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Ithinkiloveyoutoo 06-01-2011 02:02 AM

Is a bird in the hand worth 2 in the bush?
 
eh?

Ramsay 06-01-2011 02:02 AM

is this some kind of shneaky sexual question

Ithinkiloveyoutoo 06-01-2011 02:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Karl (Post 4037423)
is this some kind of shneaky sexual question

this is what i'm wondering. I keep hearing this, like is this **** supposed to make sense?:hugesmile:

Some girls like two in the bush and one in the hand so, yeah one in the hand is worth 2 in the bush???:conf:
Although I don't think that's what they mean by it. I'm confuzzled

Josy 06-01-2011 02:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Karl (Post 4037423)
is this some kind of shneaky sexual question

:joker::joker:

Claymores 06-01-2011 07:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ithinkiloveyoutoo (Post 4037430)
Some girls like two in the bush and one in the hand

Are you from Hamburg my dear? They'd like you there

Ithinkiloveyoutoo 06-01-2011 10:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Claymores (Post 4037646)
Are you from Hamburg my dear? They'd like you there

Why only Hamburg men can give me 2 in the bush? English men...:bored:

Niamh. 06-01-2011 10:28 AM

I don't get it? What are you asking, what the saying means?

Ithinkiloveyoutoo 06-01-2011 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Niamh. (Post 4037691)
I don't get it? What are you asking, what the saying means?

That's what I was saying I don't get it either. I keep hearing it. I think it was said again at the people's choice awards yesterday lol

ETA: seems it's not that new of a saying

"It's better to have a small actual advantage than the chance of a greater one.

Origin
"It isn't until the 19th century that we find the phrase in its currently used form. The earliest I've located is in a US newspaper The Huron Reflector, from January 1833:

You use this proverb to say it is better to accept something that you have or you can use now than to try to get something better that you might not be able to obtain. Sometimes people just say, "A bird in the hand."

If someone says, "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush," he/she means that it is better to be satisfied with something you have than to risk losing it by trying to get something better you may not succeed in getting.

Example:

If I were you, I'd accept the job. It might not be the best job for you, but a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."
............................

Bad saying! shouldn't we aim higher?

Niamh. 06-01-2011 10:48 AM

No I meant I don't get what you're asking I know what the saying means!!

Claymores 06-01-2011 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Ithinkiloveyoutoo (Post 4037675)
Why only Hamburg men can give me 2 in the bush? English men...:bored:

Is that an open offer then - is that the point of this thread?


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