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Friday, January 20, 2012

Shake the salt if it's your fault; shake the pepper to blame the leper.
(old Hawaiian saying)

Thursday, January 05, 2012

Cannot the shortest among you see up the skirts of opportunity?
--Milton Snerver (1918 Republican presidential candidate)

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Every time you sneeze, kiss your nurse's knees.
(from the German:  "Jedes Mal, wenn Sie niesen, küsse deine Krankenschwester die Knie.")

Monday, December 12, 2011

Sleep is the body's way of resting with it's eyes closed.
--(from "Obviously!: A Collection of Sayings by Morons who Think They're So Smart", Dumbass Editions, 1997)

Friday, December 09, 2011

The path to full is paved by food retention.
The good intention is a good invention.

Wednesday, December 07, 2011

The grande is the message.
--Marshall McLuhan wannabe, in Starbucks

Tuesday, December 06, 2011

Enough time and ice cream can fix anything.
--from the Bible

Thursday, December 01, 2011

The best things in life that aren't free are usually stolen from that asshole, Ron.
--from the Latin

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

The wolf that is biting your leg is not biting my leg, yet.
--from the Romanian ("Lupul, care este musca piciorul tău nu este musca piciorul meu, încă.")

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Sieze the last toaster waffle!
--from the Latin ("Carpe Eggem ultimem")

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Who cleans the catbox earns the loyalty of lions.
--from the French

Monday, November 14, 2011

A rising tide lifts all boats, but floods many basements too.

Friday, November 04, 2011

There is no "I" in misstatement.
--Coach Barney (from "More Jock Raps: The Wisdom of Gym Teachers, Volume 2")

Thursday, November 03, 2011

The best way to eat is noisily, with lots of num-num noises.
--St. Augustus the Chubby, MCCIV 

Monday, October 31, 2011

Remember the good things about your friends, try to forget the bad things (unless those things are about money).
--from the Portuguese ("Lembre-se das coisas boas sobre seus amigos, tentar esquecer as coisas ruins (a menos que essas coisas são sobre o dinheiro).")

Friday, October 28, 2011

Monday, March 07, 2011

Humility is a first cousin to humidity.
--from the Portuguese

Wednesday, March 02, 2011

Someone else will always said it best, eventually.
--not me

Monday, May 24, 2010

Turn often from your path in life to sample the local cheeseburgers.

Friday, March 12, 2010

Curling iron in the tub, Ned won't make it to the pub. -- [from the Old English]

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Cake should not be shared with anyone you are not required, morally or karmic-wise, to share cake with.
The stranger the hat, the better the attitude.
(from the crazy Dutch, "De vreemdeling de hoed, hoe beter de houding.")

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Ghosts are just dead people who missed the bus.
[from the Swedish, "Spöken är bara döda människor som missade bussen."]

Tuesday, December 08, 2009