Fish and Visitors Stink After Three Days

Funny, I have heard that saying all my life.  All the women (on either side of the family) would say this.  I never realized that it was a quote from Poor Richard's Almanack until this class.  
There is a ring of truth to it.  Having company is great but after about three or four days, it tends to get a little old and uncomfortable.  And having worked in the Army's dining facilities I can assure you that fish definitely smell before the third day.

There are many quotations drawn from the humor and wisdom of Benjamin Franklin.  Something I will never live down is when I was homeschooling my daughter for her 8th grade year, I had her read the autobiography of Benjamin Franklin in conjunction with her studies of the American Revolution.  It was the worst read!  He is a very egotistical gentleman who thought that he was God's gift.  She has never let me live that down.