OK...my apologies for the irrelevance of this post. it's late, my kids haven't slept in about 9 months, and i'm a bit gassy from drinking "fresca" as of late (zero calories...the "summer of starbuck" starts in a few months and i want to look my best, goddamnit)....

i'm teaching a lesson on conditional sentences tomorrow and i need as many famous conditional sentences/quotes as i can think of. all i have so far are:

-if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
-catch me if you can.
-if you build it, he will come.
-if the shoe fits, wear it.

this has to be something very ordinary...something that a high school kid would recognize. i was thinking about using "if you come to a fork in the road, take it", but my kids will most likely not know who yogi berra is.

TIA.

there's always next year....

Some Guy wrote on Feb 17^th, 2010 at 7:26pm:

there's always next year....

if you were to rescue her, the reward would be....more well than you can imagine.

come on, copernicus...work with me. i got a deadline.

If I hadn't had you three amigos, I wouldn't have had the opportunity to be without sleep.

If your Ma and Pa hadn't played footsies in the sleeping bag, you wouldn't be her to drive me crazy.

If it manages to go up. eventually it will come down

If I become President, you won't be paying any taxes.

If you play with fire, you will eventually become a fire bug (burn baby burn)

If there is 4 feet of snow, there will eventually be a flood

you want more?.....


If you will excuse me, I think I'll slip into something more comfortable

if no one told you they loved you today, let me be the first to let you know i screwed your wife and i have herpes!!!

PartyDoll MEG wrote on Feb 17^th, 2010 at 7:44pm:

If I hadn't had you three amigos, I wouldn't have had the opportunity to be without sleep. If your Ma and Pa hadn't played footsies in the sleeping bag, you wouldn't be her to drive me crazy. If it manages to go up. eventually it will come down If I become President, you won't be paying any taxes. If you play with fire, you will eventually become a fire bug (burn baby burn) If there is 4 feet of snow, there will eventually be a flood you want more?..... If you will excuse me, I think I'll slip into something more comfortable

that's thinkin', meg!

are these famous? or are these derivations of other famous quotes? (what goes up must come down, etc.)

Pdog wrote on Feb 17^th, 2010 at 7:44pm:

if no one told you they loved you today, let me be the first to let you know i screwed your wife and i have herpes!!!

that will not go over well in the bible belt.

If it was suppose to rain, then god damn it, why did you leave the umbrella at home!


If you are so damn smart, why are we  still scrimping pennies?

If we go to Disneyland, can I sit on Mickey's lap?

If you smile pretty, I'll buy you a chocolate.

If you just shut up for 5 minutes, I promise I'll take you to the movie.


If you clean your room today, Johnny can spend the night.

If you say you are right, I'll prove you are wrong.

If you can't think of them yourself, you really do need to get some sleep........

Nght night, Bucky

PartyDoll MEG wrote on Feb 17^th, 2010 at 8:03pm:

If you smile pretty, I'll buy you a chocolate. If you just shut up for 5 minutes, I promise I'll take you to the movie. If you clean your room today, Johnny can spend the night. If you say you are right, I'll prove you are wrong. If you can't think of them yourself, you really do need to get some sleep........ Nght night, Bucky

meg dear...i can think of them....i just need famous conditional sentences that the kids would recognize.

It is what it is.

you are no fun, bucky!  Aren't their parents famous enough?

If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.
 Mother Teresa- (that should go ok in the bible belt)

If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.
John Lennon


(Riffy will like this one..)
If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.
Ronald Reagan

and one more..
If it doesn't matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score?
Vince Lombardi

If you don't know how to use google, you should sing in a Beatles tribute band ;)

" there's always next year .... "



< ---- Free your ass , your mind will follow .

Go Big or Go Home

If I were a carpenter and you were my lady, would you marry me anyway? would you have my baby?

If I fell in love with you, would you promise to be true and help me understand?

If six turned out to be nine, I don't mind!

If the sun refused to shine, I would still be loving you.

If I could stick my pen in my heart and spill it all over the stage,
Would it satisfy ya, would it slide on by ya
Would you think the boy is strange?

come on! work with me here, people!

If life gives you lemons, make lemonaid.


