of seasoned ground meat in a casing: Perhaps one might wish to avert one's eyes from the process.
Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
Making law is like making sausage -- it's better not to watch.
There does not exist a complimentary midday meal.
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
No such thing as a free lunch.
Every construction designed for pedestrian and vehicular traffic terminates at 41 54 N, 12 27 E.
Posted by suminonA (Member # 8757) on :
All roads lead to Rome.
The result of my reliable thought process is that I have the ability to engage in the activity specific to winged living organisms.
Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
nitpick reply:
quote:The fruit on the Tree of Knowledge was no apple.
No, it's not, but it's depicted enough that way in western art to conjure the image I needed for someone to figure out the clue. Which they did. Posted by MandyM (Member # 8375) on :
I forgot to read page 4 before replying. Silly me. Here is a new one even though suminonA has me stumped. I'm as free as a bird maybe?
The palanquin should not be placed in a position preceeding the equine animal which is known to pull such a device.
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
Mandy--Don't put the cart before the horse
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Morbo, you have the gist, but von Bismark is rolling in his grave over your phrasing.
FC, fair enough.
Anon: I believe I can fly.
If one is attempting to prevent their lower extremity from being displaced to their oral cavity, they are advised to seal said cavity.
Posted by skillery (Member # 6209) on :
suminonA: Maybe something from Peter Pan...if you believe, you can fly? Are we quoting from the Disney film, or the Broadway musical?
The ability to alter the audible frequency of a musical instrument having a manual keyboard negates the ability to consume canned seafood sandwiches.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
You can tune a piano, but you cannot tune a fish.
I'm still waiting on my last one.
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
You can tune a piano, but you can't tuna fish.
The precipation of molecules of dihydrogen oxide over parts of the Iberian peninsula most often occurs above areas characterized as non-mountainous.
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
The best way to avoid putting your foot in your mouth is to keep it shut.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Correct concept; incorrect phrasing.
The rain in Spain fails mainly on the plain.
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all?
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
You're getting colder. Think fortune cookie.
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
EDIT: I am going bonkers.
Posted by skillery (Member # 6209) on :
Open mouth; insert foot?
Posted by skillery (Member # 6209) on :
Confucius say: "man with big mouth beware of foot"
Posted by skillery (Member # 6209) on :
A closed mouth gathers no foot?
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
An oddysey of 1609 kilometers originates with but a unique movement of a foot being placed in front of another.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
skillery: Yup!
Dan: A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
When not prevaricating, two individuals are required; one to utter words or articulate sounds, and one to hear something with thoughtful attention.
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
It takes 2 to lie, one to lie and one to listen -- Homer Simpson
I am under the impression that the person I am addressing has absconded with my Swingline. (movie quote)
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
Heh. "I believe you have my stapler". Milton Waddams from Office Space.
Would you satisfy my curiosity as to the current location of the edible product derived from bovine muscular tissue?
Posted by MrSquicky (Member # 1802) on :
Where's the beef?
In order to control the others we'll create a solitary annulus
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
One ring to rule them all.
The period immediately prior to the rotation of the part of the planet on which you are standing into such a position that photons from the stellar entity around which that planet orbits are visible to you is the point at which fewest photons can, in fact, be perceived.
Posted by skillery (Member # 6209) on :
It's always darkest before the dawn.
exchanging ocular orbs
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
It's always darkest before the dawn
(I have "I believe you have my stapler" written on my Swingline at work.)
A leader with hornlike shapes on top of their head.
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
quote:Originally posted by The Pixiest: (I have "I believe you have my stapler" written on my Swingline at work.)
Ah, but is it red?
I had a stapler when I was doing accounts payable for Intel in Jerusalem, like 15 years ago. I loved that thing. It was big, and it was heavy, and it could probably have stapled through transparent aluminum. I gave serious thought to helping it escape when I left, but in the end, it felt too much like stealing. <sigh>
Posted by skillery (Member # 6209) on :
quote:Originally posted by The Pixiest: (I have "I believe you have my stapler" written on my Swingline at work.)
A leader with hornlike shapes on top of their head.
The Devil stole my stapler?
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
Skill--Making eyes at each other.
Traveling without shyness to uninhabited, pristine, destinations that have yet to know the touch a male human.
Posted by skillery (Member # 6209) on :
quote:Originally posted by Dan_raven: Skill--Making eyes at each other.
Nope
To boldly go where no man has gone before.
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
Boldly go was already used. I'm still trying to get the horny leader one.
Posted by skillery (Member # 6209) on :
Was Darth Maul horny?
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
Lisa: No, my swingline is black *cry*
I think my horny leader one is a bit difficult so I'll give a hint... it's a comic character
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
Hagar the Horrible
(This one is the reverse of the game, for its much easier than its saying):
Banking is not in your future.
