You know what they say.......

Sayings that are so obviously wrong:-

"EVERYTHING COMES IN THREES"
Not true. In reality, everything comes in ones. Sometimes, when three "ones" come in a row, it seems like everything comes in threes.
By the way, in medieval times it was widely believed that everything came in twenty-sixes. They were wrong, too. It just took them longer to recognize the pattern.

"YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU [When you die]"
Well.....that depends on what it is. If it's your dark blue suit, you can certainly take it with you. In fact, not only can you take it with you, you can probably putsome things in your pockets.

yup..i know what ya mean
Maybe it's in english too but 'round here there's a stupid remark ( dunno it exactly) that it's a sign of stupidity to laugh at something you remember. When in fact you're always laughing at something you remember, wether or not u remember it from 2 days ago or 3 seconds after he told a joke.....

Something similar to this?

"YOU LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY"
Actually, you learn something old every day. Just because you've just learned it doesn't mean it's new. Other people already knew it, Columbus is a good example of this.

new to you...not an invention

OK some more:-

"THE SKY'S THE LIMIT"
Well, how can the sky be the limit? The sky never ends. What kind of a limit is that? The earth is the limit. You dig a hole and what do you keep getting? More earth. The earth is the limit.

"YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR"
Clearly this is not true. Have you been shopping recently? Only a very naive person would believe that you get what you pay for. In point of fact, if you check your purchases carefully, you'll find that you get whatever they feel like giving you. And if corporations get any more powerful, you soon might not even get that.

true that about the sky

not true at all. Some have a deeper sense..u can't see it without thinking.
If someone's not paying attention and gets tricked when buying something than yes, you got what you payed for. And the sky is the limist. You said it never ends..so there's nothing after it, right? Limit.
And if you keep digging in the earth eventually u'll reach the other side...sky there too

nothing after the sky? except trillions, zillions of stars, star systems, moons, planets??? so no, the sky aint the limit

ok the universe........can be considered sky in metafors. The same as digging through the earth..it's not like u'r gonna make it

it can't really be the sky, the sky lies around our planet

Originally posted by Corran

The sky never ends.

That one about getting what you pay for was written by someone with no grasp of economics...

but if you think about a pair of sunglassess or a handbag (preferably coach) yur not getting near enough as you paid for.

glasses are black, glasses are black
and something else I don't know

Well, no, actually, you ARE getting what you pay for, as you pay the market value for those glasses. Don't go assinging any theoretical values of worth here- the ONLY value of an object is what people are prepared to pay for it, and as glasses sell at that level, that makes them worth that much. It doesn't matter if they cost one-tenth that much toi make, if the people who make them become fat and rich, the point still is that the only thing that measures the worth of an object is how much people will pay for it.

If people WOULDN'T pay that much for them, they wouldn't sell. They do sell therefore that IS their worth.

look beyond business or economical principples. I think this line is older than that and has a hidden meaning

Strange how posting something daft can turn to an almost normal discussion.

"TOMORROW IS ANOTHER DAY"
Not neccesarily true. Today is another day. We have no idea what tomorrow is going to be. It might turn out to be another day, but we can't be sure. If it happens, I'll be the first to say so. But, you know what? By that time, it will be today again.

"NICE GUYS FINISH LAST"
Not true. Studies have shown that, on average, nice guys finish third in a field of six. Actually, short guys finish last. By the way, in medieval times it was widely believed that nice guys finished twenty-sixth. You can see how limited those people were.

I think you will find that that line is not older than money, Dexx, and so long as there has been money, what I said has been true.

i'm sure these weren't ment to be taken literally. I'm sure something can be found in all of 'em.

You seem to have missed the point, Dexx... I am saying the statement is TRUE.