purpledoveuk said:

CallMeCarrie said:

You rock! I love a smartyvpants!

Yeah well, it's not so cool when you consider I studied Biology since 16 through college and university specialising in stuff like entomology, genetics, toxicology ...and I have had a job that is nothing at all to do with these for many years. Infact the only job I've ever got offered related to my studies was mysteriously well paid on paper, were very keen for my toxicology knowledge and appeared to be a pharmaceutical company (you can see where this is going)...they casually slipped into the conversation during interview "and how do you feel about animal testing?", I gave a non comital answer, sat through the interview during which they reassured me they didn't test on COWS (???!!!) and turned it down when they said 'congratulations'.

COWS?? At least you have your morals!

CallMeCarrie said:

PRNelson said:

JustErin said:

Can I have your babies?

The saying is 'Like comparing apples to oranges'

It's applied when somebody mistankenly compares two unrelated items as though they are equal when providing an argument/point.

Good point

purpledoveuk said:

CallMeCarrie said:

COWS?? At least you have your morals!

I know...if they'd tested on cows I would have joined in a flash

This entire thread should be obligatory for people -like myself- who doesn't have English as their first language. Very educational and fun.

You have no idea how many sayings there is in this world that make no sense. In Danish we have:

"There's no cow on the ice". And no, it's not because it's an idiom it doesn't make sense .. it just doesn't. It means "No worries".

everything the orger Tame used to say...

"If all of this Love Talk ends with Prince getting married to someone other than me, all I would like to do is give Prince a life size Purple Fabric Cloud Guitar that I made from a vintage bedspread that I used as a Christmas Tree Skirt." ~ Tame

When somebody is sick, why do they say "he's feeling under the weather".

Umm, aren't we all under the weather?

double post edit

But while I'm at it, any parent can tell you "sleep like a baby" is some bullshit!

[Edited 7/2/11 12:46pm]

RenHoek said:

everything the orger Tame used to say...

"If all of this Love Talk ends with Prince getting married to someone other than me, all I would like to do is give Prince a life size Purple Fabric Cloud Guitar that I made from a vintage bedspread that I used as a Christmas Tree Skirt." ~ Tame

psychodelicide said:

Is there a saying that makes no sense to you whatsoever, but that some other people seem to like?

I've always thought the saying coined by Richard Bach: "If you love something, set it free. If it comes back, it's yours. If not, it probably never was", was one of them.

I don't like this saying because, #1, If you really love something why would you set it free, in hopes that it comes back to you? Wouldn't you want to hold onto it and cherish it?

You might like this one better then:

"If you love something set it free...or cripple it so it can't get away."

Though I understand it, I hate... "don't look a gift horse in the mouth."

Just because you give me something for free doesn't mean I have to accept it

without question.

CocoRock said:

When somebody is sick, why do they say "he's feeling under the weather".

Umm, aren't we all under the weather?

I think this has something to do with sailors going below the main deck when they weren't feeling well, so that they were under the weather (not exposed to the weather on the main deck) and get better.

jone70 said:

"I know that's right."

Of course you, you just said it. haha

Genesia said:

psychodelicide said:

Is there a saying that makes no sense to you whatsoever, but that some other people seem to like?

I've always thought the saying coined by Richard Bach: "If you love something, set it free. If it comes back, it's yours. If not, it probably never was", was one of them.

I don't like this saying because, #1, If you really love something why would you set it free, in hopes that it comes back to you? Wouldn't you want to hold onto it and cherish it?

#2, This saying, to me, sounds like something a little kid would say. "I'll set it free, and if it comes back, I get to keep it!"

Maybe there's more to this saying than the way I'm interpreting it, but this saying is one that I never thought made any damn sense.

There was a girl who I used to go to high school with who loooooved this saying. She would write it on her paper book covers all the time.

Edited because my original post also made no sense.

The saying makes total sense. It is simply an acknowledgement that you can't make someone love you.

It's one of my fave sayings and has been for a long time

I had a friend post on her FB status on Father's day.....

"To the real men who raise their children, they know what it is to be Father and not Daddy"...

Isn't the term daddy a term of endearment and that title is earned and the term father just a title that can apply to any sperm donor?

I tried to gently correct my friend, she told me I was wrong.