Post Your Platitude Here

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   paradigmsearchposted 12 years ago

   Everything happens for a reason.

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      Rochelle Frankposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      We are all in this together.

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      PegCole17posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Nothing ventured, nothing gained

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      myeffortsposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Efforts never go unrewarded.

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   relacheposted 12 years ago

   You can never be too rich, or too purple.

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   Beth37posted 12 years ago

   Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get.

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   Rochelle Frankposted 12 years ago

   Put your money where your mouth is. (Isn't that a little unsanitary?)

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      Beth37posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      (Yes, disgusting.)
      
      Tomorrow is another day.
      
      (Are we allowed to put jokes after these cause it's killing me.)

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   Rochelle Frankposted 12 years ago

   Duck-billed platitude:
   http://proswrite.com/2013/03/15/a-littl … ude-humor/

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   Christy Kirwanposted 12 years ago

   It's 5 o'clock somewhere.

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   AliciaCposted 12 years ago

   Look before you leap.

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   ChristinSposted 12 years ago

   Time heals all wounds

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      Rochelle Frankposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Time wounds all heels.

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      Lisa HWposted 12 years agoin reply to this

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   jansharesposted 12 years ago

   Don't judge a book by its cover.

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    PegCole17posted 12 years ago

    A penny saved is a penny earned.

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    Marcy Goodfleischposted 12 years ago

    Don't be too upset; this might be the best thing that ever happened to you!

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    Marcy Goodfleischposted 12 years ago

    "This hurts me more than it hurts you!"
    
    Wait - that's Mom Talk; usually said as you're getting corporal punishment.  Sorry!  Back to the platitudes!

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    Gcrhoads64posted 12 years ago

    A picture is worth a thousand words..... except on Hubpages.

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       Rik Ravadoposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Like this one!

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    innerspinposted 12 years ago

    When one doors closes another one opens. In your face.

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    paradigmsearchposted 12 years ago

    Darwin was adopted.

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    AliciaCposted 12 years ago

    It's darkest before dawn.

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    cheaptrickposted 12 years ago

    Never play leapfrog with a unicorn.

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       Jean Bakulaposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       That's the way the ball bounces. Another version of same platitude, Tha'ts the way the cookie crumbles.

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    DzyMsLizzyposted 12 years ago

    One my dad used to throw at me when I'd get upset about something:
    
    "You won't think a thing about it on your wedding day."

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       Rochelle Frankposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       This is what my husband's grandparents used to tell him when he skinned a knee or bumped his head--"You won't remember it by the time you  are married." It was true.

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    snakeslaneposted 12 years ago

    It's nice to be important, but more important to be nice...

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    agvulpesposted 12 years ago

    Well thats the way the mop flops

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    Beth37posted 12 years ago

    What doesn't kill us makes us stronger.

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    PegCole17posted 12 years ago

    Two wrongs don't make a right

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    paradigmsearchposted 12 years ago

    This week just flew by.

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    AliciaCposted 12 years ago

    Good things come to those who wait.

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    Muttfaceposted 12 years ago

    I'll sleep tonight!

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    relacheposted 12 years ago

    Interesting... For a thread titled "post your platitude here," nearly everyone in this thread is posting platitudes written by someone else, and not by themselves.
    
    Kudos to the folks who have their own.

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       Beth37posted 12 years agoin reply to this

       "Anything is possible except for those things that are completely impossible, but don't be afraid to wait 'cause who knows that in a century or two, those "impossibles" wont be the norm?"
       
       It may be a little wordy... I'll revise, but I don't know if it's possible.

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       DzyMsLizzyposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       That's the thing about platitudes--they are time-worn clichés for the most part.  Hence, they have virtually all been "written by someone else."
       Merriam-Webster defines it thusly:
       plat·i·tude: noun
       A statement that expresses an idea that is not new
       1  the quality or state of being dull or insipid
       2  a banal, trite, or stale remark
       
       But--you want "original?"  Here's mine, when someone is doing something either questionable, or with which I don't necessarily agree, but agree that they are free to do as they choose:
       "Whatever flips your switch."

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       PegCole17posted 12 years agoin reply to this

       There's nothing new under the sun.
       Anonymous

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       cheaptrickposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       If a bear sh#ts in the woods and there's no one there to smell it...dose it still stink?
       
       Women are like chewing gum...when they lose their flavor you have to spit them out
       
       ~Ya,that's original~

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    WriteAngledposted 12 years ago

    "You can earn lots of money on the Net"

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    Beth37posted 12 years ago

    Be the change you want to see in the world.

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    HollieTposted 12 years ago

    When the world gets on top of you, just F*** it, because tomorrow will be even worse.

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    Beth37posted 12 years ago

    Women. You can't live with em... pass the peanuts.
    
    Norm, Cheers

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       HollieTposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Every cloud....will open up and soak you from head to toe, which is why I bought you an umbrella for your birthday. You can always count on me

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       DzyMsLizzyposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       From the humorist Erma Bombeck:
       "Men. Can't live with 'em; can't sell 'em for spare parts."
       

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    Gcrhoads64posted 12 years ago

    The best way to get over a man is to get under another one........   

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    snakeslaneposted 12 years ago

    You never get a second chance to make a first impression...

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    timorousposted 12 years ago

    "No use crying over spilt milk". Oh dear..now I'm talking like my parents. Please help!!

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       snakeslaneposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       That's the way the cookie crumbles...(oops, I see this has been done s sry). There's more where that came from...

