"The more you touch some food, the better it is." BETTY ANN CLAEYS GHENT, MINNESOTA about finger foods. And the dish ran away with the spoon. "Blood crawls where it cannot go up." FATHER FERDINAND JENNEN HASSELT, BELGIUM A Belgian way of saying, "Blood is thicker than water." Climb every mountain. "I don't have to go back very far.  I come from mutts." CHRIS GATLIN WHITE BEAR LAKE, MN talking about tracing our ancestry. Men are from Mars. Women are from Venus. "My sister has such a good memory, she remembers things that never happened." TOM STUMPF VICTORIA, MINNESOTA Alice in Wonderland. "I've got to work harder now to stay even.  That's okay.  I'm not complaining." RUSH LIMBAUGH 1500 KSTP RADIO as he has gone completely deaf. What's that you say? "If you find in your life what you really love to do, do it." RUSH LIMBAUGH 1500 KSTP RADIO Smell the roses. "If you're having a bad day, you might as well enjoy it." MOTHER ANGELICA EWTN Or pull the tooth. "Father Elstan doesn't know the difference between a cornstalk and a bumble bee." JESSE COGHILL JORDAN, MINNESOTA about his brother, the priest. Say two Hail Mary's! "Don't you hate it when they observe speed limits?" JESSE COGHILL JORDAN, MINNESOTA as the editor was passing someone on the way to Indian River,  Michigan. Yes. "If I'm dying, at least I've got a perm." GERMAINE JESBERG VICTORIA, MINNESOTA who has been under the weather. Rave reviewal. "I look like warmed over death." GERMAINE JESBERG Hot cross buns. "Keep fighting for us." GERMAINE JESBERG as the editor reports on all city council meetings. Peace be with you. "I'm still kicking, but not too high." GERMAINE JESBERG after falling in her bathroom. The cow jumped over the moon. "I sure turned into an old lady fast." GERMAINE JESBERG about her health this past month. Put your blinkers on.