November 19, 2003

Ozark Wisdom

   


Don't name a pig you plan to eat.

Country fences need to be horse high, pig tight, and bull strong.

Life is not about how fast you run, or how high you climb, but how well you bounce.

Keep skunks and bankers at a distance.

Life is simpler when you plow around the stumps.

A bumble bee is faster than a John Deere tractor.

Trouble with a milk cow is she won't stay milked.

Don't skinny dip with snapping turtles.

Words that soak into your ears are whispered, not yelled.

Meanness don't happen overnight.

To know how country folks are doing, look at their barns, not their houses.

Never lay an angry hand on a kid or an animal, it just ain't helpful.

Teachers, bankers, and hoot owls sleep with one eye open.

Forgive your enemies. It messes with their heads.

Don't sell your mule to buy a plow.

Two can live as cheap as one, if one don't eat.

Don't corner something meaner than you.

You can catch more flies with honey than vinegar, assuming you want to catch flies.

Man is the only critter who feels the need to label things as flowers or weeds.

It don't take a very big person to carry a grudge.

Don't go huntin' with a fellow named Chug-A-Lug.

You can't unsay a cruel thing.

Every path has some puddles.

When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.

The best sermons are lived, not preached.

Most of the stuff people worry about never happens.

Never kick a fresh turd on a hot day

Don't squat with yer' spurs on

Never smack a man in the mouth who's got chewin' tobacco.

Posted by pecksnif at November 19, 2003 11:02 AM | TrackBack
Comments

Using these simple tools of phrases can make life easier. I have heard some of them before but not all. They all make perfect sense. We just have to remember them.

Posted by: Garden Tool Girl on November 19, 2003 02:05 PM

A closed mouth gathers no feet.

Don't believe everything you think.

Posted by: Brad c on November 20, 2003 10:32 AM


Don't sneeze with your mouth shut.

Posted by: Sara on November 22, 2003 09:41 PM

Never ride in the truck of a guy who's favorite phrase is,"Watch this!"

Posted by: Old Fat Sailor on November 23, 2003 07:43 PM
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