Welcome to International Squib Day, celebrated on the Sunday closest to New Year's Day.
Squibs, proverbs, and epigrams have been pouring in from all over the world.
From Russia: If you're afraid of wolves, don't go into the forest.
From Spain: By the street of by and by, we arrive at the house of never.
Sweden: There's no such thing as bad weather, only wrong clothes.
Israel: Everyone complains about a lack of money, but no one complains about a lack of brains.
Canada: Canadians are more polite when they're being rude than Americans are when they're being friendly.
That last one sounds a little rude.
Here's a few squibs about squibs from my own noggin:
The best squibs are a form of call and response.
Can I get an Amen!
Squibs shuffle the world's stacked deck.
Cure for writer's block: keep writing.
Cure for squibber's block: keep thinking.
The great temptation for the squib writer is to pontificate on matters he knows nothing about.
A squib must be acute rather than cute.
A squib will be betta
If it doesn’t go meta
(Except on International Squib Day)
Thanks to Ole E. Hagen who wrote "Squibs from the Backwoods" in the Roseau Times-Region in the early 1900s.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
One should have one fewer chairs than friends.
ReplyDeleteIt’s as hard to get a grip on a stranger as on a greased pig. Acquaintance rubs away the grease and makes the hand holds visible.
ReplyDeleteWalk from the back door into the front and into the New Year go!
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