Posted by Nancy on April 10, 1999 at 14:29:13:
A first grade teacher collected a list of old, well-known proverbs. She then
gave each kid in her class only the first half of each proverb and challenged
them to figure out what the second half might be. Here's what they wrote:
Don't bite the hand that........................looks dirty.
You can't teach an old dog new.............math.
Better to be safe than...........................punch a 5th grader.
It's alway darkest before........................daylight savings time.
Strike while the ....................................bug is close.
Never underestimate the power of...........termites.
A miss is as good as a..........................mr.
If you lie down with the dogs, you'll..........stink in the morning.
An idle mind is......................................the best way to relax.
Where there's smoke there's..................pollution.
Two company, three's............................the Musketeers.
Don't put off tomorrow what....................you put on when you go to bed.
Laugh and the whole world
laughs with you, cry and........................you have to blow your nose.
Children should be seen and not.............spanked.
If at first you don't succeed.....................try new batteries.
You get out of something what you..........see pictured on the box.
When the blind leadeth the blind..............get out of the way.
There is no fool like...................................Uncle Billy.