Sally's Thought For The Day

[Guest Zabrak]

Enjoy today - there's plenty of time to worry later!

I like this idea.

[Guest Elizabeth K]

As you go through life

Let it be your goal

To look upon the donut

And not upon the hole

[Guest Naomi Stardust]

.... what donut? (brushes crumbs from her face)

[Sally]

Well, here I am about two and a half weeks later with another thought for the day - right on schedule!

I know that some of you older members remember the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, but for those who don't they did a lot of political satire on their show.

They had comedian Pat Paulsen running for president and were always making fun of politicians, so what did they do that got their show canceled?

Here is the 'last straw' story from Tommy (from their last show):

Tommy, "There was this far away country where the people were divided into to classes, the peons and the ruling class. The peons did all of the work and the ruling class took all of the profits, it was impossible to move from one class to another."

Richard (who never used the full name but can not get past the word filter), "Why was that, Tommy?"

Tommy, "Why was what?"

Richard, "Why was it impossible to move from one class to another? How could you even tell which class they were from?"

Tommy, "Because of their clothing."

Richard, "Because of their clothing Do you mean that they wore uniforms?"

Tommy, "Did they wear uniforms? Of course not, a whole country wearing uniforms."

Richard, "Well then how?"

Tommy, "The people were identified by the amount of clothing that they wore, the peons didn't have very much money so the didn't wear a lot of clothes, they were called the less-ons. And the people in charge, who had a lot of money wore a lot of really nice clothes and were called more-ons!"

And that was how Tommy discovered that the more-ons were not as stupid as he had thought, not much smarter but enough to understand that they were being called morons!

Now for the thought - When you want the truth and real insight, look to the comedians!

Love ya,

Sally

[Guest Sarah Marie]

Sally -- Yep, the Smothers Brothers truly were something else. I don't know for certain, however, I suspect their success led to the emergence of Saturday Night Live a few years later.

Mentioning the Smothers Brothers brought back rather fond memories of the effort my Residence Hall mates and I put into creating euphamistic ways of saying "good bye." In addition to the usual ways of saying it in various languages, we came up with:

"See ya later alligator." "After while, crocodile."

"Make like a tree and leaf."

"Make like an atom and split."

We had some others, but, well, this is a family friendly web site, and I aim to do my part in keeping it that way.

Through the years I have hears an excellent piece of advice for avoiding getting overstressed by having too much to do:

Never do today what can be referred to a committee tomorrow.

[Sally]

There are two ways to tell that you have lead a boring life.

When your life is being threatened and you feel that you might die when your life flashes before your eyes:

1) you fall asleep.

2) you realize that it's someone else's life!

Love ya,

Sally

[Guest leo]

a guy goes to a zoo. but it only had a dog in it. it was a shitzo

[Sally]

Well, I haven't had a thought for a long time so here is one for you.

When you feel that the weight of the world is on your shoulders and everyone is against you, there is no hope for a better future and you can find no reason to ever get out of bed - relax, it just means its Monday!

What a way to atart a week.

Love ya,

sally

[Guest April63]

"USA Today has come out with a new survey - apparently, three out of every four people make up 75% of the population." David Letterman

LOL! I think that's the funniest thing I've heard in a while!

[Sally]

Well, I've had a little sleep and I have come up with a thought!

Last week we celebrated the birth of Superman, the first issue in DC comics in 1938.

We all remember (at least the older ones) the opening of the TV series - faster than -- skip down to the last line and think about it - one word in particular and ask yourself what that really says about us as Americans.

"Fighting for Truth, Justice AND the American Way!"

Why isn't "Fighting for truth and justice" or "Fighting for the American way" enough to cover it?

Love ya,

Sally

[Sally]

Well I'm thinking about writing an autobiography any ideas about who I should write about?

Love ya,

Sally

[Guest joe0117]

Are you going to write about the life of my hunk of junk 93 Pontiac GM? Get it auto biography - ha haha I am so not funny - sorry

Joe

[Sally]

I liked it Joe!

But if I was going to write an auto biography it would need to be a dooseyberg! (Kind of an old reference to a cr that has been gone a long time)

Love ya,

Sally

[Sally]

I knew a lady that wrote her autobiography and had it published by one of those vanity publishing companies.

The only problem was that it seemed not to be the actual story of her life but the story of how she wished her life had been.

It would be like me writing my autobiography and reminiscing about when I was a little girl.

Love ya,

Sally

[Sally]

It has been a long time with out a thought but I came up with a good one.

We all know that optimist see a glass as half full and pessimist see it as half empty.

When I am thirsty I don't care if it is half full or half empty as long as it is clean!

Love ya,

Sally

[Guest AshleeB]

Jeez thank the earth mother for Mia! i would NEVER have got that if i didnt see the explination lol. im so slow... i didnt even know that LIFE was a cereal.

HELP! I NEED TO CATCH UP! AHHH!!! *starts running*

[Guest AshleeB]

and i just realised i should have read the rest of the topic BEFORE i posted a reply. i just replyed to a post who knows how old... well lemme just say... i DO feel like a fool and i WILL walk away and hide in a corner

Lots of embarassed love

Ash...

[Guest Echo]

Don't be embarrassed, ash... I'm responding to a 5-day old post to give you this message

[Sally]

It's time for my thought for the month ( a thought each day is just way too much thinking for me):

Why do they make most lemonade using artificial flavors but dishwashing liquid is always made with real lemon juice?

Love ya,

Sally

[Guest AshleeB]

yeah... see that bugs me. (is replying in a timely fasion) have you ever tasted dishwashing liquid? not very lemony... at least not the stuff we get. so maybe lemons dont really taste like lemon

[Guest NeverSayNever]

I looked up and one of the men that jhad helped push the other cars was approaching my car the other was sliding down behind me on the other side - they had walked back down the hill to help me - an act of kindness that I have remembered for thirty six years so far - I never knew their names but I can never forget the laughter and fun we shared pushing those cars - the sheer joy of helping and then to be helped - that's what life is about and what goes on every day but doesn't make the news.

Love for all,

Sally

That's awesome! It's nice to know that there are still some helpful people ^^

But I guarantee that sterility is inherited! If your parents cannot have children, neither will you!

Lizzy

LOL that made me laugh a lot

Are you going to write about the life of my hunk of junk 93 Pontiac GM? Get it auto biography - ha haha I am so not funny - sorry

Joe

It made me laugh!

It has been a long time with out a thought but I came up with a good one.

We all know that optimist see a glass as half full and pessimist see it as half empty.

When I am thirsty I don't care if it is half full or half empty as long as it is clean!

Love ya,

Sally

That is an awesome saying

[Guest Tammy Maher]

I have a thought for everyone...

As they say all good things must come to an end, but shouldn't that apply to all bad things too?

[Guest Evan_J]

Random comment: I love the title of this thread. Especially the part where it says "maybe not words to live by" , it sounds like one of those cheesy weekly skits on SNL like "lowered expectations" lol.

[Sally]

Random comment: I love the title of this thread. Especially the part where it says "maybe not words to live by" , it sounds like one of those cheesy weekly skits on SNL like "lowered expectations" lol.

It is really more of a disclaimer like on the paid programming on TV - the contents of this program are those of the purchaser and not necessarily those of this station.

It gives me an out in case someone decides to drink their dish washing liquid and wash their pots and pans with lemonade!

Love ya,

Sally

[Guest NeverSayNever]

It gives me an out in case someone decides to drink their dish washing liquid and wash their pots and pans with lemonade!

Wait...someone could have told me that before!!

Just kidding