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Redundant Redundancies

I posted this several years ago, but I felt it was worth repeating lol...and I have some new additions. It all started a while back when I found an Abraham Lincoln quote: “People who like this sort of thing will find this the sort of thing they like.” It sounded so close to something my dad always says: “This is the kind of thing you like if you like that kind of thing.” I posted them on Facebook and began getting responses that were such great fun like this one: “Where ever you go, there you are!” -I have no idea who originally said this, do you? Which reminded me of a funny message my sister and her family had on their answering...

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Redundant Redundancies

It all started the other day when I found an Abraham Lincoln quote: "People who like this sort of thing will find this the sort of thing they like." It sounded so close to something my Dad always says: "This is the kind of thing you like if you like that kind of thing." I posted them on Facebook and began getting responses that were such great fun like this one: "Where ever you go, there you are!" -I have no idea who originally said this, do you? Which reminded me of a funny message my sister and her family had on their answering machine for years: "None of us are here 'cuz all of us are somewhere else. When...

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