Barney & Clyde by Gene Weingarten; Dan Weingarten & David Clark for February 03, 2021

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    dwane.scoty1  almost 4 years ago

    Make my bowl o’ cherries pittless, please!

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    gammaguy  almost 4 years ago

    Not so great if you don’t like cherries.

    And a rose garden isn’t utopia for someone allergic to rose pollen.

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    Nyckname  almost 4 years ago

    “If life is a bowl of cherries, why am I in the pits?”

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    Michael G.  almost 4 years ago

    What, no Cocoa Krispies? :-o

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    Jefano Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    It was Brown and Henderson in 1931:

    https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/5142151/Life+Is+Just+a+Bowl+of+Cherries

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    uniquename  almost 4 years ago

    In this case, the first “they” appears to be Grant Dixon in 1928, though there are a few others.

    https://wordhistories.net/2019/06/22/bowl-cherries/

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    dja1701  almost 4 years ago

    Erma Bombeck, for those of you too young to remember newspaper columns from the 1970s.

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    Bradley Walker  almost 4 years ago

    You mean “Them”? Giant ants.

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    sobrown51  almost 4 years ago

    I never really understood this saying. Is it because cherries vary in taste or quality? Is it because cherries are supposed to be happy or sad? Is it because a bowl of cherries has a shelf life and will eventually become inedible (die)? Is it because they are delicious and juicy on the outside but contain a pit to avoid inside? (The last two make the most sense).

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    Stephen Gilberg  almost 4 years ago

    Gene Weingarten once said that if life were just a bowl of cherries, it would be dead.

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    TIMH  almost 4 years ago

    Life if just a cher o’bowlies. The Blues Magoos, 1967.

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