Date:  Thu, 14 Dec 1995 23:57:38 -0800

From:  Rima & Kim McKinzey <rkm[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]SLIP.NET>

Subject: Re: Proverbial Knowledge



>> One variant that I've enjoyed is "You've buttered your bread, now lie in it!"

>

>Oh, my God! I thought my mother was the only one who said that.

>

>Some other Mom-isms:

>

>"At the end of every rainbow is a silver lining."

>"He left his footprint across the face of time." (Ouch!)

>"If you can't beat 'em, forget about it."

>



In the same vein, a client of my father's used to say: "No matter how you

twist and turn, it all comes out in the wash."



Rima