1911- “Boys will be boys”. /2011 “Boys will need Ridlin”.
1911- “A stitch in time saves nine”/2011“ Aren’t a dozen socks a buck 99 at Walmart?”
1911- “ A penny saved is a penny earned” / 2011 “ Good news, Visa extended our rate!”
1911- “ Children should be seen and not heard”/ 2011 children will be texting and not talking
1911- “ Don’t count your chickens until they’ve hatched” / 2011-“Buy now, pay later”
1911- “ We have nothing to fear but fear itself” / 2011 …well that and nuclear holocost.
1911- “ when life gives you lemons make lemonade” / 2011 When life hands you lemons..sue somebody!”
1911- “ The best things in life are free”/2011 “The best things in life have a fee”
1911- “ the family that prays together, stays together”/2011 “ C’mon kids lets break out the Wii!”
1911- “Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today”/2011 “ would love to get on that today, but union rules forbid it”.
1911- “an apple a day keeps the Dr. away 2011- an apple a day means you’re at poverty level
1911-“patience is a virtue” 2011- “ Can’t these microwave dinners cook any faster?”
1911-“Till death do us part” 2011- “till debt do us part”
1911- “absence makes the heart grow fonder” 2011- “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.”
1911-“ Do unto others as you would have others do unto you”2011 “Do unto others…first”
1911- “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again”2011 “If at first you don’t succeed, thank god your teacher grades on a curve”
1911” early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise”2011 “Early to bed and early to rise may be the first signs of depression”

1911 “ What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” 2011“ These exercises are killing me”.
1911- “ Laughter is the best medicine”/ 2011 “ The best medicine for helping you laugh?..prozac” .

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