Observations & Advice

[From my quotation collection]

It’s just a little glitch in the ointment. —Craig

There’s a flaw in the ointment. —Overheard by Teej

Let’s not pass the bucket here. —Person in a meeting

I think you have to intoo it. —Speaker at a public radio gathering

Let’s show them our best foot. —Project leader

The hooves of a donkey are not cut by bread alone. —Bernadette M.

It’s six of one, six of the other. —PT’s former supervisor at the Lakeland Register

You’ve made your cake. Now lie in it. —Katie

There’s a fine line between ‘irate’ and 5150. —Kaiser patient

It is so difficult to make a neat job of killing people with whom one is not on friendly terms. —From Kind Hearts & Coronets

You could die from the kind of malaria in Honduras, but it’s not as devastating as in Asia and Africa. —JC

Africa’s someplace else. —PN

You can’t question someone on their motives when they’re dead. —Brent

I hope you’re naive, because stupid is forever. —Michael’s friend Julie’s father

You are wonderful, and full of traits. —N after we broke up

Sessed la vie. —SB

2 comments

  1. This is me when I’m heated, and am desperately trying to level someone with my incisive words:
    “Yer a pack of lying s**t.”
    …which is why I’ve racked up that handful of assault charges.
    That’s not a funny joke, is it?
    Ok, fine-what about “flustrated”? I hear that everywhere-LITERALLY: EVERYwhere.
    Or what of seeing “the crap at the end of the tunnel”?
    And remember S.V.? “…not the sharpest cookie in the box.” But that was an ESL gaffe, which makes me feel bad to have repeated it here-and to have done so elsewhere.
    And then there was the time, in the midst of a penetrating and surprisingly damaging rant on his part, I was accused of only focusing on “sniglets” of the disputed conversation.

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