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26 Jan 09 - 10:14 AM (#2549409) Subject: Folklore: Old saying - New saying From: Bert Old Saying - "The best laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft agley," New Saying - "Shit Happens" |
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26 Jan 09 - 10:23 AM (#2549415) Subject: RE: Folklore: Old saying - New saying From: GUEST,leeneia The watched pot never boils. The watched pot never boils over. |
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26 Jan 09 - 10:54 AM (#2549439) Subject: RE: Folklore: Old saying - New saying From: Uncle_DaveO "Absence makes the heart grow fonder." "Absence makes the heart grow fonder--of somebody else!" Dave Oesterreich |
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26 Jan 09 - 10:56 AM (#2549440) Subject: RE: Folklore: Old saying - New saying From: GUEST,Ken Brock Old: If wishes were horses, then everyone would ride. Not as old (probably to make it rhyme, though it makes less sense): If wishes were fishes, the everyone would ride. |
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26 Jan 09 - 11:10 AM (#2549446) Subject: RE: Folklore: Old saying - New saying From: Liz the Squeak Teach a man to fish you feed him for a day. Teach a man to phish and you won't see him for weeks. LTS |
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26 Jan 09 - 12:47 PM (#2549494) Subject: RE: Folklore: Old saying - New saying From: Azizi These are slang words and not sayings, but some may be interested: Here's a progressive set of African American slang words used and discarded by us in a short amount of time that mean a person is very good at what he [or she] does. He's hot!*>>> He's smokin!* >>> He's dynamite!>>>He's the bomb. There's a connection between those slang words and these words mean that a person has become successful because of how good he does what he does He's blown up.>>>He's livin' large. *These words are still used, but imo, not by people who keep up with the latest slang terms. It's also possible that what I think is still the current slang term is also a part of this dynamite/blown up progression: That's sick. {For example, "That music is sick" meaning it's "off the hook" or "off the chain" [in other words it's very good]. But "That music's lame." means the complete opposite. |
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26 Jan 09 - 01:59 PM (#2549549) Subject: RE: Folklore: Old saying - New saying From: Uncle_DaveO "I march to the beat of a different drummer" "I march to the beat of a different kettle of fish!" Dave Oesterreich |
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26 Jan 09 - 03:02 PM (#2549603) Subject: RE: Folklore: Old saying - New saying From: Bonnie Shaljean "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you . . ." ". . . but do it first" |
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26 Jan 09 - 03:54 PM (#2549654) Subject: RE: Folklore: Old saying - New saying From: Nerd He who hesitates is lost You snooze, you lose |
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26 Jan 09 - 04:27 PM (#2549677) Subject: RE: Folklore: Old saying - New saying From: Lighter Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to sue, and he'll eat for a lifetime." --Christopher Weyant, The New Yorker (click) |
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26 Jan 09 - 04:28 PM (#2549679) Subject: RE: Folklore: Old saying - New saying From: semi-submersible "a good example to the younger generation" "a positive role model" (ugh!) |
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26 Jan 09 - 05:37 PM (#2549739) Subject: RE: Folklore: Old saying - New saying From: Uncle_DaveO "Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day." "Teach a man to fish, and he'll sit out in a boat all day, drinking beer!" |
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26 Jan 09 - 05:39 PM (#2549742) Subject: RE: Folklore: Old saying - New saying From: GUEST,leeneia Good one, Uncle Dave! |
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26 Jan 09 - 08:24 PM (#2549843) Subject: RE: Folklore: Old saying - New saying From: frogprince Do unto others as they would do unto themselves if they could reach. |
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27 Jan 09 - 12:20 AM (#2549926) Subject: RE: Folklore: Old saying - New saying From: Rowan Old Saying - "The best laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft agley," New Saying - "Shit Happens" And, after it happened "That's the way the cookie crumbles." became "That's the way the mop flops." Cheers, Rowan |
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27 Jan 09 - 02:23 AM (#2549954) Subject: RE: Folklore: Old saying - New saying From: Dave Hanson Abstinance makes the heart grow fonder. Dave H |
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27 Jan 09 - 03:11 AM (#2549971) Subject: RE: Folklore: Old saying - New saying From: DMcG Old saying: "For wilful waste makes woeful want, And you may live to say, How now I wish I had that pin That then I threw away" New saying: "Is it recyclable?" |
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27 Jan 09 - 04:42 AM (#2550013) Subject: RE: Folklore: Old saying - New saying From: TheSnail "See a pin and pick it up All that day you'll have good luck" "See a pin and pick it up All that day you'll have.... a pin." |