Friday, May 13, 2005

Maxims and Minims

[Recycled from 31 August 2004]

The early worm gets the bird.

A handful of water isn't much, but a fistful is none at all.

(I'll add more later -- or you can)

2 comments:

Juliet is Bleeding... said...

I actually prefer the conundrum implied in the original phrase: The early bird catches the worm, BUT... taking it from the other angle - the early worm gets eaten.

john_m_burt said...

I couldn't resist the pun of "getting the bird".