Cliches

Who doesn't love a good cliché? One of my all time favorite's is the ever popular, "It's not you-it's me." Let's be realistic. Sometimes it IS them. I mean, what if Kermit said that to Miss Piggy? Maybe he never saw himself dating a pig. Maybe he always saw himself with a fellow frog.  Maybe they could never agree on vacation plans because Miss Piggy might want a nice spa visit with a mud bath whereas Kermit might want to spend his time at a lake. Dietary challenges? Could Kermit in good faith eat a BLT sandwich in front of Miss Piggy? I don't know. Let's break down some of my favorite clichés.

"It is what it is." This is absolutely 100% factual and I say this one all of the time. However, if it wasn't what it is, then what would it be? Can we ask Miss Cleo? (RIP). Does Dionne Warwick still have the Psychic Friends hotline?

"Get back on the horse." Did we all become cowboys? Is your name Cody or Wyatt? Where are all of these horse riders? They aren't on I-85, that's fo sho. This mode of transportation is rather obsolete so we should all take this one with a grain of salt.

"It's like riding a bike." I am the outlier on this one. Blah, blah, blah. I don't know how to ride a bike so this is not applicable to me. And before you ask, yes, I know how to swim. I have no idea why biking and swimming go hand in hand except in triathlons.

"Dig deeper." I have found that people actually use this as a business strategy.  What? Seriously? What happens if you are at your colon? Where do you go? And best of all, what does it even mean? Do we all have secret shovels attached to our pants? Maybe I should attach a mini shovel to my 7 year old's Ninja Turtle shell he wears around the house.

"We don't always get what we want." No kidding. I think most of learned this around age 2, so the fact that we feel it necessary to drive this home at times is laughable.

"We get what we deserve." Is there some secret online entity monitoring everyone's behavior that is doling out appropriate "deserved-ness" which is not to be confused with dessert? What exactly do we deserve? I believe in karma and I believe we should do the right thing and be kind people. However, when my daughter leaves one inch of water on the bathroom floor, do I deserve wet socks and the fact that I practically dislocate a hip to avoid sliding into the shower head first? I just came in to use the restroom. In the words of the Pet Shop Boys, "What Have I Done to Deserve This?"

"It's not fair." Where are these "fairness" police? As I was telling my niece at Christmas, life isn't "fair" (whatever that means). I gave her the cookie example. Her dad and I each get 4 cookies. We both eat 4 cookies. He loses 3 pounds after eating said cookies while I gain 6 lbs. Is this fair? I don't know. I mean, we both got 4 cookies so it was equal but the consequences did not feel "fair." Howevs, we had equal cookies to the Samoas distribution was impartial and equal. The fat distribution was hateful and biased towards me. But it is what it is, right?

No pic today. I changed my mind. Flowers in bloom.  My hair is insane. I call it the Georgia humidity super style.