The elusive Q

Huzzah! I finally got all the ceral names in that annoying stupid game mentioned here:
http://www.livejournal.com/users/murakozi/9658.html

Programmer Guy here at work came in and said he'd spotted it at the grocery over the weekend. Q is Quaker Squares. Dagnabbit. So obvious, in hindsight. The q displayed in the game is the one from 'squares.'

Gee, last night I knew all the 'name that toon' pictures on the Pawpet show (except one) and now I have all the cereal names. My life is complete. Well, either that or I'm a pathetic loser whose brain is full of useless trivia.

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I was just in a discussion in which someone repeated the same phrase a number of times. The phrase in question is a common one, but it's one that I've thought silly for a long time. It was 'You can't have your cake and eat it, too.' That's always struck me as a stupid thing to say. After all, why the heck else would I want the cake? To impress my friends with my cake-ownership? To set out on display? '...but it's not for eatin, it's just for lookin through...' (bonus points to whoever can name the movie that line's from)

Anyway. It just seems like there are a lot of phrases like that, such as 'You've made your bed, now you have to lie in it' Seems to me that that's kind of the point behind making your bed. I'd think it'd be less desireable to have rumpled sheets. I can't recall right off what sayings like this are called. I'm pretty sure they're not aphorisms. Whatever they are, I'm curious as to the origins of a lot of them.

Symbolism

I stopped off at a strip mall after work today. In the parking lot in front of the ABC store was spraypainted this:



I figure it's either:
1) A marking indicating some utility or cable or whatever under the asphalt
2) A hobo sign indicating that real men buy their booze here
3) Grafitti left by Austin Powers

I am a firetruck magnet

Every day for the past week now, I've encountered firetrucks. From the fire alarm at work, to trucks outside the office, to having them pass by and stop down the street from me when I've been out doing errands. Technically, yesterday probably doesn't count, since I drove past a firehouse while one of the trucks was backing inside. Maybe it's a sign and I'm gonna meet the firefighter of my dreams soon or something.