[ August 25, 2006, 04:57 PM: Message edited by: Dan_raven ]
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
Not hagar the horrible. Horn-LIKE shapes.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by The Pixiest: It takes 2 to lie, one to lie and one to listen -- Homer Simpson
Nope. I suspect this one is based on the one I am quoting, but you neglected the rather important "not."
Posted by ludosti (Member # 1772) on :
quote:A leader with hornlike shapes on top of their head.
I keep thinking of Dilbert's pointy haired boss... Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
I like "A Pointy Haired Boss" as the answer.
A duo is required to move rythmically in Argentina
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
lusti is right =)
Posted by skillery (Member # 6209) on :
quote:Originally posted by me: exchanging ocular orbs
An eye for an eye
Posted by MrSquicky (Member # 1802) on :
quote:A duo is required to move rythmically in Argentina
It takes two to tango.
Pugilistically speaking, who would prove superior, Neil Armstrong or Og of the Clan of the Cave Bear?
Posted by skillery (Member # 6209) on :
Who's the better boxer, the first man on the moon, or the first man on earth??
Posted by MrSquicky (Member # 1802) on :
Not quite. I'm a little leery of that one, but I think there are enough fans of the show here to get it.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
*pouts* No one wants to try to get the correct answer for mine?
Posted by MrSquicky (Member # 1802) on :
It takes two to communicate honestly. One to talk and one to listen attentively?
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Closer. Think Walden.
Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
I don't know rivka's or Squick's.
The anticipatory descendant of the dinosaurs obtains the modern-day primordial ancestor to the aforementioned dinosaurs.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
Cold, rivka, except for chicken which is on the right track. The concept of "obtains" is in the original and not in your answer.
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
The early bird catches the worm.
A copper disk, stored, is well deserved.
Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :
A penny saved is a penny earned.
Posted by Joldo (Member # 6991) on :
quote: A duo is required to move rythmically in Argentina
It takes two to tango.
Acknowledgement of a diabolic entity.
Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
Give the devil his due. Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
"The anticipatory descendant of the dinosaurs obtains the modern-day primordial ancestor to the aforementioned dinosaurs."
Funny, I had never thought of birds and worms in this context. Kudos to Dan Raven and his mother-in-law for this fun thread game.
edit:also, what's a better way to obfuscate worms than "modern-day primordial ancestor to the aforementioned dinosaurs"? It's an odd phrase, indicating an existing ancestor to an ancient extinct genus.
[ August 26, 2006, 05:29 AM: Message edited by: Morbo ]
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
It is not possible to create a fancy, heated protein/albumen slurry without destroying the integrity of an indeterminate number of bio-containment vessels.
[ August 26, 2006, 07:46 AM: Message edited by: Bob_Scopatz ]
Posted by Raventhief (Member # 9002) on :
You can't make an omelet without breaking some eggs.
I am cognizant of the fact that I shall eventually locate the mental calm belonging to the speaker of this statement. (musical quote)
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
Morbo, try: ""The anticipatory descendant of the dinosaurs obtains the fish bait."
And I don't think anyone has translated:
"Banking is not in your future."
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
You're of no account? Or you'll never be of any account?
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
Raventhief... I know I'll finally find my peace of mind?
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
"A borrower nor lender be"
Posted by Raventhief (Member # 9002) on :
StarLisa: Wording's off but yes. "I know I shall find my own peace of mind" from Joseph
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
No one likes Thoreau, hmm? Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
Never read Walden.
Raventhief: I knew the phrase sounded familiar. "For I have been promised a land of my own".
Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
Rivka, we give up already. Spill.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
I said:
quote:When not prevaricating, two individuals are required; one to utter words or articulate sounds, and one to hear something with thoughtful attention.
Pixiest said:
quote:It takes 2 to lie, one to lie and one to listen -- Homer Simpson
Which I confirmed was quite close. It is actually:
quote:It takes two to speak truth; one to speak, and another to listen. -- Henry David Thoreau
Posted by Sterling (Member # 8096) on :
It's the slender threadlike outgrowth of the epidermis of the canine that dentally assaulted you.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Hair of the dog that bit you.
The measured or measurable period during which an action, process, or condition exists or continues is an instructor which is remarkable in its effectiveness; but it is a sad fact that all those whom it instructs it also deprives of life.
Posted by Raventhief (Member # 9002) on :
Time is the best teacher; unfortunately it kills all its students.
The one who would do his or her best to thwart, deride, and/or damage the one whom I would wish to thwart, deride, and/or damage is the one with whom I would willingly spend my free time.