   If wishes were horses then beggars would ride,
   If turnips were swords I'd have one by my side.
   If 'ifs' and 'ands' were pots and pans
   There would be no need for tinkers hands!

If Loving You Is Wrong, I Don't Want to Be Right

If I Only Had a Brain I could while away the hours, conferrin' with the flowers. Consultin' with the rain. ...

If not for you, babe, I couldn't find the door
Couldn't even see the floor
I'd be sad and blue if not for you


If you ever go to Houston better walk right
Keep your hands in your pockets and your gun belt tight .

If dogs run free, then why not we
Across the swooping plain ?
My ears hear a symphony
Of two mules, trains and rain
The best is always yet to come
That's what they explain to me
Just do your thing, you'll be king
If dogs run free.

I remember when you started out,
You were the best friend i ever knew.
I tried to meet you when you had your success,
But you had better things to do.
Now i bet that you're losin' count
Of the people that you used.
But now we're gonna see the vicious side of you,

Starbuck wrote on Feb 17^th, 2010 at 9:58pm:

If I were a carpenter and you were my lady, would you marry me anyway? would you have my baby? If I fell in love with you, would you promise to be true and help me understand? If six turned out to be nine, I don't mind! If the sun refused to shine, I would still be loving you. If I could stick my pen in my heart and spill it all over the stage, Would it satisfy ya, would it slide on by ya Would you think the boy is strange? come on! work with me here, people!

you're a beatles fan Bucky how about a Macca reference:


If you want it, here it is
Come and get it
Make your mind up fast

If you want it anytime I can give it
But you better hurry 'cause it may not last

does that last couplet count as two conditonal statements??

If music be the food of love, then play on.
If you're going to San Francisco, be sure to wear some flowers
in your hair

If a picture paints a thousand words,
Then why can't I paint you?
The words will never show the you I've come to know.
If a face could launch a thousand ships,
Then where am I to go?
There's no one home but you,
You're all that's left me, too.
And when my love for life is running dry,
You come and pour yourself on me.

If a man could be two places at one time,
I'd be with you.
Tomorrow and today, beside you all the way.
If the world should stop revolving spinning slowly down to die,
I'd spend the end with you.
And when the world was through,
Then one by one the stars would all go out,
Then you and I would simply fly away.

If you can't rock me, somebody will

If I was a movie star, five million dollars would be my price
If I was a trucker, I'd drive for seven days and seven lonely nights
If I was a drummer, I would never miss the beat
If I was a dancer, y'all would never see my feet
If I was a hooker, a thousand dollars would be my price
If I was a candidate for President, I'd make sure I had a steady wife
If I was a millionaire, I'd spend all my money in one crazy night

If you need me, Why don't you call me


If you really want to be my friend, Let me live it up like I used to do
If you really want to understand me, There's some giving up we got to do
If you really want to understand a man, Let him off the lead sometimes, set him free
If you really, really want to be my friend, Give me the look of love, not jealousy
If you really want to be my man, Get your nails out of my back,Stop using me
If you really want to understand me, I'll tell you something, love can't thrive on jealousy

Starbuck wrote on Feb 17^th, 2010 at 7:48pm:

Pdog wrote on Feb 17th, 2010 at 7:44pm: if no one told you they loved you today, let me be the first to let you know i screwed your wife and i have herpes!!! that will not go over well in the bible belt.

just go with, if no one has told you they loved you yet today, i'm not going to as well... i use this one often when people are feeling alot of hurt and really sad, to put some humor into the moment, it only fails 40% of the time...

PartyDoll MEG wrote on Feb 17^th, 2010 at 10:10pm:

If life gives you lemons, make lemonaid.    If wishes were horses then beggars would ride,    If turnips were swords I'd have one by my side.    If 'ifs' and 'ands' were pots and pans    There would be no need for tinkers hands! If Loving You Is Wrong, I Don't Want to Be Right If I Only Had a Brain I could while away the hours, conferrin' with the flowers. Consultin' with the rain. ...

If life give you lemons, in the form of HIV, fuck a lemon and make LemonAIDS!!!

If as we're walkin a hand should slip free
I'll wait for you
And should i fall behind
Wait for me

if the queen had balls, they'd be king!

If pigs had wings they'd fly