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Hand To Mouth

cash on the table see monkey do monkey eat viral industry ***

Copyright © | Year Posted 2020


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Timothy Hicks
Date: 5/9/2020 3:35:00 PM
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I don't think there's anything wrong with cliches (with the clincher) IF you can do something new and different with them - like you did here with "hand to mouth" being both literal AND figurative. I once entered a contest here where the challenge was too use a cliche and make it into something new ... it was called The Apple Doesn't Fall Far From the Tree.
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Timothy Hicks
Date: 5/9/2020 12:26:00 PM
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Wow. Like we were discussing earlier ... words carrying “double duty” ... ! Cleverness aside ... On a more serious note ... I’m a bit leery of moving into a cashless society.
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Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 5/9/2020 2:12:00 PM
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There's a lot of anticliché sentiment around here but personally, I love deploying preloaded wordage. & me too, before this pandemic thing I always carried cash, I was a "tap" virgin.
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 3/25/2020 7:30:00 PM
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Third time's the charm. (Soup mail please, thanks, gw).
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Timothy Mcguire
Date: 3/24/2020 5:25:00 PM
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like lemmings and chicken little
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Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 3/25/2020 7:37:00 AM
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...to the toilet paper aisle
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 3/23/2020 10:05:00 PM
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Your senryu gives new meaning to 'cash on hand! Smiles, Gershon
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Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 3/24/2020 9:26:00 AM
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Ooh. Yes. Hugs n' smiles xomo
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Silent One
Date: 3/22/2020 3:38:00 PM
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You hit the nail on the head....
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Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 3/23/2020 9:38:00 AM
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Thank you my friend. xomo!
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 3/21/2020 11:09:00 PM
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'Monkey Flambeau,' they once called it. Grisly, eh?! :) Gershon
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Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 3/23/2020 9:35:00 AM
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I'll try just about any food except, monkey brains. x!
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John Lawless
Date: 3/21/2020 3:59:00 PM
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Yeah, but how do you eat with a mask on?...?
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Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 3/23/2020 9:34:00 AM
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A straw... D'oh!
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Rico Leffanta
Date: 3/21/2020 1:29:00 PM
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Nice tune for Trump supporters to whistle now that they are no longer laughing all the way to the bank! Aloha! Rico
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Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 3/23/2020 9:33:00 AM
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I'm so glad I'm Canadian. <3
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Michelle Faulkner
Date: 3/21/2020 1:03:00 PM
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Nice blending of metaphors - I guess we are all monkeys of a sort!
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Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 3/23/2020 9:32:00 AM
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We absolutely are ;), Thank you, xomo!
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Eric Ashford
Date: 3/21/2020 11:00:00 AM
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LOL viral Capitalism. Enjoyed!
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Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 3/23/2020 9:30:00 AM
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Yup ;)))) Enchanté! xomo
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Jeff Connelly
Date: 3/21/2020 9:08:00 AM
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So true Maureen. Your words are always so powerful.
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Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 3/23/2020 9:28:00 AM
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Thank you Jeff! :)))) xomo!
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 3/21/2020 8:09:00 AM
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Wow! A great collaboration of words! Hopefully things will change...we need them to!
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Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 3/21/2020 8:14:00 AM
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I totally collaborate words ;D, Thank you Lovely! If ever there was a wakeup call. Keep well <3 xomo
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Arturo Michael
Date: 3/21/2020 7:02:00 AM
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Like a virus...
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Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 3/21/2020 8:09:00 AM
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Yup. Keep well <3

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