If it quacks like a duck...and more

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If it quacks like a duck...and more

Postby Melissa » Tue May 22, 2012 2:57 pm

We have all heard the Nar-Anon expression:

If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, it's a duck
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I came across this Dr. Phil quote which expresses the same sentiment:

You can't put feathers on a dog and call it a chicken



I found the next one on an addiction website:

Once a pickle you can't return to being a cucumber
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Re: If it quacks like a duck...and more

Postby jpaetz3 » Tue May 22, 2012 4:54 pm

Thanks for posting. Good for a smile.
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Re: If it quacks like a duck...and more

Postby daughter9moons » Tue May 22, 2012 6:00 pm

I really like those too. Especially the pickle one.

Since I can't go back to the way things used to be or become normal, I have to see the new normal. AFter pickles are used in relish, potato salad, egg salad, and on hamburgers and sandwich plates.

So I need to see how I can use my pickleness to benefit my life and the lives around me.
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Re: If it quacks like a duck...and more

Postby simplemom » Tue May 22, 2012 9:09 pm

:lol:

Yep...my son pickled himself and I can't get him back to being a cucumber...oh well...that's program for the both of us!
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