Even in my resentful bitterness not to have finally gotten into the New Statesman, I salute those of you who did. Most of these, and all by Sphereians, are quite funny.
I think that the "none so blind" and "none so deaf" entries are actually the same joke (and one I've heard many times before), and there are at least three entries in which "where there's a will" hilariously ends up referring to a legal instrument.
Apart from local contributions, I liked Prince's "you won't find milk in a whiskey bottle," which actually would do for a genuine proverb worth pulling out at propitious moments. Perhaps it shouldn't have won only because it doesn't seem pointless enough, but it was too good to overlook.
Again, congrats to the winners!
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