Misleading Proverbs

[Gary_M]

"Laughter is the best medicine"

Huh, try telling that to an insulin dependant diabetic

 

[Gary_M]

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

Surely a bird in the hand is worth two in the pub?

 

[hermes]

'Safety in Numbers'....unless you're a prawn!

 

[Gary_M]

"Actions speak louder than words"

Not to a blind person they don't

 

[Gary_M]

"A friend in need is a friend indeed"

Yeah, right !!!!!

 

[Gary_M]

"You made your bed, you must lie in it"

Actually Ikea made it

 

[johnny_t]

You can't have your cake and eat it.

You just watch me....

 

[Gary_M]

"First come, first served"

Obviously never been in my local post office on pension day

 

[Gary_M]

"Crime doesn't pay"

God helps them who help themself

Bit conflicting isn't it?

 

[Gary_M]

Let the dead bury their dead"

......how does that work then?

 

[Gary_M]

"Love makes the world go round"

Oh, and there was me thinking it was due to the conservation of angular momentum

 

[Gary_M]

"No man is indispensible"

Who's going to mow the lawn and program the video then?

 

[Gary_M]

"The best things in life are free"

Well, that one didn't work as I was leaving Comet with a 42" plasma screen tv under my arm

 

[empip]

'Today, is the tomorrow you worried about, yesterday'

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'Demain il fera jour.' Or near enough 'Tomorrow is another day.'

 

[empip]

'Youth is wasted on the young'

We should have eaten them !!