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If it's yellow, let it mellow. If it's brown, flush it down

A phrase used to determine the appropriate circumstances under which to flush a toilet. Urine was to be left unflushed in the toilet bowl while feces were to be flushed right after bowel evacuation. This was used in efforts of water conservation either in the sense of environmental conservation or the saving of clean toilet tank water during power outages in remote areas.
“Man, don’t waste three gallons of water to get rid of a cup of sterile piss.”
“Why is that kindly hippy?”
“Just remember man, 'If it’s yellow, let it mellow. If it’s brown flush it down.'”
Thank you, sir. Perhaps with the water we save in the crapper you might be able to bathe more thoroughly in the future.”

If it's yellow, let it mellow. If it's brown, flush it down

If it's brown, drink it down; if it's black, send it back.

A cautionary guide to the water of Springfield USA wherein residents such as the Simpson family reside.
Billy Corgan: Hey, Homer, looks like our next stop is your hometown, Springfield.
D'Arcy: Is it true that we have to bring our own water?
Homer: We got a little rule back home: if it's brown, drink it down; if it's black, send it back.

If it walks like a duck, looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it's a duck. 

An idiomatic phrase expressing that if something looks and acts a certain recognizable way, it probably is exactly what it appears to be.
"After the liquor store was robbed, a man was found leaving the scene carrying a gun. Did he commit the crime?"
"If it walks like a duck, looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it's a duck."

If it's snowing, then I'm going 

When somebody goes somewhere because they heard white girls will be there.

(Mostly used by horny e-boys)
Are you going to the party?

If it's snowing, then I'm going.

If it’s on the clock 

Yo, if it’s on the clock, they get the cock.

if it's a chicken it ain't my cock 

Use In cases in the place of "its not my problem" or "fuk Dat bitch"
Person 1: Clean the kitchen
Person 2: if it's a chicken it ain't my cock

2
Person 1: man you da nigga
Person 2: thanks man but it if its a chicken it ain't my cock