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Always wear clean underpants...

BingoBingo Registered User regular
edited July 2007 in Debate and/or Discourse
... is a bit of advice my grandmother (93 this Saturday) gave me.

I think if I was to be hit by a bus, the fact that my boxer-shorts were clean is pretty irrelavent. "Don't get caught dead with dirty underwear".

Anyway, this got me thinking. Axioms. Stuff we live by and say "Yeah, you know what you just did there? Don't do that."..

Here are some of mine:

* Never light incense-sticks to get rid of the smell of gas.
* Kids can reach anything, make sure that the handles of pans on the stove are as inward as possible.
* Never serve Spaghetti Bolognese if your date is going to wear white.
* Masturbation isn't a crime (I bet Jesus did it too)


Anyone want to add?

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  • FirstComradeStalinFirstComradeStalin Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    I go commando.

    Anyway, one to add:

    You never go ass-to-mouth. Never.

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  • real_pochaccoreal_pochacco Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    I go commando.

    Anyway, one to add:

    You never go ass-to-mouth. Never.

    Sometimes, in the heat of the moment, it's forgivable to go ass to mouth.

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  • Charles KinboteCharles Kinbote Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    * Obey your hunches, no matter how dangerous or ridiculous.

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  • FirstComradeStalinFirstComradeStalin Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    I go commando.

    Anyway, one to add:

    You never go ass-to-mouth. Never.

    Sometimes, in the heat of the moment, it's forgivable to go ass to mouth.

    YOU NEVER GO ASS TO MOUTH!!!

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  • Wonder_HippieWonder_Hippie __BANNED USERS regular
    edited July 2007
    ...and you don't mess around with Jim.

    Did I do that right?

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  • HalberdBlueHalberdBlue Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    This is just a silly observation I've made, but if a phrase like these rhymes, people are 10x more likely to listen to it. The only one I can think of right now is "A card laid is a card played." I play a lot of Euchre and sometimes people will say that when someone tries to take back a card and nobody ever questions it! Its like the fact that the sentence rhymes holds some mystical power over people to not argue with it. I know there are other phrases with similar effects that rhyme, but I can't think of any off the top of my head at the moment.

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  • JamesJames Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    This is just a silly observation I've made, but if a phrase like these rhymes, people are 10x more likely to listen to it. The only one I can think of right now is "A card laid is a card played." I play a lot of Euchre and sometimes people will say that when someone tries to take back a card and nobody ever questions it! Its like the fact that the sentence rhymes holds some mystical power over people to not argue with it. I know there are other phrases with similar effects that rhyme, but I can't think of any off the top of my head at the moment.

    In many games, when you let go of your hand/piece, you can't take it back. I think that rhyme was made after the fact.

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  • monikermoniker Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Actually, it doesn't matter if you're wearing clean underwear or not since your bowels release at the onset of death. Assuming you didn't shit yourself out of fear, that is.

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  • projectmayhemprojectmayhem Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Dont' dump in your hand and rub it in your eyes.

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  • CantidoCantido Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Two from Mom, one very valid, the other I'm not so sure:

    Never deposit cash in an ATM. It can be stolen and proof of the transaction won't be enough.

    Also, for the love of God, CHECK THE PAYPHONE'S EARPIECE BEFORE YOU PUT IT TO YOUR HEAD. D:

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  • HacksawHacksaw J. Duggan Esq. Wrestler at LawRegistered User regular
    edited July 2007
    I think the only possible advice I would ever feel qualified to give would be to my future sons: stay away from crazy chicks.

    No, seriously, you have no idea what you'd be getting yourself into by getting involved with one.

    This also applies to any of my daughters who might turn out to be gay.

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  • monikermoniker Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    2's company, 3's a letter to penthouse.

    :winky:

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  • FirstComradeStalinFirstComradeStalin Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    This is just a silly observation I've made, but if a phrase like these rhymes, people are 10x more likely to listen to it. The only one I can think of right now is "A card laid is a card played." I play a lot of Euchre and sometimes people will say that when someone tries to take back a card and nobody ever questions it! Its like the fact that the sentence rhymes holds some mystical power over people to not argue with it. I know there are other phrases with similar effects that rhyme, but I can't think of any off the top of my head at the moment.

    It's like in the Office, where the stripper says "Secret secrets help no one. Secret Secrets hurt someone."

    While Ben Franklin says stuff about how telling his girlfriend what happened is just going to get her mad, and it really doesn't hurt anything that it happened.

