If someone is not taking what you are saying seriously, politely respond to them: "Can you please listen to me and take this seriously?"
If they ignore your request, politely pull out a handgun and point it at their head while forcefully repeating yourself.
This should adequately get their attention.
It works, or not.
As a writer and citizen, there comes a time to branch out - this is what's commonly referred to as branching or branched or branches, but sometimes branchered.
Today I am starting a new segment to my blog as a public service - this will be under the moniker "it works, or not" - I hope you, as readers and public citizens as well, can get some use out of this service.
Today's thought:
If you have a recipe that calls for lemon, but have no lemon - no worry.
Just substitute the lemon for yellow gummi bears - one bear per tablespoon ought to do the trick.
It works, or not.
