Optimistic Sportsman Gifts

It's a tradition. On hole number 1 in the first round of the season, Ernie always says that's the best shot I've hit this year!

Scottish Football Fan - "...and please Lord, let the result be against the run of play."

Golfing Bishop.

'Oh for heaven's sake, you're a cow. Just eat grass and be happy.'

"I feel like that I've been given a unique oppurtunity to speak out on issues."

Six Thinking Hats

"All this pitching and hitting- I'm convinced there's a deeper meaning to it all."

Boy with bat using toaster to launch bread for him to practise hitting

'Well, I got a hunting license and a fishing license and by golly I'm going to use them.'

"I think I can". (train)

"Using worst case scenario as a baseline, I consider this data quite encouraging."

'Actually, my mom was the first to notice he'd lost that new boyfriend smell!'

'We had no contingency plan for things going right.'

"Hoora! I made it through another day!"

'The good news is that from now on I belong to a very rare species. There aren't many personnel managers who create their own pink slip.'

"Don't you worry about me. I always land on my feet."

"That's right - 'What doesn't kill me makes me stronger.' You just keep on thinking that..."

"I just think things will work out for the best, and by the best I mean me."

"How am I supposed to unleash my full potential when I'm always on one?"

Isn't there something about this in th Geneva Convention

Pollyanna, the Hamster

"Today stocks rose on the news that 'down' is a temporary state of mind."

Doug reasoned that things could be worse...but just how much worse...he wasn't sure??

"Oh, don't mind us... We just want to make sure it's really dead."

Man replaces tank sign with deer sign

"Look on the bright side, you never know what's round the corner."

"His face may be in the gutter, but his bum's looking up at the stars."

Flower growing from a bomb.

"I've tried to keep one in the past, but it always flew away when my husband came home. So I thought I'd try this method!"

Ahhh, spring baseball.

Happiness

'The key is not to take yourself too seriously: You have to be able to laugh at yourself...'

"It's amazing how far you can go with a positive attitude."

1986 is my year

Just Because it's Tuesday