"My ol' Gran used to say that if ya got nowt good to speak, keep yer mouth closed. Wise gal was Mary Walsh. "

Bruce, we know you. You haven't always taken that advice. Since you are criticizing the rest of us, you aren't taking it now.

On the other hand...

The town policeman came one day and accused my dad of breaking a window of the school. My Grandmother asked what day that happened. He said "Saturday." My grandmother picked up her broom and chased him up the lane and back to his car all the while saying. "You liar you liar, He (my father) was home in bed all day so it could not have been him."

See how much worse we could have been?