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Proverbs that are obviously Bollocks

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bja61 Jun 2021 8:36am, 2 Jun 2021 1,881 posts	Quote Pin bja61 “The early bird catches the worm.” Not if the field isn’t ploughed until the afternoon, and as someone who isn’t an early starter, just anyway!
McGoohan Jun 2021 9:09am, 2 Jun 2021 49,573 posts	Quote Pin McGoohan Silent runner - I think there was a variation on that from Woody on Cheers but I can't find a quote. It was something like, 'What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Well, that's what Uncle Phil used to say before he went through the combine harvester'
Snoot Jun 2021 9:15am, 2 Jun 2021 2,591 posts	Quote Pin Snoot "a stitch in time saves nine" who goes round stitching stuff up before it needs it, and what's with the 9:1 ratio? We used to 'adapt' some of these proverbs to make them more realistic - "too many cooks, make too much broth", "many hands, make it difficult to get at the work"
EvilPixie Jun 2021 1:28pm, 2 Jun 2021 25,637 posts	Quote Pin EvilPixie an army marches on it's stomach well yes food does help but also feet - you need to use your feet to march if you are on your stomach you are crawling and going very slowly
bja61 Jun 2021 1:29pm, 2 Jun 2021 1,900 posts	Quote Pin bja61 EP - that sounds like something out of a Zombie movie, or just an average storyline in ZombiesRun!
EvilPixie Jun 2021 1:31pm, 2 Jun 2021 25,638 posts	Quote Pin EvilPixie LOL Christmas comes but once a year - unless that year is 2020 and covid/boris cancel it in which case it doesn't happen and happens twice in 2021
EvilPixie Jun 2021 1:33pm, 2 Jun 2021 25,639 posts	Quote Pin EvilPixie Good things come in small packages cyanide tends to be small and that's not good or any virus as we have been made rudely aware!
EvilPixie Jun 2021 1:36pm, 2 Jun 2021 25,640 posts	Quote Pin EvilPixie never judge a book by it's cover Vs First impressions last So if you form your first impression of a book but looking at the cover then surely you are judging it?!
Albert O Balsam Jun 2021 2:38pm, 2 Jun 2021 796 posts	Quote Pin Albert O Balsam One from Viz Letterbocks "They say you can't have your cake and eat it. Yet, yesterday I saw a small boy buy a cake and proceed to wolf it down"
Stevce Jun 2021 3:15pm, 2 Jun 2021 120 posts	Quote Pin Stevce Worse things have happened at sea.............