Motto of the Month: October 2011
Dear Member,
From the moment he knocked at the Selection Committee's office door this month, Trevor Thorne was a clear favorite for lunal president and consequently leader pro-tem of the Association's monthly parade. His winning, revealing observation:
PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES
might just as well answer the door
To give special attention to the task at hand, Joe the parade horse will begin the festivities this month at the George V and march north and west. While passing under the Arc, members will be required to pay their dues ... i. e. one or more "better" mottoes - non-inspirational, non-moralistic and, hopefully, non-fattening. It cannot be overemphasized that mottoes submitted need not be brilliant, so you, too, have an opportunity for fame. The Committee will reconstruct them enough to make a hero out of you. Please submit. Merci.
If people chose to listen to themselves more often, they would talk less.
The Association's Committee of Inquiry wants to know: Whyizit a faulty memory works best on stuff you want to forget; Whyizit Chinese fortune cookies are always written in English; Whyizit people who snore always fall asleep first; and, Howcome the only area in the world that doesn't have ants is called Antarctica.
It's a sad day indeed when dollars to doughnuts is an even bet.
Other mottoes recently received but not destined for immortality include: "TO ELIMINATE TEMPTATION, just give in to it," from Fred Rowden and Barney Seifert; "I LIKE YOUR APPROACH, let's take a look at your departure," from Todd Roth; and, "I'M FINALLY AT THAT POINT WHEN I've stopped lying about my age and have started bragging about it," from T.O.M.
Doctors bury their mistakes, architects plant vines.
Cordially,
John Belzer
Secretary
The Let's Have Better Mottoes Association, Inc.
