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Some of these are still relevant and used regularly +1 This is a puzzling thread to me, because most of the sayings posted are as relevant today as ever. A better thread title might be: Forgotten Maxims and old sayings not understood today. Many of these sayings are not known by modern urban folks, people whose real world education is so limited that they have never heard them in the first place. So they may be irrelevant in terms of being understood by people with limited reference, but the proverb is as relevant and true as ever. I.e. Eating high on the hog will be relevant till hogs change their anatomy! A box of rocks will always be dumb. Carter's pills: OK, that one has become virtually irrelevant!
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What a sack full of [bleep].
If it was up your ass you would know
Dryer than a popcorn fart.
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Okanagan, it was predictable that the Fire's reading comprehension expired after "Old Maxims." Most of the posters got no further, or were unable to comprehend what "are no longer relevant" meant.
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I’d like to buy him for what he’s worth and sell him for what he thinks he’s worth
I'm pretty certain when we sing our anthem and mention the land of the free, the original intent didn't mean cell phones, food stamps and birth control.
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Okanagan, it was predictable that the Fire's reading comprehension expired after "Old Maxims." Most of the posters got no further, or were unable to comprehend what "are no longer relevant" meant. Was gonna throw a smart arsed reply but yeah....you do have a point. Like when someone gets two pages of scope recommendations other than the particular one he mentioned? So...thinking this should qualify - " Lord willing and the Creek don't rise." Pretty sure they won't.
When a country is well governed, poverty and a mean condition are something to be ashamed of. When a country is ill governed, riches and honors are something to be ashamed of
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Yes, some still relevant.
couple I think Lonnie posted, not so much. Most folks don't know much about carts and horses. Perhaps today's version would be :
Don't put the camp trailer in front of the F 250
Still useful and understood?
F'd up like a soup sammich
I got all my scheidt in one sock.
Ruralites will still understand this one:
Went to have a crap and the hogs ate him.
Geno
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men.
In it is contentment
In it is death and all you seek
(Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
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Bet you dollars to doughnuts... this can still be used, just in reverse. Doughnuts where I'm at cost over a dollar now. Unless this was a bet with the gingerbread man.
Crookeder than a dogs hind leg...
He'd steal the pennies off a dead man's eyes....
Be Polite , Be Professional , but have a plan to kill everybody you meet
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Nothing is darker than a mau mau's moo moo.
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Okanagan, it was predictable that the Fire's reading comprehension expired after "Old Maxims." Most of the posters got no further, or were unable to comprehend what "are no longer relevant" meant. 
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Was gonna throw a smart arsed reply but yeah....you do have a point. Like when someone gets two pages of scope recommendations other than the particular one he mentioned?
So...thinking this should qualify - " Lord willing and the Creek don't rise."
Pretty sure they won't. wonder does anyone really know what '...and the creek don't rise...' was really talking about????? This is one of the 'OLD' maxims that have no use today!
"...A man's rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box and the cartridge box..." Frederick Douglass, 1867
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Took longer than a seven year itch. Does that count? I really enjoy reading these threads about old sayings. A lot I’ve heard from the older people I was around when I was a kid. Brings back good memories.
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The lord will make it rain but it’s up to you to put the seed in the ground.
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Was gonna throw a smart arsed reply but yeah....you do have a point. Like when someone gets two pages of scope recommendations other than the particular one he mentioned?
So...thinking this should qualify - " Lord willing and the Creek don't rise."
Pretty sure they won't. wonder does anyone really know what '...and the creek don't rise...' was really talking about????? This is one of the 'OLD' maxims that have no use today! It had nothing to do with water, it was about the Creek (Muskogee) Indians not going on the warpath.
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Was gonna throw a smart arsed reply but yeah....you do have a point. Like when someone gets two pages of scope recommendations other than the particular one he mentioned?
So...thinking this should qualify - " Lord willing and the Creek don't rise."
Pretty sure they won't. wonder does anyone really know what '...and the creek don't rise...' was really talking about????? This is one of the 'OLD' maxims that have no use today! It had nothing to do with water, it was about the Creek (Muskogee) Indians not going on the warpath. Yep!
"...A man's rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box and the cartridge box..." Frederick Douglass, 1867
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"That's like trying to find a needle in a haystack." How many people today actually know what a haystack is?  L.W.
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Okanagan, it was predictable that the Fire's reading comprehension expired after "Old Maxims." Most of the posters got no further, or were unable to comprehend what "are no longer relevant" meant. Then how about ; 'Don't hurt yourself getting down off that high horse' ?
We pray our sights be straight
and our aim be true
We pray for no pain
to the game we pursue
We thank you Lord
for this land
We thank you for the sights
from our stands
We pray for safety, one and all
We pray we may return next fall
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My grandpa used to say....”more fun than a barrel of monkeys”.
“Now you’re cooking with gas” is another one that I remember.
There were so many that my mind is spinning. 😁
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Drier than an old nun.
Worse than a sore ass in fly time.
Lock, stock and barrel...
Lower than whale schitt.
Not worth a tinker's damn
Ain't got two nickels to rub together
Not worth a red cent
Don't take any wooden nickels
Fux like a mink
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You all have a lot of the bases covered. One that may have been missed or was in my family only -
“Children are to be seen and not heard!” My pop would tell all 7 of us, when we were formally entertaining neighbors, or his Pop. He said he got that one from him, his Pop. In relation to same with his 6 siblings.
Enter millennials...
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