“You can catch more flies with honey, but you can catch more honeys by being fly”

“You can catch more flies with honey, but you can catch more honeys (by) being fly” is a saying that has been printed on many images. “Honey catches more flies than vinegar” is an old proverb from at least the 1600s. “Honeys” is slang for “women,” and “fly” is slang for “cool.” The saying was probably thought by several people independently, without one specific coiner.
     
“You may catch more flies with honey but you catch more honeys by being fly” was posted on Twitter by Gloria Smith on November 1, 2010. “You can catch more flies with honey and you can catch more honeys by being fly” was posted on Twitter by Dos Chicos Tees on February 26, 2011. “Photo: ‘U catch more flies with honey… but u catch more honeys by being fly’ http://tumblr.com/xvm1mk1aub” was posted on Twitter by 𝔍𝔞𝔣𝔣𝔢 𝔍𝔬𝔣𝔣𝔢𝔯 ➐ on February 27, 2011.
   
“You can catch more flys with honeys, and you can catch more honeys being fly!!! #themoreyouknow” was posted on Twitter by Dennis Jordan on February 25, 2011. “they say you catch more flies with honey, but I think you catch more honeys being fly” was posted on Twitter by Chelsie Lynne on March 1, 2011. “You catch more flies with honey but you’ll catch more honeys being fly” was posted on Twitter by Higgins Delafonte on March 7, 2013.
   
         
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Gloria Smith
@GeeWitt
You may catch more flies with honey but you catch more honeys by being fly.
8:15 PM · Nov 1, 2010·TweetCaster
     
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Dennis Jordan
@terpkid
You can catch more flys with honeys, and you can catch more honeys being fly!!! #themoreyouknow
11:50 PM · Feb 25, 2011·Twitter for iPhone
 
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Dos Chicos Tees
@doschicostees
You can catch more flies with honey and you can catch more honeys by being fly
12:24 AM · Feb 26, 2011·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
𝔍𝔞𝔣𝔣𝔢 𝔍𝔬𝔣𝔣𝔢𝔯 ➐
@RomeLeDope
Photo: “U catch more flies with honey… but u catch more honeys by being fly” http://tumblr.com/xvm1mk1aub
2:22 AM · Feb 27, 2011·Tumblr
     
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Chelsie Lynne
@chelsielynn3
they say you catch more flies with honey, but I think you catch more honeys being fly.
1:31 PM · Mar 1, 2011·Echofon
   
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Higgins Delafonte
@flodyjojo
You catch more flies with honey but you’ll catch more honeys being fly
7:41 PM · Mar 7, 2011·Twitter SMS
 
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[Brain]
@boyDonavin
They say you catch more flies with honey but you catch more honeys by being fly!
1:26 PM · Mar 12, 2011·Twitter Web Client
     
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Paid Actor
@postalcervix
You catch more flies with honey, but you catch more honeys being fly.
9:35 PM · Mar 13, 2011·Twitter for Android
 
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Matt Clayman
@TheClayClay
You can catch flies with honey, but you can catch more honeys by being fly
9:03 AM · Apr 10, 2011·Twitter Web Client
 
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Dani Matelske
@littledanimatel
“you can catch flies with honey but you can catch more honeys by being fly” - quote by Joe Shamatta
12:41 PM · Apr 14, 2015·Twitter for iPhone
     
Daily Mail (London, UK)
‘I get butterflies thinking about myself!’ As another senior class celebrates the end of high school, FEMAIL rounds up the weirdest and most wonderful yearbook quotes
By VALERIE SIEBERT FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 19:06 EDT, 21 May 2015 | UPDATED: 19:30 EDT, 21 May 2015
(...)
Some young men tend to go for the more overtly-confident approach to their quotes.‘I get butterflies when I think of myself,’ read one inspired offering. ‘You can catch flies with honey but catch more honeys being fly,’ read another.
 
Reddit—Pickuplines
Posted by u/InternetBull October 18, 2016
You can catch flies with honey. But you can catch more honey’s being fly.
 
Reddit—Showerthoughts   
Posted by u/AnkoGaming November 1, 2017
You can can’t more flies with honey, but no one realizes you can catch more honeys by being fly
 
Reddit—ShittyLifeProTips
Posted by u/69261 April 11, 2018
You catch more flies with honey, but you catch more honeys by being fly.
🐝🍯
   
Reddit—Teenagers
Posted by u/I_Am_An_AltAccount69 May 9, 2018
My friend said something funny today
I asked him what his senior quote would be and he told me he wanted: “You can catch some flies with honey, but I catch more honeys by being fly.”
 
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/Iamironmankevin June 10, 2019
You catch more flies with honey…
...but you catch more honeys by being fly.
     
Google Books
Title Notebook College Ruled: You Catch More Honeys Being Fly Funny Quote Cover Notebook, Size 6x9 Inch , Notebook and Journal, Doodle Book , 120 Pages of Lined Paper Matte Cover Lined Notebook for Neos, Officers, ... Diary (Wise Women Pray) (Wise Women Write)
Author Regina Stephens
Publisher Independently Published, 2020
ISBN 9798632678797
Length 120 pages
 
Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/FoxyPirate1432 July 10, 2020
You can catch flies using honey
But you’ll catch more honeys being fly
 
Reddit—Rarepuppers
Posted by u/hockeydennison March 15, 2021
You can catch a lot of flies with honey, but you can catch more honeys by being fly.