You Have Entered The Tea Room

This is meant to be a place where you can take a moment to ponder life. Find the humor and satire through the proverbs and stories!
Take a moment, prepare a cup of tea,and enjoy these thoughts!
He who smiles in a crisis has found someone to blame.
Humor and Thoughts about Children
Having children will turn you into your parents.
If you have trouble getting your children's attention, just sit down and look comfortable.
Ill-bred children always display their pest manners.
Insanity is inherited; you get it from your kids.
It now costs more to amuse a child than it once did to educate his father.
It rarely occurs to children that the day will come when they'll know as little as their parents!
Some Advice:
Never lend your car to anyone to whom you have given birth or adopted.
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Thoughts to Provoke Joy or Deep Thought

There are times when forgetting can be just as important as remembering- and even more difficult.

There are too many people praying for mountains of difficulty to be removed, when what they really need is courage to climb them.

There are two ways to be contented: one is liking what you do, and the other is doing what you like.

There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first. When you learn to live for others, they will live for you. (Paramahansa Yogananda)

There is an “exception to every rule” - and most people think they are it.

There is no such thing as a 'self-made' person. We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has ever done a kind deed for us, or spoken one word of encouragement to us, has entered into the make-up of our character and of our thoughts, as well as our success. (George Matthew Adams)

There is only on thing more painful than learning from experience and that is not learning from experience. (Archibald McLeish)

Notes As I Mature!"

I've learned that depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.

I've learned that whatever hits the fan will not be evenly distributed.

I've learned to not sweat the petty things, and not pet the sweaty things. I've learned that ex's are like fungus, and keep coming back.I've learned age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

I've learned that I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy it.

I've learned that artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.

I've learned that 99% of the time when something isn't working in your house, one of your kids did it.

I've learned that there is a fine line between genius and insanity.

I've learned that the people you care most about in life are taken from you too soon and all the less important ones just never go away. And the real annoying people are permanent.

Deep Thoughts by Kids!
From an actual newspaper contest. Entrants ages 4 - 15 years of age.

I believe you should live each day as if it is your last, which is why I don't have any clean laundry because, come on, who wants to wash clothes on the last day of their life?
--Age 15
It sure would be nice if we got a day off for the president's birthday, like they do for the queen's. Of course, then we would have a lot of people voting for a candidate born on July 3 or December 26, just for the long weekends.
--Age 8
Democracy is a beautiful thing, except for that part about letting just any old yokel vote.
--Age 10
Home is where the house is.
--Age 6
I bet living in a nudist colony takes all the fun out of Halloween.
--Age 13
For centuries, people thought the moon was made of green cheese. Then the astronauts found that the moon is really a big hard rock. That's what happens to cheese when you leave it out.
--Age 6
As you make your way through this hectic world of ours, set aside a few minutes each day. At the end of the year, you'll have a couple of days saved up.
--Age 7
The only stupid question is the one that is never asked, except maybe "Don't you think it is about time you audited my return?" or "Isn't it morally wrong to give me a warning when, in fact, I was speeding?"
--Age 15

Some of these proverbs were gathered from the cyber world community. Credits are noted when the author is known.