favorite quotes or analogies

For Skunk:

" Do not expect to make a fire instantly (bow and drill); the drill will need to 'bed' itself into the baseboard and this can only be achieved after hours of constant drilling." Page 59 - SAS Encyclopedia of Survival, Barry Davies, Virgin Publishing, 1999, ISBN# 1-85227-866-8

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For longbow:

I often respond to such nonsense by remarking that the opinion of a compound shooter is of no consequence to an archer.

(I don't remember where it came from.)

Doc
 
For all the rest of my BladeForums brethren:

"A good knife is everything! And, if you do not want to carry a knife, you should stay out of the woods". (Alton Safford - WW10-3-3)

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"He doesn't have both oars in the water. In fact, he doesn't have both oars"
"Her elevator doesn't go all the way to the top"
"If my aunt would have had balls, she would be my uncle"
"Change is the only constant in life"
"She is so ugly she has to cover her head with a sheet so sleep can sneak up on her"
 
When Pigs fly.

Does a bear sh#$t in the woods.

Dumb as a fox.

He's rowing with one oar.

Don't put your shoes on the table, its bad luck.

You're just Pi$$ing into the wind.

Sh$t, Pi$$ and corruption.

Newest one from my supervisor, 8NSK8. Meaning don't take the work home with you.
 
Excellent thread !

My grandfather (God rest) .. "Measure twice, cut once."
"So blunt you could slide bare-assed to Bradwell and back on it." (We lived in Bradwell)
"If it's not sharp, it's just a piece of metal." (This on the day he taught me to sharpen a tool properly. Now used as my sig line on most forums)
"There's no such thing as a 5 minute job."

Others...

(She's got a face) Like a bulldog sucking a wasp.
If brains was dynamite he wouldn't have enough to part his hair.
Not the shiniest pebble on the beach.
About as bright as the TocH lamp (TocH was local charity who's symbol was a big oil lamp, Ali-Baba style, with a tiny little flame on it)
He's got shit for brains and so little of that it don't smell.
If it went BANG and bits fell off, start saving up for a new one.
About as bent as a nine bob note. (Pre-decimal currency in the UK had a ten "bob" (Shilling) note)
Clean as a whistle.
Right as ninepence.
About as happy as snow in harvest.
I'd rather be a live chicken than a cooked goose.
(Me, on being told to do something wholly stupid by an RSM with the words "Get on with it! It's character building!) "I've got quite enough character already thank you!" (We never did see eye-to-eye after that. I wonder why! )

.. and I can't believe I'm the first to suggest...
If it ain't broke, dont "fix" it !
 
"Knowledge is invisible and weighs not at all. Be mindful that in times of crisis if you can find shelter in the forest, rub sticks for fire and know which wild plants around you can be eaten you cannot easily be denied access to a home, hearth and a meal. All that is necessary is that we preserve wild places and our knowledge of them." (Ray Mears – Bushcraft introduction – ISBN# 0 340 79258 2 )


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