It is true that there is once upon a time, and then there is ever after, and everything in between is such a tiny fragment of one's eternity that it is hardly worth mentioning at all.
More deep thoughts from Jack Handy for your reading pleasure (since you brought him up):
If you think a weakness can be turned into a strength, I hate to tell you this, but that's another weakness.
I believe in making the world safe for our children, but not our children's children, because I don't think children should be having sex.
Children need encouragement. If a kid gets an answer right, tell him it was a lucky guess. That way he develops a good, lucky feeling.
When I was a kid my favorite relative was Uncle Caveman. After school we'd all go play in his cave, and every once in a while he would eat one of us. It wasn't until later that I found out that Uncle Caveman was a bear.
And my all-time second favorite handy quote:
Probably the earliest flyswatters were nothing more than some sort of striking surface attached to the end of a long stick.
You reminded me of something. I will quote it from memory, which means misquote it, undoubtedly:
ReplyDeleteHe who said: "once upon a time," and he who said: "happily ever after," one has only a dime, and the other is a pauper.
Oh, you reminded me of one more thing:
ReplyDeleteA few of my favorite quotes from Jack Handy's Deep Thoughts:
1. The crows seemed to be calling his name, thought Caw.
That is my favorite Jack Handy Deep Thought. I wrote a post about that, but never posted it because it was kind of silly, though a little profound.
2. Somebody told me it was frightening how much topsoil we are losing each year, but I told that story around the campfire and nobody got scared.
One more thing, to plagiarize Mark Twain a bit:
ReplyDeleteYour post was better than it sounds.
It is true that there is once upon a time, and then there is ever after, and everything in between is such a tiny fragment of one's eternity that it is hardly worth mentioning at all.
More deep thoughts from Jack Handy for your reading pleasure (since you brought him up):
ReplyDeleteIf you think a weakness can be turned into a strength, I hate to tell you this, but that's another weakness.
I believe in making the world safe for our children, but not our children's children, because I don't think children should be having sex.
Children need encouragement. If a kid gets an answer right, tell him it was a lucky guess. That way he develops a good, lucky feeling.
When I was a kid my favorite relative was Uncle Caveman. After school we'd all go play in his cave, and every once in a while he would eat one of us. It wasn't until later that I found out that Uncle Caveman was a bear.
And my all-time second favorite handy quote:
Probably the earliest flyswatters were nothing more than some sort of striking surface attached to the end of a long stick.
Your husband, if you have a husband, said something that made me remember this:
ReplyDeleteFrom Robert Louis Stevenson’s Dumb Soldier:
When the grass was closely mown,
Walking on the lawn alone,
In the turf a hole I found,
And hid a soldier underground.
Not a word will he disclose,
Not a word of all he knows.
I must lay him on the shelf,
And make up the tale myself.
Andorina, this reminds me of your first official post, which actually turned out to be quite thought-provoking.