I guess they were!

Ouch.

Cheer up Girl, it could always be worse. I never seem to have my umbrella in hand when the rain starts.

Says Winnie to Willie

This one almost brings tears to my eyes, to be honest.

You’re on apartment therapy!
http://gallery.apartmenttherapy.com/photo/dc-aunis-cottage-in-the-city/item/194134

It’s from the comic “I Am Loving and Capable”
http://catandgirl.com/?p=2348

They were the best of times, they were the worst of times…

I’m sitting on a dead cow.

Reminds me of this quote from the movie Ever After:
“No matter how bad things get, they can always get worse.”
Baroness Rodmilla de Ghent