No island is a man.

August 18, 2006 6:43 PM

Proverbs which also work the other way around.
posted by signal (30 comments total)

Does not compute / sucks.
posted by Meatbomb at 6:46 PM on August 18, 2006 [1 favorite]

weak.
posted by qwip at 6:52 PM on August 18, 2006

I like. Thanks.
posted by dobbs at 6:53 PM on August 18, 2006

A pound saved is a penny earned! Tanks!
posted by DenOfSizer at 6:57 PM on August 18, 2006

posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 7:00 PM on August 18, 2006

Swap: There's many a lip twixt the cup and the slip.
Reverse: Go easy, come easy.
Spoonerism: A pool and his money are soon farted.
posted by rob511 at 7:01 PM on August 18, 2006

Right is might.
Evil is the root of all money.
The less one believes, the more one knows.

Neat. They do work the other way around.
posted by panoptican at 7:06 PM on August 18, 2006

Some of those really made me laugh out loud - others just left me with cartoon question marks above my head!

All in all, thanks for posting!
posted by newfers at 7:07 PM on August 18, 2006

Want not waste

Never judge a cover by it's book

Words speak louder than actions

Skin deep is only beauty

Good neighbors make good fences
posted by Rashomon at 7:10 PM on August 18, 2006

Vici. Veni. Vidi.
posted by The Great Big Mulp at 7:11 PM on August 18, 2006

No, wait! I mean "Vici. Vidi. Veni."

I've thought about it for the past five minutes or so and still managed to misstype it. Damn.
posted by The Great Big Mulp at 7:13 PM on August 18, 2006

Unregistered users cannot post on this board

Sounds like a challenge.
posted by owhydididoit at 7:15 PM on August 18, 2006

"Too many broths spoil the cook" is damn near perfect.

"Never book a judge by his cover" is even closer.

"Do not troll the feed," however, is perfect.
posted by eriko at 7:20 PM on August 18, 2006

Unposted boarders cannot use on this register.

I'll be damned, it works. But I have to say I've never heard the original.
posted by George_Spiggott at 7:20 PM on August 18, 2006

Fighting for virginity is like fucking for peace.
posted by owhydididoit at 7:21 PM on August 18, 2006 [1 favorite]

You all can't have it.
posted by peeedro at 7:32 PM on August 18, 2006

Web of the best?
posted by TwelveTwo at 7:46 PM on August 18, 2006

No matter where you are, there you go.
Yeah, I guess that works.

I'd rather have a frontal lobotomy than a bottle in front of me.
Whoa, not quite.
posted by lekvar at 7:52 PM on August 18, 2006

32. Do not Troll the Feed.
posted by Balisong at 8:30 PM on August 18, 2006

Proverbs *that* also work...

/grammar Nazi
posted by squirrel at 8:31 PM on August 18, 2006

I didn't find this particularly funny -- but some ilx threads are massively, unstoppably funny, and I highly recommend wasting some time looking elsewhere on the board.

For instance: I give you the story of the trucker hat and the couch.
posted by escabeche at 8:33 PM on August 18, 2006

Biting dogs seldom bark.

A man's castle is his home.

Boys will be boys?
posted by Serial Killer Slumber Party at 9:23 PM on August 18, 2006

signal, you have to send MetaFilter $30 for this.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 9:32 PM on August 18, 2006

At her memorial service, I recited my Mom's admonition, "Let he who lives in a glass house cast the first stone." Damn, I do miss her so.
posted by planetkyoto at 1:01 AM on August 19, 2006 [1 favorite]

Least mended, soonest said.
posted by emf at 4:49 AM on August 19, 2006

Don't shit where you eat.
posted by Slarty Bartfast at 9:33 AM on August 19, 2006

It's who counts the votes.
posted by amberglow at 12:45 PM on August 19, 2006

(and of course the Starfish tuna thing) : >
posted by amberglow at 12:48 PM on August 19, 2006

Metafilter: Web of the best.
posted by divabat at 1:45 PM on August 19, 2006

No prosecuting; trespassers will be violated.
posted by Wolfdog at 5:03 PM on August 20, 2006