Ya know, I missed that about 50 years ago too. As it was then, it is now. I simply didn’t think about it and allowed my fingers to do what my brain should have. Thanks Don for the correction.. .
Back when I was growing up, probably mostly when I was a teenager, my mom had a saying that she would tell me if I wanted to do something that she thought was risky. Her words were, “It is better to be a live chicken than a dead goose”.
“Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It’s perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we’ve learned something from yesterday.” - On John Wayne's gravestone
About 35 years ago, in one of his comedy routines, Steven Wright said: "If i get a penny for my thoughts, and then I put in my 2 cents worth, someone's makin' a penny." Hal
It is a Polish proverb. The Polish also hold their thumbs for good luck, instead of crossing their fingers.