When I was a child I was raised by my Grandmother who always had a lot to say. I believe most of these to be original thoughts simply because no one else would have the nerve to say them, but some of her words of wisdom you may have heard before. When I was in first grade I won a spelling contest and the nun in charge of it offered me bubblegum as a prize- I was forced to refuse it with my Gram's advice that only whore's chew gum. Needless to say that did not make me very popular with the nuns or any of my gum chewing classmates. But that was not the only reason I didn't have any friends in grammar school- my Gram's insistence of placing cut up onions in my socks and forcing me to wear them overnight at the first sign of a sniffle didn't help either. But when I woke up in the morning my feet may have smelled but those onions were black so they must have drawn the toxins out of my body. Her idea of making me wear herbal poultices under my clothes to ward away colds and flu didn't exactly help either but I did develop breasts rather early so there was that benefit! When I was ready to start dating she had some really helpful advice about men- forget the size of their hands or feet it was big nose equals big hose- I never thought to ask her how she knew. And when my husband and I were about to get engaged her advice was make sure that it fits where it hits- which actually was helpful as my husband and I had a very satisfying love life for over thirty years until he passed away. And for those of us who tend to speak before we think there was always- make sure that your words are sweet you never know when you may have to eat them. I always liked it when she said you are born with the face that God gives you but by the time you are forty you have the face you deserve- can't you just feel everyone rushing to the mirror about now? And my personal reason not to worry too much about dieting after the age of sixty- at a certain age a woman has to choose between her face and her ass. So carrying a little more junk in the trunk prevents wrinkles- what a great excuse for that next croissant!