Post 'em here--proverbs you hate.

[raccoon]

My most un-favorite: "Practice makes perfect."

My response to that is :puke:

[NJmaverick]

1. I can't think of any proverb I hate

because most of the time they turn out to be right

[Amerigo Vespucci]

2. "Never eat anything bigger than your head"

But that's another one that's proven to be good advice again and again...

:rofl:

[suninvited]

3. Not sure this is a proverb, but

don't put anything in your ear smaller than your elbow.

Will anything bigger than my elbow even FIT in my ear? I have tried cleaning my ears with my elbow, it didn't turn out so well.

[meow2u3]

4. Everything happens for a reason

I HATE that expression!!! :grr:

[NJmaverick]

5. I did think of one I can't stand

"possession is 9/10s of the law"

what the heck does that one mean?

[Doc_Technical]

6. My band teacher often used this one.

Self satisfaction is the surest sign of
malignant mediocrity.

[JVS]

7. I hate this one

Do not plot harm against your neighbor,
who lives trustfully near you.

[Iggo]

8. Nice guys finish fast.

Or was it "last." I forget.

[panhead1961]

9. A stitch in time saves Nine

WTF - my mom use to say that
ALSO
Patience is a virtue posses it if you can, often found in women seldom found in man

[Bicoastal]

10. "The exception proves the rule."

How does any exception PROVE a rule? Exceptions point out FLAWS in the rules.

"This new prescription drug medicine is PERFECTLY safe!"

"Yes, but what about the test subject who went into convulsions and had extreme headaches and spells of vomiting for a week?"

"Ah, that's the exception that proves the rule."

The perfect way for professional con men and hypocrites to wave aside their failings, if you ask me.