{"id":3394,"date":"2018-08-17T12:36:47","date_gmt":"2018-08-17T16:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=3394"},"modified":"2018-08-18T09:32:41","modified_gmt":"2018-08-18T13:32:41","slug":"proverbs-for-today%e2%80%99s-crazy-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=3394","title":{"rendered":"Proverbs for Today\u2019s Crazy World"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/inspire25.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3395\" title=\"inspire25\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/inspire25-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"278\" height=\"211\" \/><\/a>Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious.<\/li>\n<li>Eat well, stay fit, die anyway.<\/li>\n<li>Age is a high price to pay for maturity.<\/li>\n<li>Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.<\/li>\n<li>If you are too open minded, your brains will fall out.<\/li>\n<li>For every action, there is an equal and opposite government program.<\/li>\n<li>Bills travel through the mail at twice the speed of cheques.<\/li>\n<li>Going to church does not make you a Christian, any more than going to a garage makes you a mechanic.<\/li>\n<li>Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, if he gets angry, he will be a mile away \u2013 and barefoot.<\/li>\n<li>A closed mouth gathers no feet.<\/li>\n<li>It is easier to get forgiveness than permission.<\/li>\n<li>A clear conscience is usually a sign of a bad memory.<\/li>\n<li>A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel good.<\/li>\n<li>If you choose between two evils, pick the one you\u2019ve never tried before.<\/li>\n<li>Always yield to temptation; it may not pass your way again.<\/li>\n<li>Men are from Earth. Women are from Earth. Deal with it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>(ed. \u2013 This is a repost, originally appearing in By George Journal in October 2009.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Chris George, providing reliable PR counsel and effective advocacy. Need a go-to writer and experienced communicator? Call 613-983-0801 @<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/cgacommunications.com\/m\/\">CG&amp;A COMMUNICATIONS<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious. Eat well, stay fit, die anyway. Age is a high price to pay for maturity. Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity. If you are too open minded, your brains will fall out. For every action, there is an equal and opposite&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[49],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3394"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3394"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8200,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3394\/revisions\/8200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}