Comments on: They Do It With... - Chez Goodman

They Do It With... - Chez Goodman

blue_beetle — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:20:00 -0800

Mefites do it with snark.

By: freebird

freebird — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:24:52 -0800

Prostitutes do it for profit. I don't get it.

By: lipsum

lipsum — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:25:03 -0800

What IS this? Crying for a Wiki.

By: katillathehun

katillathehun — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:32:41 -0800

My conservative, churchgoing machinist father says it's "Machinists do it with precision tools." Thanks a bunch, Dad.

By: rooftop secrets

rooftop secrets — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:37:06 -0800

i do this quickly and dismissively.

By: DU

DU — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:38:27 -0800

I've always thought I wanted a definitive list of these. I guess I was wrong.

By: ...possums

...possums — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:42:53 -0800

Echoes do it with (Echoes do it with)

By: jonmc

jonmc — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:43:53 -0800

Yo mama does it with yo papa.

By: spork

spork — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:46:58 -0800

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."

By: patr1ck

patr1ck — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:47:17 -0800

Actually, computer scientists do it with the minimum complexity required.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:48:57 -0800

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)

By: sneakin

sneakin — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:49:24 -0800

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.

By: TedW

TedW — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:49:40 -0800

Dyslexic particle physicists do it with hadrons. I was about to dismiss that list as cheesy until I came across this gem.

By: TedW

TedW — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:51:07 -0800

Oh, and "nurses wait 'til the swelling goes down" is missing from the list.

By: sneakin

sneakin — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:53:30 -0800

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.

By: patr1ck

patr1ck — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:54:35 -0800

Wow, reading through this list, the best are the ones I don't even understand: "Cellists give better hand jobs." Umm, okay?

By: Countess Elena

Countess Elena — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:55:13 -0800

Postmodernists copulate in a fashion that humorously juxtaposes their sexual prowess with their professional skills.

By: PeterMcDermott

PeterMcDermott — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:07:32 -0800

Postmodernists don't do it at all -- they just make ironic references to fictional accounts of other people doing it.

By: Rhaomi

Rhaomi — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:07:50 -0800

User interface designers click OK

By: Mental Wimp

Mental Wimp — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:09:04 -0800

Statisticians do it a posteriori!

By: PeterMcDermott

PeterMcDermott — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:13:30 -0800

Tradesmen do it via the tradesman's entrance.

By: basicchannel

basicchannel — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:14:58 -0800

Web Developers do it with class and standards. (going to suck a muffler now)

By: anthill

anthill — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:17:09 -0800

Usability testers like to watch.

By: empath

empath — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:18:05 -0800

Priests do it with young boys. Wait, am I not playing the game right?

By: Rock Steady

Rock Steady — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:18:49 -0800

Postmodernists copulate in a fashion that humorously juxtaposes their sexual prowess with their professional skills. Now THAT is how MeFites do it. Just perfect, Countess Elena.

By: katillathehun

katillathehun — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:22:13 -0800

I'm kind of surprised there isn't a "Graphic designers do it with Photoshop."

By: fixedgear

fixedgear — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:38:48 -0800

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.

By: ardgedee

ardgedee — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:40:04 -0800

Men do it with this, women do it with that, amirite?

By: quonsar

quonsar — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:50:39 -0800

OSS graphic designers do it with the gimp.

By: oblio_one

oblio_one — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:54:54 -0800

Interesting list. Missed "engineers do it to spec".

By: BitterOldPunk

BitterOldPunk — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:55:34 -0800

Wow. This web page, a pile of aprons, and a Sharpie could get you a kiosk at the mall.

By: brundlefly

brundlefly — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:00:09 -0800

Philosophers do it ponderously.

By: Slarty Bartfast

Slarty Bartfast — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:01:24 -0800

I do it with my *enormous* penis.

By: A dead Quaker

A dead Quaker — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:04:30 -0800

Capitalists do it ruthlessly.

By: loquacious

loquacious — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:05:22 -0800

Writers do wit with words. (But not this time, alas.)

By: swift

swift — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:05:43 -0800

Subjects do it with objects.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:06:08 -0800

and predicates.

