Obvious Observations Cliche Corner Still True But No One Pays Attention To Money can't buy happiness. Two wrongs don't make a right. Idle hands are the devil's workshop. Somethings are better left unsaid. Put your money where your mouth is. You can catch more flies with honey than you can with vinegar. Slow and steady wins the race. Turnabout is fair play. It takes one to know one. A stitch in time saves nine. A penny saved is a penny earned. Where there's smoke, there's fire. Children should be seen and not heard. Birds of a feather flock together. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing. A stitch in time saves nine. Don't sweat the small stuff. Measure twice, cut once. People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say it. All is fair in love and war. Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free? There is no free lunch. If it sounds too good to be true, it is. There's a sucker born every minute. You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink. Men (Women) - can't live with them, can't live without them. Garbage in, garbage out. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.     August 2007 Just because you say something doesn't make it true. Don't wear sandals to visit a farm. At least when I make a mistake it doesn't involve nuclear warheads. Hillary was going to run even when she said she wouldn't. July 2007 While so happy about the new baby, I don't need to know the dilation details. Prices (and taxes) never come down but people seem to feel relief if they complain about them. I hope we don't have to hear about Paris (Hilton) until springtime. Igoring all previous life experience is all too common. I don't care to hear details about anyone's colon. Can't is one 4 letter word no child should ever hear or say. The definition of "clean" is relative. Your relatives' definition of clean is the most important - immediate family excluded. It isn't real candy unless it contains chocolate. It's a lot of work to get ready for a vacation. It's harder to suffer fools as we age.(I am suffering.) Pants don't shrink as often as we put on weight. June 2007 Work out just can't compete with eat out or take out. Nothing tastes as good as thin feels. Except chocolate. Teen drivers are allergic to gas pumps. If you buy Proactive, you must use it for it to be effective. At least 20% of the clothing in most women's closets doesn't fit. Listen to your comb-over. It is screaming, "I'm BALD." May 2007 Emotions can get in the way of intelligence. To debate, you have to let the other person talk. Reporters/media people are supposed to report things. Reporting is different than commenting. Some reporters should look the two terms up in the dictionary. Illegal means "against the law." A Blackberry device can be a curse. Rosie was probaby a bit to edgy for "The View." Nothing in this world matters more than family. Kids love to embarass you but hate when you embarass them. Nobody does it better than Gramma. Text messaging more than 50 texts a day is hard for parents to understand. April 2007 Wear your seatbelt. Fame can be deadly if not put in proper perspective. Parents should check their kid's My Space often. Girls on My Space post things that make parents cringe. You shouldn't confuse people with the facts when their minds are made up. Teens can be very naiive, and don't want to hear about it. The media cannot understand the concept of overkill. It's hard to do anything in secret these days. No matter what the deadline, or how well it is announced, there will always be someone who is late. (April 15th causes last minute panic for some.) Sometimes "why" doesn't really matter. March 2007 Amercians use more spandex per person and per capita that any other developed nation. If you think kids don't like change, try their parents. Or grandparents. Your family and loved ones are your legacy. The benefits of moving the clock ahead 3 weeks early for daylight savings time remain illusive. The value of things increases when you can't have them. Sneakers with $150 price tags aren't sneakers anymore. They're an investment. All investments should be questioned and carefully considered. Just because you're cute doesn't mean the answer is alway "yes." Sometimes it's maybe. And I mean it. It's been pretty cold and snowing during this period of global warming. If you don't spay cats, they WILL get pregnant. Fighting in some families is a bonding ritual. Old photos should be only shared with those who lived in that same time period. Only a 24-year-old could think she is "old." The milkman who delivers daily would be much appreciated by lots of parents. iPods can get crunched if you leave them on floors and on seats. It's not good to wash a cell phone. Sometimes, you will get lucky and a washed cell phone will dry out and still work.(Amazing...) If you wash your cell phone and it is ruined, you will buy the new one, my child. If I mistakenly washed my cell phone, no one would know about it. I would be very discreet. Friday during Lent used to mean lots of fish choices at restaurants and fish sticks in schools. January 2007 Money can't buy back your dignity. Age 12 is not an age of reason. Winter means it will be cold. Deal with it. Enough Donald and Rosie. You sound like silly children. No, you sound worse. Don't you have to wear clothes to be considered "worst dressed?" If you sit in front of a TV you don't burn a lot of calories. Just saying something doesn't make it true. The term "expert" is often used loosely. Judge TV shows are multiplying. There is no shortage of people who are willing to look dumb on them. When asked a question, one possible answer is "no." If you don't want to risk hearing it, don't ask. eptember 2006 December 2006 Judge TV shows are multiplying. There is no shortage of people who are willing to look dumb on them. When asked a question, one possible answer is "no." If you don't want to risk hearing it, don't ask. Teens think its "cool" to not wear proper winter clothing. They look cold.  November 2006  Getting a PS3 can be dangerous. Until death do us part" means until you or your partner die, not your feelings. OJ - "Move away from the limelight." Old cliches still ring true - why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free. Remember that one girls? Allowing kids to do x equals love (to them) when x is a dumb thing to do. There is an awful lot of nothing - nothing to do, nothing to eat, nothing to wear, nothing good on TV. Songs should have a tune. Christmas comes earlier each year. Christmas shoppers don't seem very joyful. Christmas is really about Jesus' birthday. "I'm sorry" is very hard to pronounce. "You're right" is nearly impossible. Hearing acuity is selective - (candy wrappers = very good, homework reminders = very bad). It is painful for siblings to touch each other in cars Tantrum holders prefer an audience. Worrying is my job. Don't tell me not to. Phrase parents seldom hear - "I did it." Some pants on teen boys defy gravity. It's hard to eat like a bird when you're as hungry as a horse. October 2006 A look at someone's baby photo entitles the looker to a reciprical showing with the same amount of interest. This does not always happen. Life without a TV remote is very unsettling. RSVP means "respond if you please" in French. People put RSVP on invitations for a reason. Do it!. Kids always want our attention - positive or negative (praise or the opposite). Kids always say there is "nothing to eat." News flash - celebrities are not really news. Politics is a dirty business. It gets dirtiest just before November. If you feed them, they will come. Fat in food tastes good. Apparently, most Americans agree. Other people's children crying sounds more annoying than my children.  Life without a TV remote is very unsettling. It's okay to order French fries now. Donald Trump giving advice about life? You're fired. People feel free to be really nasty in an e-mail. September  2006 Enough with the CSI shows. Get the scalpel. Art Linkletter was right - kids do say the darndest things - to the darndest people. Why would anyone want to be a protologist? I wouldn't want to be Jerry Springer's guest manager. I wouldn't want to be Saddam's lawyer. Word play is the only game I'm not too tired to play. Lycra clothing should be banned on 99.9% of adults. The other .1% should stay out of my view. Tan fat is better than white fat, but covered fat is better. People on Court TV -  those judges have seen everything. Why do you even try to lie? Note to dog owners -call your dog when it starts to rhythmically "love" someone's leg (especially mine). 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