    Michael goes with the stripper's advice because it rhymes.

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  • ThreelemmingsThreelemmings Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    "Jack of all trades, master of none, oftentimes better than master of one." is one of my big ones. I like to know a little bit about everything.

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  • FeralFeral MEMETICHARIZARD interior crocodile alligator ⇔ ǝɹʇɐǝɥʇ ǝᴉʌoɯ ʇǝloɹʌǝɥɔ ɐ ǝʌᴉɹp ᴉRegistered User regular
    edited July 2007
    My only real axiom is "Don't be that guy."

    See, you've all encountered that guy. That guy who stands in line at the supermarket yaking on his bluetooth headset. That guy who changes lanes without signaling. That guy who stands right in front of the door at the restaurant to smoke. That guy is everywhere, you encounter him every day, and everybody hates that guy.

    Don't be that guy.

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  • Wonder_HippieWonder_Hippie __BANNED USERS regular
    edited July 2007
    Feral wrote: »
    My only real axiom is "Don't be that guy."

    See, you've all encountered that guy. That guy who stands in line at the supermarket yaking on his bluetooth headset. That guy who changes lanes without signaling. That guy who stands right in front of the door at the restaurant to smoke. That guy is everywhere, you encounter him every day, and everybody hates that guy.

    Don't be that guy.

    That guy wears the band's t-shirt to their concerts.

    Seriously though, that guy also has a mook friend, and walks around with that smug, self-satisfied look on his face because he thinks he's different. He also sticks it to "the man" every chance he gets, which usually means making some minimum-wage schlock work ten times harder to please them than anybody getting payed that little should ever have to.

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  • CrayonCrayon Sleeps in the wrong bed. TejasRegistered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Don't hurl in space, it'll eventually catch up to you. My pappy use to always say that.

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  • VariableVariable Mouth Congress Stroke Me Lady FameRegistered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Feral wrote: »
    My only real axiom is "Don't be that guy."

    See, you've all encountered that guy. That guy who stands in line at the supermarket yaking on his bluetooth headset. That guy who changes lanes without signaling. That guy who stands right in front of the door at the restaurant to smoke. That guy is everywhere, you encounter him every day, and everybody hates that guy.

    Don't be that guy.

    that is exactly how I live my life. it works in every situation.

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  • HachfaceHachface Not the Minister Farrakhan you're thinking of Dammit, Shepard!Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Never trust anyone whose first name and last name are both first names.

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  • Lucky CynicLucky Cynic Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Always have a virgin handy.


    You know, just in case.

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  • The CatThe Cat Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited July 2007
    I always thought it was 'never eat spaghetti on a date', on account of how there's no way known to eat it neatly.

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  • FallingmanFallingman Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Another vote for "Dont be that guy". Its just the best. The amount of times people have questioned me on why I didnt do something immoral even when there was no chance of getting caught out... the answer "I just dont want to be THAT guy" always gets a nod.

    Cheating on your girlfriend? - Dont be that guy.
    Stealing something - Dont be that guy.

    Seriously - That guy is a real dick.

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  • BingoBingo Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    moniker wrote: »
    2's company, 3's a letter to penthouse.

    :winky:

    That's awesome :lol:

    8-)

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  • MikeManMikeMan Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Know when to hold 'em; know when to fold 'em.

    I like that one for how it combines vagueness with uselessness while diminishing neither.

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  • ViolentChemistryViolentChemistry __BANNED USERS regular
    edited July 2007
    The Cat wrote: »
    I always thought it was 'never eat spaghetti on a date', on account of how there's no way known to eat it neatly.

    Do they not have forks where you go on dates?

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  • Bliss 101Bliss 101 Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    The Cat wrote: »
    I always thought it was 'never eat spaghetti on a date', on account of how there's no way known to eat it neatly.

    Do they not have forks where you go on dates?

    Well, you also need a spoon.

    At least, the only way I know to eat spaghetti neatly is with fork and spoon.

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  • ViolentChemistryViolentChemistry __BANNED USERS regular
    edited July 2007
    Bliss 101 wrote: »
    The Cat wrote: »
    I always thought it was 'never eat spaghetti on a date', on account of how there's no way known to eat it neatly.

    Do they not have forks where you go on dates?

    Well, you also need a spoon.

    At least, the only way I know to eat spaghetti neatly is with fork and spoon.

