Those things our parents once said. One of them being, "Life is like riding a bicycle." Where does it come from? Has it always been a metaphor? Who was it for?

Those things our parents would say. One that once popped up a lot in the lives of young adults was the infamous birds and the bees.

Every week someone we know toys around with this as a way of gaining not only attention but control, "I wrote the book on this."

He's a leak in the attic. Meaning a person isn't all there. A decision that didn't pay off correctly or any other issue that requires the mind to generate movement forward. Not so popular today because of not being very politically correct.

Friends have said it and trust me teachers and principals wanted to, "Don't give me your sack of shit." Where does it come from and who put it into our daily speak?

I can hear my dad's WWII military driven voice even today, "Keep your cotton pickin hands off my..." I'm not sure he would get away with saying it today. Why?

This one goes all the way back to 1512! Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. Funny how something in Germany found its way around the world and the centuries required to make it possible.

Those crazy insane things people say. Most of us remember hearing it first from our parents. This week? Have you lost your marbles?

A captain goes down with his ship. Really? At one time maybe. But where does this term or phrase come from and have we abided by the rules?

I can hear my dad over and over, "Son! Shit or get off the pot!" When Dad was ready to go, he wanted his enter family to be ready on his time. Where does it come from? How has it impact us? Shit or get off the pot.