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Author: Dorothy Rosby

I'm a South Dakota humorist whose humor column appears in newspapers in eleven Western and Midwestern states as well as nationally in Exceptional People Magazine. I'm the author of two the humor books including "I Didn't Know You Could Make Birthday Cake from Scratch, Parenting Blunders from Cradle to Empty Nest," published by HOPress.

Wisdom for Dummies

August 25, 2021July 30, 2021 Dorothy Rosby

Just because everyone in the picture is smiling doesn’t mean they all like each other.

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Wisdom for Dummies

August 16, 2021July 30, 2021 Dorothy Rosby

My to-do lists are so effective that I’m often able to use the same one three or four days in a row.

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Wisdom for Dummies

August 13, 2021July 30, 2021 Dorothy Rosby

I’m not a competitive person. In fact, I avoid competition altogether because I hate to lose.

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Wisdom for Dummies

August 4, 2021July 30, 2021 Dorothy Rosby

I order the salad, hoping the waitress will get my order wrong and bring a ribeye with cheddar mash and bacon-wrapped asparagus.

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Wisdom for Dummies

July 26, 2021June 17, 2021 Dorothy Rosby

Forget tea leaves and palm reading. Fortune cookies have always been my preferred method of forecasting my future, because even if the fortunes don’t come true, I still get a nice lunch and a cookie.

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Wisdom for Dummies

July 23, 2021June 17, 2021 Dorothy Rosby

When someone says, “You can’t miss it,” what they really mean is THEY can’t miss it. But remember they’ve already been there.

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Wisdom for Dummies

July 14, 2021June 17, 2021 Dorothy Rosby

When I tell the waitress, “I’d like a salad,” I really mean, “I’ll ORDER the salad. What I’d LIKE is a double cheeseburger, fries and a chocolate shake.”

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Wisdom for Dummies

July 5, 2021June 17, 2021 Dorothy Rosby

Incomprehensible medical bills and insurance paperwork are the main reasons many poor souls come successfully through illness and treatment and then go ahead and die anyway.

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Wisdom for Dummies

July 1, 2021June 17, 2021 Dorothy Rosby

No one uses phone books or dictionaries anymore. I’ve been humming the alphabet song lately just so I don’t forget my ABCs.

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Wisdom for Dummies

June 22, 2021June 17, 2021 Dorothy Rosby

I eat ice cream for the same reason George Mallory said he climbed Mount Everest: Because it’s there. Also because I like it. And it’s safer than mountain climbing.

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