How very true.
Overheard today: “You pull into the passing lane, but you do not bring the speed.”
I don’t know if it was meant metaphorically or literally, but I think it’s a wonderful general-purpose put-down:
“Hey, dude, you’re pullin’ into the passing lane, all right, but guess what? You’re not bringin’ the speed.”
That, or a lyric from an early-period-Madonna “inadequate boyfriend” pop song:
(da, ba-da-da-da-dat-da, ba-da-da) You pull into the pass-ing lane (da, ba-da-da-da-dat-da, ba-da-da) But you do not bring the spee-ee-eed (da, ba-da-dat-dat-dat-da) Yeah