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u crank · 02-11-12, 12:56 PM

More prophecy than proverb but,

"Technology to wipe out truth is now available. Not everybody can afford it but it's available. When the cost comes down, look out!"

Bob Dylan

Hottentot · 02-11-12, 01:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Platapus

As we used to say in EOD "Never force it, use a bigger hammer!"

I've heard one along similar lines often in my family, but for some reason not in wider use.

"Mitä isompi vika, sitä isompi leka."
(The bigger the problem, the bigger the sledge hammer."

BossMark · 02-11-12, 02:43 PM

In for a penny, in for a pound

Jimbuna · 02-11-12, 05:37 PM

Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invariably they are both disappointed.

BossMark · 02-12-12, 06:53 AM

Don't cross your bridges before you get to them

Platapus · 02-12-12, 08:14 AM

Never date a beautiful woman, only date homely women.

For a beautiful woman may leave you for another man.

So may a homely woman, but who cares, she's homely.

BossMark · 02-12-12, 08:48 AM

A lie well stuck to is as good as the truth.

u crank · 02-12-12, 09:49 AM

Light travels faster than sound...which is why most people appear brilliant until you hear them.

BossMark · 02-12-12, 09:54 AM

It ain't over 'till it's over

CaptainMattJ. · 02-12-12, 02:30 PM

Real knowledge is to know the extent of ones ignorance.

Jimbuna · 02-12-12, 02:30 PM

Practice makes perfect, but nobody's perfect, so why practice?

BossMark · 02-13-12, 11:41 AM

Look before you leap

Jimbuna · 02-13-12, 01:43 PM

If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.

Kapitan · 02-13-12, 01:45 PM

I have my own proverb

Better to burp and taste it, than fart and waste it.

02-11-12, 12:56 PM	#91
u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,744 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	More prophecy than proverb but, "Technology to wipe out truth is now available. Not everybody can afford it but it's available. When the cost comes down, look out!" Bob Dylan __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

02-11-12, 02:43 PM	#93
BossMark Fleet Admiral Join Date: May 2011 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire Posts: 15,272 Downloads: 278 Uploads: 0	In for a penny, in for a pound __________________ Never trust the Tories look what Thatcher and Major did in the 80s and 90s and look what the wicked witch May is doing now doing now

02-11-12, 05:37 PM	#94
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,525 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invariably they are both disappointed. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

02-12-12, 06:53 AM	#95
BossMark Fleet Admiral Join Date: May 2011 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire Posts: 15,272 Downloads: 278 Uploads: 0	Don't cross your bridges before you get to them __________________ Never trust the Tories look what Thatcher and Major did in the 80s and 90s and look what the wicked witch May is doing now doing now

02-12-12, 08:14 AM	#96
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,362 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Never date a beautiful woman, only date homely women. For a beautiful woman may leave you for another man. So may a homely woman, but who cares, she's homely. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

02-12-12, 08:48 AM	#97
BossMark Fleet Admiral Join Date: May 2011 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire Posts: 15,272 Downloads: 278 Uploads: 0	A lie well stuck to is as good as the truth. __________________ Never trust the Tories look what Thatcher and Major did in the 80s and 90s and look what the wicked witch May is doing now doing now

02-12-12, 09:49 AM	#98
u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,744 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	Light travels faster than sound...which is why most people appear brilliant until you hear them. __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

02-12-12, 09:54 AM	#99
BossMark Fleet Admiral Join Date: May 2011 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire Posts: 15,272 Downloads: 278 Uploads: 0	It ain't over 'till it's over __________________ Never trust the Tories look what Thatcher and Major did in the 80s and 90s and look what the wicked witch May is doing now doing now

02-12-12, 02:30 PM	#100
CaptainMattJ. The Old Man Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Sin City Posts: 1,364 Downloads: 55 Uploads: 0	Real knowledge is to know the extent of ones ignorance. __________________ A popular Government without popular information nor the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy or perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their own Governors must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives - James Madison

02-12-12, 02:30 PM	#101
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,525 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Practice makes perfect, but nobody's perfect, so why practice? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

02-13-12, 11:41 AM	#102
BossMark Fleet Admiral Join Date: May 2011 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire Posts: 15,272 Downloads: 278 Uploads: 0	Look before you leap __________________ Never trust the Tories look what Thatcher and Major did in the 80s and 90s and look what the wicked witch May is doing now doing now

02-13-12, 01:43 PM	#103
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,525 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

02-13-12, 01:45 PM	#104
Kapitan Sub Test Pilot Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK + Canada Posts: 7,130 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 7	I have my own proverb Better to burp and taste it, than fart and waste it. __________________ DONT FORGET if you like a post to nominate it by using the blue diamond Find out about Museum Ships here: https://www.museumships.us/ Flickr for all my pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/131313936@N03/ Navy general board articles: https://www.navygeneralboard.com/author/aegis/