Phraseology Help

[Jay Aitch]

Hi everyone.

I am trying to think of a phrase and am struggling.
It's effectively a sarcastic way to say "And" i.e.

Drowning is a wet way to die.
Not to say pathetic

It's the "not to say" bit that has me stumped. I'm looking for something very similar,
(It may be correct, but what somehow it doesn't feel right.)

Can anyone help suggest?

 

[Charles Ott]

I'd turn it around. "Pathetic" is a description, but "wet" is the punchline.
Drowning is a pathetic way to die.
Not to say, wet.

or:
Drowning is a pathetic way to die. Wet, too.

 

[KateESal]

What Charles said.

 

[Amber]

Not to mention?

I honestly don't know. I think ...

And?

...is a sarcastic way to say And. Or I also like...

Right.

But context ... so don't know.

However, I wouldn't turn it around. It doesn't even make sense when you turn it around. Drowning is a wet way to die is funny because it's a play on words. Drowning is pathetic is just a comment, an observation, and by itself, not funny at all.

 

[Paul Whybrow]

You could say something about contrasting birth with the imminent threat of death, such as, "I came to life from water, in the flood of birth: I didn't intend to submerge into death."

 

[Peter Hankins]

Pathetic, too.
Kind of pathetic, also.

 

[Amber]

You could say something about contrasting birth with the imminent threat of death, such as, "I came to life from water, in the flood of birth: I didn't intend to submerge into death."

Dear Paul,

He's trying to be funny, not poetic.

Sincerely,

Me.

 

[KG Christopher]

One often is wet when one drowns. Probabaly wise to take a towel

 

[Amber]

One often is wet when one drowns. Probabaly wise to take a towel

That's sort of bleakly funny. Except I'd say...

One often gets wet when one drowns. Best to bring a towel.

 

[lrholland]

I think the word you are looking for is Also. In your original wording:

Drowning is a wet way to die.
Also pathetic.