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My 7th grade math teacher once said “you can factor prime numbers until the angel Gabriel blows his horn at the end of time but it ain’t gonna do you no good!”

She also referred to improper fractions as “big top” or Dolly Parton “because she’s big up top, you know what I mean?”

Yes Mrs. Covington, we did :-)

> if horses were wishes, beggars would ride" - stop wishing and just do it

I know the saying, but I just see it as expressing "wishing won't make something happen". No implication that you should, or even could, actually do anything to realize your wish.

Since this is bothering me when I view my comments, I'll note that the saying actually goes "if wishes were horses...".

So, did you ever stop wishing and make the usefully-buttoned underwear of your dreams? :-)

ha! No, but I do remember thinking as a child, "That would be super uncomfortable and maybe even hurt!"