Sunday, October 23, 2011

Analyzing a few sayings

Let's analyze some stupid statements:

Money can't buy you happiness -

No, it can just buy you everything you need to make you happy.

You can catch more flies with honey than you can with vinegar-

Does anyone actively hunt for flies? I mean I kill them if they show up, but I don't make a sport of it.

His bark is worse than his bite -

If something actually bit me, I'm pretty sure it would be the worse of the two choices.

Beggars can't be choosers-

Tell that to the politicians! They beg for your money and votes and then decide how you can spend the rest.

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush-

Unless it's a live vulture

Curiosity killed the cat -

What's the big deal...it's got nine lives anyway.

different strokes for different folks -

sounds like a bad day at the nursing home.

Do unto others as you would have others do unto you -

This gives me license to rude, obnoxious and ignorant.

Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy. wealthy, and wise-

it makes me tired, sore, and grumpy!

Every cloud has a silver lining-

it's called lightning.

Your eyes are bigger than your stomach-

I'm an Italian guy from Jersey, who are you kidding?

Okay, I know you're getting tired of this, so two more..............

The pen is mightier than the sword -

I've never seen two Ninjas go at it with a bic before.

There's more than one way to skin a cat-

I saw this on a menu right before I ordered my General Tso's Chicken.

21 comments:

ChiTown Girl said...

Somebody's feeling silly today... :)

Kathy's Klothesline said...

I can relate to all of this. My life is sad.

adeeyoyo said...

Some of these sound absolutely ridiculous! Skinning a cat - who would have thought of that in a million years.

When we laughed at her, my mother used to say, 'Watch out, you'll be laughing on the other side of your face.' Tell me, where is that?

Good ones, Otin.

Baino said...

Oh you're getting grumpier than I am although I wouldn't want anyone to be obnoxious or ignorant towards me. And I'd just like to prove that money can't buy happiness.

Brian Miller said...

different strokes for different folks...are you writing porn now? smiles.

She Writes said...

Um, I've never seen 2 ninjas go at it at all. But I want to! :)

Lisa L. Regan said...

Do unto others as you would have others do unto you -

This gives me license to rude, obnoxious and ignorant.

HILARIOUS. So true.

Bella said...

well,....

butter my butt and call me biscuit! LOL

Quirkyloon said...

Ha! This is funny. And the last one really had me rolling!

LOL

Joanna Jenkins said...

I know I shouldn't be laughing but the "nursing home" comment cracked me up.

Good to see you back, Otin.

jj

oceangirl said...

If you had gone on, I wouldn't complain.

AmyLK said...

Love the one about early to rise, makes me grumpy too! lol

And I don't think chinese will be my choice for dinner tonight. Thanks!

Loredana said...

lmaooooooooo hysterical!

Marissa said...

In the 70's I had a beach towel with a hippie cartoon guy that said "Do unto others...then split!" Thanks for the memories.

Steve Bailey said...

So your saying the Generals Tsao secret recipe is housepets? Huh?

TechnoBabe said...

That does it. I won't be going for Chinese food any longer.

tera said...

*snicker*

I always say that about money, too! :)

The vulture one made me LOL out loud.

Teri said...

Love your interpretations - very true! But EWWWWWW on that last one.

Unknown Mami said...

I've had some nasty pen fights. Not.

Jaime said...

cute.

every single time i would say "curiosity killed the cat" my ex used to respond "but it saved the mice"

i wanted to slap him whenever he did it

Charley said...

Of course, the pen/sword one is a classic misquote by ommission. It was originally something like, "In a state ruled by reasonable people, the pen is mightier than the sword." Leave out that first part, and of course you get a different flavor.