WTF?

How do we adopt these stupid sayings that actually contradict each other????

Such as...

"birds of a feather stick together"

and

"opposites attract"

Then there is...

"an eye for an eye"

and

"do unto others as you would have others do unto you"

*ok, I know where those two come from..hhahah*


this cracks me up....

"NO Trespassing" <----THAT nailed to a tree

and this on the doormat...

"Welcome to my home"

MAKE UP YOUR DAMN MIND ALREADY!


This one..

"he sees the world through rose colored glasses"

and this...

"he has such a chip on his shoulder"

wtf does either of those mean????......geeeesh. Other than Elton John...who the hell wears rose colored glasses..and how does that make anything look better??? What the f*** is a "chip"???? How idiotic!


"you can't judge a book by it's cover"

and

"If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, chances are..it is a duck!"

hahahha

maybe the duck had a bear book cover on it!


"the greatest things in life are free"

and this...

"there is no such thing as a free lunch"

looks like we are fucked. Just sayin...


"if you put the shoe on the other foot...."

and this...

"not until you have walked a mile in his shoes...."

but the big question is...which foot do I put HIS shoe on???


"don't look a gifthorse in the mouth"

and this...

"if it seems too good to be true, it most likely is"

um....what if it is a REALLY nice looking gift and the horse is friendly?


"don't kill the messenger"

and this...

"beware the bearer of bad news."


"only the good die young"

and this...

"respect your elders"

"what goes up, must come down"

and

"reach for the stars"

um...cuz eventually you will be the highlight on "one hit wonders".

"the sky is the limit"

and

"keep your feet on the ground"

wtf???


"take it one day at a time"

and

"plan for the future"


"The good of the many outweigh the good of the few"

and

"No child left behind"

um...I guess our government never watched Star Trek. hahaha


"outer beauty fades, inner ugly is forever"

and this....

"it is what's INSIDE that counts"

um...uh oh.

"we must not repeat the mistakes of our past"

and

"We The People....blah blah blah"

hahahhah...that'll piss off the righties...giggle


"If you die in your nightmare, then you are really dead."

and this..

"at least he died peacefully and in his sleep."

oh holy shit!


"all men are created equal"

and this....

"behind every great man there is a strong woman"

and this....

"what's good for the goose is good for the gander"

makes my head spin.


"the color of money makes the world go round"

and this...

"WE ARE GOING GREEN!"

anyone see a connection? giggle


"let a sleeping dog lie"

and this...

"fight the good fight"

I think in order to do that, you may have to wake up the freakin dog.

speaking of which...what the hell is with our obsession with animal analogies???

"reflexes of a cat"
"swims like a fish"
"climbs like a monkey"
"the heart of a lion"
"protective like a mother hen"
"hungry as a bear"

and yet...we call ourselves "superior" to those we emulate...and pretty poorly at that.

just a thought.