Proverbs past their sell-by date

Peddle Up!

Yes, those old saws that no longer cut it. I'll start.

"There are plenty more fish in the sea". There aren't.

team47b

many a mickle makes a muckle

no it doesn't :roll:


mickle |ˈmikəl| (also muckle |ˈməkəl|) archaic Scottish & N. English
noun
a large amount.

muckle |ˈməkəl| archaic Scottish & N. English
noun
a large amount.

Lycra-Byka

"a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush"

Women generally shave nowadays.


Or wax

pinno

May yer lumb reek all day long.

Lumb - Chimney
Reek - Have smoke spewing out of it on account of the fact that you have enough money to keep yourself warm.

Well, NO. Thats putting lots of CO2 and whatever else into the atmosphere.

crescent

"Look before you leap".

Disclaimer :
1. Leaping is carried out at own risk.
2. A full and comprehensive risk assessment must be carried out and looking is the responsibility of the leaper.
3. Earlier successful leaping does not guarantee that future leaps will be successful.

.... blah, blah..etc

Gizmodo

A stitch in time saves nine.

Sowing up a hole in your clothes when it's small will save you 9 stitches over waiting for it to get bigger and then repairing it.

When was the last time you got out the sowing kit to repair a hole in your clothes? Just buy another Chinese import instead.

manglier

team47b wrote:

many a mickle makes a muckle

Many a likkle maks a muckle where I grew up. (Dundee)

charlie_potatoes

You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be lead.


Pencils are made from carbon not lead

team47b

Charlie Potatoes wrote:

Pencils are made from carbon not lead

pencils are a combination of finely ground graphite and clay, bicycles are carbon, pencils actually are water soluble

charlie_potatoes

team47b wrote:

Charlie Potatoes wrote:

Pencils are made from carbon not lead

pencils are a combination of finely ground graphite and clay, bicycles are carbon, pencils actually are water soluble

Graphite is a form of Carbon. As is the wood that surrounds the "lead"

cornerblock

If my aunt had balls she'd be my uncle.

Hey why not? Probably get it done on the NHS.

Gizmodo

Cornerblock wrote:

If my aunt had balls she'd be my uncle.
Hey why not? Probably get it done on the NHS.

I've got a Newphew who after Chirstmas will become my Neice, but not on the NHS. Each to his/her* own I say.

* Delete as applicable or just don't bother.

Gizmodo

Finders keepers, loosers weepers.

See http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=40088&t=12895269

Peddle Up!

"Between a rock and a hard place". What hard place? A brick wall? Glasgow city centre on a Saturday night? We should be told.

natrix

Gizmodo wrote:

Finders keepers, loosers weepers.

See http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=40088&t=12895269

8) 8) They'll be weeping when their carbon fibre frames fall apart from stress cracks 8) 8)

capt_slog

"A little bit of dirt never hurt anybody."

Unless you've sat by the karzee over Christmas with the Norovirus. I haven't BTW, but it's picked up with frightening ease.

fish156

Gizmodo wrote:

Cornerblock wrote:

If my aunt had balls she'd be my uncle.
Hey why not? Probably get it done on the NHS.

I've got a Newphew who after Chirstmas will become my Neice, but not on the NHS. Each to his/her* own I say.

* Delete as applicable or just don't bother.

I guess that makes "boys will be boys" obsolete too.

pinno

An odd one you don't hear too often and which by the sentiment, must be past its sell by date.

"<--such n such--> is prettty good, no matter which way up".

confused@BR

" Time is a great healer " not necessarily but it is a great and certain killer.

smoggysteve

Peddle Up! wrote:

Yes, those old saws that no longer cut it. I'll start.

"There are plenty more fish in the sea". There aren't.

Due to too many countries not sticking to EU fishing quotas and the the damage caused to remaining stocks I'm not sure there is.

nwallace

Manglier wrote:

team47b wrote:

many a mickle makes a muckle

Many a likkle maks a muckle where I grew up. (Dundee)

A Dundonian phrase without the Eh sound?
Nah cannae be.

Mehny eh likkehl mehks eh muckehl?

nwallace

or the only fish being counted are over 13 years old, roughly the equivalent of the UCIs new Centurian category for fish.