Thread: You reap what you sow

Since we are beating a horse to death here...this just shows that everyone has their personal interpretation of a given thing.Some see it as one way and others will believe what they want. Seems really pretty cut and dry though at least in my interpretation.Plant a bad seed and reap the benefits. Plant a good seed and reap the benefits. But of course some see black and white and others see a multitude of color.How's that fer a dead horseDie you horse..you..you die now.

feed a stray cat and he'll keep coming back.. but if you teach him to fish..

wait.. nevermind.

If PT Barnum were still alive and you could teach a cat to fish.....you'd be rich.and then you could get him a cute lttle fishing hat with hooks and a Bass boat and..............Oh yea and while I'm on He who loses key to girlfriends apartment gets no new key.

oh goodness.. i'd love to see my cat wading out in the stream and fly fishing for trout.. that would crack me up.

I've always thought of it like this: if you think bad thoughts and practice bad habits, you'll become a bad person.

Most fables and sayings were warnings. A socioligist would say that our culture passes on our life lessons through anicdotes.

Originally Posted by HNSB

If you plant a BS seed expect it to turn into a BS tree.

That's exactly how I see it.

If you go to the store and start yelling at the cashier, don't expect to get a nice smile in return. - Your crappy attitude (the seed) reaped a p!ssed off cashier.

Now go into the same store, but be nice, smile and even compliment the cashier if you're in a really good mood. Chances are you'll get something better than a murderous look from her. Your great attitude (the seed) reaped a relatively happy cashier.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

So really the saying is nonsense because it implies you work hard and everything comes out great for you.

No, I think the saying implies that IF you work hard things CAN come out great for you.

I agree that you can't control everything, and sometimes no matter how hard you work things turn to sh!t. It would be completely unfair to use the "reap what you sow" saying in this case and that person needs to be b!tch slapped.

But if you don't work hard when all the stars align for your project to work, chances are you missed an oppertunity for success and you have only yourself to blame if it all turns to sh!t.

Hang on............the Bigspendur sowed this seed....now he's got the last laugh as he's reaping what he's sowed......a bunch of us trying to dissect a simple saying. I feel like a turnip that just fell off the truck duh !!!! That was it was it not ???

My dads favorite is probably 'make hay whilst the sun shines'

personally I quite like 'swings and roundabouts'

I really like all these sayings, I think you can convey a great deal with them.

Originally Posted by vthomlinson

feed a stray cat and he'll keep coming back.. but if you teach him to fish..

wait.. nevermind.

My wife knows about feeding stray cats... I have a porch full of them... And I didn't even feed the bastards...

Taking your logic a bit further then, a man who lives by the sword, dies by the sword.

So then, folks who live by the razor will...