Charlie-isms

Posted here April 28, 2022

These are some funny or witty posts that I (Charlie) made on social media from 2012 to 2017. Entries marked as “Posted” went to Facebook; entries marked as “Tweeted” went to Twitter.


When you come to a fork in the road, don’t eat with it; it’s probably dirty.
~ Posted at 8:42 a.m. on Sunday, January 8, 2012

Just had a “Duh” moment…
Me: “What’s with the empty cereal box?”
Wendi M Petitt: “I’m saving it for a recipe.”
Me: “What kind of recipe calls for an empty cereal box?”
~ Posted at 8:56 a.m. on Tuesday, September 25, 2012

And then my life started playing forward and backward, leftward and rightward, upward and downward, upside-downward and inside-outward, helter-skelter, all over the universe, so no one could remember. No one cared to remember.
~ Posted at 9:27 p.m. on Tuesday, April 9, 2013
(just random rambling, Doctor Who style)

It’s hard enough burning the candle at both ends, but when somebody lights a wick in the middle, that’s just too much!
~ Posted at 10:40 a.m. on Monday, June 10, 2013

Come back later… I am sleeping. (yes, cookies need their sleep, too)

This has to be the most EPIC fortune cookie EVER.
~ Posted Saturday, June 15, 2013 at 11:52 a.m.
(photo was taken Thursday)

“There’s a pedestrian crossing the street. And he’s on foot, too! If you see one crossing in a car, let me know.” ~ Me (who else would say that?)
~ Posted at 12:38 p.m. on Wednesday, July 24, 2013

“How are you doing?” I asked the old man. “I was better, but I got over it!” #grumpyoldman #classiccomeback #MondayMorning
~ Tweeted at 3:39 p.m. on Monday, May 5, 2014
(This actually happened!)

If you have plans for 2016, today is the day to give them the old 1/2.
~ Tweeted at 10:27 am on Saturday, January 2, 2016

If a college student claims to stand by you 110%, chances are that he/she is not a math major.
~ Tweeted at 2:41 pm on Saturday, January 2, 2016

It isn’t failure; it’s deferred success.
~ Tweeted at 7:33 pm on Wednesday, January 20, 2016
(I had blurted this out when someone said their performance was a failure)

How do you find things in Connecticut? Run a CT scan.
~ Posted at 10:09 am on Saturday, June 17, 2017