Bakers do it for the dough.
Bakers knead it daily.
When I was a baker I would occasionally try to come up with these, usually in the 3:00 to 6:00am time period, in order to keep from nodding off. My best was, "bakers do it for 20 to 25 minutes, or until done." posted by spork at 5:46 PM on April 24, 2008 [4 favorites has favorites]
Actually, computer scientists do it with the minimum complexity required. posted by patr1ck at 5:47 PM on April 24, 2008
My best was, "bakers do it for 20 to 25 minutes, or until done."
Bakers have to let it rise first.
(I was a baker, too) posted by jonmc at 5:48 PM on April 24, 2008
Not only is this fantastic, it saved me an AskMe that was going to read "Give me other expressions like 'Chess players mate better.'" So, thanks. And btw, that one is way better than the chess players one in the link. posted by sneakin at 5:49 PM on April 24, 2008
Dyslexic particle physicists do it with hadrons.
I was about to dismiss that list as cheesy until I came across this gem. posted by TedW at 5:49 PM on April 24, 2008 [3 favorites has favorites]
Oh, and "nurses wait 'til the swelling goes down" is missing from the list. posted by TedW at 5:51 PM on April 24, 2008
A bunch of them are patently unclever, I must say. "Singers do it with microphones" and "Skiers do it with poles" are really obvious and quite bad. The whole point of clever wordplay is out the window. posted by sneakin at 5:53 PM on April 24, 2008
Wow, reading through this list, the best are the ones I don't even understand:
"Cellists give better hand jobs."
Umm, okay? posted by patr1ck at 5:54 PM on April 24, 2008
Postmodernists copulate in a fashion that humorously juxtaposes their sexual prowess with their professional skills. posted by Countess Elena at 5:55 PM on April 24, 2008 [32 favorites has favorites]
Postmodernists don't do it at all -- they just make ironic references to fictional accounts of other people doing it. posted by PeterMcDermott at 6:07 PM on April 24, 2008
I'm kind of surprised there isn't a "Graphic designers do it with Photoshop." posted by katillathehun at 6:22 PM on April 24, 2008
Uh, no. 'Bicyclists do it with ten speeds' is all they got? Oh, and 'Blondes do it with a Thermos' might be a trademark violation but I can't be sure. posted by fixedgear at 6:38 PM on April 24, 2008
Men do it with this, women do it with that, amirite? posted by ardgedee at 6:40 PM on April 24, 2008
and predicates. posted by jonmc at 7:06 PM on April 24, 2008
Mefites overthink it. posted by empath at 7:09 PM on April 24, 2008
Nothing for bloggers?
Bloggers do it several times a day.
Bloggers do it for the hits.
Bloggers do it with a post.
Bloggers do it to get comments.
Bloggers do it with hot links.
Bloggers do it in their pajamas.
Bloggers do it in reverse chronological order.
Bloggers do it in front of the entire Internet.
Bloggers do it anywhere they can get wifi.
Bloggers do it alone. posted by wendell at 7:19 PM on April 24, 2008
I tend to do it by inserting my sex organs into the sex organs of a consenting partner of the opposite gender although I am aware that other combinations of sex organs and consenting partners and genders are available. posted by Jofus at 12:54 AM on April 25, 2008
Hm, let's see.. agile software developers do it standing up for 15 minutes a day .. at an indefinitely sustainable pace .. or with multiple smaller releases, rather than just one at the end? posted by plant at 1:45 AM on April 25, 2008
Sociologists do it in groups. posted by mamaquita at 7:22 AM on April 25, 2008
Geologists do it until they're stratified.
I made that up! I swear! In college! Isn't it hilarious? I cracked myself up! Where is everyone going? posted by mygothlaundry at 7:25 AM on April 25, 2008 [2 favorites has favorites]
Ballet dancers are frequently too exhausted to do it.
Well, that's no fun... posted by sixswitch at 7:41 AM on April 25, 2008
That's because geographers couldn't find it even with a map and a compass.
That's what remote sensing is for. DUH. posted by desjardins at 8:11 AM on April 25, 2008
Choreographers tell people how to do it.
No, I'm just digging myself in deeper here. posted by sixswitch at 8:18 AM on April 25, 2008
Social anthropologists watch other people do it, and then ask them how it made them feel.
Cultural anthropologists watch other people do it, and then ask their neighbours how it made them feel.
Evolutionary anthropologists fap over how Homo erectus might have done it. posted by aihal at 8:54 AM on April 25, 2008
These two aren't actually "Do It" sayings but I guess you could convert them:
Bass trombone players go down.
French horn players always have their hands in a hole. posted by mrducts at 9:18 AM on April 25, 2008
Arts outreach workers do it with children...and art. posted by sixswitch at 9:40 AM on April 25, 2008
I can't believe they missed:
Surfers do it with woodies. posted by Mental Wimp at 10:41 AM on April 25, 2008
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