Cinematic Cliché Enthusiast Gifts

The hero dramatically rides off into the sunset.

"Why didn't you simply open the window?"

'Congratulations! It's a bouncing baby boy!'

Snowyphus

'It was a dark and stormy night. Also, there was a Catch-22.'

"Don't worry. If we're too late, we can always catch the secondary screening."

"I'll start thinking outside the box when the box is empty."

Cliche Amusement Park. This park is no fun at all --- It's too much like real life! Look, that ride is called "The Emotional Roller Coaster." Over there is "Life's Ups and Downs"! ... and "The Mood Swings"! Look! The good old "Tunnel of Love"! Finally! A ride that's just a fun escape! Out of ardor. "Out of ardor" --- More real life. (Published originally Sept. 4, 2005.)

The breakup

"Hello darling, what do you do for a living?"

Mystery Writing 101 - Mailbox: The butler did it, the gardener, the chauffeur.

'This doesn't work as a heart-felt plea for world peace, but with some astute editing, it might be great on a greeting card.'

"Thanks for your introductory speech at the conference. By the way, Hibblemeyer, it's 'hard-headed' businessman, not 'thick-headed'."

"Milton Woolburg, founder of traditions, legends, and general flimlam."

'I'd like to push the envelope, go the extra mile, and think outside the box to facilitate a win-win solution to the over-utilization of buzzwords.'

"Always a bridesmaid..."

Clancy: Hard Work Never Killed Anybody

We all know we're up against a new ball game, a paradigm shift and a game changer, but luckily the cliches remain the same.

'Call in someone who understands all the terminology that no one understands.'

"We want supervisors who know noses and never leave a grindstone unturned."

Rare Exceptions: The Straw that became a massage therapist dedicated to treating chronic back pain in camels...

"Are you talking to me?"

"You're looking for love in all the wrong places, Harold."

"I bit someone once. It tasted like chicken."

Cliche Workshop, "Who wants to get the ball rolling?"

'I've located the lost island of annoying texting clichés.'

'I always wanted to be a genre, but I'm worried I've become a cliche.'

At Death's Door

"Here's a funny joke for you. A bartender walks into a barn..."

'Oh my God! It's Billy the Squid...!'

"Surround and attack. But do not be seduced by Kong's creamy, peanut butter filled center."

'This town ain't big enough for the both of us.'

"I wrote my essay specifically so that Hollywood could easily make a blockbuster out of it!"

'Hello, ACME Exterminators,,, ,,,Hello'

'It's not you it's me not liking you.'