Cliché Fan Prints

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

"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.

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.'

Steve found himself on his travels.

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

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

Good stripper cop / Bad stripper cop

"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?"

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

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

'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.'

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

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

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

'Reserved' (presumably for little miss muffet)

The hero dramatically rides off into the sunset.

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

'Hmmm, the 27th you say... Yes, I'm away that day, so I guess it's OK for you to play...'

"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...."

Clancy: Hard Work Never Killed Anybody

"Take us to your feeder."

"Always a bridesmaid..."