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came from out of nowhere, and only sometimes it actually
made sense. Well, they had to start somewhere, who, what, where, why,
when and how. Some of those old saints are not
only ancient, but they still carry a powerful punch today.
In fact, I live by one of those old saints.
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My name is Arrow. A Stitch in Time Saves nine.
The best comedy on the planet is to say something
like this to someone who is a millennial, Generation Z
or Generation Alpha. I mean, their facial expressions are going
to be priceless. A Stitch in Time Saves nine. It
was first recorded in Thomas Fuller's book in seventeen thirty two.
It was a collection of proverbs The expression refers to
the idea that fixing a small tear in your clothing
with one stitch when it first appears will prevent it
from becoming a larger tear that requires nine stitches to
physically repair. Now I laugh out loud at this because
how many of us have physically tried to stop a
simple crack in your car windshield by carving into that
windshield a straight line, thinking, oh, a stitch in time
will save nine. Yeah. No. The reason why young adults
don't know the phrase A stitch in time saves nine
is because stitching your clothing today it's not common. There's
a darker story that comes with this phrase. It takes
nine pounds to weigh down a body sack holding a
person buried at sea. There could be more than nine,
but there's always that fear the person is still alive.
Nine pounds allows you time to escape. Whether you need
one pound or nine pounds, you're still respecting the assumed
dead body. A stitch in time saves nine something our
parents would say. My name is Arro