♪♪ >> I'VE BEEN THINKING LATELY ABOUT INTERGENERATIONAL PHRASES.

YOU KNOW, THE TINY NUGGETS OF SPOKEN WISDOM WE PASS FROM PARENT TO CHILD.

BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY.

PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT.

YOU SNOOZE, YOU LOSE.

I LIKE HOW THESE SAYINGS MIGRATE EFFORTLESSLY ACROSS THE DECK AIDERS.

AND SOME OF THEM REALLY DO MAKE COMMUNICATION EASIER.

WHICH IS HOW IT HIT ME.

OUT OF ALL OF THESE PHRASES, THERE'S ONE THAT FAR AND AWAY IS ORE MEMORABLE, MORE CONCISE, AND MORE ACTIONABLE THAN ANY OTHER.

I'D CALL IT THE UNDISPUTED KING OF SIMPLE SAGACITY AND IT GOES LIKE THIS.

LEFTY LOOSIE, RIGHTY TIGHTY.

WHOEVER FIRST PUT THOSE FOUR WORDS TOGETHER DESERVES A NATIONAL HOLIDAY.

BECAUSE THEY LITERALLY CREATED THE MAGIC SPELL THAT UNLOCKS OUR MODERN WORLD.

REPLACING A LIGHT SWITCH?

LEFTY LOOSIE, RIGHTY TIGHTY.

UNCOUPLING THE UPSIDE DOWN DRAIN THING BENEATH YOUR SINK IN MOUNTING OUR NEW MONITOR?

LEFTY LOOSIE, RIGHTY TIGHTY.

THAT'S WHY I WISH I COULD ADAPT THE PHRASE FOR OTHER USES.

LIKE MAYBE WHEN I'M TRYING TO PROPERLY USE THE WORD "VISCOUS."

I KNOW WHAT VISCOUS MEANS, SORT OF.

I JUST CAN NERVE REMEMBER WHICH WAYS IT TURNS.

IS IT RIGHTY LIKE A LIQUID.

MAYBE VSCY IS STICKY, NONGONE.

NO, THAT'S TERRIBLE.

INVENTING TIMELESS WISDOM IS DIFFICULT.

BUT IT'S WORTH TRYING BECAUSE IF IT'S DONE RIGHT, YOUR WORDS WILL LIVE FOREVER.

LEFTY LOOSIE, RIGHTY TIGHTY.