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 Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 4:11 pm
Ok, since this is the debate forum...are there any proverbs that you would like to submit that for a reason you don't believe its truly a proverb.
Ok, I know that sounds weird... but I'm talking that a proverb is a universal truth..so are there some that aren't?
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Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 5:04 pm
" A chain is no stronger than it's weakest link"
I've always hated this proverb or saying because it insinuates that one's abilities can ever go as far as the weakest ability... The greatness of mankind is the ability to use our other powers to make up for shortcomings.... a chain is no stronger than the links around a weakest link i'll grudgingly agree to... but... (and remember i'm taking this for the reference to man, not to actual chains) I think its a demoralizing and sufficiently incorrect statement.
The entire chain=man thing gets to me... chains don't get back up once broken and continue fighting... unless they happen to have a welder as a next door neighbor
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Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:45 pm
"Those who gossip to you, will gossip about you"
Not if they're dead
Also not true, if I don't talk it all, then no one who gossips to me will talk about me...my school is weird like that
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Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 7:40 am
His/Her bark is worse than his/her bite.
This has never made sense to me - I can't imagine how being barked at could be worse than being bitten. confused
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Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 8:56 am
Badgerkin His/Her bark is worse than his/her bite. This has never made sense to me - I can't imagine how being barked at could be worse than being bitten. confused You're taking it literally. Now I'm going to assume you're being sarcastic, however I shall proceed to explain. When they say "bark" they refer to the way people talk, so they're saying that what the person says is far worse then what they will actually do. Proverbs in general annoy me.
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Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 8:57 am
"What a stupid topic" is a proverb that comes to mind...No...Wait...It's a statement!
I'm just joking! Anyways, I always hated the proverb "Great talkers are little doers" simply because Gandhi talked a lot, and he brought down an empire! Talkers are often the greatest doers. heart Gandhi heart
I wasn't really joking...I hope someone doesn't ask who Gandhi is...
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Le Aristocrat Vice Captain
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Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 11:24 am
"Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus"
What the ******** is that suppost to mean anyway? XD
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Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 11:28 am
rugged "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus" What the ******** is that suppost to mean anyway? XD I think it's supposed to mean that men and women are so different that you cannot hope to understand the opposite sex...It's a stupid proverb!
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Le Aristocrat Vice Captain
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Wet Lettuce rolled 20 100-sided dice:
77, 97, 58, 65, 33, 81, 55, 57, 98, 33, 77, 51, 1, 67, 89, 99, 9, 5, 82, 82
Total: 1216 (20-2000)
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Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 8:47 pm
I know I know... the "debate" thing... but... doesn't this belong in the Lit forum probably?
Speaking of which...
C'mon people, i just can't be the only bibliophile around here...
Have all ye no respect for the likes of Hemingway? Poe? Baudelaire? Stephen King? Salinger? Tom Clancy even? Michael Crighton?
Doesn't anyone like All quiet on the western front? the sun also rises?
Heart of darkness?
(stupid question... if you haven't read it yet... zomg!)
but alright, to keep with the topic...
"Never judge a book by its cover"...
Oh yeah? tell that to the guy who says he has candy in his van!
If mankind didn't trust their instincts and initial reactions, we would NOT BE HERE TODAY...
There are too many bad people in the world for this statement to hold water... If you trust someone who LOOKS like he will kill/rape/rob/etc/etc you... chances are that , it being 11:00 at night, you walking through a dark alley, ITS TRUE
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Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 11:22 pm
Well, its not so much a lit as a discussion, besides about what you said "never judge a book by its cover" and the example makes perfect sense. Its like John sterotyping me the other time, and he might have been right, who knows
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Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 3:09 am
Hm, I think you're right Lettuce, I was thinking about moving it too the general discussion but lit. is probably better.
*uber cool mod powers*
I came up with one "You have to have a fairy mountain in order to build a fairy caslte. Hmph, and anyone who says they don't like it get bannedXD
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Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 3:38 am
I didn't need a fountain for my fairy palace redface
But it was soon destroyed
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Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 6:29 am
Septomor I didn't need a fountain for my fairy palace redface But it was soon destroyed Pardon? And it's a fairy Mountain, not a fairy Fountain...
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Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 9:09 am
umm... the fairy thing.. is that an actual saying in your parts? or is just of your creation?
regardless, would htis fairy fountain have fairy contractors? what about fairy indoor plumbing?
if not, I'm not sure how much i'd like your fairy castle...
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Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 10:18 am
Haha, non! I made it up the other night at my piano lesson!
THE FAIRY CASTLE DOES NOT HAVE A FOUNTAIN!
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