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[the_gneech]

Greg frowned. "Didn't your mother ever tell you that if you can't say something nice, you shouldn't say anything at all?"

"Yes, she did," said Brigid. "And it was the stupidest thing anybody's ever said to me."

"Um," said Greg, but then was totally unable to follow up on it.

-The Gneech

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[frostdemn.livejournal.com]

That makes me wonder what Greg said...
But maybe Brigid's voice of reason is right. It is sometimes much more effective to actually speak out. hrmm...

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

Good point!

-TG

[kylet.livejournal.com]

But her mother is cool! I'd listen to her advice more than MY mother ;-)

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

Cool she may be, but that won't stop Brigid from being snarky about her! ;)

-TG

can't say anything nice

[robin-andersen.livejournal.com]

my mom always said the same thing -
but I say "if you can't say anything nice, come, sit next to me";)

Re: can't say anything nice

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

That's funny, I've only ever heard people say nice things about you!

-The Gneech

[ski-fox.livejournal.com]

Reminds me of Bambi.

"Thumper! What did your father tell you!?"
"If ya can't say somethin' nice... don't say nothin' at all."

[hossblacksilver.livejournal.com]

Reminds me of something I said about a former supervisor at my last job. My nice thing about him was this.

"To the best of my knowledge, he has never actively practiced cannibalism."