The lights are on but it ain't his house.

T. Erdelyi

T. Erdelyi

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We all have 'em, friends who murder commom quotes, like,"Closing the barn door after the lights went out.."

Here is a small section out of the over 300 misquotes,(or as we call 'em, Cababels Fabels) I've collected over the last 30 years,(when your done leave one you've heard or even one you've used yourself:

134. Sometimes we tend to have a tendency to do that.

135. I’m not afraid to sign my signature.

136. He likes to have a report standing on itself.

137. I want a written memo.

138. In 15 minutes, I want to see you, Franco, and Joe, whether he’s here or not.

139. If they don’t have it, don’t buy it.

140. Rub it in their noses.

141. Do you have thasarsis?

142. It is not the size that counts but how you distribute the weight.

143. He’s got too much windage problem.

144. God damn it Sammy, I’m tired of holding onto my balls.

145. Why are we building ourselves a mousetrap?

146. There’s a lot of ways to cut a cat.

147. There’s more than one way to skin a rabbit.

148. This is between you and me. It’s off the arm.

149. It’s like a two tone program.
 
There's lots in Spanish, here's a couple that I like:

Original:

1.- del plato a la boca, se cae la sopa (from plate to mouth, the soup spills).

2.- del dicho al hecho, hay mucho trecho (form saying to doing there's a long distance).

Modified:

1.- Del dicho al hecho se cae la sopa (from saying to doing, the soup spills).

2.- Del plato a la boca, hay mucho trecho (from plate to mouth, there's a long distance).

Luis

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If you have a dog, put him on a leash, if you don't, don't.
 
Nobody goes there anymore cause it's gotten too crowded !!

They thoroughly examined my head and didn't find anything.

Sign at a 24 hour Waffle Hut in Arkansas, "Were open till we close"

Physicians are not as smart as most of them think.
 
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