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       DzyMsLizzyposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Related to the spilt milk:  "That's all water over the dam."

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          Beth37posted 12 years agoin reply to this

          or water under the bridge.

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             Rochelle Frankposted 12 years agoin reply to this

             Or milk under the bridge if that where you spilt it.. or if you have dental work.

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                Beth37posted 12 years agoin reply to this

                Don't cry over spilled milk under the bridge of your dental work and if it is broke, don't fix it.

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                   Rochelle Frankposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                   Yes-- I think a lot of these could be turned into one megaplatitude that would serve for any platitude-requiring occasion.

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                      Beth37posted 12 years agoin reply to this

                      megatudes... This should be included in the dictionary. I like it. We should attempt a few.

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                         Rochelle Frankposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                         Yep. We should, but that's going to make me think again.

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    Reality Bytesposted 12 years ago

    
    
    platitude?

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    Beth37posted 12 years ago

    Be nice to those you meet on the way up b/c they'll be the ppl you meet on your way down.

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    barryrutherfordposted 12 years ago

    Money talks but it don't tell the truth.

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    Jo_Goldsmith11posted 12 years ago

    Well, thank you for posting this subject. I have read several here and laughed and I have heard of before. This helps alot and it is really cool. I would like to thank everyone here because here is an original platitude that is inspired by each of you.
    
    "When Life sees you down, look up and reach, you may find the cord of salvation."
    
    "I may have created it, but you have inspired it"- Jo Goldsmith

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    Daniel Carterposted 12 years ago

    If it isn't broken, don't fix it.
    
    Or, more to the vernacular:
    If it ain't broke don't fix it.

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    Beth37posted 12 years ago

    Dont count your chicken or the egg falls in a forest for the trees.

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       Rochelle Frankposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       This is great advice-- though I can count my three chickens, and I live in a forested area with a lot of trees and  even eggs. Don't* think I can use this one, good as it was.
       (*Don't has an apostophe.) Oh, dang. now I have opened myself to form post editing.

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          Beth37posted 12 years agoin reply to this

          Every cloud has a silver and gold have I none, but what light through yonder window breaks seven years bad luck.
          
          And you can take that one to the bank.

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    Rochelle Frankposted 12 years ago

    Here's a megatude for football coaches, when the sports announcers try to  interview them on their way  to the locker room at halftime: 
    
    The game's not over yet. We have done some things right and some things wrong. We need to get some touchdowns-- to pick up some gains. We have a won't-quit attitude to stay in control. Every player is key. This is a total team effort.  The key will be play action. They must make more conversions and open it up.

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       Beth37posted 12 years agoin reply to this

       hahaha...that's perfect.

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          Rochelle Frankposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          Takes less than 15 seconds if you spit it out.

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             Beth37posted 12 years agoin reply to this

             Is that another platitude or...

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                Rochelle Frankposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                I apologize if there seemed to be any unseemly unintended connotations... You bring out the worst in me when I re-think. (Is that another platitude, or two?)

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             brakel2posted 12 years agoin reply to this

             Forget about yesterday, live for today, and tomorrow is an enigma.

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                Rochelle Frankposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                Isn't it . .. "Tomorrow is an iguana" ?
                Never mind-- shouldn't have had that glass of strawberry ale.

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                   Beth37posted 12 years agoin reply to this

                   Their eyes are on the side... like goats. Or am I thinking of goats?

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                      Rochelle Frankposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                      Did you know that predator animals and birds have their eyes facing front and prey  animals have their eyes on the sides of their heads?

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                         Beth37posted 12 years agoin reply to this

                         It would be so much easier if humans were like that. We'd know exactly who to put in jail before they could commit any crimes... of course then we'd have a society of ppl with eyes on the side... men wouldn't really care, but women wouldn't dig that. How would we drive?

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    Beth37posted 12 years ago

    Oh my gosh, Ive been looking for this video for years! I can't believe I finally found it.
    http://ninteen84.tumblr.com/post/545063 … on-rerun-i

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       Rochelle Frankposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       The fact that you have been looking for this for a long time-- provides deep insight into your psyche.
       I hope you now feel fulfilled. (As if being Forum Queen was not enough.)

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          Beth37posted 12 years agoin reply to this

          lol... yeah, it's a little weird, but my friend sent it to me years ago and at the time I thought it was kinda strange. Since then I started watching 30 Rock, which Tracy Morgan is on, and he cracks me up. It's just the term that sticks with me though... "That goat's got devil eyes!" Now you're stuck with it too.

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             Rochelle Frankposted 12 years agoin reply to this

             OK-- I have to go to sleep. G'nite, Grandpa, G'nite John-Boy, G'nite Beth-- I'll try to remember what I dream.
             Last night I dreamed that Jacques Cousteau had my hot tub spa bricked over because he thought it was too deep.. and I don't  even have a hot tub.

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                Beth37posted 12 years agoin reply to this

                lol... Jacques Cousteau's got devil eyes.
                
                Night.

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    logoquizposted 12 years ago

    'Stay true to yourself'

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    Pearldiverposted 12 years ago

    Fresh from NZ but borrowed from the back country of Australia, where men are men and the sheep..... urrrrrr 
    
    "Never push a granny while she's shaving!"
    
    And...
    
    "I'd like to help you out - but which way did you come in?"

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    Solarasposted 12 years ago

    No good deed goes unpunished

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    Solarasposted 12 years ago

    You don't always get what you paid for, but you always pay for what you get

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