NationStates Jolt Archive


Your favorite screwed up sayings

Legless Pirates
23-11-2004, 16:21
Better one bird in your hand, than no hand
The Imperial Navy
23-11-2004, 16:22
It's better to have loved and lost than have never loved a llama.
Sdaeriji
23-11-2004, 16:25
If it wasn't for my horse, I wouldn't have spent that year in college.
Torching Witches
23-11-2004, 16:25
Ah, an opportunity for some Ronglish!

"It was half a dozen of one and half a dozen of the other."
The Imperial Navy
23-11-2004, 16:26
Two rights make a wrong.

Money makes the world go upside down.

Monkeys can buy you love.
Iansisle
23-11-2004, 16:27
"If you give a man fire, he will be warm for a night. If you set a man on fire, he will be warm for the rest of his life."
Legless Pirates
23-11-2004, 16:28
Duct tape is like The Force. It has a light side and a dark side, and somehow holds everything in the universe together.
The Imperial Navy
23-11-2004, 16:29
A dog is for dinner, not just for christmas.
Kellarly
23-11-2004, 16:29
A dog is for dinner, not just for christmas.

"Dogs don't kill people, rabbits do"
Jeldred
23-11-2004, 16:30
"It is easier for a rich man to pass through the eye of a needle than it is for a camel to."
The Imperial Navy
23-11-2004, 16:31
Share or shaft alike.
Torching Witches
23-11-2004, 16:32
There is no spoon. (actually subliminal advertising for Batchelor's Cup-A-Soups)
Torching Witches
23-11-2004, 16:33
Share or shaft alike.

I just have one word to make this even more amusing to "Have I Got News For You" fans:

Kilroy.
Iansisle
23-11-2004, 16:33
Two rights make a wrong.

"Two wrongs won't make a right, but three lefts will."
The Imperial Navy
23-11-2004, 16:33
Monkeys and trasdimensional accelerators don't mix.
The Imperial Navy
23-11-2004, 16:34
I just have one word to make this even more amusing to "Have I Got News For You" fans:

Kilroy.

where do you think I got the quote from? Probably one of the funniest things they've had.
Demented Hamsters
23-11-2004, 16:35
"It is easier for a rich man to pass through the eye of a needle than it is for a camel to."
"It is easier for a man to pass through a camel than through the eye of a camel."

It's better to have loved and lost than have never loved a llama.

"It's better to have loved and lost. Much better."
NSZA
23-11-2004, 16:36
You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink.
Torching Witches
23-11-2004, 16:37
Too many cooks bankrupt the restaurant.

Here's a famous British saying:

"Your attention please. We are sorry that the ... to ... is delayed by approximately ... minutes. ... ... Trains apologise for this delay and any inconvenience it may cause you."
Demented Hamsters
23-11-2004, 16:37
You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink.
"You can lead a whore to culture but you cannot make her think."

(free cookie for the poster who knows who said that)
Kellarly
23-11-2004, 16:38
You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink.

You can lead Edgar Allen Poe to a whiskey bottle and you can bet your last penny he will drink.
NSZA
23-11-2004, 16:39
"You can lead a whore to culture but you cannot make her think."

(free cookie for the poster who knows who said that)

A pimp?
NSZA
23-11-2004, 16:40
You can lead Edgar Allen Poe to a whiskey bottle and you can bet your last penny he will drink.

Meh that fool had it coming
The fairy tinkerbelly
23-11-2004, 16:40
"You can lead a whore to culture but you cannot make her think."

(free cookie for the poster who knows who said that)Dorothy Parker
Torching Witches
23-11-2004, 16:41
where do you think I got the quote from? Probably one of the funniest things they've had.

And they play it every week. Sorry, didn't realise you were British.

From my very own region of Europe:

The Constitutional Monarchy of Kilroy-Silk (http://www.nationstates.net/cgi-bin/index.cgi/54216/page=display_nation/nation=kilroy-silk)
Kellarly
23-11-2004, 16:41
Meh that fool had it coming

damn straight, i originally wrote charles kennedy, but he's off it now apparently...
The Imperial Navy
23-11-2004, 16:41
A pigeon shitting in the pocket is better than one shitting on your head.
The Imperial Navy
23-11-2004, 16:43
Better one bird in your hand, than no hand

A bird in the hand, shits on the hand.
Torching Witches
23-11-2004, 16:43
People who live in glass houses have large heating bills.
The Imperial Navy
23-11-2004, 16:45
Burn a witch, become cursed.

A stitch in lime, causes ryme.
Torching Witches
23-11-2004, 16:47
Shaun of the Dead:

Remember, there's no I in team, but there is one in pie. Meat pie, that is. Because meat is an anagram of team, oh I don't know what he meant.
Squi
23-11-2004, 16:49
People who live in stone houses shouldn't throw glasses.
Dobbs Town
23-11-2004, 16:51
'Peed Skills!'

-Fat Freddy, The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers.
The Imperial Navy
23-11-2004, 16:51
Pirates who are legless are not welcome at ass-kicking parties.
Demented Hamsters
23-11-2004, 16:53
Dorothy Parker
free cookie heading your way!

