Gimme shelter.

Any closer and it would have been an ace.

A birdie in the hand.

Columbia Roll-On.

Goes on wet to keep you dry. Roll on , Columbia.

Turning darkness to dish washing detergent, aka Dawn.

That's not cricket.

Folk wisdom is going the way of just plain folks.

Nobody is a nobody in the social media age.

Inspirational thought of the day.

When money talks, he listens with undivided attention.

Can't argue with success.

Try to remember.

His one track mind is easily derailed.

Not even shunted onto a siding.

Dream a little dream.

He should take out a want ad: Wanted, Money.

He has simple tastes.

Mo laughing matter.

She's the Dorothy Parker of their Algonquin Round Table.

The exception that proves the rule.

Keeps on ticking.

Parasitic corporations not withstanding.

Mosquitoes breed about that fast.

Half-baked.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Her goose is cooked.

Itchy and Scartchy.

They exist, so they must be real.

It's just another kind of reality.

Tall order.

Enjoy yourself, and that's an order.

Compliance is not optional.

Oily residue.

Might be its most important effect, on the side.

Hemp is less hassle, and less hassled.

The Bad Seed.

They that sow the wind shall reap the whirlwind.

 Or a stiff breeze, at least.

The Name of the Game.

Or maybe give them identification badges.

Or use their Social Security numbers.

We take bitcoin.

"In God we trust. All others pay cash."

Or plastic, to paraphrase Jean Shepherd.

Carved in stone.

Signs of the times. "You are currently the highest bidder."

"Don't be outbid. Increase your bid."

Don't be judgmental.

Or don't be judge mental. All too human.

Lacking empathy, Miserliness. And those are his better qualities.

The all-purpose oil.

One can can last a lifetime.

Loosens tightwads.

Into the mouths of babes.

Putting finicky behavior to a good use.

She might starve if she's waiting for him to be charitable.

Hack, hack, hack.

Let's assume that the daughter is smarter than her mother.

That might be optimistic.

Believe it , or not.

As Maxwell Smart always asked, "Would you believe...?"

Ripley never had any problem with belief.

Never settle for less.

If it weren't for the homage, some people would never pass.

Always get a do-over.

In a fowl mood.

Suicidal poultry is always funny.

The artificial hormones cause depression.

You look fetching.

I think, therefore I am a dog.

AI, AI,...OH.

The longest school year.

Must be summer school for children needing to improve their grades.

Or possibly she is still serving the accumulated detention.

Timmy's in the well.

But Lassie knows to get help without being told.

Rin Tin Tin was also busy.

A Boy and his Dog.

That's another story, by Harlan Ellison. Besides being web-enabled,

Webster is named after the talking Webster dogs in Clifford Simak's City.

Cold cash.

Ex tempore. Thinking on her feet.

Cover-ups require a cool head.

Wouk woke.

Flo is not an easy name to remember.

Wouk, on the other hand, sticks in the memory.

Barbarians at the gate.

The Wall is a labor of love.

The laborers will love putting him up against it.