Cliches

Note: You'll have to excuse me for not spelling 'cliches' with the accent on e (I haven't figured out how to do it yet).

A while ago I bought 2 dictionaries of cliches. When I started skimming through the two tiny books, I had great fun! Some of the phrases were extraordinary, some sounded strange, others were pretty clever, but most of them were simply amusing.

I wonder why people have such negative attitudes towards cliches. Sure, they might not be an original way of expressing your ideas since a lot of people use them. But, you have to admit, sometimes they really can be grat fun!