The Good Advice Thread

This is the place to post your sage advice. I’ll start.

If you’re wearing heels and it’s a rainy day, it’s not a good idea to run down the escalator to catch the train. I did that the other day and got a bad result. In hindsight, I would definitely recommend against it.

Hmm… the only sage advice I have is that some people use it to get rid of gray hair. I’m thinking of trying it on my beard…

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And thanks for the trip–I mean TIP–on the heels!

“Plastics!” --The Graduate.

“Lather. Rinse. Repeat.” --oh, you know. (or is this a plot to make us shampoo more?)

“Buy low, sell high.” --what I learned from a year and a half of business school.

“Fat girls tend to come a lot.” --Dudley Moore in “Best Defense.”

“Every civilization must contend with an unconscious force which can block, betray, or countermand the conscious intentions of the collectivity.” --Tleilaxu theorem (unproven), from “Dune Messiah.”

Wash your hands properly before you take your contact lenses out if you’ve been eating wasabi.

From my father: -
“never turn down sex, you don’t know when it will next be offered”

[quote=“Erhu at oday at 3:45 am”]This is the place to post your sage advice. I’ll start.

If you’re wearing heels and it’s a rainy day, it’s not a good idea to run down the escalator to catch the train. I did that the other day and got a bad result. In hindsight, I would definitely recommend against it.[/quote]

Go to bed earlier and get a good night’s sleep so that you don’t wake up late and have to run down the escalator wearing high heels. :laughing:

I can honestly say this from experience…

Don’t run while eating pizza.

What happened?

I got a really bad stitch.

Never fry a steak shirtless.

Never clear a nail gun by pointing it at a window and depressing the trigger

Never microwave a “mantou” when you are drunk the morning after St.Patricks Day and fall asleep.

Never go to a government office in a bad mood, they’ll do that for you.

Listen before you speak, and pause even before you do that.

A pinch of salt in a Cuba Libre tastes really good.

Say, “I love you” to those you do when finished talking on the phone-you may never see them again.

On learning Chinese; Learn to mimic, learn how to use a Chinese dictionary, study a bit of caligraphy, watch Hong Kong movies with Chinese/English subs, repeat yourself when speaking to locals and study something else you enjoy using Chinese.

Samba music, Port wine and a long dedicated massage will make most women melt.

Wheat germ in spaghetti sauce- healthy and puts a nice body into the sauce.

Use kerosene not gasoline to clean motorcycle chains, don’t forget to put out your cigarette while bending over to apply it.

Be polite- this world is always in need of another gentleman.

“You’re born with two strikes against you, so don’t take a third one on your own.” Connie Mack
(He was an old time baseball coach)

Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line. Ha ha ha!

In the fight between you and the world, back the world.

That’s Frank, I know, but he does have some real pearls.

Oh and how can we forget: -
Never eat yellow snow!

Enter a room with purpose and confidence.
Make a conscious decision to find something funny and laugh everyday

Don’t waste time complaining about your problems. Use the energy to solve them.

Always remember as an adverb “every day” is two words every time.

You can find “It” up completely. At anytime at any purpose
in your life style. That’s something like.

  • Dont sweat the small stuff - and its ALL small stuff…
  • Spray, delay and walk away (cologne - not flatulence)
  • If something seems too good to be true, chances are - it is…
  • Pass the dutchie to the left hand side

Heres my advice:

Don’t staple your thumbs together.
Don’t try to pet a hedgehog.
Don’t stab your dad in the eye with a toy sword.

These are things I learned first hand.

Don’t whizz on the electric fence.