The quotes about Poe and whisky reminded me about a headline Viz used once about Keith Chegwin (and his battle with the bottle):
"Cheggers can't be boozers"
The fairy tinkerbelly
23-11-2004, 16:54
free cookie heading your way!

yay!
Torching Witches
23-11-2004, 16:55
people who live in public houses shouldn't throw up.
Legless Pirates
23-11-2004, 17:00
On the ship of the legless, the one-legger pirate is captain

Two beer or not two beer
Kellarly
23-11-2004, 17:00
People in glass houses should only shower if they look like the women in FHM Top 100
The God King Eru-sama
23-11-2004, 17:04
"For all intensive purposes ..."
Legless Pirates
23-11-2004, 17:05
People in glass houses should only shower if they look like the women in FHM Top 100
hahaha.... do you have a link? lol
Battery Charger
23-11-2004, 17:05
“Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.”

-- Douglas Adams
Legless Pirates
23-11-2004, 17:12
"A mantis has got to do, what a mantis has got to do" - Zorak
Virginian States
23-11-2004, 19:57
If you don't attend people's funerals, they won't attend yours.
Battery Charger
23-11-2004, 20:08
The difference between intelligence and stupidity is that intelligence
has its limits.
East Canuck
23-11-2004, 20:27
Do unto other then split.
Powerhungry Chipmunks
23-11-2004, 21:02
"Don't judge a man until you've walked a mile in his shoes--because then you have his shoes, and you're a mile away."
The Tribes Of Longton
23-11-2004, 21:34
Its a game of two halves

If they hadn't scored three more goals than us, we would have won

*signpost near me* reduce pee now

*and close by, on the bottom of a 20mph sign* pee kills

"Sit on it and swivel"
"Fine, but all that will achieve would be to get me aroused and brown your finger"
The Imperial Navy
24-11-2004, 10:22
Take and you will recieve.

Don't put all your grenades into one basket-somone may pull the pin out.
Torching Witches
24-11-2004, 10:25
Don't count your hatches before your chickens.
The Imperial Navy
24-11-2004, 10:28
Let them eat snake.
Torching Witches
24-11-2004, 11:10
Mirror, signal and hoover.
The Imperial Navy
24-11-2004, 11:28
You get everything for nothing in this world.
Sdaeriji
24-11-2004, 11:30
A vote for Bob Dole is a vote for erect penis.
Torching Witches
24-11-2004, 11:33
If the wind changes, you'll have to sit the other side of me.
The Imperial Navy
24-11-2004, 11:34
Every dog has his teeth.
Torching Witches
24-11-2004, 11:37
I liked the Simon Drew picture: Daft as a Bush.


Don't bite your screws!
The Imperial Navy
24-11-2004, 11:39
-Melded from Got milk?-

Got clinton? (Cue image of monica with white line on her lips...) :D
Legless Pirates
24-11-2004, 11:41
Better one vagina in your hand, than the air of ten
Torching Witches
24-11-2004, 11:42
Bob's your cross-dressing uncle.

Show me a feminist and I'll show her a pornographic magazine.
The Imperial Navy
24-11-2004, 11:44
You show me mine, and i'll show you yours.

Whatever tickles your perverbial pickle.
Torching Witches
24-11-2004, 11:44
Ooh, it made the hare stand up on the back of my neck.
Torching Witches
24-11-2004, 11:45
I'll just wet my missal.
The Imperial Navy
24-11-2004, 11:45
As clever as a duck.

what do you get if you cross a fox with a duck? A flock of Fucks. :D
Torching Witches
24-11-2004, 11:47
As short as two thick planks.
Ruaritania
24-11-2004, 12:00
I thought it was "wet my whistle" ?....

personal favourite- any stout drinker should know this one :
Make like a pint and head
Torching Witches
24-11-2004, 12:03
I thought it was "wet my whistle" ?....

personal favourite- any stout drinker should know this one :
Make like a pint and head

Yeah, that was the point.

Make like a tree and bark.
Make like a banana and shake.
Greedy Pig
24-11-2004, 13:05
Women who thinks "Gaining a man's love is through his stomach" is aiming too high.
The Imperial Navy
24-11-2004, 13:46
Just a little harmful fun... heh heh heh.
Torching Witches
24-11-2004, 14:02
Learn Ronglish (http://www.starvingrascal.com/features-ronglish.htm)
Jeruselem
24-11-2004, 14:51
"In God we trust" because we really need his help.
The Imperial Navy
24-11-2004, 14:52
A watched pot never boils because you are supposed to turn it on stupid.
Legless Pirates
24-11-2004, 14:54
The pot calling the grass green
Torching Witches
24-11-2004, 15:27
"In God we trust" because we really need his help.

They put "In God we trust" on the back of lots of buses in Tanzania. And it's true! You wouldn't trust the bloody driver, the way they drive.
Torching Witches
24-11-2004, 15:28
Sticks and stones may break my bones but I can sue your sorry arse.
Bootlickers
24-11-2004, 15:50
Iran has New Clear weapons.