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I suspect the cherries line sees parental workout when kids are doing stuff inappropriate to a venue/situation. Sounds lot like meeting expectations or etiquette anyway. -------------------------------------------- On Sun, 11/13/16, James Campbell <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Subject: Con-proverbs and sayings To: [log in to unmask] Date: Sunday, November 13, 2016, 5:35 AM This week’s offerings of Jameld proverbs and sayings that I've been tweeting – most require no explanation this time (although, as Jameld is a mutant West Germanic conlang, set in northern Alsace, it is appropriate that some of them are variants of common European expressions): An granz inte wadin na jist an granz. A border in the forest is not a border. Ér bogen as breken. Better bend than break. Wihaast und feyl dits̄k tïs. Rush and fail slowly twice. [More haste, less speed.] T’eléf’st nanyiwïti, zo mest auntts̄ te kohk. Life is uncertain, so eat the cake first. [suggested by a friend] Ike na tël kerits̄es inte merits̄es. One does not grow cherries in marshland. [the interpretation/application of this one is currently unclear] Jund vïsi wïn mackt te nés röt. Even white wine makes the nose red. [from a book of Alsatian proverbs I found last year] Nanvisi jist nanfari. Unseen is unfeared. ___________________ James Campbell <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] <http://www.zolid.com/> www.zolid.com • “Boring, but a cool boring.”