Thinking about Snowclones

[gnomi]

A lot has been said in many different fora about Snowclones. The snowclone I've found myself using a lot recently (as mabfan can attest) is of the format "You don't _____ with the ____ you want; you _____ with the _____ you have."

And so, a question: Do you have a favorite snowclone? If so, what is it?

Comments

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

You don't ask people about snowclones with the LiveJournal you want; you ask people about snowclones with the LiveJournal you have.

[aunt-becca.livejournal.com]

I like cherry. oh, wait, that's snowcones.

[42itous.livejournal.com]

This conversation is from my workplace a few weeks back:

WBUR: "...including their new color, True Black."
Coworker H: "I think they need to redefine the word 'new'."
WBUR: "...what's old is new again..."
Me: "There, they just redefined 'new' for you."

[rivkaesque.livejournal.com]

I don't think so.
To quote my brother - "If you do, they're not based in modern English."

[dpolicar]

If you can't be with the one you $verb, $verb the one you're with.

Where 'favorite' => 'one I thought of first.'

[batyatoon]

Do cat macro slogans count as snowclones?

[seborn.livejournal.com]

I say entirely too much "I has a $noun! It are not so $adjective, actually" lately.

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

I would say yes. Cat macro slogans used for non-cat-macro purposes, most definitely.

[violetcheetah.livejournal.com]

Then probably my most frequent version is "I can has [$nouned non-noun or phrase.] Like, "I can has done-with-work-ness." Usually this also involves ending the sentence with "!!!one11!"

I also like things like, for 80-degree days when my cat Butler sits on me, "Warm Butler: is warm." The extraneous colon itself pops up way too much in my informal writing.

I am now watching the Red Sox game. Cranky Youk: is cranky.

Also, because of too much Daily Show, every time I run into an acronym longer than three letters at work, I idly wonder whether anyone would notice if I changed it to "dense wavelength division multiplexiing (or NAMBLA)..." But I don't really want to have to look for a new job, in case someone actually says something.

I seem to be Rambly McRamblypants tonight...

[thesilia.livejournal.com]

shamed as i am to admit it, my favorite is: we're in ur (noun), (verb)ing your (noun)s.

[42itous.livejournal.com]

I use that one a lot, but I probably use "I made you a ___, but I eated it" more. :)