The Book of Clichés

				What has been written about The Book of Clichés Some reactions on The Book of Clichés I received by email, or descriptions on www-pages are worthwhile reading. email "I need more, maybe it would help if I could get off this damn internet." "I'd like to suggest adding 'For when you feel happy' and 'For when you love somebody' in the list of Cliches. Making some cliches positive balances and enriches the content of this web page." I won't add happy clichés; this is a list of phrases to say in times of trouble (SV). "I work for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and I can not tell you how many cliches I hear.... not on a daily basis, but on an hourly basis. Everything from 'This shall pass' to 'Something is better than nothing' .... and on and on and on." "Was looking forward to finding some new cliches. After all, it's better to have them and not need them, than need them and not have them...." "I'm currently preparing 4 a debat... could you help me out with some nice cliches or other quotes." "Congratulations, very nice work. You gave me some good ideas. Thanks" "You're welcome, thanks for the compliment. It just makes me very curious about what good ideas you got" "Chercher la femme my friend. Some flowers with the appropriate cliche and bingo!!!" "A huge thank you for your list of cliches. I am an author of poetry, and found so much to help with my writing. We live in a world of cliches, so why not write about them? Should be interesting when I finish my epic poem!!!" "The ones I read - thought were terrible - expected much more from the site..... Most of them have heard before nothing was profound." Hmm, yeah, you heard most of them before? That's usually the thing with clichés (SV). "i think that your cliches are pathetic! they are demeaning and not at all helpful to someone in need! for a christian page, they really suck!!! there are curse words all over and you have used unchristian ideas! thanks for nothing!" Sorry, but this was never meant as a christian website. And for the rest.. I think you understand it quite well :) (SV). "Do you sell a book of cliches that I may buy?" "It is now 01:43,I have sat entranced,laughed, cried, wished, cursed,enjoyed to the utmost..God Bless those like you!" "Thank you, thank you, thank you! I hope you don't mind if I use some of your material, (properly attributed, of course) to enliven a newsletter I am stuck with editing. It's a newsletter for a local writing group." "I love your site, especially the content part, now only if you had something for a know-it-all person who always puts people down if he reads something that they write and he does not agree...........Help he needs to be put in his place. Any ideas???????" "I have to write something about the pain thing... I just fell of the stairs and can not use my left hand. After I read this I felt much better. Thank you"   descriptions on www-pages "Nothing ventured, nothing gained." Useless WWW-Pages (archive) "Handy reference for the truly sadistic." The Weirdest Site of the Day Archive "A list of phrases and words to use in all kinds of situations and times of day. At first it's funny, because they are listed as cliches and you recognise things you say all the time. Then your smile slips, as you notice these are the only things you say all the time, and that your grasp of language and vocabulary is frustratingly small..." PA Press, Weekly Web, 30 June 1997 "The Book of Cliches ... my conversational forte :) :(" Caught with a smoking gater

last update: 27 August 2000