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Bertha Venation

(21,484 posts) Mon Apr 23, 2012, 02:50 PM Apr 2012

Re-word "be true to yourself" in six words.

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Re-word "be true to yourself" in six words. (Original Post) Bertha Venation Apr 2012 OP

"to thine own self be true"? NYC_SKP Apr 2012 #1

"face the mirror" n/t arcane1 Apr 2012 #2

I had actually thought of Trudy Yuself as a drag name. KamaAina Apr 2012 #3

self-deceit hit self-delete CBGLuthier Apr 2012 #4

Do not believe your own shit. ohiosmith Apr 2012 #5

Goddamn be fuckin' true to yourfuckinself Bucky Apr 2012 #6

To thine own self be true pscot Apr 2012 #7

be true true true to yourself Danny H Connecticut Apr 2012 #8

"Y'all be true to ya'self now." HopeHoops Apr 2012 #9

Look deeply into the mirror; smile. Tikki Apr 2012 #10

Here's a three worder! "'Refute or obtusely." RedCloud Apr 2012 #11

smart, funny, dammit, people like me Phentex Apr 2012 #12

Don't believe the hype! mikeSchmuckabee Apr 2012 #13

"Be what you'd seem to be" WhoIsNumberNone Apr 2012 #14

you rock Bertha Venation Apr 2012 #24

"A bat! I shall become a bat." Bruce Wayne Apr 2012 #15

Do what feels right to you n/t frogmarch Apr 2012 #16

keep it real Enrique Apr 2012 #17

I am, therefore I am hungry BlueJazz Apr 2012 #18

"clear conscience is the softest pillow" yankeepants Apr 2012 #19

fat, drunk, stupid: bad life choice Joe Shlabotnik Apr 2012 #20

Here goes; Dyedinthewoolliberal Apr 2012 #21

Follow your bliss! applegrove Apr 2012 #22

Take this job and shove it! petronius Apr 2012 #23

My shit don't stink, so there! Brother Buzz Apr 2012 #25

Me? I voted for Barack Obama. nolabear Apr 2012 #26

My ass still looks damn good! guitar man Apr 2012 #27

Please don't $#!t where you eat av8rdave Apr 2012 #28

You be you. 6000eliot Apr 2012 #29

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)

1. "to thine own self be true"?

Reply to Bertha Venation (Original post)

Mon Apr 23, 2012, 02:52 PM

Apr 2012

or:

"I will NOT bullshit my own ass!"

ETA or crap can't count... how about:

"Be your damn self, big guy!"

arcane1

(38,613 posts)

2. "face the mirror" n/t

Reply to Bertha Venation (Original post)

Mon Apr 23, 2012, 02:54 PM

Apr 2012

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)

3. I had actually thought of Trudy Yuself as a drag name.

Reply to Bertha Venation (Original post)

Mon Apr 23, 2012, 03:09 PM

Apr 2012

Much like, well, Bertha Venation.

CBGLuthier

(12,723 posts)

4. self-deceit hit self-delete

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Mon Apr 23, 2012, 03:21 PM

Apr 2012

ohiosmith

(24,262 posts)

5. Do not believe your own shit.

Reply to Bertha Venation (Original post)

Mon Apr 23, 2012, 03:43 PM

Apr 2012

Bucky

(53,947 posts)

6. Goddamn be fuckin' true to yourfuckinself

Reply to Bertha Venation (Original post)

Mon Apr 23, 2012, 07:49 PM

Apr 2012

If this were German, I could probably getaway with "yourfuckinself" as a single word.

pscot

(21,024 posts)

7. To thine own self be true

Reply to Bertha Venation (Original post)

Mon Apr 23, 2012, 09:15 PM

Apr 2012

Danny H Connecticut

(12 posts)

8. be true true true to yourself

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Mon Apr 23, 2012, 09:24 PM

Apr 2012

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)

9. "Y'all be true to ya'self now."

Reply to Bertha Venation (Original post)

Tue Apr 24, 2012, 09:50 AM

Apr 2012

Tikki

(14,549 posts)

10. Look deeply into the mirror; smile.

Reply to Bertha Venation (Original post)

Tue Apr 24, 2012, 09:54 AM

Apr 2012

Tikki

RedCloud

(9,230 posts)

11. Here's a three worder! "'Refute or obtusely."

Reply to Bertha Venation (Original post)

Tue Apr 24, 2012, 12:09 PM

Apr 2012

Reordered!

Phentex

(16,330 posts)

12. smart, funny, dammit, people like me

Reply to Bertha Venation (Original post)

Tue Apr 24, 2012, 12:10 PM

Apr 2012

mikeSchmuckabee

(349 posts)

13. Don't believe the hype!

Reply to Bertha Venation (Original post)

Tue Apr 24, 2012, 05:43 PM

Apr 2012

Yo Public Enemy

WhoIsNumberNone

(7,875 posts)

14. "Be what you'd seem to be"

Reply to Bertha Venation (Original post)

Tue Apr 24, 2012, 05:58 PM

Apr 2012

Or if you'd like to put it more simply; never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you had been would have appeared to them to be otherwise.

Bertha Venation

(21,484 posts)

24. you rock

Reply to WhoIsNumberNone (Reply #14)

Wed Apr 25, 2012, 10:46 PM

Apr 2012

Bruce Wayne

(692 posts)

15. "A bat! I shall become a bat."

Reply to Bertha Venation (Original post)

Tue Apr 24, 2012, 06:02 PM

Apr 2012

Seven words. Shit.

frogmarch

(12,153 posts)

16. Do what feels right to you n/t

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Tue Apr 24, 2012, 06:04 PM

Apr 2012

Enrique

(27,461 posts)

17. keep it real

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Tue Apr 24, 2012, 08:50 PM

Apr 2012

if you want

BlueJazz

(25,348 posts)

18. I am, therefore I am hungry

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Tue Apr 24, 2012, 09:35 PM

Apr 2012

yankeepants

(1,979 posts)

19. "clear conscience is the softest pillow"

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Tue Apr 24, 2012, 09:39 PM

Apr 2012

Joe Shlabotnik

(5,604 posts)

20. fat, drunk, stupid: bad life choice

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Tue Apr 24, 2012, 11:05 PM

Apr 2012

Well at at least I took the advice about not being fat.

Dyedinthewoolliberal

(15,546 posts)

21. Here goes;

Reply to Bertha Venation (Original post)

Tue Apr 24, 2012, 11:08 PM

Apr 2012

"Live life the way you want"

applegrove

(118,501 posts)

22. Follow your bliss!

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Tue Apr 24, 2012, 11:09 PM

Apr 2012

petronius

(26,598 posts)

23. Take this job and shove it!

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Wed Apr 25, 2012, 12:42 AM

Apr 2012

Brother Buzz

(36,389 posts)

25. My shit don't stink, so there!

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Wed Apr 25, 2012, 11:16 PM

Apr 2012

nolabear

(41,936 posts)

26. Me? I voted for Barack Obama.

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Thu Apr 26, 2012, 12:23 AM

Apr 2012

guitar man

(15,996 posts)

27. My ass still looks damn good!

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Thu Apr 26, 2012, 12:50 AM

Apr 2012

av8rdave

(10,573 posts)

28. Please don't $#!t where you eat

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Thu Apr 26, 2012, 07:27 AM

Apr 2012

6000eliot

(5,643 posts)

29. You be you.

Reply to Bertha Venation (Original post)

Thu Apr 26, 2012, 07:41 AM

Apr 2012

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