    I only need the fork. If I'm lazy I can do some preliminary work with a knife to make it easier. I suppose it would depend on the viscosity of the sauce, though. If it's like red water, there's a problem, but then there's already a problem in that watery sauce is wrong.

    Edit: And I could never figure how people manage to make such a mess of anything involving hot fudge or chocolate-sauce.

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  • The CatThe Cat Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited July 2007
    The Cat wrote: »
    I always thought it was 'never eat spaghetti on a date', on account of how there's no way known to eat it neatly.

    Do they not have forks where you go on dates?

    I have low dex >.>

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  • ViolentChemistryViolentChemistry __BANNED USERS regular
    edited July 2007
    The Cat wrote: »
    The Cat wrote: »
    I always thought it was 'never eat spaghetti on a date', on account of how there's no way known to eat it neatly.

    Do they not have forks where you go on dates?

    I have low dex >.>

    Just as well, I had to pull from cha to make my dex.

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  • The CatThe Cat Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited July 2007
    srs though, a steak and salad is much less stressful. Also, lo-carb.

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  • ViolentChemistryViolentChemistry __BANNED USERS regular
    edited July 2007
    The Cat wrote: »
    srs though, a steak and salad is much less stressful. Also, lo-carb.

    Yes but the spaghetti stops me from talking, which is helpful.

    Edit: I get chatty when I'm at all nervous.

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  • MuddBuddMuddBudd Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Fallingman wrote: »
    Another vote for "Dont be that guy". Its just the best. The amount of times people have questioned me on why I didnt do something immoral even when there was no chance of getting caught out... the answer "I just dont want to be THAT guy" always gets a nod.

    Cheating on your girlfriend? - Dont be that guy.
    Stealing something - Dont be that guy.

    Seriously - That guy is a real dick.

    I call them BMW guys, as in LA they 90% of the time turn out to drive BMWs.

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  • nexuscrawlernexuscrawler Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    The Cat wrote: »
    The Cat wrote: »
    I always thought it was 'never eat spaghetti on a date', on account of how there's no way known to eat it neatly.

    Do they not have forks where you go on dates?

    I have low dex >.>

    Cat fails Reflex save

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  • NerissaNerissa Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    The Cat wrote: »
    The Cat wrote: »
    I always thought it was 'never eat spaghetti on a date', on account of how there's no way known to eat it neatly.

    Do they not have forks where you go on dates?

    I have low dex >.>

    Just as well, I had to pull from cha to make my dex.

    No, this isn't a forum full of geeks... ;-)
    Bingo wrote: »
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    * Kids can reach anything, make sure that the handles of pans on the stove are as inward as possible.

    I'm personally surprised we HAVEN'T had a major accident in my house, with the number of knives my toddler has brought me off of counters I didn't think she could reach.

    My favorite is "Housework is like sex -- it never stays done"

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  • Capt HowdyCapt Howdy Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    I go commando.

    Anyway, one to add:

    You never go ass-to-mouth. Never.

    Sometimes, in the heat of the moment, it's forgivable to go ass to mouth.

    YOU NEVER GO ASS TO MOUTH!!!

    Oh would you grow up.

    You scratch your head, your nose, then your ass. Not the other way around.

    Also, pinch and roll.

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  • GorakGorak Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Duck and cover!

    Don't eat the yellow snow.

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  • Apothe0sisApothe0sis Have you ever questioned the nature of your reality? Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Don't lick a laptop without a ground pin.

    They're tingly in an unpleasant fashion.

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  • LaOsLaOs SaskatoonRegistered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Hachface wrote: »
    Never trust anyone whose first name and last name are both first names.

    Hey! Fuck you!!

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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Hachface wrote: »
    Never trust anyone whose first name and last name are both first names.

    Even Batman?

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  • FirstComradeStalinFirstComradeStalin Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Capt Howdy wrote: »
    I go commando.

    Anyway, one to add:

    You never go ass-to-mouth. Never.

    Sometimes, in the heat of the moment, it's forgivable to go ass to mouth.

    YOU NEVER GO ASS TO MOUTH!!!

    Oh would you grow up.

    You scratch your head, your nose, then your ass. Not the other way around.

    Also, pinch and roll.

    I don't follow. Scratching something with your finger is completely different from putting you mouth on it.

    Also, neatly eating spaghetti only requires a knife to chop it up, then a fork to eat it like it's normal pasta.

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