Posted by suminonA (Member # 8757) on :
Time is a great teacher. Unfortunately, it kills all its pupils. (Louis-Hector Berlioz)
[Note: rivka, you got mine from the previous page ]
[edit: Raventhief: The enemy of my enemy is my friend.]
That which is considered the 4th dimension in modern Physics stands for that which is used as a trading tool in financial exchanges.
Posted by Flaming Toad on a Stick (Member # 9302) on :
Time is money. I don't know how to do this, so I'll just pass it on.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
(Don't make me explain that time is NOT the fourth dimension.)
The countenance you possess at the end of your second decade is due to a creative and controlling force of the universe; that which you possess at the end of your third decade is due to the sequence of physical and mental experiences that make up your existence. However, the countenance you possess at the end of your fifth decade is the one you are worthy, fit, or suitable for.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Did I kill it? Or did it die a natural death?
Posted by suminonA (Member # 8757) on :
quote:Originally posted by rivka: (Don't make me explain that time is NOT the fourth dimension.)
Please do.
A.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Simply put, if it were, it would be interchangeable with the other three (as they are with each other). It is patently not. It is also patently impossible to measure in the way we measure physical dimensions, or even to move in both directions along it.
Calling time a fourth dimension is useful when dealing with Einstein's equations, but it is an oversimplification, and has little physical reality.
Posted by suminonA (Member # 8757) on :
rivka, do you think that the theories that deal with 11 (or more!) dimensions require them to be "interchangeable" (in what you call “physical reality”)? I gave the “modern Physics” context *precisely* because I was thinking about Einstein’s mathematical form of his theory, where time IS (almost perfectly) interchangeable with the other three dimensions. There we can (and would) call it “fourth dimension” as you also admit. As for “going in both directions”, I must note that all physical laws (except the one of “ever increasing Enthalpy”) are *simmetrical* in relation with our beloved fourth dimension.
Simply put, I was talking in a specific context (not claiming a *perfect definition*) and it was promptly “decoded”, so it served its purpose.
But, back on topic:
quote:Originally posted by rivka: The countenance you possess at the end of your second decade is due to a creative and controlling force of the universe; that which you possess at the end of your third decade is due to the sequence of physical and mental experiences that make up your existence. However, the countenance you possess at the end of your fifth decade is the one you are worthy, fit, or suitable for.
I see in there “smile”, “love” and the stages (young/adult/old) of one’s life. But I can’t find the exact phrase. Can you give a hint or something?
A.
Posted by MrSquicky (Member # 1802) on :
This
quote:Pugilistically speaking, who would prove superior, Neil Armstrong or Og of the Clan of the Cave Bear?
was supposed to be "Who would win in a fight, an astronaut or a caveman?" which was one of my favorite running gags/teasers in any show (it was from Angel). I guess I should stick to more public domainy quotes.
quote:The countenance you possess at the end of your second decade is due to a creative and controlling force of the universe; that which you possess at the end of your third decade is due to the sequence of physical and mental experiences that make up your existence. However, the countenance you possess at the end of your fifth decade is the one you are worthy, fit, or suitable for.
The face you have at 20 comes from nature. That you have at 30 comes from life. That which you have at 50 is the one you earned.
If that's correct:
After one period of the planet's rotation, I will be cured of my inebriated condition. You, however, will remain aesthetically displeasing.
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
Tomorrow I'll be sober, but you'll still be ugly.
"Existance... Refrain from discussing with me the period of time between birth and death."
Posted by Raventhief (Member # 9002) on :
Life... don't talk to me about life. (The Hitchhikers' Guide)
It is necessary that the demonstration of talent and/or live depiction of a story continues unimpeded.
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
The show must go on.
The episodic entertainment of highest quality which is wholly lacking in actual existence bears the same name as the period in which installments of any given episodic entertainment are temporarily halted.
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
The commercials are better that the programs?
This one, while not quite a saying, may be (and was) useful:
"The electronic device used for ending REM and similar states was unable to fulfill its destiny, resulting in this individuals inablility to maintain its chronological mandates"
Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
Snooze bars make you late.
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
Close, "I'm late because my alarm clock is broken." Hey. My boss didn't buy it either.
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
And mine was "The best show that never was: Hiatus".
Posted by Sterling (Member # 8096) on :
Two to the fifth power and twenty-five frequencies of delivery, yet an absence of viewable matter.
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
32 and 25 channels, and nothing to watch? I don't get the numbers.
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
Five to the second power or thirty six to the one halfth power to two to the second power.
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
89 channels and nothing to watch.
ummmm. 96. I meant 96. I can add. honest.
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
The aforementioned male individual is insane similarly to a wild small reddish canine oft hunted with much ritual.
Posted by Sterling (Member # 8096) on :
32 (2 to the fifth power) + 25 = 57.
Hey, we were supposed to be obscure.
