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Unusual "wise" sayings?

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    #302
    hatrickpatrick
    Registered Users Posts: 17,797 ✭✭✭✭hatrickpatrick


    There's a great one from Yes Minister in reference to dodgy bankers and scandals:

    If you're incompetent, you have to be honest; If you're crooked, you have to be clever.

    Hanlon's Razor is another one I'm particularly fond of:

    Never attribute to malice, that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.


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    #303
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users Posts: 40,222 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    EmmetSpiceland wrote: »
    Thought it was about not dressing “lightly” until the hawthorn has flowered?

    it is.


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    #304
    Nevin Parsnipp
    Registered Users Posts: 832 ✭✭✭Nevin Parsnipp


    EmmetSpiceland wrote: »
    Thought it was about not dressing “lightly” until the hawthorn has flowered?

    That string vest you have been wearing all winter......it means you should not take it off until after May ('till May is out).

    Ditto for the long johns...take the chisel to them June 1 at earliest and dispose of safely....hazardous waste I would surmise ?


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    #305
    Wanderer2010
    Registered Users Posts: 6,686 ✭✭✭Wanderer2010


    If He brought you to it, He will bring you through it.


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    #306
    Max H
    Registered Users Posts: 213 ✭✭Max H


    Arguing on the internet is like playing chess with a pigeon.
    No matter how good you are, the bird is going to poo-poo on the board and strut around like it won anyway.


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    #307
    mr_fegelien
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,483 ✭✭✭mr_fegelien


    It is better to die in the minds of others as a coward, than live in your heart as a fool.


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    #308
    El_Duderino 09
    Registered Users Posts: 20,018 ✭✭✭✭El_Duderino 09


    mr_fegelien wrote: »
    It is better to die in the minds of others as a coward, than live in your heart as a fool.

    Either you got it the wrong way around or I really don’t understand that


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    #309
    maccored
    Registered Users Posts: 10,661 ✭✭✭✭maccored


    "You can't educate bacon"


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    #310
    bbari
    Registered Users Posts: 996 ✭✭✭bbari


    Journey of thousand miles begins with a single step


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    #311
    Filmer Paradise
    Registered Users Posts: 1,339 ✭✭✭Filmer Paradise


    A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse.;)


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    #312
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Maybe its been said already but i always liked 'there's three sides to every story, your side, my side and the truth'.

    In essence don't easily believe someones side of events. You need to hear the other side too and often the truth is somewhere in the middle.


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    #313
    Ipso
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,995 ✭✭✭Ipso


    Max H wrote: »
    Arguing on the internet is like playing chess with a pigeon.
    No matter how good you are, the bird is going to poo-poo on the board and strut around like it won anyway.

    Or, never wrestle with a pig, you both get dirty and only the pig enjoys it


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    #314
    LaFuton
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 784 ✭✭✭LaFuton


    what is a fish without a bicycle


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    #315
    LETHAL LADY
    Registered Users Posts: 3,145 ✭✭✭LETHAL LADY


    Better to arrive late in this world than early in the next.

    A dumb priest never got a parish.

    It's better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open ones mouth and remove all doubt.


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    #316
    LaFuton
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 784 ✭✭✭LaFuton


    LETHAL LADY wrote: »
    Better to arrive late in this world than early in the next.

    A dumb priest never got a parish.

    It's better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open ones mouth and remove all doubt.

    no its not

    yes they did

    wanna bet


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    #317
    LETHAL LADY
    Registered Users Posts: 3,145 ✭✭✭LETHAL LADY


    LaFuton wrote: »
    no its not

    yes they did

    wanna bet

    You've proved them right!


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    #318
    faffingaround
    Registered Users Posts: 48 ✭faffingaround


    The same water that hardens the egg, softens the potato


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    #319
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    faffingaround wrote: »
    The same water that hardens the egg, softens the potato

    That’s most profound :)


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    #320
    Curly head
    Registered Users Posts: 143 ✭✭Curly head


    Early bird for the worm.
    Second mouse for the cheese


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    #321
    _Brian
    Registered Users Posts: 18,507 ✭✭✭✭_Brian


    He’s like an Asses dick, a big fella when he’s out

    A felled tree is handy climbed

    What would you expect from a pig but a grunt


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    #322
    the beer revolu
    Registered Users Posts: 16,812 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    He who hesitates........






    ......... waits.


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    #323
    Gwynplaine
    Registered Users Posts: 2,910 ✭✭✭Gwynplaine


    You can put a cat in the oven, but that dont make it a biscuit.


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    #324
    Emmersonn
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,128 ✭✭✭Emmersonn


    You will never see an ugly baby or a small rat.


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    #325
    the_pen_turner
    Registered Users Posts: 7,506 ✭✭✭the_pen_turner


    Emmersonn wrote: »
    You will never see an ugly baby or a small rat.

    what. you can see both


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    #326
    El_Duderino 09
    Registered Users Posts: 20,018 ✭✭✭✭El_Duderino 09


    the_pen_turner wrote: »
    what. you can see both

    People never say they saw a rat. They always saw a HUGE rat.


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    #327
    donegal_man
    Registered Users Posts: 5,720 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    Emmersonn wrote: »
    You will never see an ugly baby or a small rat.

    What about a baby rat?


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    #328
    the_pen_turner
    Registered Users Posts: 7,506 ✭✭✭the_pen_turner


    El_Duderino 09 wrote: »
    People never say they saw a rat. They always saw a HUGE rat.

    I don't agree. lots of people have said they saw a rat, some even a small rat.
    lots of people freak out and call a small rat a huge rat but it doesn't happen all the time


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    #329
    El_Duderino 09
    Registered Users Posts: 20,018 ✭✭✭✭El_Duderino 09


    the_pen_turner wrote: »
    I don't agree. lots of people have said they saw a rat, some even a small rat.
    lots of people freak out and call a small rat a huge rat but it doesn't happen all the time

    Ok. Well that's what the saying means. People tend to report seeing a Huge rat. It holds true in my experience.


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    #330
    the_pen_turner
    Registered Users Posts: 7,506 ✭✭✭the_pen_turner


    El_Duderino 09 wrote: »
    Ok. Well that's what the saying means. People tend to report seeing a Huge rat. It holds true in my experience.

    im lost.
    some people do some don't say huge rat.

    as for ugly babies. you do occasionally see ugly babies. you don't say it though


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    #331
    El_Duderino 09
    Registered Users Posts: 20,018 ✭✭✭✭El_Duderino 09


    the_pen_turner wrote: »
    you do occasionally see ugly babies. you don't say it though

    That's the point. It's not that these things don't exist, it's just that people don't say it.


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