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re: Sayings/words of wisdom that are actually extremely nonsensical

Posted on 9/22/23 at 3:30 am to
Posted by SmelvinRat
Slumwoody
Member since Oct 2015
1734 posts
Posted on 9/22/23 at 3:30 am to
This is going to hurt me more than you...
Posted by Jasharts77
Knoxville
Member since Nov 2019
829 posts
Posted on 9/22/23 at 4:56 am to
Grandfather always said. I never ask a lady for a piece of face. When I'd say she's ugly. I was like 6 or 7 the 1st time I remember it. Took me 20 years to figure it out. I miss that ole man.
This post was edited on 9/22/23 at 5:03 am
Posted by Havoc
Member since Nov 2015
34112 posts
Posted on 9/22/23 at 5:40 am to
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No. The saying is, "It's six in one hand, and half a dozen in the other." It does mean it's the same either way.

It’s six one way, half a dozen the other.
Posted by Klondikekajun
Member since Jun 2020
1406 posts
Posted on 9/22/23 at 5:55 am to
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Can’t live with em and you can’t live without em. Actually you can and will do both and be happy with both. Depends on the month


Depends on the TIME of the month…. FIFY
Posted by Jake88
Member since Apr 2005
75130 posts
Posted on 9/22/23 at 6:47 am to
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I gotta say, perceptions vary, but when you’re dealing with a crazy person you often find yourself in a broken record, Groundhog Day scenario where you’re trapped in the same situations, comments, arguments, and unable to move past it. So in my experience this is valid
But it is not the definition of insanity. Insanity is a legal term.

Additionally, doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result is called practice, whether in a sport, an instrument or rehearsing lines.

You can find yourself in the same argument and situations with a sane person routinely as well.
Posted by TheGooner
Baton Rouwage
Member since Jul 2016
1118 posts
Posted on 9/22/23 at 8:21 am to
“The best way to double your money is to fold it in half and put it back in your pocket”.
Posted by midlothianlsu
Midlothian, Texas
Member since Oct 2009
1664 posts
Posted on 9/22/23 at 8:46 am to
Don’t try to piss on my leg and make me think it’s raining.
Posted by TigerCoon
Member since Nov 2005
21940 posts
Posted on 9/22/23 at 11:02 am to
once you eat the cake, you don't "have" it any more.

if you eat your cake at lunch, you don't have THAT cake to maybe eat after dinner.

I think the expression would make more sense if the example wasn't "perishable". There's some urgency in eating a cake instead of hoarding it.
This post was edited on 9/22/23 at 11:18 am
Posted by rexorotten
Missouri
Member since Oct 2013
4592 posts
Posted on 9/22/23 at 11:09 am to
There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Totally BS
Posted by wallowinit
Louisiana
Member since Dec 2006
15991 posts
Posted on 9/24/23 at 9:34 pm to
Um ackshually, the saying is,

Six of one or half dozen of the other.
Posted by Giantkiller
the internet.
Member since Sep 2007
23388 posts
Posted on 9/24/23 at 10:12 pm to
if my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle.
Posted by AUFANATL
Member since Dec 2007
4632 posts
Posted on 9/24/23 at 10:29 pm to
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“You can’t have your cake and eat it too.”


The original expression was "you can't eat your cake and have it too" meaning once the cake is consumed you no longer have a piece of cake. It makes more sense that way but society just adopted the reverse expression for some reason.

That's actually how they caught the Unabomber. One of his family members suspected him and turned over some of his writing samples to the FBI and they did a linguistic comparison to the manifesto looking for similarities. They zeroed in on "eat your cake and have it to" thinking he made the same strange mistake but he was actually using the correct phrase and everyone else was using the wrong one.
Posted by latxwoman
Member since Mar 2019
803 posts
Posted on 9/25/23 at 6:48 am to
It is what it is.
Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
Member since Nov 2006
107800 posts
Posted on 9/25/23 at 7:10 am to
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Grandfather always said. I never ask a lady for a piece of face. When I'd say she's ugly


Posted by Kracka
Lafayette, Louisiana
Member since Aug 2004
41604 posts
Posted on 9/25/23 at 9:11 am to
Every Dog has it's day.


Does every dog really have their day? I mean what are the odds on that?
Posted by John Coctostan
Member since May 2018
575 posts
Posted on 9/25/23 at 9:50 am to
If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.
Posted by SantaFe
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2019
7173 posts
Posted on 9/25/23 at 9:58 am to

"You can't make water run uphill."
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