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Unusual "wise" sayings?

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  • #302
    hatrickpatrick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 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.


  • #303
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,527 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


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

    it is.


  • #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 ?


  • #305
    Wanderer2010
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,742 ✭✭✭Wanderer2010


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


  • #306
    Max H
    Registered Users Posts: 216 ✭✭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.


  • #308
    El_Duderino 09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,554 ✭✭✭✭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


  • #309
    maccored
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,714 ✭✭✭✭maccored


    "You can't educate bacon"


  • #310
    bbari
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 996 ✭✭✭bbari


    Journey of thousand miles begins with a single step


  • #311
    Filmer Paradise
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,340 ✭✭✭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.


  • #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


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


    what is a fish without a bicycle


  • #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.


  • #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


  • #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!


  • #318
    faffingaround
    Registered Users Posts: 49 ✭faffingaround


    The same water that hardens the egg, softens the potato


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


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

    That’s most profound :)


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


    Early bird for the worm.
    Second mouse for the cheese


  • #321
    _Brian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,625 ✭✭✭✭_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, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,166 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    He who hesitates........






    ......... waits.


  • #323
    Gwynplaine
    Registered Users Posts: 2,909 ✭✭✭Gwynplaine


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


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


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


  • #325
    the_pen_turner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,524 ✭✭✭the_pen_turner


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

    what. you can see both


  • #326
    El_Duderino 09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,554 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #327
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,854 ✭✭✭donegal_man


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

    What about a baby rat?


  • #328
    the_pen_turner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,524 ✭✭✭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


  • #329
    El_Duderino 09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,554 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #330
    the_pen_turner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,524 ✭✭✭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, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,554 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #332
    the_pen_turner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,524 ✭✭✭the_pen_turner


    El_Duderino 09 wrote: »
    That's the point. It's not that these things don't exist, it's just that people don't say it.

    I understand tht. but people do say I saw a rat. fairly often in fact. at least 50% I would of the times I hear rats mentioned


  • #333
    El_Duderino 09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,554 ✭✭✭✭El_Duderino 09


    the_pen_turner wrote: »
    I understand tht. but people do say I saw a rat. fairly often in fact. at least 50% I would of the times I hear rats mentioned

    Ok. Your experience is different to mine. And it's common enough that there's a saying about it. But I haven't done any stats on it so I won't make up any stats to compete with your made up stat.

    Probably move on?


  • #334
    the beer revolu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,166 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    I saw an average sized rat once.
    Although I told everyone I'd seen a tiny rat.


  • #335
    Nevin Parsnipp
    Registered Users Posts: 832 ✭✭✭Nevin Parsnipp


    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.

    As in " I seen a fcukin YOOGE RAH" ?

    I agree with you compadre....others just don't seem to get it.....


  • #336
    the_pen_turner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,524 ✭✭✭the_pen_turner


    Nevin Parsnipp wrote: »
    As in " I seen a fcukin YOOGE RAH" ?

    I agree with you compadre....others just don't seem to get it.....

    as I said before it doesn't ring true with me. at least 50% of the time I hear rats mentioned its just rats and not huge rats. I work in construction and am in rural Ireland so im putting that down as the reason. a lot of farmers and builders would be more used to seeing a rat and as a result wouldn't be as over the top with the dramatics.

    this saying is a load of rubbish


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  • #337
    BENDYBINN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,865 ✭✭✭BENDYBINN


    Too many cooks spoil the broth...........(just to change the subject)!


  • #338
    the beer revolu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,166 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    the_pen_turner wrote: »
    as I said before it doesn't ring true with me. at least 50% of the time I hear rats mentioned its just rats and not huge rats. I work in construction and am in rural Ireland so im putting that down as the reason. a lot of farmers and builders would be more used to seeing a rat and as a result wouldn't be as over the top with the dramatics.

    this saying is a load of rubbish

    Aw. I thought you were being comically obtuse and I found it very funny how everyone was taking you at face value.

    Now, it seems, your were being serious and pedantic.
    I'm desperately disappointed.


  • #339
    Nevin Parsnipp
    Registered Users Posts: 832 ✭✭✭Nevin Parsnipp


    the_pen_turner wrote: »
    as I said before it doesn't ring true with me. at least 50% of the time I hear rats mentioned its just rats and not huge rats. I work in construction and am in rural Ireland so im putting that down as the reason. a lot of farmers and builders would be more used to seeing a rat and as a result wouldn't be as over the top with the dramatics.

    this saying is a load of rubbish

    Don't take everything completely literally Pen.

    Now, I know this dosn't happen but if supposing that somebody told you that you were a pain in the hole.....it doesn't mean that they have an ACTUAL pain in the hole ...if you get me ?

    Just that they think that you ....well you know what I mean...


  • #340
    Emmersonn
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,128 ✭✭✭Emmersonn


    Opinions are like assholes. Everyone has one
    (As proven by the last number of posts.)


  • #341
    the_pen_turner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,524 ✭✭✭the_pen_turner


    Nevin Parsnipp wrote: »
    Don't take everything completely literally Pen.

    Now, I know this dosn't happen but if supposing that somebody told you that you were a pain in the hole.....it doesn't mean that they have an ACTUAL pain in the hole ...if you get me ?

    Just that they think that you ....well you know what I mean...
    the difference is that your example makes sense as a saying .


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  • #342
    uch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,012 ✭✭✭uch


    Never tie your shoe lace in a revolving Door

    21/25



  • #343
    LaFuton
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 784 ✭✭✭LaFuton


    if it looks like a duck, quacks like duck but isn't a duck, RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!


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