“Put that in your pipe and smoke it”

Re:“Put that in your pipe and smoke it” by kokanator on Friday May 21, 2021 @08:07PM (#27241634)

My mom had a list of these. She used it as, "well ponder that, but it's not going to change.'

She also said:

"go sew buttons on your underwear" - what your doing is just about as useless

"and, if horses were wishes, beggars would ride" - stop wishing and just do it

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Re:“Put that in your pipe and smoke it” by bduhan on Saturday May 22, 2021 @04:03AM (#27244526)

My 7th grade math teacher once said “you can factor prime numbers until the angel Gabriel blows his horn at the end of time but it ain’t gonna do you no good!”

She also referred to improper fractions as “big top” or Dolly Parton “because she’s big up top, you know what I mean?”

Yes Mrs. Covington, we did :-)

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Re:“Put that in your pipe and smoke it” by thaumasiotes on Saturday May 22, 2021 @03:25AM (#27244339)

> if horses were wishes, beggars would ride" - stop wishing and just do it

I know the saying, but I just see it as expressing "wishing won't make something happen". No implication that you should, or even could, actually do anything to realize your wish.

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Re:“Put that in your pipe and smoke it” by thaumasiotes on Sunday May 23, 2021 @04:11AM (#27253251)

Since this is bothering me when I view my comments, I'll note that the saying actually goes "if wishes were horses...".

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Re:“Put that in your pipe and smoke it” by themodelplumber on Saturday May 22, 2021 @12:55AM (#27243624)

So, did you ever stop wishing and make the usefully-buttoned underwear of your dreams? :-)

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Re:“Put that in your pipe and smoke it” by kokanator on Saturday May 22, 2021 @02:44PM (#27249181)

ha! No, but I do remember thinking as a child, "That would be super uncomfortable and maybe even hurt!"

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