Cliché Collectors Gifts

Mothers Without Borders

Politically incorrect cliche (blind man with seeing eye dog begging)

'I know you're tired of hearing the same old political cliches, but I believe in recycling.'

If the wind changes you'll stay like that.

Leopards do change their spots

"Of course we'll still be friends...."

"Take us to your feeder."

"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?'

"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.

You complete me!

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.'

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

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

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

The breakup

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

"Which should we go see: the straight romantic comedy where the heroine's best friend is a gay man, or the gay romantic comedy where the hero's best friend is a straight woman?"

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

Good stripper cop / Bad stripper cop

'Lookout, here comes another boatload of cartoonists.'

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

'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.'

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

'Too many cliches? Now hold your horses!'

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

'Reserved' (presumably for little miss muffet)

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

A panhandler with a sign that reads "I'll never work in this town again!".

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