Shanna's Pearls of Wisdom Below is a list of sayings that my wife, Shanna, has claimed over the years. I really don't know where she gets this stuff.

• If a mother dresses up too much while pregnant then the baby will be born ugly.
• Life becomes complicated just when you make it complicated yourself.
• If you save a penny, you will have a dollar.
• If you have big ears and a big mouth, then you are a good person.
• Your feet are bigger in the morning.
• If you sneeze, it means that somebody somewhere is talking about you.
• If you eat burned chicken, you will get cancer.
• It's not good to shower after a big meal. It will make you sick.
• Don't take a shower when you are sick. It will make you feel worse.
• If your eyes are puffy, it means you saw dogs making love.
• If you have cold hands it means you are a cold (mean) person.
• If your pinky is much shorter than your ring finger, then it is very easy for your friends to control you.
• If your belly button is an outy, you will be poor because you can't store any money in your belly button.
• Putting a butterfly in you belly button can help you to learn to swim.
• When the wind blows in your belly button it can make you sick. When this happens, applying medicine oil to your belly button is the only cure.
• God gave a woman beauty so she could punish men.
• It is ok for a woman to steal from a man, but not the other way around. (Its only ok if the woman does not work).
• If you have long earlobes, then you will have a long life.
• If your fart makes big noise, then it will not smell much.
• If you have flecks under your finger nails it means you have just washed rice.
• If a baby sleeps with his butt up in the air, it means he wants another sibling.
• If you play with your food you will become poor later.
• If your tummy is flicked, then you will get a stomach ache.
• If you sleep a lot, then you will grow faster.
• If you move your legs too much (nervously), then you will be unlucky, and you will drop your money.
• If you lie in the same position too much when you are a baby you will have a flat head (This happened to Shanna she says).
• It would be nice to have a zipper on my body so we can see my internal organs. Shanna is sure that hers are different from everyone else's.
• If you don't get enough rest after a pregnancy, your feet will be bad when you get older.
• If you get surprised while you are making an ugly face, it will stay that way.
• If you try too hard while making a bowel movement, you could hemorrhage and have your insides come out. If this happens, the only way to fix it is to roll a warm hard-boiled egg around your anus until whatever came out goes back inside.
• Never put anything white (like a white T-shirt) on your head because it would be very unlucky.
• Elephants remember; tigers forget.
• If you eat watermelon seeds, then you will grow hot inside. This will cause eye-goop to form in your eyes.
• If a fortune-teller comes to you, then what they have to say to you will come true.
• If, on the other hand, you go to the fortune-teller, then what they tell you will not come true.
• If a pregnant woman likes to eat sour things, then she will have a boy. If she likes to eat sweet things during her pregnancy, then she will have a girl.
• If sick, do not go outside in the rain, or take a shower.

Since a lot of her sayings have to do with hair, skin, and dream interpretation, I thought they were worth having separate sections for.

Hair

• Chest hair implies bigger and stronger.
• If you squeeze grapefruit juice onto your head then your hair will grow faster.
• If you move your arms around a lot, then your armpit hair will grow faster. In fact, it will become long overnight.
• A woman tends to lose hair while pregnant.
• Thinking too much can make you go bald.
• If a baby has 2 hair swirls on top of his head it means he will be stubborn.
• Blow-drying your hair causes baldness. Other statements on this page may be open to debate, but this one is fact.
• Having a long hair in your eyebrow is good luck. Under no circumstances should you remove it. My husband had one and he removed it.
• If you have naturally curly hair you can never be rich.
• If you shave your hair off, then your hair will grow faster.

Skin

• If you have many "flowers" (swirling patterns) on your finger tips, then you will be good at art.
• Eating chocolate or watermelon can give you pimples.
• If you eat tapioka, all your pimples will go away.
• If you get too little sleep then you will get more pimples.
• Eating carrots will make your skin yellow.
• If you drink too much coffee, you will turn black.
• If you eat a lot of mangos, then your skin will become that color.
• If you eat a lot of food with a distinctive color, then your skin will become that color.
• A mole on your cheek means that you will be part of a sad love story - hence you must remove it immediately.
• If you have a mole on your shoulder, then this means you will have to carry a big responsibility.
• If you have a mole on your lip it means you will eat 24 hours a day.
• If you have 3 moles on the back of your leg it means you will become king.
• If you have a hot temper, you will get pimples.

Dream Interpretation

• If you dream that a family member dies, then it means a new member will be joining shortly.
• If you dream about water it means that money will be coming in shortly.