Cliched

‘An apple a day keeps the doctor away.’
Um, as far as I know of, doctors don’t exactly run around all day, every day, checking up on people at mealtimes. Besides, I don’t eat an apple everyday and so far, there have been no doctors knocking on my door.

‘If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em.’
Yeah, sure, RIGHT. So by that rule McCain should have lost to Obama by about 1.25% to 99.75%, and that all teens should give into peer pressure and start practicing illegal activities, such as taking drugs, vandalism, stealing, and jeuvenille smoking and alcoholism. Then get sent to a jeuvenille detention centre and have it be noted in your criminal record for the rest of your life, and let if affect your possible future careers. I don’t know about anyone else, but I think not…

‘Waste not, want not.’
What is this supposed to mean, anyway? If you don’t waste it, you don’t want it? What kind of logic is this?

‘A picture is worth a thousand words.’
This, personally, I feel is an insult to writers worldwide. If a picture really IS worth a thousand words, why am I using words right now, to write this very poem, hm? If you could you ever express this poem in pictures, I might decide to believe you then.

‘Every cloud has a silver lining.’
Wow. If that’s true, it’s a wonder that people with aerial jobs can fight the temptation to break open a window and reach out to grab a fistful of silver from a nearby passing cloud. ‘Cloud Silver Rush 2010’…? **

**Based on the Yukon Gold Rush**