Better this than that
 

Better eight hours at work than not sleeping at all.

Better a Pershing in the cellar than a Scud on the roof.


please continue...;)

what the balls is a Pershing, and why would i have a Scud on my roof just because there wasn't a pershing present?

Pershing and scuds are both missle types...

Here they say

better a sparrow in your hand than a robin on the roof,

but that´s not funny.

better dead than smeg