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It is what it is…
I realize going into this piece that this phrase is one of the least popular collection of words around. It probably ranks in popularity with phrases like: Your significant other saying: “I just want to be friends” The I.R.S. saying: “We’re here to help” And your doctor’s office calling and saying: “Your test results came in. The Doctor would like to see you in his office…” (Well, maybe not quite that bad…). On the scale of most used phrases and most useful phrases, this ranks pretty high in DaFaDa’s household. To most people, I think the annoyance felt upon hearing this phrase comes from their assumption that this comment is…
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Turtles can’t walk backwards…
When my kids were younger, I used this as a inspirational phrase when they were down or discouraged. The point was that turtles may walk kind of slow, but they always keep moving forward; they never turn back and give up the fight. It worked when they were younger… Good thing Google was not so prevalent back then because they would have been able to quickly find out, like I did, that turtles can in fact walk backwards. …Oh well, it was a good thought at the time!
