I ran across a website called Wise Old Sayings. It is an alphabetical listing of many of the sayings that we have all heard many times. Some of them are timeless but I suggest that some just don’t work anymore. The following are a few samples of sayings back then and why they don’t fit today.
A penny for your thoughts. People don’t even pickup pennies off the street. Why in the world would they want to be paid a penny for thoughts. I will admit they there are a lot of people that would be overpaid.
A rolling stone gathers no moss. You cannot have rolling stones. OSHA will not allow it. And the environmentalist will sue you for disturbing the moss.
A penny saved is a penny earned. We’re back to pennies. Half the people today don’t want to earn dollars, let alone pennies.
A picture is worth a thousand words. Not since Photo Shop.
A man’s got to do what a man’s got to do. Ain’t going to happen. There are so many rules against a man doing anything that is not politically correct.
A watched pot never boils. What pot? Everything is microwaved. Watching pots may have been fun, but microwaves are dark when the light burns out.
Politics make strange bedfellows. Today, there are so many strange bedfellows that politics doesn’t seem to have anything to do with it.
Confession is good for the soul. This may still be true. The problem is that everyone does it on Facebook or Twitter.
Be true to yourself. Today, there are too many people trying to find themselves so they don’t know who to be true to. I think they are looking in the wrong places.
PMO
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