Thought for the day...

A first-grade teacher collected well-known proverbs. She gave each child in her class the first half of a proverb and asked them to come up with the remainder of the proverb. Their insight may surprise you.

• Better to be safe than...punch a 5th grader.

• Never underestimate the power of...termites.

• Don't bite the hand that...looks dirty.

• A miss is as good as a... Mr.

 

• You can't teach an old dog new... math.

• If you lie down with dogs, you'll... stink in the morning.

• The pen is mightier than the... pigs.

• An idle mind is... the best way to relax.

• A penny saved is... not much.

• When the blind leadeth the blind... get out of the way

 

Someone asked, “If Christianity is valid, why is there so much evil in the world?” Well, why is there so much soap in the world but we still have many dirty people in the world? Christianity, like soap, must be personally applied if it is to make a difference in our lives.

 

Some people are impervious to simple logic. It is useless to argue with them. If they dislike a fact, they will not accept it. But still, it remains a fact.

He who sows seeds of kindness will have a perpetual harvest.

 

Being a little older, I am very fortunate to have someone call and check on me every day. He is from India, and he's very concerned about my car warranted'


I choked on a carrot this morning, and all I could think of was, "I'll bet a doughnut wouldn't have done this to me."


Nothing spoils a good story more than the arrival of an eye witness. (Mark Twain)

 

It turns out that when asked who your favorite child is, you're supposed to pick one of your own. I know that now.


It's fine to eat a test grape in the produce section, but you take just one bite of rotisserie chicken and it's all, "Sir, you need to leave!"


One thing no one ever talks about when it comes to being an older adult is how much time we devote to keeping a cardboard box because it is, you know, a really good box.

 

I like to make lists. I also like to leave them laying on the kitchen counter, and then guess what's on the list when I am at the store.


Ask your doctor if a drug with 32 pages of side-effects is bad for you.


I re-labeled all of the jars in my wife's spice rack. I'm not in trouble yet, but the thyme is cumin.

 

I just read a book about marriage that says treat your wife like you treated her on your first date. So, tonight after dinner, I'm dropping her off at her parent's house.


The best way to get back on your feet is to miss two car payments.


I love bacon. Sometimes I eat it twice a day. It takes my mind off the terrible chest pains I keep getting.

 

As I watch this generation try to rewrite history, one thing I am sure of is that it will be misspelled and have no punctuation.


Driver: "What am I supposed to do with this speeding ticket?" Officer, "Keep it. When you collect four of them, you get a bicycle."


I asked a supermarket employee where they kept the canned peaches. He said, "I'll see," & walked away. I asked another & he also said, "I'll see," & walked away. In the end, I gave up & found them myself in Aisle C.

 

The last time I was down south I asked a supermarket employee where they kept the canned peaches. He said, "I'll see," & walked away. I asked another & he also said, "I'll see," & walked away. In the end, I gave up & found them myself in Aisle C.

I told my physical therapist that I broke my arm in two places. He told me to stop going to those places.


I put our scale in the bathroom corner & that's where the little liar will stay until it apologizes.

 

When I was a kid, I used to watch the ‘Wizard of Oz’ & wonder how someone could talk if they didn't have a brain. Then I got Facebook.


I want to be 14 again & ruin my life differently. I have new ideas.


Apparently RSVPing to a wedding invitation with "Maybe next time" isn't the correct response.

 

A guy walks into a lumberyard & asks for some 2x4s. The clerk asks, "How long do you need them?" The guy answers, "A long time. We're gonna build a house."

I just burned 1,200 calories. I forgot the pizza in the oven.

Who knew that the hardest thing of being an adult is figuring out what to fix for dinner and doing it every single night for the rest of your life until you die?

 

I hate it when people act all intellectual and talk about Mozart, when they've never even seen one of his paintings.


Never trust an electrician with no eyebrows.


My neighbor knocked on my front door at 3 am. 3AM!!! Luckily, I was already up playing the bagpipes.

 

I’ve just finished reading a book about the world’s greatest basement... It was a best
cellar.


It’s my first week working at the bicycle factory and they already made me a

spokesperson.


My laptop caught pneumonia, apparently because I left Windows open.