Show a Bit o' Common Mate!

9/19/2019

Reg Varney, "Stan Butler", On the Buses, Source: Wikipedia

Common sense seems to be in short supply these days. Or is it only me who feels this way? Actually, I think common sense is making a comeback! We simply can't go on the way we have been unless we go back to "showin' a bit o' common".

"Show a bit of common, mate!" is an English expression that is usually expressed in exasperation when someone does something that is just too ridiculous to explain to them and begs that common sense be applied to the situation. One of my favourite TV characters, Stan Butler, used this expression in "On the Buses", a popular British television series in the 1970s. It just got added to my vocabulary!

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1/19/2020 03:54:10 pm

Common sense is an important asset that we all posses. It will give us that signals that we need and will give us that automatic response that is appropriate to a given situation. We are all different, but the response may be the same, especially if the needed response is right. We must be open minded and let us be open to possibilities so that we may see different angles in every situation.

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