I think something like this might have been done before, but I figured I'd throw it out there. Object of the game is simple. Think of a famous quote, and remix it in some way. example; "if it ain't broke, don't give it money." the more crazy the remix, the better, and as an added challenge, you have to guess what the origional version of the last person to post's quote was.
"Neither a colander nor a blender be..."
ow_tiobe_sb
Phantom Bunburyist and Whirled Braker
Above:
Neither a borrower or lender be.
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He who hesitates is lunch.
Quote from: Glitch Girl on December 20, 2010, 09:51:39 PM
He who hesitates is lunch.
Now, I've actually that one used exactly the way GG uses it; originally it was He who hesitates is lost.
Some must watch, some must sleep, and others just stand and wait.
Original quote, from Hamlet...
For some must watch, while some must sleep: so runs the world away.
My mangled quote:
Face: The Spinal Frontier
Space: the final frontier
Star Trek (take your pick)
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If at first you don't succeed, reboot before the autosave kicks in.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a darn fool about it. --W.C. Fields' adaptation of the original "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again" quote.
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Power corrupts. Absolute power... is kinda fun!
Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
-John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton
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Meddle not in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
(I like this one, because it's a mangling of another quote that's reach the point where it's so popular that it gets its own mangling too)
Quote from: Glitch Girl on December 23, 2010, 04:12:57 PM
Meddle not in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
(I like this one, because it's a mangling of another quote that's reach the point where it's so popular that it gets its own mangling too)
If I recall correctly, that's a Dilbert version of the original "Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger," from The Fellowship of the Ring.
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That which does not kill us, surely must have missed.
that which does not kill us can only make us stronger. Neitzch ((i think is the spelling.. and to be honest, i was not truely aware that the dragon quote had an origin in Fellowship.. i think it predates dilbert by a fair amount though, i've been using it as a personal fave for close to ten years myself))
close only counts in dwarftossing and fireballs.
Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.
Sedimentary, my dear. What stone!
Elementary, my dear Watson.
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One if in hand, two if in tree.
One if by land, two if by see. -Paul Revere(so they say)-
Mangled quote:
"People who dress up like bats shouldn't carry Kryptonite."
People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
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A bird in the hand is worth a sanitary wipe to clean off the bird poop.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
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Paint the clown dead.
Paint the town red
To arr is Pirate
To err is human
Fleeced to the eights
Dressed to the nines
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Slow and steady gets run over by a car when crossing the road.
Quote from: Viking on January 02, 2011, 03:21:11 AM
Dressed to the nines
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Slow and steady gets run over by a car when crossing the road.
Slow and steady wins the race.
Liquor, liquor everywhere, let's go have a drink.
Water, water everywhere nor a drop to drink. Coleridge
A blink is as good as grog to a bland cat.
A wink is as good as a nod to a blind bat.
Rangers in the blight, arranging branches.
Strangers in the night, exchanging glances. (song lyric)
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(this one is for you, DJ)
"Poto, ergo sum"
I drink, therefore I am.
"Cogito, ergo sum"
I think therefore I am~Descartes
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A tofu, you brute and so I diet.
Et tu Brute? Then fall Caesar! - Shakespeare
(okay I'm really not sure about this one, but it seems close. Feel free to correct me)
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Any sufficiently advanced technology is guaranteed to need replacing in less than six months.
I was thinking along those same lines, GG, and similarly uncertain. The "and so I diet" seems close to suggesting a line including "and so I die," but that doesn't match the Shakespeare.
I believe yours is an adaptation of "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
Cross Unlucky Charms! They're Tragically Malicious!
Frosted Lucky Charms, they're magically delicious! - Lucky the Leprechaun
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Those who misquote George Santayana are condemned to paraphrase him.
Those who live by the sword will die by the sword.
A trend in Tulsa is a trend Omaha.
(I think GG's may have been George Santayana's own famous quote "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." But back to Tawodi's.)
(Reep would be right)
Guessing here, but is Tawodi's
"A friend in need is a friend indeed"?
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Those who live in glass houses should dress in the basement.
People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
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Give a man a fish, and he will eat for a day. Give a man a sword, and he can chow down on the meaty marrow of evil!
Quote from: Viking on January 07, 2011, 02:19:02 PM
Give a man a fish, and he will eat for a day. Give a man a sword, and he can chow down on the meaty marrow of evil!
