tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563921876019154209.post5023246562538858119..comments2023-12-17T18:02:23.070-05:00Comments on ~Upstream and Down~: A cliche day~Ruth L.~http://www.blogger.com/profile/01008932486010118709noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563921876019154209.post-38530930108974367832009-02-22T14:44:00.000-05:002009-02-22T14:44:00.000-05:00Cliches, even though we ought to avoid them in our...Cliches, even though we ought to avoid them in our writing, are actually quite useful in conversation, helping it flow more easily.<BR/><BR/>BobBob Sanchezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08350825385315155962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563921876019154209.post-41252345192283136862007-07-08T18:57:00.000-04:002007-07-08T18:57:00.000-04:00Thanks, Heather. You should have seen them in real...Thanks, Heather. You should have seen them in real life!Ruth L.~https://www.blogger.com/profile/01008932486010118709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563921876019154209.post-4506356981695786722007-07-08T17:29:00.000-04:002007-07-08T17:29:00.000-04:00I love the clouds pic!I love the clouds pic!Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07450458887154528464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563921876019154209.post-35673316939744640892007-07-04T18:36:00.000-04:002007-07-04T18:36:00.000-04:00Wonderful new and original use of ummm cliches! I ...Wonderful new and original use of ummm cliches! I think that is acceptable. :) Glad your day was so perfect. <BR/><BR/>DawnDawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18419344655830579965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563921876019154209.post-88730098576059347252007-07-03T16:42:00.000-04:002007-07-03T16:42:00.000-04:00Ahhhh, Gary, Gary, Gary . . . You're a hot ticket....Ahhhh, Gary, Gary, Gary . . . You're a hot ticket. Oooops!Ruth L.~https://www.blogger.com/profile/01008932486010118709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563921876019154209.post-41786461130867445902007-07-03T13:46:00.000-04:002007-07-03T13:46:00.000-04:00Interesting, isn't it, that cliches are cliches be...Interesting, isn't it, that cliches are cliches because they are distinctive cultural short-hand? <BR/><BR/>"Cotton candy clouds" works perfectly for those of us who have been to a fair, but, if you were to use that phrase in a discussion with a fellow visiting from South Africa who had only recently experienced cotton candy, he would think you a master of metaphor.<BR/><BR/>Does a cliche have a discernible lifetime? I think so, which means we should avoid them so that our grandchildren might understand what we write.<BR/><BR/>Otherwise it'd be like talking to a brick wall, and the little fellows would have ants in their pants because things would be about as clear as mud. That would put them between a rock and a hard place, obviously. But blood is thicker than water, and we know even a blind squirrel finds an acorn now and then, and my gut reaction is to lighten up because I'm probably making a mountain out of a mole hill.<BR/><BR/>~ GaryAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04513058592327921546noreply@blogger.com