Cliché Buster Gifts

The Truth Behind Two Peas in a Pod

Short man to tall man: 'It's such a cliche to call short people aggressive, and if you do it again I'll punch your lights out.'

"This island isn't big enough for two clichés."

"Could we make this a little more derivative."

"This is a whole different ball-park"

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'I really hate 'laughter is the best medicine.' 'That's the way I feel about 'An apple a day'.'

"You two are under arrest for violating the anti-stereotype law!"

"It wasn't as good as his first book, 'Eating Worms.'"

"Bert, I'm confused. What happens after we circle the wagons, tighten our belts and walk a mile in our customer's shoes? Is that when the chickens come home to roost?"

"The cat told me to eat your homework."

'Let's start out with cliches and pithy slogans - and work our way up to wisdom ...OK?'

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

"Can't we ride off in another direction?"

"Repeat after me: We are delivering the proactive core value promises and rolling out our real time best practice action plan going forward ..."

Countervailing Clichés.

The Devil's in the detail!

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

'Here's the good news. 'Happy camper' and 'are we having fun yet' have been added to the official list of banned cliches.'

"No, I don't believe youth is wasted on the young. I believe money is."

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

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Steve found himself on his travels.

Good stripper cop / Bad stripper cop

'It's negative attention ... as long as you keep asking why, they'll keep on doing it.'

'Lookout, here comes another boatload of cartoonists.'

'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'."

Leopards do change their spots

'Too many cliches? Now hold your horses!'

"There are far too many balls in your court, Brintner!"

'Reserved' (presumably for little miss muffet)

"There is such a thing as a free lunch-it just tastes bad."

Jeffrey N.: The Guy who managed to get the lead out of his pants, but they were still the wrong pants.

Clancy: Hard Work Never Killed Anybody