Proverbs

[spitzertyp]

u can take a horse to the water
but u can't make him drink

[Sexychild68]

you can show someone to the Door of Truth, but it is up to them to walk through it.

[Squeeky]

Did I open "Pandora's Box" here?

I originally set out to be sarcastic, third entry of this thread.

Oh! Well! Some interesting wisdoms coming out along with the adages.

[Sexychild68]

common sense ain't so common now-a-days...

[Arnulf]

Now, you are mature to hear the next:
"What is the difference between a blackbird??"
Answer: Both legs are quite even, especially the right one!

[Mimailia]

Mark Twain said: "A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read."

For Lagoonoobs: "The "HINT thread" is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read."

M

[JIMMYJOHN]

Not really a proverb, from a famous French playwriter (cant remember his name though):
I was married twice and twice it was a disaster: my first wife left me and that was horrible. But it was even worse with the second one: she stayed.

[Greebo]

Confucius say: Couple who make love on hillside not on level.

Virginity is like a fragile bubble - one prick and it's gone.

Kissing is like drinking salted water: you drink and your thirst increases

Kissing is a means of getting two people so close together that they can't see anything wrong with each other.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

[qbv8]

Found this circulating through the net for some time ...
[*] Law of Mechanical Repair - After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch and you'll have to pee.
[*] Law of Gravity - Any tool, nut, bolt, screw, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.
[*] Law of Probability - The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act.
[*] Law of Random Numbers - If you dial a wrong number, you never get a busy signal and someone always answers.
[*] Law of the Alibi - If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire, the very next morning you will have a flat tire.
[*] Variation Law - If you change lines (or traffic lanes), the one you were in will always move faster than the one you are in now (works every time).
[*] Law of the Bath - When the body is fully immersed in water, the telephone rings.
[*] Law of Close Encounters -The probability of meeting someone you know increases dramatically when you are with someone you don't want to be seen with.
[*] Law of the Result - When you try to prove to someone that a machine won't work, it will.
[*] Law of Biomechanics - The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the reach.
[*] Law of the Theatre and Hockey Arena - At any event, the people whose seats are farthest from the aisle arrive last and they are the ones who will leave their seats several times to go for food, beer, or the toilet and who leave early before the end of the performance or the game is over while those in the aisle seats come early, never move once, have long gangly legs or big bellies and who stay to the bitter end of the performance and beyond. The aisle people also are very surly folk.
[*] The Starbucks Law - As soon as you sit down to a cup of hot coffee, your boss will ask you to do something which will last until the coffee is cold.
[*] Murphy's Law of Lockers - If there are only two people in a locker room, they will have adjacent lockers.
[*] Law of Physical Surfaces - The chances of an open-faced jelly sandwich landing face down on a floor covering are directly correlated to the newness and cost of the carpet/rug.
[*] Law of Logical Argument - Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about.
[*] Brown's Law of Physical Appearance - If the clothes fit, they're ugly.
[*] Oliver's Law of Public Speaking - A closed mouth gathers no feet.
[*] Wilson's Law of Commercial Marketing Strategy - As soon as you find a product that you really like, they will stop making it.
[*] Doctors' Law - If you don't feel well and make an appointment to go to the doctor, by the time you get there you'll feel better. Don't make an appointment and you'll stay sick.

[DiTo]

Damn you Murphy & qbv for I thought I was the first who found it...
btw, was it Murphy's law which put it in the wrong thread?

[luke]

JIMMYJOHN wrote : Not really a proverb, from a famous French playwriter (cant remember his name though):
I was married twice and twice it was a disaster: my first wife left me and that was horrible. But it was even worse with the second one: she stayed.

Francis Blanche

[JIMMYJOHN]

C est ca, merci!
Je pensais a Guitry mais je savais que c etait pas lui.

[luke]

Goggle est ton ami...
ça aurait pu être Guitry, c'était tout à fait dans ses cordes, même s'il était encore un peu plus misogyne

[JIMMYJOHN]

Ouais,
encore que dire que les meufs qui collent c est encore plus chiant que celles qui larguent...
c est deja pas tres gentil, hein?

A propos, pourquoi le nom de "LUKE"?
Parceque tu tires plus vite que ton ombre?

[Loup Garou]

Law of the Theatre and Hockey Arena

Wouldn't YOU be crabby if you had to keep getting up... and sitting down... and getting up.. and sitting down... and give the merchant the $10 you were just handed and then hand sodas and hot dogs and change back down the line... and miss another 5 minutes the event that you actually payed for?????????????