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PROVERB
ANYONE WHO GOES TO A PSYCHIATRIST SHOULD HAVE HIS HEAD EXAMINED.
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ASCRIBED TO SAM ; CIRCULAR REASONING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 01-30-1970
PROVERB
ALL THAT'S REQUIRED IN ENJOYING SAUSAGES OR LOVE IS ENJOYMENT.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS SAID AS A TYPE OF JOKE. A TYPE OF SIMILIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
James Callow Keyword(s): CIRCULAR REASONING ; ZEUGMA
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
STRAIGHT DOUBLE TALK PROVERB
IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN DON'T LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): CIRCULAR REASONING ; ROUND
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
IF YOU REALLY WANT TO FIND TROUBLE, COMPLAIN FOR NOTHING AND THAT
WILL MAKE TROUBLE AND THEN YOU WILL HAVE SOMETHING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S MOTHER, NELLY CARPE SAID THIS WHEN INFORMANT WAS A CHILD
INFORMANT CLAIMED HER GRANDMOTHER ALSO SAID THIS TO HER MOTHER,
NELLY CARPE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PONTIAC
Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE
James Callow Keyword(s): CIRCULAR REASONING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-02-1971