>>>>> Found an old notebook in my stax-O-stuff with page after page of proverbs, maxims, adages, and wise old sayings…gonna do a special on ’em today, mostly one’s that I’m not that familiar with…and since they’re short, 2 at a go…
B*A*K*E*R*S D*O*Z*E*N
(1) Little boats stay close to shore. ‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡ A small pot is soon hot.
(2) No bird never flew on one wing. ‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡ A closed mouth catches no flies.
(3) You’ve heard of the phrase: a fair-weather friend…
it comes from the saying: A fair-weather friend changes with the wind.
(4) He’s cutting down an oak to plant a thistle. ‡‡‡‡‡‡ She’s got the wrong cat by the tail.
(5) A good horse is never a bad color. ‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡ A clean glove hides a dirty hand.
(6) Don’t advertise what isn’t for sale. ‡‡‡‡‡‡ All I want is a good sword and no use for it.
(7) A thief believes every man will steal. ‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡ East or West, home is best.
(8) Learn not and know not. ‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡ You look like something the cat dragged in!
(9) A bad workman quarrels with his tools. ‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡ Hair by hair, the head is bare.
(10) The years teach much that the days never knew. ‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡ Slow help is no help.
(11) A fine cage feeds no bird. ‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡ A fence between makes love more keen.
(12) Slow to punish, swift to reward. ‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡ Good liars have better memories.
(13) Or as Barney once said on The Andy Griffith Show: One mistake, better cake.
POUTINE-ON-A-STICK
Jeep fans know (and many rue the day) that the Cherokee was redesigned and renamed the Liberty in the Fall of 2001, model year 2002. But guess what? Everywhere else in the world, it’s still called the Cherokee…the above for example is for the Egyptian market…
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