Folk sayings so far

I've got a few good ones so far. Here are some:

Better than a sharp stick in the eye
Don't let it curdle your milk
So foggy I can't find my bottom with both hands
As useful as a pocket on a shirt
As useful as a milking stool under a bull


I need more. Keep em coming.

Folk sayings

I heard a great piece of country wit the other day. Gave me an old fashioned belly laugh.

"Wink at the girl in the daylight, not in the dark."

This was in reference to the wisdom of good communication. Some of my other favorites include: "That thing's running smoother than a hounds tooth," and "It's darker than the inside of a cow."

I love folk sayings. Sometimes they're morsels of simple wisdom, sometimes they're just funny and colorful. I'm sure there's a book or Web site out there full of them, but I'd love for you to send me your favorites.

(Just between you me and the gatepost) We'll have a contest for the best saying. Winner gets a free T-shirt with the winning phrase on it. (That's nothing to spit it at!) All entries will be published here and in my column in the printed paper, even if it hairlips all the cows in Texas.

Post your saying(s) here or email me directly at daseaton@arkcity.net. This ain't exactly Hometown Hero stuff but keep sending me those, too.

Connie Shelton of Geuda Springs said she'd love to thank the person who called 911 to help her husband, who was clinging to a tree to avoid being swept up in the floods two weeks ago.
Pat Shelton was driving to work June 30 when his car became a floation device along the old Oxford Road. He somehow got out of the car and swam to the nearest tree. He stayed there for MORE THAN THREE HOURS, watching the sun come up, until Wellington firefighters boated in and saved him.
"I would certainly like to thank whoever did it," she said of the caller, who may have saved her husband's life.