Thursday Thoughts

APHORISM: [A SHORT,  POINTED SENTENCE THAT EXPRESSES A WISE OR  CLEVER OBSERVATION OR A GENERAL TRUTH ]  1. The nicest thing about the future is  . . . that it always starts tomorrow.  2. Money will buy a fine dog,  but only kindness will make him wag his tail.  3. If you don't have a sense of humor,  you probably don't have any sense at all.  4. Seat belts are not as confining as wheelchairs.  5. A good time to keep your mouth  shut is when you're in deep water.  6. How come it takes so little time for  a child who is afraid of the dark to become a teenager who wants to stay out all night?  7. Business conventions are important. . . because they demonstrate how many people a company can operate without.  8. Why is it that at class reunions you feel younger than everyone else looks?  9. Scratch a cat . . . and you will have  a permanent job.  10. No one has more driving ambition  than the teenage boy who wants to buy a car.  11. There are no new sins; the old ones just get more publicity.  12. There are worse things than getting  a call for a wrong number at 4 a..m. - like,  it could be the right number.  13. No one ever says "It's only a game"  when their team is winning.  14. I've reached the age where  'happy hour' is a nap. 15. Be careful about reading the fine  print. . . . there's no way you're going  to like it.  16. The trouble with bucket seats is that  not everybody has the same size bucket.  17. Do you realize that, in about 40 years, we'll have thousands of old ladies running around with tattoos? (And rap music will be the Golden Oldies!) 18. Money can't buy happiness -- but somehow it's more comfortable to cry  in a Cadillac than in a Yugo. 19. After 60, if you don't wake up aching  in every joint, you're probably dead. 20. Always be yourself because the people  that matter don't mind . . . . and the ones that mind don't matter.  21. Life isn't tied with a bow . . . .. . . .  but it's still a gift. REMEMBER....POLITICIANS AND  DIAPERS SHOULD BE CHANGED OFTEN AND FOR THE SAME REASON" A little levity. "This may be us someday.  Or maybe we are already there!"  Best speeding excuse ever!    When asked by a young patrol officer "Do You know you were speeding?" This 83-year-old woman gave the young officer an ear to ear smile and stated: "Yes , but .... I had to get there before I forgot where I was going."  The officer put his ticket book away and bid her good day.  Makes perfectly good sense to me.