I went over to my friend Jo's this afternoon and her middle-school aged daughter was working on her homework assignment. She was bored out of her mind (crazy kid), so she came into the kitchen and asked us if we'd help her. The assignment was to begin/finish proverbs with your own words. It was a blast to come up with different versions of well-known proverbs. Too bad Jo wouldn't let Roomie use some (most) of my suggestions. Here are some samples of my/our work.
Never underestimate the power of ... semi-automatic weaponry.
Children should be seen and not ... eaten.
There's no use crying over ... dumb boys.
If at first you don't succeed ... just give up on your dreams.
A good woman ... makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
True love never ... happens.
Home is where ... I go to sleep at night.
The best things in life are ... really (REALLY) expensive.
What you don't know ... can't make you furious.
All's well that ... goes my way.
I think, therefore I ... obsess.
There were a lot more, but those are all that I can remember right now. It was super fun, even if I did get vetoed on pretty much every contribution I threw out. (Something about how my caustic sense of humor wouldn't go over well in a 6th grade English class? I don't know what that's about.)
I heart wordplay.
The End.
4 comments:
I LOVE this!!! One time my sister had an assignment to write down random sentences that she heard all day - just random sentences that come up in conversation, and don't sound strange in the context, but when you write them down out of context they sound hilarious!!
It was the funnest homework assignment ever!!!
A rolling stone...gets too old to still be touring.
The early bird...needs coffee.
If you can't say anything nice...shut your pie hole.
A bird in the hand...leaves a real mess.
Early to bed, early to rise...makes you miss the best parties.
Hehehe, that is fun!
Mich- You crack me up. Good ones.
Laurie- I was laughing out loud reading this. Today's 6th graders are a lot more, um, "sophisticated", then I remember being in 6th grade. I'm sure yours are going to be pretty tame compared to what the teacher is going to read from actual 6th graders. :)
You are awesome! I just laughed right out loud as I pictured you saying these to Roomie. Btw - when did Roomie grow up!? I'm freaking out. I remember when my mom taught her in preschool. I guess she got older, why didn't I ;)
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