Mixed Grill

Over the past few years, during the time I've been preparing and publishing these essays, I've accumulated a lot of material not suited to be used alone, but still, at least as far as I'm concerned, intriguing. Some of it includes quotations which I like. I've attributed these, indicating who wrote them and, when I knew it, gave information about the source. Also included are many puns, aphorisms, and the like that crossed my mind during this period. I doubt that they are original. As Solomon said in Ecclesiastes, there is nothing new under the sun. (Note the attribution.) Nonetheless, they occurred to me without any reference to a particular source, and to that degree are original.

In any event, I have no idea how I might use them except as a salmagundi of unrelated definitions, maxims, and wordplay. Some of them are not very good (let's face it – some are terrible) but I feel better that they're now out of my system. I've listed them randomly so don't look for any order. There's plenty more, and I'll dump them on you from time to time.

Proceed at your own risk.

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Swing for the fences – Benny Goodman concert recordings (which just fell off a truck). I'm looking for a someone who can unload them for me.

Some like it hot – McDonald's coffee. Special price for lawyers.

Don't overthink the effects of the Zika virus

The vice of capitalism is that it stands for the unequal sharing of blessings; whereas the virtue of socialism is that it stands for the equal sharing of misery. – Winston Churchill

Show me the way to go home – GPS app for pigeons.

Oats, Peas, Beans and Barley II – Passover restaurant for Ashkenazic apostates.

Flash mob – keep your kids away.

Papperazzus – lone photographer in the Roman Senate on the Ides of March.

I never met a man I didn't like – Will Rogers referring to Leon Trotsky.

I can resist anything except temptation – Oscar Wilde in Lady Windermere's Fan.

Perhaps young and determined, and perhaps the Governor broke her heart there, but Hillary Clinton is certainly not a little girl from Little Rock, despite the fact that anything goes. (Credit Cole Porter)

Sumertime – the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze ages

Some ware over the rainbow – gay dating app

I'm not an alcoholic,

I'm a drunk

Alcoholics go to meetings.

Seen in a window in Greenwich Village.

Cat in the Hat With a Tin Roof Sundae – Book for all age groups by Theodor William Tennneseuss. Illustrated.

Genderism – Sexism for those illiterati who consider “sex” a four letter word and who are unaware of the word “gender” in its correct use.

If kids can drive their parents crazy, parents can embarrass their kids.

You prayed for her, you can pray for me – Saint Rick (Credit Howard Koch)

Man of the whole cloth – Non-believing vicar armed with loose canons.

Give 'em hell, Harley – New motto for saintly bikers.

Loot of the frum – Hassidic profits of questionable origin.

House for sale by identity thief. – Cheap

Sexual mores – According to our “modern” culture, it means more sex.

Think small – Mite makes right as David defeats Goliath.

E. D. – Cause of recent crane collapse on Tappen Zee Bridge

Donald Trump And Hillary Clinton – Punch and Pinocchio

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Th-Th-Th-That's All Folks. (Porky Pig)  At least for now. I regret to inform you that there's plenty more where that came from, and you're my best target.

You have been warned!