Crazy like a fox.
Retain antiquated cronies while manufacturing neo-comrades, as one has argentic properties while the other has auric ones.
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
Keep your old friends while making new ones because one is silver and the other gold? (I've never heard that saying)
I am required to retain dominance over the enclosed hand that will lead to the termination of those who annoy me. (From a widely read commercial comic)
Posted by Kasie H (Member # 2120) on :
(It's make new friends, but keep the old, one is silver and the other gold. It's a song.)
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
quote:Originally posted by starLisa: Five to the second power or thirty six to the one halfth power to two to the second power.
Hey, everyone skipped this one. Hint: It's the name of a song.
Posted by MrSquicky (Member # 1802) on :
quote:I am required to retain dominance over the enclosed hand that will lead to the termination of those who annoy me. (From a widely read commercial comic)
I must control my fist of death?
quote: Five to the second power or thirty six to the one halfth power to two to the second power.
25 or 6 to 4.
Unsoundness of mind is an ameliorative but not necessary part of employment in this location.
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
You have to be crazy to work here.
My anger is similar to the promised afterlife of those who have acted inappropriately during life, and I am no longer going to receive it into my possession.
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
I'm mad as "heck" and I ain't going to take it no more.
Harmonies contain the magical properties to send into meditative calm the upper abdomenal cavity that is least civilized.
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
squick: Close enough "Must.. Control.. Fist of Death"
Posted by MrSquicky (Member # 1802) on :
quote:Unsoundness of mind is an ameliorative but not necessary part of employment in this location.
You have to be crazy to work here.
Close, but not quite it.
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
You don't have to be crazy to work here, but it helps.
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
You don't have to be crazy to work here, but it helps.
Once happiness is attained, the flagilation ceases.
Posted by Sterling (Member # 8096) on :
Floggings will continue until morale improves.
Dan: "Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast?"
There exists a diabolic presence within the fine intricacies of the matter.
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
The devil is in the details.
A female denied expected romantic attachments is more prone to destructive violence than the Nordic goddess whom is queen of Niflheim.
ps. Sterling, correct sir.
Posted by skillery (Member # 6209) on :
Hel(l) hath no fury like a woman scorned.
The wiccan's child may be more averse to the current weather than to suckling.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by MrSquicky:
quote:The countenance you possess at the end of your second decade is due to a creative and controlling force of the universe; that which you possess at the end of your third decade is due to the sequence of physical and mental experiences that make up your existence. However, the countenance you possess at the end of your fifth decade is the one you are worthy, fit, or suitable for.
The face you have at 20 comes from nature. That you have at 30 comes from life. That which you have at 50 is the one you earned.
Close enough. It's actually:
quote:Nature gives you the face you have at twenty. Life shapes the face you have at thirty. But at fifty you get the face you deserve.
Said by Coco Chanel.
(Sorry, I should have mentioned that I was about to disappear for a week.)
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Hey, skil. A hint?
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
Colder than a Witch's Teat.
If you are able to confuse or misdirect me a single time than the dishonor is yours, yet if you were to misdirect or confound upon more than once instance, the dishonor falls to me.
Posted by DaisyMae (Member # 9722) on :
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
The thoroughfare that leads one to the netherworld bears a surface consisting of commendable ambitions.
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
What is the quantity of the hard, fibrous substance comprising most of the stem and branches of a tree or shrub that a stocky North American burrowing rodent would be able to throw, were such a creature capable of throwing such a substance?
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
At those times that the Magi come together in a body, the state of the atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness is frequently the topic of studious conversation. Because one or some indiscriminate number have the ability to detect if the current precipitation is of a frozen or room-temperature nature. However, should passerby query as to the future possibility of alteration in the current atmospheric state, simultaneously they chorus, "Atmospheric state is atmospheric state, regardless!"
Posted by skillery (Member # 6209) on :
Whatever the weather?
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
You have one correct word (well, two if we count "the").
Posted by hugh57 (Member # 5527) on :
quote:Originally posted by Sterling: Two to the fifth power and twenty-five frequencies of delivery, yet an absence of viewable matter.
"57 channels and nuthin' on" ---Bruce Springsteen
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
Whether the weather be cold Or whether the weather be hot Whatever the weather we'll weather the weather Whether we like it or not.
But it doesn't fit. Urk.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
No, it doesn't. But it's definitely on the right track. If no one figures it out by mid-morning (or whenever I manage to get on during work), I'll post it. It may be too obscure. Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
When the wise men gather together, they wisely speak of the weather. For any of them can see weather: whether it's rain, or whether it's snow. But if anyone asks them weather -- whether there will be change in the weather -- Then they all answer together, "Weather is weather, whether or no!"
(It's an old kids' song.)
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
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