Don’t put all your eggs in one basket

• Clichés
• 2 Comments on Don’t put all your eggs in one basket
• Posted on 24 April, 201124 April, 2011
• by Katie Schwartz

Seemed apropos considering today is Easter. Thanks to my good friend, Joanna Isbill for the idea.

I looked up a few egg-ish clichés and found these:

• He has egg on his face – If it isn’t raw, he’s not at risk for salmonella. The bigger issue, is that if he doesn’t know how to use a napkin, why is he in your dating pool?
• Like walking on eggshells – You’ve never heard of divorce, including friendship divorce?
• What’s that got to do with the price of eggs in Chicago – What was the question again?
• You have to break a few eggs to make an omelet – Am I retarded?

This cliché is nonsensical. If I’m not supposed to put all my eggs in one basket, when really it means don’t put ONE EGG IN A BASKET. Why not just say that? Isn’t the basket the proverbial punch of this cliché?

My spin on this cliché: Don’t buy eggs. Use the basket for towels