“Rocket surgery” is a mixed metaphor coined by my Wordie.org friend Gary Rosenberg. Other examples (mostly by plight/aka bilby) include:
Too many cooks gather no moss.
Up a tree without a paddle.
A stitch in time saves nine lives.
Let’s drive off that bridge when we come to it.
margueritem over 15 years ago
Rocket surgery is a very exacting process, as is brain science.
Sisyphos over 15 years ago
Raccoons are very clever. They can handle rocket surgery!
itchybacon over 15 years ago
If I were in a FA strip, Teresa would run out ink drawing my —-.
judyparka over 15 years ago
@itchy Your pancreas? Your ego? Your mood ring collection?
painedsmile over 15 years ago
Isn’t sloop a rocket surgeon?
prettyfeet over 15 years ago
Where is sloop?
prettyfeet over 15 years ago
… and that looks like carrot juice.
Hugh B. Hayve over 15 years ago
He talks like Ricky from the Trailer Park Boys (although he looks more like Julian).
Ray_C over 15 years ago
The first best moment of the morning is that little pause between when I click the FA icon and when the cartoon pops up. Great anticipation.
3hourtour: Maybe, but I don’t think the Pope “sleeps” in the woods.
Thomas R. Williams over 15 years ago
Bears are more catholic than Catholic, though the odd Pope or two has managed to cack his cathedra.
ransomknotts over 15 years ago
Yogi Bear is Catholic? What about Boo-Boo?
sandboil over 15 years ago
Boo-boo too.
cleokaya over 15 years ago
doctortoon - Ah, the rewards one gets while waiting in line.
And for your information, that is neither tang nor carrot juice, but a whiskey sour.
lisa4romMpls over 15 years ago
Raccoons can be cute, but they are EVIL!!!
MotherOfMoses over 15 years ago
What the heck is rocket surgery? Sounds like a glorified term for NASA mechanics.
Teresa Burritt (Frog Applause) creator over 15 years ago
“Rocket surgery” is a mixed metaphor coined by my Wordie.org friend Gary Rosenberg. Other examples (mostly by plight/aka bilby) include: Too many cooks gather no moss. Up a tree without a paddle. A stitch in time saves nine lives. Let’s drive off that bridge when we come to it.
hymenoxis over 15 years ago
…better late than sorry…..
lewisbower over 15 years ago
A rolling stone gathers momentum
ottod Premium Member over 15 years ago
Take the ball by the horns and run with it.
BlueRaven over 15 years ago
“Let’s drive off that bridge when we come to it.”
So THAT’s why Mary Jo Kopechne drowned…
Hugh B. Hayve over 15 years ago
“We can get two birds stoned at once”
Ray_C over 15 years ago
Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.