Free the Birds
“A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush,” a psychic said to me.
Then my psychiatrist said the same, but for a bigger fee.
When people preach to me like this, I get set in my ways.
I’m never going to take advice from folks who spout clichés!
The birds that I have had in hand number very few.
I can’t recall a single time I combed a bush for two.
I have no wish to take a walk in another’s shoe.
I’m simply loathe to think in adages as others do.
I’ve never thought the grass was greener in my neighbor’s yard,
and spouting other people’s words does not make you a bard.
I don’t think quoting adages makes us any wiser.
If my neighbor’s lawn is greener, I’ll just use more fertilizer.
So please don’t give me your advice using a hackneyed phrase,
for all this glib advice just sorta puts me in a daze.
And if you simply must advise, my character to hone,
please do me a big favor and just use words of your own!!!
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
Well, to each his own, I suppose. But you’ll find you’ll catch more flies with sugar than with salt. Still, it’s all water under the bridge and over the dam for me.
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Um catch more flies with honey than vinegar, perchance????
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More like blood under the bridge or the burning ord in midday. Maybe a hole (whole?) in one (won?).
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You’re so right. The cliches just work in the opposite direction.
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Ah, what sweeter words than “You’re so right?”
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😍😛
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Very cleverly expressed.
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This made me smile, especially the bit about the psychiatrist charging more money for the same useless advice!
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Brilliant, witty and insightful.
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Ah Dale. You always make me feel good.
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Also, it’s hard to remember adages in the heat of a moment!
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?GUILTY?
I can not reply to this ditty without being glib though
it must be answered to you in kind, just to let you know.
Coming up with a single word , one that is not trite so
I will sum up my simple reply just by saying “ditto”~!
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I do love acquiescence.
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Really~? Then check the last line on “Rules and Regulations”… Sometime I can be a real jerk if I get a laugh out of it~! Touche~!
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