Author Topic: Famous Quotes Remixed (Read 15350 times)

Lord Elcorion · « **on:** December 18, 2010, 12:10:40 PM »

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.

ow_tiobe_sb · « **Reply #1 on:** December 18, 2010, 01:33:42 PM »

"Neither a colander nor a blender be..."

ow_tiobe_sb
Phantom Bunburyist and Whirled Braker

Glitch Girl · « **Reply #2 on:** December 20, 2010, 09:51:39 PM »

Above:
Neither a borrower or lender be.
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He who hesitates is lunch.

daglob · « **Reply #3 on:** December 21, 2010, 01:33:30 AM »

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.

Viking · « **Reply #4 on:** December 22, 2010, 08:50:37 PM »

Original quote, from Hamlet...

For some must watch, while some must sleep: so runs the world away.

My mangled quote:

Face: The Spinal Frontier

Glitch Girl · « **Reply #5 on:** December 23, 2010, 03:09:28 AM »

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.

Viking · « **Reply #6 on:** December 23, 2010, 03:50:02 AM »

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!

Glitch Girl · « **Reply #7 on:** December 23, 2010, 04:12:57 PM »

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)

Viking · « **Reply #8 on:** December 23, 2010, 04:45:06 PM »

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.

Lord Elcorion · « **Reply #9 on:** December 23, 2010, 10:19:18 PM »

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.

Reepicheep · « **Reply #10 on:** December 28, 2010, 02:59:35 PM »

Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.

Sedimentary, my dear. What stone!

Tawodi Osdi · « **Reply #11 on:** December 30, 2010, 07:09:29 AM »

Elementary, my dear Watson.

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One if in hand, two if in tree.

docdelorean88 · « **Reply #12 on:** December 31, 2010, 05:40:03 PM »

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."

Viking · « **Reply #13 on:** January 01, 2011, 01:23:40 AM »

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.

Tawodi Osdi · « **Reply #14 on:** January 01, 2011, 03:39:53 AM »

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

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Paint the clown dead.

Reepicheep · « **Reply #15 on:** January 01, 2011, 02:40:16 PM »

Paint the town red

To arr is Pirate

Tawodi Osdi · « **Reply #16 on:** January 02, 2011, 02:09:51 AM »

To err is human

Fleeced to the eights

Viking · « **Reply #17 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.

kkhohoho · « **Reply #18 on:** January 02, 2011, 11:36:35 PM »

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.

Tawodi Osdi · « **Reply #19 on:** January 03, 2011, 07:02:02 AM »

Water, water everywhere nor a drop to drink. Coleridge

A blink is as good as grog to a bland cat.

Viking · « **Reply #20 on:** January 03, 2011, 06:05:09 PM »

A wink is as good as a nod to a blind bat.

Rangers in the blight, arranging branches.

Glitch Girl · « **Reply #21 on:** January 03, 2011, 06:10:04 PM »

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.

Tawodi Osdi · « **Reply #22 on:** January 04, 2011, 12:29:06 AM »

"Cogito, ergo sum"
I think therefore I am~Descartes

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A tofu, you brute and so I diet.

Glitch Girl · « **Reply #23 on:** January 05, 2011, 03:11:44 PM »

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.

Viking · « **Reply #24 on:** January 05, 2011, 03:38:12 PM »

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!

Glitch Girl · « **Reply #25 on:** January 06, 2011, 05:10:23 PM »

Frosted Lucky Charms, they're magically delicious! - Lucky the Leprechaun
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Those who misquote George Santayana are condemned to paraphrase him.

Tawodi Osdi · « **Reply #26 on:** January 06, 2011, 05:39:20 PM »

Those who live by the sword will die by the sword.

A trend in Tulsa is a trend Omaha.

Reepicheep · « **Reply #27 on:** January 07, 2011, 01:50:37 AM »

(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.)

Glitch Girl · « **Reply #28 on:** January 07, 2011, 04:46:36 AM »

(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.

Viking · « **Reply #29 on:** January 07, 2011, 02:19:02 PM »

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!

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Author Topic: Famous Quotes Remixed (Read 15350 times)