What is a common quote or saying that makes no sense? Please explain why you think so.

@bijouxbroussard Perfect examples. I was thinking of “everything happens for a reason” too. Something that is to be consoling but never really seemed that way to me.

@KiwiBird No, quite the opposite. They mentioned nothing about “whips” or “chains”. 🙄

@bijouxbroussard IKR I was takin' the piss.

@KiwiBird Ah 😄

@SW-User Mm. I'll agree that human memory is notoriously variable. Some people can hardly remember anything, while others can test as high as 98% reliability.
Trauma can affect memory, sending it into the unconscious with visceral effects on emotional reactions and physical health.
As you say, how we recall something can alter it and we can forget the original - though I wouldn't agree that this is true for all memoires or all people. We do have an automatic tendency to try to fill in gaps - it's part of our need to try to make sense of things. But the trick there is to hold it in mind as merely a guess, not give it credence without proof.
I think western memories have become far worse now that we have the net as a grand encyclopedia - almost every source of info open at a touch.
Australian Aborigines have prodigious memories, and their entire culture is constructed as a mnemonic system - all because that had no writing and almost no other ways to physically record information.

So a big part of memory is whether we have a commitment to observing reality exactly as it is - without interpretation - and then practising, rehearsing and testing.

@KiwiBird lmfao! Love it!Thankyou!

@Eddiesolds 'A few roos loose in the top paddock' means 'A few lamingtons short of a CWA meeting'

@KiwiBird lmao!

@DeWayfarer Guess it depends on whether it's still fun,
or whether the effort still seems worthwhile.
Lately I mostly try to avoid cliches - either by speaking directly...
or inventing an original metaphor (this latter - surprising how hard it is).

@hartfire oh words can be quite queer! 🙃😊

No need to make new ones when so many can be funny! 🙃😊

I'm always looking at the Etymology words. In fact that's often where I find humor. 😊

@DeWayfarer Agreed! 😀
You might enjoy "Reading the OED" by Ammon Shea -- clearly aspergic -- and I find myself smiling the whole way through.

Words are rainbow spectrums, kaleidoscopes, labyrinths, the gargling of corellas.

@GermanAf Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay now that's a reference I like to see. ┬┴┬┴┤•ᴥ•ʔ/🥃

@bearinthehalfwayhouse Oh, that one's one of my pet hates.
We all know from the context and tone of voice that what they mean is "I could not care less".
There's something adolescent and thumbing-the-nose about the deliberate refusal to say what is really meant.

@hartfire Eeey, you said it better. ┴┬┴┤•ᴥ•ʔ/🍯

@Ingwe I hadn't heard that as a saying. I reckon it could only make sense for someone who's hunting for casual sex.

In general, the primary use of a dress is to satisfy the dress code for a specific occasion, for instance, for the workplace or a social gathering.

@bijouxbroussard Françoise Sagan

@Ingwe Ah - now it makes more sense!
It's not a common saying at all but a quote from a French writer who was notorious for her romantic themes, disillusioned bourgeois characters and amoral tone.

@swandfriends
It means without any fuss or delay; immediately. E.g. "without further ado he hurried down the steps"
In late Middle English "at do" meant "action" or "business"), and became abbreviated to ado.
I think these days it sounds a bit old fashioned. Maybe it's on its way to becoming obsolete.

@sassypants It meant to improvise, not follow a set musical score. So there could be an analogy in other scenarios.

@bijouxbroussard Thank you for the explanation. It still sounds funny to me.

@sassypants As a metaphor for improvising, I quite like this saying. For instance, if I'm meeting a friend. I'll generally have no idea what we might end up chatting about, so I'm almost always responding and improvising in the moment - playing it by ear.

But now that you mention it, it would sound a bit odd if one said it about, say, football. ;)

@Entwistle No - definitely not necessarily true.
Just meant well - a desire to offer comfort.

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@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout Let me guess.
You've lost something you really need and are feeling frustrated about it. You've just asked someone to help you find something, which is probably the last thing they would want to do since it's none of their business and they haven't a clue anyway.
They make an unhelpful joke about the obvious and end up with a black eye.