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 lmfao! Love it!Thankyou!

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

@KiwiBird lmao!

@G00GLE 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 [i]not[/i] 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/🍯

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

@bijouxbroussard IKR I was takin' the piss.

@KiwiBird Ah 😄

@hartfire now what's the fun in giving up? 😈

Might as well give up on the common sayings then and not complain about them to begin with! 😊

@DeWayfarer I don't think there's any riddle there to be worked out.

Like "Jabberwocky", writers sometimes invent things that have little or no meaning just to play with the musicality of language.

Actually "Jabberwocky" follows a classic heroic myth and serves as a parable for a father's love and a son's longing to earn it.

Jabberwocky
BY LEWIS CARROLL
’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

“Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!”

He took his vorpal sword in hand;
Long time the manxome foe he sought—
So rested he by the Tumtum tree
And stood awhile in thought.

And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!

One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.

“And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!”
He chortled in his joy.

’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

@hartfire now you are contradicting yourself. Something without meaning that does have meaning! A parable! 😁

I defy you to give meaning to:[quote]Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey
A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you?[/quote]

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@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.

@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.

@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.

@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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