Silly Sayings

[Willy]

Some of the standard sayings that get passed around can be downright silly but a lot of folks believe they are true. For instance the saying or question in this case,

 

"Is the glass half full or half empty?"

 

The old adage that "if you say a glass is half full your a positive person but if you say a glass is half empty your a pessimist"

What is silly about this statement is that there is no such thing as a half full glass or a half empty glass.  A glass can be either full or a glass can be empty. It's like saying a woman is half pregnant. 

[Sweater Cows!]

Huh? So when the fuel tank is half full(or 1/4 or 3/4) it's really full? I believe volume measures can be less than a whole? or are you doing word tricks(the half empty thing), you can't have half of zero right??

[AQUAMAN]

How about "don't count your chickens before they've hatched". Or, "which came first, the chicken or the egg"? Both these sayings kinda dovetail, cause, you can't have chicken eggs to hatch without the chicken, reversely, you can't have a chicken without an egg to have been born from to begin with?

[Willy]

Lando
It's all in the words. Full and empty are not fractional measurments. The correct way to describe this situation would be to say the glass is half filled or half emptied.

Aquaman
I've always loved that saying "which came first, the chicken or the egg". At first it sounds simple but the reasoning behind it can make your head spin.

[charlemagnetism]

waiting with baited breath

the only things i know that have baited breath are fishes and thats when they have a hook in their mouth. what the hello do they have to look forward to. decapitation and skinning. maybe flopping in the frypan. wont ever catch me with baited breath i trow.

[AQUAMAN]

How about: why did the chicken cross the road? We all know that answer: to get to the other side, right? Ok, how about: why did the chicken cross the lake? Answer: to get a ride on a badger, hardy har har.

[AQUAMAN]

How about: Use your Noggin! I liked that too RJE, dad said it alot growing up too. It means, "think with your brains before you react", too many act out in haste from the heart, not the mind. Thanks for the reminder. Today they probably say, cool your jets, as a comparison.

[Willy]

Charlie

That's funny.

 

Aquaman

I never understood what the chicken saying had to do with anything.

I've always heard that term "use your noggin" from adults. It's a slang word for head but I don't know it's origin.

[charlemagnetism]

having a kangaroo loose in the top paddock.

 

you think this would be some crikey from down under but this has its origins here in the usa.  im not even sure what a paddock is but my dandy friends use this to describe someone who is mentally disterbed an it actualy is recognized on the web as how we use it.  gday sheilas and jimmybobs.