"Dijon vu – the same mustard as before."
"Found on the Internet" in Gilbert! magazine Vol. 4 # 4 (Jan./Feb. 2001)
"Your sheep’s clothing is slipping."
Eric Ambler, The Intercom Conspiracy, quoted as one of the "Top Ten Detective Fiction Wise Cracks" compiled by "Gramps" in Gilbert! magazine Vol. 2 #6 Issue 15 (April/May 1999)
"Hagar: 'Never judge another man until you’ve walked a mile in his shoes!' Lucky Eddie: 'But before you do, make sure he doesn’t have athlete’s foot!'"
Hagar the Horrible in Ottawa Citizen March 23, 2004
"A penny saved is a little piece of copper that stays in your pocket for 10 hours."
From a list of maxims in Globe and Mail Nov. 29, 2001 sent by Nicola Gilman’s Grade 3 class at Calgary Montessori School
"On the other hand, you have different fingers."
E-mailed by Lorne Gunter; I do not know if it is original with him
“The Epigrammatist: 'Mankind perishes. The world goes dark./ He racks his brains for a tart remark.'"
The last in a series of "Epigrams" in Chronicles magazine November 1988
"I’m suitably impressed."
From my file of hidden insults, from a friend’s neighbour
"This contract is so one-sided that I was surprised to see it written on both sides of the paper.”
"An infamous 19th-century comment attributed to Lord Patrick Evershed" quoted in National Post November 13, 1998 p. A9.