Friday, February 5, 2010

Expressions v2.0 or Say What?


Our speech is riddled aphorisms, sayings, phrases, epigrams and the like.  Although most still ring true (there's one now), I'm thinking it might be time to update, to make them a bit more au courant, and possibly more or less politically correct.  I tend to be a bit geeky, so of course, my versions will reflect this.  I'm also a bit goofy (say it together: "Really, Tom?"), but I will try my best to keep that side repressed in this serious matter.  :-p

So, let's get the particles accelerating (ball rolling).  First the original, then it's updated version:

  • March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.  
  • March comes in like an iPhone and goes out like an iPad.
  • A penny saved is a penny earned.
  • $.01 deposited pre-tax into a 401k or IRA is subject to substantial penalties for early withdrawal.
  • She's having a bad hair day.
  • She's follicle-ly challenged.   or sing it:  follicle-ly, follicle-la, follicle-ly, follicle-ah ha ha ha ha ha.
  • What I said was taken out of context.
  • They copied and pasted what I said.      
  • Looks like someone got up on the wrong side of the bed.
  • Looks like someone couldn't remember their sleep number.
  • He went the whole nine yards.
  • He went the whole 8.2296m.
  • Looks like you have the best of both worlds.
  • I see you have a Mac and a PC.
  • You're between the Devil and the deep blue sea.
  • I see you have a Mac and a PC.
  • Call the dogs off!
  • Who let the dogs out, who, who, who?
  • I heard it through the grapevine.
  • I just read it on FaceBook.
  • She found out by word of mouth.
  • Someone tweeted her.
  • There's no place like home. 
  • There's no place like 127.0.0.1  
Think I'll stop there.  

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