Folk Wisdom Prints

"I enjoy the pearls of folksy wisdom as much as the next guy, but what, exactly, does he do around here?"

Super-Tia makes Mal de Ojo undo its curse!

"I'm sensing a nostalgia for when your mother rubbed butter on them."

"Things will get bad... then there will be an election... then things will get worse."

A good executive is known by the company he keeps solvent.

"Don't try to understand them, just ride and rope and brand them."

'And just where did you study medicine?'

Chicken soup is in an intravenous drip.

"Here, let me put some ointment on your bug bite. I made it myself from cayenne powder, licorice root and mugwort leaves blended with that vanilla pudding I made last week. Hmm...it's not here."

'This prescription will stimulate your funny bone which will cause you to laugh. We both know that laughter is the best medicine.'

"The pharmacist will be with you shortly to answer any questions that you have."

"She attended the Tia Carmen medical school."

'Talk about temperamental. All I did was suggest he try vinegar and brown paper.'

'Oh, poor thing. You've got a really high temperature!'

'Turns out it was starve a cold, feed a fever.'

'The secret of my old age? Simple - I haven't died yet!'

'You and your 'an apple a day keeps eviction away'...'

Folk wisdom of the galaxies

"If you have a boyfriend, I have some advice, young lady! Wisdom that's been handed down from generation to generation!"

'Grandpa says there's more to life than what you see on TV. He must not have cable.'

"This could only be the work of...mal de ojo!"

"Dichos are bits of cultural wisdom that reflect upon life as it happens. Superstitions are magical rituals that fill a gap when knowledge fails. 'Even the best cook blackens her pot' is a dicho. Eating eggs with whipped cream before a big test is a super

"My kids understand me. I've offered them the same disadvantages I grew up with."

Life's toughest decision-when to start middle age.

Words Can Never Harm You!

"I swear, since I started sleeping with that bar of soap under my pillow I haven't had nearly as many brain cramps."

"Tasty and nutritious? Any five year old knows that's a contradiction in terms."

"If you had listened to me when you were twelve, you wouldn't be in this mess."

'Is it starve a cold and feed a fever...or feed a cold and starve a fever?'

"I tried an apple a day, I tried chicken soup, I tried vitamin C..."

Colds can be relieved by inhaling Eucalyptus.

'The company now offers one sweet, well-rounded health plan with 24/7 coverage...an apple a day.'

"A kiss will make your boo-boo feel better...but my remedio of cayenne pepper and sugar will cure it!"