# Small amusements... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 6, 2012, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-amusements/608610 "2012-01-06T09:27:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-amusements/608610/1 "2012-01-06T09:27:23Z")
I had been trying to do something for awhile tonight, and it just wasn’t working. It’s late, I thought, and I know it will work in the morning. A character in a scifi book I’m reading had just been in a scene where a personality module jacked into her brain had her believing she was Scarlett O’Hara. And I _almost said_, “Tomorrow is another day.” Wait a minute, I thought. That’s a stupid expression. What does it mean? [InvaderZIM] _ **It means NOTHING!** _ [/InvaderZIM] “Tomorrow is another day!” … **why, yes** … **yes, it is**. **Yesterday** was another day. **The day after tomorrow** is also another day. In point of fact, every day is another day. I laughed myself silly over this. Small amusements I guess. ---
**Author:** ![brittekland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-amusements/608610/2 "2012-01-06T09:47:32Z")
[Yes](http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/8634/14348189500.jpg), [yes](http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/2266/irosnow2.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-amusements/608610/3 "2012-01-06T11:00:19Z")
You want small amusements? I have two kittens. And a laser pointer. I haven’t laughed this much in years! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-amusements/608610/4 "2012-01-06T18:32:20Z")
It’s always in the last place you look. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-amusements/608610/5 "2012-01-06T18:40:26Z")
Well, at the end of the day, it’s just another vacuous maxim. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-amusements/608610/6 "2012-01-06T18:42:53Z")
You can always go back but you can never return. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-amusements/608610/7 "2012-01-06T18:44:13Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > You can always go back but you can never return. Is that from Hotel California? ---
**Author:** ![brittekland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-amusements/608610/8 "2012-01-06T18:56:47Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Well, at the end of the day, it’s just another vacuous maxim. Hopefully serving a purpose… ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-amusements/608610/9 "2012-01-06T18:57:14Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Is that from Hotel California? It might be, but I encountered it many years ago in a book with a batch of “Polish Proverbs” which also had things like: A short man on horseback can look down on a tall man on the ground He who casts no shadow knows no shame A fool has no business inside a balloon You want more? I got more… ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-amusements/608610/10 "2012-01-06T19:58:17Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > It’s always in the last place you look. Oh, yeah? So why don’t you just look there first? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-amusements/608610/11 "2012-01-06T20:01:23Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#): > > Oh, yeah? So why don’t you just look there first? I’m moving 10 miles away because they say that most accidents happen within 5 miles of home. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-amusements/608610/12 "2012-01-11T02:01:05Z")
“A fool has no business inside a balloon.” Ha ha hahahaaaaa! Damn straight! Here’s another one: It was a lovely January day today in California. Truly nice. One-hoodie weather. So I’m riding my bike down the street, smiling at people, enjoying the unique winter angle of sunshine, and what do I hear? **The ice cream man!** Now, _that’s_ an optimist! \* - He’s actually a hella nice guy. A young sikh, with a lovely young wife who once accompanied him on his rounds. He has _ **soft-serve cones.** _ You can get them dipped! Mmmmmmm … how he listens to “Turkey In The Straw” all day without going crazy, I do NOT know.