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Unusual "wise" sayings?

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    #92
    friendlyfun
    Registered Users Posts: 1,215 ✭✭✭friendlyfun


    "You couldn't chew gum and walk at the same time !


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    #93
    hoganj
    Registered Users Posts: 97 ✭✭hoganj


    One I really like:

    "Don't pay interest on a loan you didn't take out."

    Meaning don't worry about something that may or may not happen in the future that you cannot control.


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    #94
    Rubberlegs
    Registered Users Posts: 7,073 ✭✭✭Rubberlegs


    Notoldorwise wrote: »
    Better to be late than be dead on time.


    Better to be late in this world than early in the next.
    There are no pockets in shrouds.


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    #95
    eusap
    Registered Users Posts: 658 ✭✭✭eusap


    A dog with two owners dies of starvation


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    #96
    strawdog
    Registered Users Posts: 396 ✭✭strawdog


    Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
    -Robert Heinlein


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    #97
    Lord Glentoran
    Closed Accounts Posts: 876 ✭✭✭Lord Glentoran


    “What would you expect from a pig, but a grunt?”


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    #98
    Lucy8080
    Registered Users Posts: 1,970 ✭✭✭Lucy8080


    1. " Keep your two feet in the one stocking."

    ( Mainly aimed at teenage/young adult girls back in the day, to warn of a first time/ or one night stand that could leave the girl in trouble ,but not necessarily the lad ).

    2. "I was trying to save my face when I needed to save my arse."

    Pride/shame was holding the person back from accepting help. Accepting help saved their arse.


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    #99
    Emmersonn
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,128 ✭✭✭Emmersonn


    you can't make a silk purse from a pig's ear


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    #100
    stratowide
    Registered Users Posts: 565 ✭✭✭stratowide


    As a young apprentice mechanic..I was told 'Never believe a word the customer tells you,always find out for yourself.'

    This means when you ask them 'Did your engine overheat or was there any whining noise beforehand..?
    They will inevitably deny any of the above.

    Sage advice indeed.


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    #101
    Peatys
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,881 ✭✭✭Peatys


    stratowide wrote: »
    As a young apprentice mechanic..I was told 'Never believe a word the customer tells you,always find out for yourself.'

    This means when you ask them 'Did your engine overheat or was there any whining noise beforehand..?
    They will inevitably deny any of the above.

    Sage advice indeed.
    I was told the same as an apprentice. Never believe the person who was using the machine when it broke down.


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    #102
    dennyire
    Registered Users Posts: 1,835 ✭✭✭dennyire


    He who walks by the seashore will see many waves


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    #103
    LaFuton
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 784 ✭✭✭LaFuton


    man who go sleep with itchy hole will wake with smelly finger!


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    #104
    dennyire
    Registered Users Posts: 1,835 ✭✭✭dennyire


    He is like the left cheek of a black mans a**e......neither right nor fair


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    #105
    Widdershins
    Registered Users Posts: 10,633 ✭✭✭✭Widdershins


    Live by the sword, die by the sword.

    Nothing worth knowing, can be understood by the mind.

    Emmersonn wrote: »
    you can't make a silk purse from a pig's ear

    I know someone who could make a pig's ear from a silk purse though.


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    #106
    nthclare
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,316 ✭✭✭nthclare


    Empty vessels make more noise


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    #107
    Bobblehats
    Registered Users Posts: 4,707 ✭✭✭Bobblehats


    Once you go black you can never go back!


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    #108
    [Deleted User]
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    Bobblehats wrote: »
    Once you go black you can never go back!

    Clearly, not applicable to Michael Jackson


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    #109
    Mrcaramelchoc
    Registered Users Posts: 1,795 ✭✭✭Mrcaramelchoc


    We have 5 minutes fuel left.


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    #110
    Bobblehats
    Registered Users Posts: 4,707 ✭✭✭Bobblehats


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Clearly, not applicable to Michael Jackson


    Once he went white he was actually alright.


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    #111
    DJIMI TRARORE
    Registered Users Posts: 3,559 ✭✭✭DJIMI TRARORE


    Said to me while munching away on a chocolate bar,Well Djimi, I see you want to die fat and happy and not thin and miserable


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    #112
    Deja Boo
    Registered Users Posts: 13,447 ✭✭✭✭Deja Boo


    We're gonna need a bigger boat.





    wiser words have never been uttered.


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    #113
    BENDYBINN
    Registered Users Posts: 1,825 ✭✭✭BENDYBINN


    DJIMI TRARORE wrote: »
    Said to me while munching away on a chocolate bar,Well Djimi, I see you want to die fat and happy and not thin and miserable

    A sly dig if ever there was one!


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    #114
    dartboardio
    Registered Users Posts: 2,436 ✭✭✭dartboardio


    If you lie down with dogs you get up with fleas.

    The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.


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    #115
    Emmersonn
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,128 ✭✭✭Emmersonn


    dartboardio wrote: »

    The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
    He/She did'nt lick that from a stone


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    #116
    Still waters
    Registered Users Posts: 1,166 ✭✭✭Still waters


    A good run is better than a bad stand


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    #117
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,760 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Emmersonn wrote: »
    you can't make a silk purse from a pig's ear
    It's been done. But it wasn't easy.


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    #118
    mr.anonymous
    Registered Users Posts: 481 ✭✭mr.anonymous


    Heard a good one today about someone who has to be the centre of attention. They're "the bride at every wedding and the corpse at every funeral."


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    #119
    olestoepoke
    Registered Users Posts: 2,386 ✭✭✭olestoepoke


    Honesty is the road to poverty.


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    #120
    sonandheir
    Registered Users Posts: 234 ✭✭sonandheir


    "He's worse than a bad ass, can neither lead him nor drive him"


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    #121
    iamstop
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 11,837 Mod ✭✭✭✭iamstop


    Smelt it, dealt it!

    https://open.spotify.com/album/69JKwCcZGdLqX4Upj3DwP7



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