Truth Can Be Funny
I thought it might be a good idea to lighten up the conversations a bit, so I've put down a few humorous slants on everyday topics.
The First Rule Of Grammar: a double negative is a no-no.
Modern art is when you buy a picture to cover a hole in the wall and then decide the hole looked better.
The trouble with experience being a teacher is that it gives the test before explaining the lesson.
Monday is an unsatisfactory way to spend one sevenths of your life.
Something to put on the endangered species list: An honest politician.
The more effective the prescription, the more horrendous the side effects.
According to the latest poll, most people don't believe in polls.
An example of opposite meanings: Progress and Congress.
Herbie's Inevitability Prediction: If you live each day as if it were your last - one of these days you'll be right.
And finally, the true moral behind the Cinderella story: People who wear glass slippers shouldn't tap dance.
The First Rule Of Grammar: a double negative is a no-no.
Modern art is when you buy a picture to cover a hole in the wall and then decide the hole looked better.
The trouble with experience being a teacher is that it gives the test before explaining the lesson.
Monday is an unsatisfactory way to spend one sevenths of your life.
Something to put on the endangered species list: An honest politician.
The more effective the prescription, the more horrendous the side effects.
According to the latest poll, most people don't believe in polls.
An example of opposite meanings: Progress and Congress.
Herbie's Inevitability Prediction: If you live each day as if it were your last - one of these days you'll be right.
And finally, the true moral behind the Cinderella story: People who wear glass slippers shouldn't tap dance.
A corollary to the experience note is "Most people learn lessons from bad experience. Really smart people learn lessons from other people's bad experiences".
the school of hard knocks! -- j
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However, may that not lead one to becoming overly cautious?
I would have taken more risks! -- j
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Success is doing what you do best, and letting others do everything else.
Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment.
Or to take the levity a whole other direction, Chinese proverb says man who goes through turnstile sideways going to Bangkok.
(male perspective...)
Sorry...I couldn't resist.
The corollary to this: Good judgement is a result of experience, which a result of bad judgement.
Your comment is also part of the yin-yang. "there is no good if evil doesn't exist."
It led me, decades later, to compile http://www.plusaf.com/falklaws.htm ... my observations of the world around me.
Enjoy!
Astounding Science Fiction. What memories I have of that wonderful periodical.
Thanks for the memory..
Then don't.
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the camera out there for a zoom-and-shoot visit! -- j
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so I don't tend to scare 'em away ... lovely critters! -- j
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