9 Chickweed Lane by Brooke McEldowney for September 10, 2006

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PLATITUDES 15 c each "What have you today?" "'They say she's got one in the oven, and she ain't even hitched.'" "Mealy...You have anything fresher?" "'Ya get what ya pay for.'" "Too aphoristic. How about those?" "Topical statements...Disraeli, Boss Tweed, Oliver Cromwell..." "Dull, unless you know the historical context...Maybe something with more color, more bite?" "'Why, I ain't never heard the like!'" "Too rustic, and I prefer better grammar." "'He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone...'" "I dunno." "'Drop dead.'" "That's more like it. I'll take five...and keep a 'shove it' for yourself."