Was the origin of this saying?

Doesn't water float all boats?

Maybe it refers to a sinking ship, and you have to throw "whatever floats your boat" overboard to stop it from sinking?

What are other stupid saying (I'm sure that thread has been done to death)

5/6/2014 1:45:35 PM

I suggest we change it to:

Whatever flicks your bean

5/6/2014 2:04:24 PM

getting your ducks in a row

5/6/2014 2:08:29 PM

it takes different strokes to rule the world

5/6/2014 2:11:29 PM

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"Doesn't water float all boats?"

that's the point of it exactly.

5/6/2014 2:11:38 PM

^please explain.

I thought it was saying "different strokes for different folks" or "whatever makes your dick hard", which is different things for different people. Which is very different than water floating all boats.

5/6/2014 2:15:32 PM

i'm fucking around, don't take me seriously.

5/6/2014 2:17:36 PM

i guess the water doesn't actually float it though. it's the buoyancy of the boat that floats it?

5/6/2014 2:19:02 PM

but, if i had to take a serious stab at it, i would say that i have no idea of the origin... but there are tons of awesome idioms. one of my favorites is "like trying to push a rope"

5/6/2014 2:19:20 PM

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"i guess the water doesn't actually float it though. it's the buoyancy of the boat that floats it?"

it's jesus.

5/6/2014 2:20:01 PM

If I had to guess, I'd say it's a reference to the material from which your boat is made.

Wood and such are naturally buoyant whereas other materials required a watertight hollow to achieve buoyancy. Plus, there's that one COE department (MAE?) that makes a concrete canoe.

5/6/2014 2:28:20 PM

^ sounds like a CE project

5/6/2014 2:33:50 PM

oh, like that time someone made a Led Zeppelin?

5/6/2014 2:35:52 PM

Yeah, folks from the CE department do it every year:
http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/news/awards/conc_canoe.html

5/6/2014 2:40:45 PM

I thought it was "whatever floats your boat, but you can't paddle across the Atlantic" which is a reference to dick size

5/6/2014 2:47:03 PM

i have never heard that before

5/6/2014 2:49:44 PM

^^ the paddling part is a response to "It's not the size of the boat. It's the motion in the ocean."

5/6/2014 2:55:59 PM

You can't have your cake and eat it too

5/6/2014 3:06:08 PM

^I, too, hate this saying. What is the point of having cake if you can't eat any of it? What else are you gonna do with it?

5/6/2014 3:55:31 PM

whatever doesnt kill you makes you stronger

this is complete bull shit. people are permanently injured quite frequently

5/6/2014 4:03:07 PM

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"^I, too, hate this saying. What is the point of having cake if you can't eat any of it? What else are you gonna do with it?"

seriously? i thought this was pretty straightforward.

you can't have your cake and also eat your cake because if you eat your cake you will no longer have it.

5/6/2014 4:08:24 PM

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"^I, too, hate this saying. What is the point of having cake if you can't eat any of it? What else are you gonna do with it?"

Ummm... don't you work for NASA

Gives a new twist to the saying "you don't need to be a rocket scientist to understand this"

5/6/2014 4:15:52 PM

god that's lame trap

5/6/2014 4:45:13 PM

if you don't eat the whole thing you can.

5/6/2014 5:11:25 PM

It means whatever makes your boat float. (wood, tar, metal, caulking, paint etc)

so....whatever works for you

5/7/2014 2:04:05 AM

orly?

5/7/2014 7:42:09 AM

Whatever gives you a rise (floating boat, hard dick, etc.)

5/7/2014 7:53:01 AM

wtf are you idiots talking about? If someone gives me cake I'm gonna fucking eat it. It's not like I'm gonna say "oh cool. I have a cake now. Better just leave it here on the counter and never eat it." If I eat the cake then sure I don't have any cake left but I'm happy because I just ate some fucking cake. And yes, I do work for NASA. We only hire people who eat cake when it is given to them. Not wasteful fucks like you.

5/7/2014 9:29:50 AM

i would eat some, save some for later. (i guess then eventually eat that too)

5/7/2014 9:33:05 AM

I actually just threw away a few slices of cake that I left in the fridge for several weeks. I'm not big on sweets.

5/7/2014 9:39:59 AM

some of you people just can't see the forest for the trees

5/7/2014 9:44:14 AM

i like that saying, it describes one of my coworkers To a T

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5/7/2014 9:56:32 AM

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"If I eat the cake then sure I don't have any cake left but I'm happy because I just ate some fucking cake."

if they gave you cash you can't have the cash and spend it too

5/7/2014 10:10:32 AM

whatever spanks your butt

5/7/2014 2:02:48 PM

But will the plane take off?

5/7/2014 2:09:37 PM

Not the same thing, but I'm pretty tired of people posting pictures on FB with the title "Sunday Funday!"

5/13/2014 2:58:13 PM