We tend to use these but if you ponder you see the cracks -
Vanish without a trace (if there was one - trace that is - then it won't be vanishing would it?);
What's up? Never really got that one - Sky, heavens (for the believers perhaps), actually its relative since it depends on what UP is, blood pressure or a certain body part at certain times of day (or night) but otherwise what a meaningless expression;
What goes around comes around - Seriously? If its going around you want to get away from it and not wait for the proof - influenza, hanta, H1N1 or its cousins.. btw why around - why not zig or zag? or sometimes straight like a drunk snake? Can someone not go straight up and come down? Like in an elevator? Not sure why around got someone tickled pink?
This autumn the weather gods cooperated as we took a family trip in the northeast to see six states that qualify or makeup what is known colloquially in America as New England. Mass, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Rhode Island (tiniest state in the union). The outing helped tally up the states we either lived in, visited or have worked in to 47. Guess which three have eluded this intrepid traveling family. Any rate the drive was all in about 1,800 miles and included some memorable geographic wonders or points of interest. Easternmost part of state of Massachusetts being one. Furthest drivable road east in Mass being another. Visit to all Ivy League schools (term harkens to a collegiate athletics conference and generally regarded as elite academic institutes of some repute worldwide) is another random bucket list item of which this trip afforded the chance to knock two more of the list. Dartmouth in Hanover, NH and Brown (and its sister institute the RISD - school f
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