| 1 | It is useless to flog a dead horse. | |
| 2 | We can do what we have been doing. | |
| 3 | So why are we at it again about shepherds and sheep? | |
| 4 | It's not just bland sort of rehashing what we were wearing, or whatever. | |
| 5 | This sounds like a platitude1), but I'll never forget my father telling me that. |