Stupid Sayings

StrangerInAStrangeLand said:
The exception proves the rule.


Once upon a time this made sense. What it meant was the exception tests the rule. People repeat this now meaning the exception shows the rule is true/accurate/good which is absurd.

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Like i before c except after e

Not checked but heard on QI there are more words with c before i before e

Coffee time

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Michael 345 said:
A fool and his money are soon parted

Question - is this trickle down foolishness?

The fool at the top (though I am unclear how you define the top fool) has to be given the money, (by a higher fool???) or how else does he/she get money to start with?

From this high point the money trickles out to other fools. Somewhat like champagne in a pyramid of glasses

Only stops when the money (champagne) runs out

Homework for anybody - Who puts (or how does) the money (champagne) get back to the top?

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If it was so easy it would not be foolish.
"Give and you shall receive " George Best (attr.)
 
"And now, a man who needs no introduction".............................

Just once
I'd like to hear someone say only that, then turn smartly to his/her right and walk off the stage.
 
sculptor said:
"And now, a man who needs no introduction".............................

Just once
I'd like to hear someone say only that, then turn smartly to his/her right and walk off the stage.
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Reminds me of another old joke: " He doesn't know the meaning of the word 'quit'. He doesn't know the meaning of the word 'fail'. He doesn't know the meaning of a lot of words...."
 
"We'll cross that bridge when we come to it."
This usually means, don't plan ahead for contingencies.
The people who said that are still on this side of the collapsed bridge, while the ones who didn't heed them brought inflatable rafts and paddled across.
(Yes, all right - I'm a champion of pessimism. We invented flashlights, vaccines and parachutes.)
 
sideshowbob said:
Reminds me of another old joke: " He doesn't know the meaning of the word 'quit'. He doesn't know the meaning of the word 'fail'. He doesn't know the meaning of a lot of words...."
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I was banned from a web blog by someone who did not seem to know the meaning of the word "ultimate" when used as an adjective.
 
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