16 things it took me 50 years to learn

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bloomz

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1. Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.
2. If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved and never will achieve its full potential, that word would be "meetings."
3. There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
4. People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them.
5. You should not confuse your career with your life.
6. Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance.
7. Never lick a steak knife.
8. The most destructive force in the universe is gossip.
9. You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight savings time.
10. You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests that you think she's pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment.
11. There comes a time when you should stop expecting other people to make a big deal about your birthday. That time is age eleven.
12. The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside, we ALL believe that we are above average drivers.
13. A person who is nice to you but rude to a waiter is not a nice person. (This is very important. Pay attention. It never fails.)
14. Your friends love you anyway.
15. Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic.
16. Men are like fine wine. They start out as grapes, and it's up to the women to stomp the crap out of them until they turn into something acceptable to have dinner with.
 
Two things...

#9... because it makes me very very happy. :) (I keep the clock in my car on summer time)

#7... "I eat my peas with honey, I've done it all my life; it makes the peas taste funny, but, it keeps them on my knife." (a wee verse my father used to say to me. He, by the way, had impecable table manners).

#13... A fact, in my opinion.
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Thanks for sharing that... it's fun.

V
 
I work with #4.

#14 made me cry because my friends have been so good to me lately.

Very profound, Bloomz. Thanks for sharing.
 
13. A person who is nice to you but rude to a waiter is not a nice person. (This is very important. Pay attention. It never fails)

I was 20 years old when I learned this lesson of life. Had a boyfriend of 2 years, loved him to death, everyone I knew hated him,(including family) but know one ever told me that. Anyways, when I was 20, we went to a very fine resturant in NYC (1st time we went to a nice place together) He treated the waitress like @@@@, it sure did open my eyes, to bad it took another year to realize that this was not the person I wanted to be with!

Knifes wife
 
Number 14.....yep..fer sure...

oh and Number 15 applies to me *today*:rolleyes:
 
Awesome post JB :) I laughed all the way down.

A lesson I learned a couple of years back is - giving with an unselfish heart is greatest thing I can ever do.
 
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