Comments on: Save an X, ride a Y http://snowclones.org/2007/07/13/save-an-x-ride-a-y/ Snowclones are the new eggcorns. Tue, 15 May 2012 22:58:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jack Seibert http://snowclones.org/2007/07/13/save-an-x-ride-a-y/#comment-13069 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:45:45 +0000 http://snowclones.org/2007/07/13/save-an-x-ride-a-y/#comment-13069 “Save a whistle, blow a lifeguard”

]]> By: Tiago http://snowclones.org/2007/07/13/save-an-x-ride-a-y/#comment-2949 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:00:52 +0000 http://snowclones.org/2007/07/13/save-an-x-ride-a-y/#comment-2949 This one is kinda common among some dragonkin:

“Save a virgin, ride a dragon”

]]> By: Jeff http://snowclones.org/2007/07/13/save-an-x-ride-a-y/#comment-2498 Sun, 30 Nov 2008 05:42:09 +0000 http://snowclones.org/2007/07/13/save-an-x-ride-a-y/#comment-2498 In an old episode of Roseanne, she has a confrontation with a trucker who has a bumper sticker that reads, “save a whale, harpoon a fat chick”.

]]> By: Jim http://snowclones.org/2007/07/13/save-an-x-ride-a-y/#comment-2207 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:38:43 +0000 http://snowclones.org/2007/07/13/save-an-x-ride-a-y/#comment-2207 I’m speculating here, but given that most of these examples imply a conservationist bent, I wonder if they don’t derive in some way from Woodsy the Owl’s “give a hoot, don’t pollute.”

]]> By: Andrew http://snowclones.org/2007/07/13/save-an-x-ride-a-y/#comment-2079 Sat, 31 May 2008 17:03:49 +0000 http://snowclones.org/2007/07/13/save-an-x-ride-a-y/#comment-2079 I’ve also seen a variation that is simply Save X, Y Z. (where X and Z are tangentially related nouns, and Y is a verb related to the use of those nouns). For example, I saw a shirt that said: Save water, drink beer.

]]> By: Einar Egilsson http://snowclones.org/2007/07/13/save-an-x-ride-a-y/#comment-639 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 14:16:58 +0000 http://snowclones.org/2007/07/13/save-an-x-ride-a-y/#comment-639 Like the site :) I saw a variation of this in the 1998 movie Desert Blue. There the characters talk about a bumber sticker that reads: “Save a donut, shoot a cop”

]]> By: yup http://snowclones.org/2007/07/13/save-an-x-ride-a-y/#comment-56 Fri, 27 Jul 2007 06:19:44 +0000 http://snowclones.org/2007/07/13/save-an-x-ride-a-y/#comment-56 blast from the past:

“Save an alligator, eat a preppie.”

]]> By: Sparky http://snowclones.org/2007/07/13/save-an-x-ride-a-y/#comment-33 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 15:08:15 +0000 http://snowclones.org/2007/07/13/save-an-x-ride-a-y/#comment-33 Surely it’s “Save a tree, eat a beaver,” rather than the reverse?

]]> By: Lance Fisher http://snowclones.org/2007/07/13/save-an-x-ride-a-y/#comment-32 Sat, 14 Jul 2007 01:17:30 +0000 http://snowclones.org/2007/07/13/save-an-x-ride-a-y/#comment-32 I’ve also seen Save a X, Y a Z. As in “Save a tree, eat a beaver.”

]]> By: Figaro http://snowclones.org/2007/07/13/save-an-x-ride-a-y/#comment-31 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 21:57:15 +0000 http://snowclones.org/2007/07/13/save-an-x-ride-a-y/#comment-31 Love all this snowcloning. See my writeup at http://www.figarospeech.com.

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