One Liners – The “Proverbial” Sequel
Last month, Unified360's resident "legal beagle" Matt Hutchins wrote a blog entitled One Liners for the New Year. It was so popular that we decided to post a "sequel" of sorts, sent to us by a friend. Here you go...
"I really enjoyed reading your blog 'One Liners to Start a New Year' submitted by Matt Hutchins awhile back. Heck, I even used a few of them at a News Years Eve party! Matt is a good friend of mine, so I wanted to come up with a sequel to his blog.
Now for the background. A first grade teacher had 26 students in her class. She presented each child in her classroom the first half of a well-known proverb and asked the class to come up with the remainder of the proverb. It's hard to believe these were actually done by first-graders. Their insight may surprise you. While reading, keep in mind that these are first-graders, 6 year olds, because the last one is a classic..."
- Don't change horses ... until they stop running.
- Strike while the ... bug is close.
- It's always darkest before ... Daylight Savings Time.
- Never underestimate the power of ... termites.
- You can lead a horse to water but ... How?
- Don't bite the hand that ... looks dirty.
- No news is ... impossible.
- 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.
- Love all; trust ... me.
- The pen is mightier than the ... pigs.
- An idle mind is ... the best way to relax.
- Where there's smoke there's ... pollution.
- Happy the bride who ... gets all the presents.
- A penny saved is ... not much.
- Two's company; three's ... the Musketeers.
- Don't put off till tomorrow what ... you put on to go to bed.
- Laugh and the whole world laughs with you; cry and ... you have to blow your nose.
- There is none so blind as ... Stevie Wonder.
- Children should be seen and not ... spanked or grounded.
- If at first you don't succeed ... get new batteries.
- You get out of something only what you ... see in the picture on the box.
- When the blind lead the blind ... get out of the way.
- A bird in hand ... is going to poop on you.
- Better late than ... pregnant.
Doug Younie, Partner
Apogee Software
dougy@apogeesoftware.com