Looking for a similar idiom to...

[isee]

You can't make an omlette without breaking some eggs.
or
you can't make steel without smoke

Google doesn't return many useful hits and I want something along the lines of "you can't make XXX without breaking some XXX" but funnier.

thanks

[ScottishSamurai]

You can't make love without THE MENTAL

[DickyC]

You can't get to Whitechapel without passing go.

[TimJMS]

You can't make an intelligent nation without invoking some of the principles of eugenics?

[DickyC]

You can't smoke the tyres without dropping the clutch.

(these are work-in-progress, you understand, just to keep the thread near the top
until the heavy hitters get going)

[10 Pence Short]

You can't p*ss off PH without first slagging some Alfas.

[f-fuxake]

You can't find true love without breaking some back doors in!

[M3CHA-MONK3Y]

You can't get up the OXO tower without going through the back door.

You can't make babies without sliding between the curtains. (Unless you count miraculous conception or IV fertilisation)

[isee]

Come on PH, you can do better!

my favourites so far:
tyres and clutch
babies and hymen

[isee]

I really expected some proper gems on here..

[10 Pence Short]

You can't reply to a thread without smashing stupid Isee's face in.

[isee]

10 Pence Short said:

You can't reply to a thread without smashing stupid Isee's face in.

that's nice..

[DickyC]

isee said:

10 Pence Short said:

You can't reply to a thread without smashing stupid Isee's face in.

that's nice..

It's okay.

You can't progress a PH thread without needing an ambiwlans.

[Emsman]

You can't polish a turd.





But you can roll it in glitter

(although im not sure what possible situation this knowledge could be useful in)

[snotrag]

You cant make a feature on Ancient History, without interviewing MBH?

[wargriff]

You cant agree the Lisbon Treaty without a referendum. (topical)

Edited by wargriff on Tuesday 24th November 10:19

[Landlord]

One I heard last night;

You can't moan about being eaten by a horse when you play Polo dressed as a suger cube.


Obscure and surreal. I like it.

Obviously, it's not quite a "you can't x without y" more of a "put up with y because you want x" but it may work.


Or it may not.

[North West Tom]

You can't make dinner tonight without breaking a chicken's neck.

[TimJMS]

You can't model a climate theory without referring to temperature.

[M3CHA-MONK3Y]

You can't create a Standard IAM without first converting your DWG into an IGS file.

HTH