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Fri 26 Jan, 2007 04:26 pm
Type in a well known (or not so well known) proverb but add another line that either improves the saying or distracts from it.
I will start.
Two many cooks spoil the broth.
But at least you won't go hungry.
There's no use crying over spilled milk.
It's the whuppin' that causes tears.
Proverb punchline
A stitch in time saves nine.
But at Primark's prices who's gonna stitch?
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
Until, that is, after you've shagged it.
Good fences make good neighbors.
But you still wish their stupid dogs would shut up.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
Unless you're actually in battle.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sows ear.
besides, that would look stupid.
Silence is golden
but don't try to build your retirement on it.
A watched pot never boils.
Until it does.
Don't lock the stable door after the horse has bolted.
Unless you have the stable-girl inside.
Still waters run deep.
So that's a good place to hide the body.
drewdad's right.
except when he's not.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
As long as it keeps rolling.
Never say die.
Unless you really, really, really mean it!
Don't piss in the same pot as the French Lieutenant's Woman.
Unless you are past caring.
Don't count your chickens...
...unless you're a bagger at the Tyson Processing Plant.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Unless you're in a four-poster with them when they are off duty.
One swallow doesn't make a summer....
....but it can be the start of an eating binge.
Too many cooks spoil the broth --
by not washing their hands and thereby adding salmonella to the mix.
Man who run in front of car get tired.
Man who run behind car get exausted.