National Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk Day started with the Greek storyteller Aesop (620 – 564 BC), who said, “Don’t cry over spilt milk.”
Since then, many people have repeated his philosophy and added their own spins. For example, Greek tragedian Sophocles (496 – 406 BC) questioned, “Why bemoan what is done and cannot be recalled?”
English writer W. Somerset Maugham (1874 – 1965) thought the reason was “because all the forces of the Universe were bent on spilling it.”
British celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay (1966 ) noted he’s not going to cry over spilled milk because he’s “too busy looking for the next cow.”
Whatever “take” you like on the ol’ saying, at least don’t do it today. As American humorist Evan Esar (1899 – 1995) observed, “A creature that never cries over spilt milk is a cat.”
Purrrrrfect!
