I believe in giving credit for humor where credit is due. Yesterday's piece, "Sayings," is from a book by George Carlin, "Brain Droppings," published in 1997 by Hyperion Press.
"Brain Droppings" is a collection of essays and short thoughts. The lines from yesterday's email are from "Popular Beliefs", page 135.
My thanks to Tony (a long time fan, but first time writer) for pointing this out. Here are a few more "Popular Beliefs" from the same source. Enjoy!
THE SKY'S THE LIMIT - Well, how can the sky be the limit? The sky never ends. What kind of limit is that? The Earth is the limit. You dig a hole and what do you keep getting? More Earth. The Earth is the limit.
THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A FREE LUNCH - What about when you eat at home? I don't pay when I eat lunch at home - it's free! Sometimes I leave a tip, but basically, it's a free lunch. Yes, I know we had to buy the food at the store. But as the Zen Buddhists say, The Food is Not the Lunch.
IT TAKES TWO TO TANGO - Sounds good, but simple reasoning will reveal that it only takes one to tango. It takes two to tango together, maybe, but one person is certainly capable of tangoing on his own. By the way, in medieval times, it was widely believed that it took twenty-six to tango.