a saying

[jimmarchant8]

When there is a sentence with too many 'if's' in it,

eg; 'IF only...' or 'yes but IF that could happen...' My Dad often uses the phrase;

'IF stands stiff on a bald man's quiff'

Now I know that bald men have no quiff and that the phrase is designed to make you confront the 'real' situation, rather than the 'IF'. However I still don't get it and does it exist as a saying at all? he has been known to make things up and get things wrong, words of songs...etc

Can you shed any light on the subject?

Yours greatfully,

James Marchant

[INEEDANSWERS]

Could it mean that there is no point in If 's so they don't 'stand stiff', as this would be as daft as bald men with quiffs.

Does that even make sense?

If 's therefore mean as much to life, as a quiff would to a bald man... They are irrellevant.