We Shot The Sheriff
December, 2008
OBFUSCATION CAN BE SO ILLUMINATINGIn cocktail-party conversation nothing wows like an exotic aphorism applied to the events of the day. It doesn't even matter whether you use the old saw correctly—your audience will be amazed regardless. Here are a few handy ones we learned from Peculiar Proverbs by Stephen Arnott. Preface each with "As they say in...."China, "You cannot buy honorable rice from a dead uncle." Scotland, "Cripples are great doers. Break your leg and try....