By: empath

empath — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:09:13 -0800

Mefites overthink it.

By: wendell

wendell — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:19:22 -0800

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.

By: wendell

wendell — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:20:20 -0800

one more... Bloggers do it but usually nobody notices.

By: desjardins

desjardins — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:27:45 -0800

Apparently geographers don't do it at all. :(

By: yhbc

yhbc — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:31:46 -0800

Okay. Geographers do it in the butte.

By: marxchivist

marxchivist — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:33:41 -0800

Archivists make it last longer.

By: agentofselection

agentofselection — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:38:24 -0800

Architects do it with models. Teachers do it with kids.

By: never used baby shoes

never used baby shoes — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:46:38 -0800

Social workers do it with individuals, couples, families, groups and communities. MeFites do it for the favorites.

By: [NOT HERMITOSIS-IST]

[NOT HERMITOSIS-IST] — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:04:20 -0800

Apparently geographers don't do it at all. :( That's because geographers couldn't find it even with a map and a compass.

By: Down10

Down10 — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:05:02 -0800

Graphic Designers do it over and over until the client is satisfied.

By: netbros

netbros — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:11:16 -0800

Beatles do it in the road

By: milestogo

milestogo — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:41:05 -0800

missed my favorite: "Nerds do it rarely."

By: wtdoor

wtdoor — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:01:33 -0800

Literature students are novel lovers.

By: CunningLinguist

CunningLinguist — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:06:30 -0800

Reporters always find a new angle.

By: Neale

Neale — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:37:53 -0800

Mefites do it in a group.

By: empath

empath — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:11:30 -0800

IT guys do it and then make you feel dumb for asking for it.

By: BrotherCaine

BrotherCaine — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:16:11 -0800

Evil scientists do it in their labs.

By: Jofus

Jofus — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:54:19 -0800

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.

By: wemayfreeze

wemayfreeze — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:07:46 -0800

Just today saw this one on a Land Rover: Mediators do it until everyone is satisfied.

By: plant

plant — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:45:52 -0800

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?

By: mamaquita

mamaquita — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:22:33 -0800

Sociologists do it in groups.

By: mygothlaundry

mygothlaundry — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:25:18 -0800

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?

By: sixswitch

sixswitch — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:41:11 -0800

Ballet dancers are frequently too exhausted to do it. Well, that's no fun...

By: desjardins

desjardins — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:11:59 -0800

That's because geographers couldn't find it even with a map and a compass. That's what remote sensing is for. DUH.

By: sixswitch

sixswitch — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:18:41 -0800

Choreographers tell people how to do it. No, I'm just digging myself in deeper here.

By: aihal

aihal — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:54:45 -0800

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.

By: mrducts

mrducts — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:18:55 -0800

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.

By: sixswitch

sixswitch — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:40:43 -0800

Arts outreach workers do it with children...and art.

By: Mental Wimp

Mental Wimp — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:41:37 -0800

I can't believe they missed: Surfers do it with woodies.

By: OverlappingElvis

OverlappingElvis — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:43:24 -0800

Philip Glass does it with does it Philip Glass does it does it with does with.

By: The Light Fantastic

The Light Fantastic — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:46:45 -0800

Martyrs do it because no one else will.

By: gordie

gordie — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:59:00 -0800

"City Planners do it with their eyes closed?" That doesn't make any sense. City planners are experts in erogenous zoning.

By: fixedgear

fixedgear — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:36:07 -0800

Classic cyclists do it with leather and chains. Fixed gear cyclists never stop doing it.

By: rtha

rtha — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:31:25 -0800

Editors do it with style.

By: quin

quin — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:25:36 -0800

I'm doing it right now.

By: unSane

unSane — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:01:30 -0800

The only writer in there is a compiler writer. Writers do it alone. Writers do it until they reach the end. Writers do it over and over again until they get it right. And so on.

By: unSane

unSane — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:02:51 -0800

Mefites: doing it right now.

By: streetdreams

streetdreams — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 11:17:25 -0800

Anarchists do it revoltingly!