It's a Famous Quote So it Must be Right!

[Imran Siddiqui]

"A stich in time saves nine"

What the **** does that mean? Nine what?

It's a historical reference. Because the US Supreme Court reversed itself on its New Deal jurisprudence (the 'stich in time') it saved NINE justices on the bench... or else FDR would have packed the court.

[gunkulator]

Originally posted by Ecthelion
my parents are in Spandau. you know where BeBro lives? (quickly before he turns up )

How's the ballet?

Another:
"I hold in my hand the names of 57 card-carrying Communists"

[Ecthy]

I think he is...

[gunkulator]

Originally posted by Agathon
"A stich in time saves nine"

What the **** does that mean? Nine what?

Ignoring Imran's strange answer, I think Japher has it right. It refers to sewing up holes in your clothes. If you fix a small hole quickly, it won't require many stitches. If you wait, the hole gets bigger and takes nine times as many.

[Ecthy]

I'm in C-town down the way to D-town, but my parents reside in Spandau.

Is Kreuzberg nich voller Asozialer?

Oder bin ich mit so ner Frage an der falschen Adresse?

[oedo]

Is Kreuzberg nich voller Asozialer?

ja, am Kottbusser Tor z.B. ist es ziemlich schlimm. aber das kannst Du Dir ja selber denken.

[Ecthy]

Is echt finster, kann ich mir denken.

Gib mal n Tipp wo man in der großen City billig aber gut wohnen kann, will da studiern.

[Sava]

"german people piss me off"

[oedo]

--->pm

[Adagio]

Originally posted by Sava
"german people piss me off"

...and who made that quote..?

[Cruddy]

"This thread is toast" (Various mods)

Now, if it was "This bread is now toasted" it might make sense...

[Agathon]

Thanks to all for clearing up the stitch thing. I'd always thought it meant losing nine things out of your pocket.

Well this week's prize for lateral thinking obviously doesn't go to me.

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
It's a historical reference. Because the US Supreme Court reversed itself on its New Deal jurisprudence (the 'stich in time') it saved NINE justices on the bench... or else FDR would have packed the court.

Did you come up with this patently absurd answer yourself, or did it come from somewhere else?

The phrase has been around since 1732 at least, when it was used as a slogan for a seamstress.

All it means, as has been stated, is that prompt attention to a problem quickly will save further problems down the road.

[Agathon]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov

Did you come up with this patently absurd answer yourself, or did it come from somewhere else?

Come on, that's not as bad as the guy who thought "hypocrite" was from a man named "Hypocrates".

Or the guy who didn't know what the "nine" were.

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Ecthelion
my parents are in Spandau.

Prison?