Hold that Nobel Prize
Speaking of inventions and discoveries, I just learned that an eminent
scientist in Ohio has developed a pill which contains all the nutritive
values of three complete meals. In addition to providing us with vitamin
and minerals we need daily, it also gives a feeling of fullness. According
to its sponsors, it will nourish and satisfy. I hate to disparage such
a laudable achievement. Rather than a scientific triumph, I would be inclined 
to label it as an egregious blunder, a scientific disaster, and a laboratory
fiasco. Is there anyone in his right mind who thinks that a pill can replace
the pleasures of devouring a hot corn bread, masticating a thick steak, 
biting the crisp French fries, or attacking a chocolate sundae? For me, 
it will be the one pill I will have to eschew to chewing.


To let sleeping dog lie--The lawyer wanted to open up the old case,
but his partner advised him to let the sleeping dog lie.
(to let well enough alone, to avoid stirring up old hostilities)