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Adulterate, Edit, Modify or Invent proverbs for the modern age.
Here are a couple...
What doesn't kill you only makes you stranger.
The road to hell wasn't paved in a day.
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
CCC Link[ ^]
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Rage wrote: Beware of Greeks Geeks bearing gifts
FTFY
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Brilliant. How did I not think about that !
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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It aint over intill Adele sings.
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A journey of a thousand miles begins with the pretenders on a return trip.
A little knowledge is a QA question.
A little of what you fancy gets you locked up.
A photoshop paints a thousand words.
A womans place is in the home, and the workplace, and down the pub, and in the gym, and anywhere else she wants to be.
All that glitters is copyrighted Apple.
Carpe Jugulum.
Dead Men post no tweets.
Faith will move mountains, but JCB can put them back.
Give a man enough rope and he will make a fortune on eBay.
Good fences make good neighbours, but dealers should be avoided.
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
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OriginalGriff wrote: A journey of a thousand miles begins with the pretenders on a return trip.
Hmmm...
Do you perhaps mean the Proclaimers?
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
CCC Link[ ^]
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Nah, they were lying about walking that far in the first place. Exercise? In Scotland? That's about as likely as it is in Wales! 
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
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OriginalGriff wrote: Dead Men post no tweets.
Not true. A coworker of mine died two months ago. He's still posting on Facebook/Twitter.
(his girlfriend is still using his laptop, which is set to stay signed in to FB, etc.)
Software Zen: delete this;
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All good things have already come to an end.
Money runs thicker than blood.
A penny borrowed is a penny earned.
All's fair on the internet.
Beauty is in the eye of the fashion industry.
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A stitch in time saves The Doctor.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H
OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre
I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer
Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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Once bitten, three's a crowd.
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
CCC Link[ ^]
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If you don't kill me you only make me stronger.
That and a cup of coffee will get you two cups of coffee, perhaps more.
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Waste not want everything.
Bad things come in big packages.
Do unto others as your manager does unto you.
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Too many cooks appear on TV
Ignorance is normal
A bird in the hand will sh*t on your wrist
Good things come to those who shoplift in John Lewis'
A picture is worth 12 megapixels
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Transvestites - Roberts in Disguise!
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When in Rome, etc.
When in LA, do what the elephant you want.
(My wife on her first trip to LA)
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
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A bird in the hand is worth whatever you can convince some fool to pay for it.
A bird in the hand is worth $800 if it has an apple logo on it....
I'll run for the bushes now.
I'm beginning to hate the news...the world was much nicer when I was illiterate
Be careful which toes you step on today, they might be connected to the foot that kicks your butt tomorrow.
You can't scare me, I have children.
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Don't fight with your girl; dicker.
Will Rogers never met me.
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Build a man a fire and he'll keep warm for the day.
Set a man afire and he'll keep warm for the rest of his life.
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