Cliché Buster Pillows

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?'

Countervailing Clichés.

"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 ..."

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

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."

Steve found himself on his travels.

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

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

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"If all you have is a whatchamacallit then every problem looks like a thingamajig."

'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!"

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

'Reserved' (presumably for little miss muffet)

"Herewith, we recommend the following: when you're up to your rear in alligators, it's worth remembering your original purpose was to drain the swamp...."