Hi all .........................

Proverbs have been causing me a lot of thought recently.
Where did they come from?
Why did anyone think it worth mentioning that a rolling stone was a hopeless moss-gatherer?
Why does the Book of Proverbs contain so few proverbs?
And how many times does a proverb need to be uttered before it becomes a cliche?

Bearing all these questions in mind, I've decided that it's high time that many of our traditional proverbs were up-dated, and perhaps we should invent a few new ones while we're at it.
So here, without further beating about the proverbial George W., are some proverbs for the 21st. century.

A bird in the hand is worth anything from about £2.99, unless it's free-range, when it's twice the price.

An Englishman's home is his dodgiest asset if he can't keep up his mortgage repayments.

Repossession is nine points of the law.

There is no such thing as bad weather, only a broken umbrella.

Don't count your chickens before they are reduced for quick clearance.

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man miss all the best films on television.

It's a long tube that has no sea-lions.

A Babyshamble gathers Kate Moss.

Finders keepers, losers claim on the insurance.

Money, in the broadest sense of the M3 monetary figure, including all currency in circulation together with deposits, money-market funds, short-term re-purchase agreements, and liquid assets, is the root of all commerce.

One man's fish is another man's poisson -- especially if the second man is French.

The best things in life are expensive.

Faint heart never won Texas Hold-em.

There is no smoke without barbecues.

People who live in glass houses should not be surprised if they are visited by the environmental health and safety officer.

Too many cooks appear on television.

Where there's a will, there's a dispute over the legacy.

You can't make an omelette without putting all your eggs in one basket.

You can't tell a book by it's TV adaptation.

Socklessness is next to shoelessness.

Entrepreneurialism is the mother of invention; necessity is no more than a distant cousin.

Fortune favours the lucky.

Set a policeman to catch a thief.

A little learning is an A-grade at GCSE.

Beggars can't be choosers without a begging licence and a national insurance number.

The early bird ruins your sleep.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and he begins to see the attractions of golf.

He who hesitates looks before he leaps.

He who lives by the sword is shot by him who doesn't.

In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is unappreciated.

Laughter is the best medicine, apart from medicine.

A woman's work is never properly remunerated under the terms of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 and the Equal Pay Act 1970 (amended 1983).

Never put off till tomorrow what someone else might do for you the day after.

Gazpacho is a dish best served cold.

Procrastination is the ...................... hang on, I'll have to get back to you on that one.



Hugs,
Angela. xx.

I am liking this thread Angela

A little of what you fancy makes you fat and rots your teeth
A Miss is as good as a Ms
A stitch in time repairs the fabric of the universe
All good things come to an end
All work and no play makes Jack in breach of the 48 hour working week
Boys will be Girls
Do unto others before they do unto you
Enough is never enough
Flattery will get you everywhere
Fortune favours the rich
He who laughs last laughs looks stupid
Imitation is tantamount to counterfeiting
In the midst of life we are in debt
It's no use bolting the stable door, the hoodies will have it broken open in a trice
People who live in glass houses really should have net curtains
Possession is against the law
Pride comes round but once a year
The best defence is a top Lawyer
There's no more fish in the sea
You can't make an omelette without salmonella