Upgrading Proverbs

Since childhood we have heard very famous proverbs and sayings. But they seem to have become outdated now; need modifications to fit in the contemporary era.

With all respect for these sayings, this is just an effort to make things clearer and up to date for the future generations to comprehend the meanings efficiently.

If wishes were horses’ beggars would ride – Horses have become obsolete now, replace them with a car, except Nano which is again affordable. The other option can be substituting horses by roads and beggars by people. Now read it, ‘If wishes were roads, people would drive’. This is ideal, because we really don’t have space on roads to drive.

Every dog has its day – God damn it, whose has been the night till now. We cannot do much with dogs, cannot change their name here - Animal Rights Violation. There is an addition which is required, about bitches. It is an era of equality and we have to keep these things in mind. So, it can be ‘Every dog has its day and every bitch has its life’. See, I am talking about Women Empowerment.

Practice makes a man perfect – By the way, which perfectionist wrote it? There is nothing in this globe which is perfect except GOD and I bet HE hasn’t written it. We need to be more practical in our lives and admit the realities. Make it, “practice and then dream of being perfect”. See, I don’t give you hopes of being perfect but the liberation to dream about it.

Talk of the devil and he is sure to appear – It needs alteration, considering the amount of effect a ‘devil’ has on the generations. Simply change it to, ‘Talk of Devil or not, he is sure to emerge’ because he is omnipresent. High rates of misdeed, violence, cruelty and greediness are the best examples to justify this amendment.

The more you have, the more you want - It is absolutely not the manner things are happening at the moment. Whatever you have or whatsoever you get, you always want more and more. It is an acquisitive, selfish, voracious globe where no one is contented; people demand more and become nomadic in their thoughts. Change it to, ‘Whatever you have, you want more’. Let us be in agreement with how we act.

Money is the root of all evils – I don’t see this is possible. Money on its own cannot be blamed for the evils; it is the humans that should be liable. Give money to any animal (other than human), he would not be able to do anything with it. For them, these are meager pieces of paper. Because we cannot remove humans from this globe, change the proverb to “Humans are the root of all evils”.

According to Mamkol, “Where there is a will, there has to be money”.