You probably remember hearing these old sayings while you were growing up. In the 20th century, they made perfect sense. And even though they still hold true today, I think they need a slightly different spin to be understandable and relevant to the younger generation. Please feel free to add any updated sayings that you can think of by posting a comment. Remember, blogs are meant to be interactive.
I want to give special thanks to the kind people in the jurors’ lounge* who helped me to come up with two whole pages of old sayings.
Old saying: A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
New saying: A cell phone in the hand is worth two left at home.
He who hesitates is lost.
He who hesitates gets stuck in the long line at the supermarket.
One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.
One man’s trash can bring him cash on eBay.
Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
Early to bed, early to rise, helps a consumer get the best buys.
He’s a chip off the old block.
He’s a microchip off the old mother board.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Too many software engineers ruin the program.
There are many other fish in the sea.
There are many other faces on Facebook.
Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.
Don’t put all your files on one flash drive.
If you don’t have anything nice to say, say nothing at all.
If you don’t have anything nice to text message, then text nothing at all.
*One woman gave me an old saying from her grandmother that I had not heard before and could not possibly improve upon:
Just because there's snow on the roof, doesn't mean there's no fire in the furnace.
How great is that?
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