Give a man a fish, and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he will eat for a lifetime. (A commonly quoted Chinese proverb.)
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♫ The Algebra has a double for a sidekick--EEEeeeEEEeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!111!.... ♪ow_tiobe_sb
Phantom Bunburyist and Whirled Braker
Quote from: ow_tiobe_sb on January 07, 2011, 02:53:00 PM
♫ The Algebra has a double for a sidekick--EEEeeeEEEeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!111!.... ♪
Bee-Al-Ze-Bub has a Devil for a sideboard*
*okay, okay... a devil put aside for mee-ee, for meee-eee, for MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!-----
Revenge is like serving cold cuts
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
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If you can't eat them, boil them.
If you can't beat them, join them.
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(Done already and recently, I know, but a favourite mashup of mine...)
Give a man a fire and he's warm for the day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.~Chinese Proverb
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A Porsche, a Porsche. My Lincoln for a Porsche.
is it "a horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!"
there's a gamer bored in my Civic
There's a baby born every second - (not 100% sure)
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If you can't beat them, then go get a bigger stick!
I would have guessed that "there's a gamer bored in my Civic" might have mapped to "There's a hole in the bucket, Eliza, Eliza..." or "There's a sucker born every minute," but the parallels to both are kinda tenuous.
Current most easily maps to "If you can't beat them, join them."
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A fool and his money are soon both inducted into a corrupt political party.
(Disclaimer: the above statement is not intended to bear any comment on any particular political party, or to give offense to anybody with particular political leanings. Any similarity to political parties, real or imagined, is purely coincidental.)
A fool and his money are soon parted.
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Don't fry over-cooked steak.
Don't cry over spilled milk.
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A leopard can changes his shorts.
(used quite often in "Unseen Academical" BTW)
A leopard cannot change its spots.
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We have 'et the enemy, an 'e is tastin' like chicken!
I have seen the enemy and he is us.~Pogo
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We came. We saw. We ate Fruit Loops.
we came, we saw, we conquered.
and viking had it right on my earlier quote, i was going for 'a sucker born every minute.'
"the grass is always better maintained in someone elses yard"
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
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Three lefts do make a right.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
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Laugh, and the world laughs with with you. Slip, and the world laughs at you.
Smile, and the world smiles with you.
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Mother is the necessity of intervention.
necessity is the mother of invention.
a wise man keeps his mouth closed, and is thought a fool, while a fool opens his mouth, and annoys the heck out of everyone around him.
(I think earlier Tawodi Osdi was aiming for "Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone.")
Is Lord Elcorin's "Better to be silent and thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt."?
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Tis better to have loved and lost than to be part of another "...of Love" reality series.
Tis better to have loved and lost than to never have loved before.
A friend to all is a friend to anchovies.
A friend to all is a friend to none. --Aristotle
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You can't make an omelette without ruthlessly crushing dozens of eggs beneath your steel boot and then publicly disemboweling the chickens that laid them as a warning to others.
This is either "You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs" or "Never accept an omelette off Viking."
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Beauty is in the eye of the beer-holder.
beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
I have not yet begun to make waffles!
I have not yet begun to fight.
Damn the waffles, pour the syrup ahead.
Quote from: Reepicheep on January 18, 2011, 03:49:58 PM
This is either "You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs" or "Never accept an omelette off Viking."
You know, I never intended the latter as a proverb. But maybe I should...
Current quote relates to "Damn the torpedoes! Full steam ahead!"
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Waste is a terrible thing to mind.
A mind is a terrible thing to waste. - United Negro College Fund
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What light through younder window breaks? Ti's a baseball from those damn kids in my yard again.
What light through yon window breaks, it is the east and Juliet is the Sun.
Alas poor Yorkie, I ran him over with a mower.
Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow
of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: he hath
borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how
abhorred in my imagination it is!
(Dear God, but Shakespeare could keep a sentence running before he came to a terminal punctuation mark...)
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If the spirits have offended, take milk thistle - your liver's mended!
If we shadows have offended, Think but this, and all is mended.
Never ask for whom the the cookies belong; They are for me.
ask not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee!
if you can't thrash a zombie, you shouldn't go thrashing at all
If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all.
Moldy shoulders never cry. They just slump away.
Old soldiers never die. They just fade away.
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A hitch in crime jails nine.
A stitch in time saves nine.
Don't deride a dreaded house.