Useless snippets of 'wisdom'
...that are blatently balls when you examine them. Yet they remain ubiquitous for no fathomable reason except we have got used to them and forgot how useless and wrong they are, like Vernon Kaye and Nick Hancock.

1.'Takes one to know one'-No it doesnt. I know what a Bishop is like but Im not a Bishop. This is the adult form of saying 'I know you are you said you are but what am i?' retort that children under 8 years old use.

2. 'Never a borrower or lender be' which is bollocks, and especially annoying when people prefix it with 'As Shakespeare said...' as if this gives it some sort of sacred value. No he didnt, and no it doesnt. Its something one of Shakespeare's characters says. This is very different.

3. 'A spoonfull of sugar helps the medicine go down' Tell that to a diabetic.

4. 'God moves in mysterious ways'- no, you believe in fairies and thats a shit get out clause.

Their are many many more. But i only have a set amount of kittens to kick so Ill stop now.
(trumplefahrt, Fri 2 May 2008, 12:54, 1 reply)

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What doesn't kill you makes you stronger - Erm, first-stage osteoperosis?
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Fri 2 May 2008, 13:10, closed)