Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Semi-useless Information Part 2 (Proverbial Sagacity)

In my quest to sum up the wisdom of my many years, I've been thinking about some well-known proverbs and the deeper meanings behind them. So, what follows are ageless pearls of wisdom elaborated upon by my aging intellect.

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush...
  • and a bird in a bucket is the value of them all.

A rising tide lifts all boats...
  • which is bad news if you are a submarine.

A word to the wise is enough...
  • and a word to the foolish is futile.

An army marches on its stomach...
  • but they'd probably stand up if you'd stop shooting at them.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure...
  • so if you use the metric system you're out of luck either way.

Any publicity is good publicity...
  • unless you're a spy or in the Witness Protection Program.

  • which explains Britney Spears.

Behind every great man there is a great woman...
  • going, “nag, nag, nag, nag, nag.”

  • with a list of chores to do around the house.

  • telling him what he's doing wrong.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you...
  • unless that hand hits you on the nose with a rolled-up newspaper, then it's fair game.

  • unless it's covered in barbecue sauce—I mean, what did they expect?

Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die...
  • but just in case, put it on your friend's tab.

Faith will move mountains...
  • to move anything else, call your brother-in-law.

Hindsight is 20/20...
  • which is why I always drive in reverse.

If life gives you lemons...
  • ask for a gift receipt.

It goes without saying...
  • so shut your yap!

Life's not all beer and Skittles®...
  • and that's why I'm so sad.

Lightening never strikes twice in the same place...
  • which is also a characteristic of good baseball pitchers and poor bowlers.

  • so the safest place to stand in a storm is on the corpse of someone who was struck.

Marriages are made in heaven...
  • and heaven is lit with tons of neon and full of Elvis impersonators, blackjack dealers and strippers.

Nature abhors a vacuum...
  • as do pets and babies.

  • and that's why it's covered in dirt.

No man can serve two masters...
  • because polygamy is illegal.

The best things in life are free...
  • because a free plasma screen is better than one you have to pay for.

The early bird gets the worm...
  • so it pays to sleep in if you're the worm.

  • but unless that bird comes with a side of coleslaw, I don't care.

There's no such thing as a free lunch...
  • but in Vegas one can be had for 99 cents!

There's safety in numbers...
  • which is why you never see decimal points in the obituaries.

Time is a great healer & time is money...
  • so money is a great healer.

Two heads are better than one...
  • say Siamese twins.

Two wrongs don't make a right...
  • but three lefts do!

Where there's a will there's a way...
  • and a crowd of would-be heirs.

Work expands so as to fill the time available...
  • so rush through your work and go home early.

You are what you eat...
  • especially if you're a cannibal.

  • so eat a millionaire.


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