new proverb

[Joel S. Berson]

Of course in Noah's case the water came to the boat; the boat didn't
have to be moved to the water.

Joel

At 3/21/2011 03:16 PM, Baker, John wrote:
>         Clearly not number one - church marquees always support going
>against the flow.  Google reveals that it's a reference to Noah, who
>built a boat on dry land far from the water.  Actually, the Bible does
>not indicate where Noah built the Ark, but presumably it wouldn't have
>been too close to the water's edge, since it wasn't to be used until the
>Flood.  Although it's not clear to me exactly how going against the flow
>is like building a boat on dry land far from the water, it's probably an
>advertisement for a sermon in which this would be explained.
>
>
>John Baker
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf
>Of Jonathan Lighter
>Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2011 5:49 PM
>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>Subject: new proverb
>
>On a marquee outside a local church:
>
>"Going Against the Flow is like Building a Boat on Dry Land."
>
>Somebody knows less than squat about boat-building. Or else is
>a black-belt in proverb irony.
>
>I pick number one.
>
>JL
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