Best advice your parents ever gave you?
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dorcusmalorcus
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My 95 year old Grandmother told me "Take good care of yourself, stay in shape and eat right because getting old is tough...it's not for sissies".
Stevinator
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Get a job.
and this isn't really advice but anytime I did something that he felt was noteworthy he'd say, you know you didn't turn out half bad. I'm proud of ya. Don't f*** this up. Then he'd laugh and stop laughing aburptly. stare at me for a sec to see what I was doing...then he'd laugh again.
it was always the world's biggest emotional rollercoaster. it was just his way of letting me know he was proud of me without that awkward touchy feely stuff for too long.
and this isn't really advice but anytime I did something that he felt was noteworthy he'd say, you know you didn't turn out half bad. I'm proud of ya. Don't f*** this up. Then he'd laugh and stop laughing aburptly. stare at me for a sec to see what I was doing...then he'd laugh again.
it was always the world's biggest emotional rollercoaster. it was just his way of letting me know he was proud of me without that awkward touchy feely stuff for too long.
LunarSolaris
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Among much of the good advice given by my mom is: "Never underestimate yourself and what you can achieve. You can do anything you put your mind to. Never stop learning." (and I've taken that advice to heart).
{KOW}Spazed
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"Pay attention!"
"Never use a credit card."
"Don't get anyone pregnant unless she is your wife."
"I made you and I can break you, don't cross me."
"You're smart, so go find something you like and find a way to make boatloads of money from it."
I have followed those all so far.
"Never use a credit card."
"Don't get anyone pregnant unless she is your wife."
"I made you and I can break you, don't cross me."
"You're smart, so go find something you like and find a way to make boatloads of money from it."
I have followed those all so far.
SomeCanadianGuy
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"Don't put you finger in there. It's not as much fun as it looks."
He told me this when I was a curious little 4 year old, running around plugging whatever holes I could find. Sockets, horse nostrils, taps, exhaust pipes (my hole arm went in, in that case), etc. He still reminds me everyone now and then of that one... I just can't figure out why though... :teeth:
He told me this when I was a curious little 4 year old, running around plugging whatever holes I could find. Sockets, horse nostrils, taps, exhaust pipes (my hole arm went in, in that case), etc. He still reminds me everyone now and then of that one... I just can't figure out why though... :teeth:
Advice from (much) older brother:
"Don't argue with a cop, that's not their job. Argue with a judge.
Don't tell a cop stupid lies. He's heard them before, and it will just piss him off.
Always say "Yes sir" and "No sir" to a cop. They like it when people do that.
If a cop tells you "You're under arrest" say "Yes sir" and do what he says."
Over the last 25 years this advice has saved me from 5 traffic tickets, 3 arrests, and most importantly:
When I was younger (20-ish) I was arrested twice for "Public Intoxication". However, since I was so agreeable, they cops didn't feel the need to do a body search, and I spent the night in jail with a bag of pot in my sock and was released the next night without being busted for possesion.
One of these times, one of my friends wanted to argue with the cop about "harassment", I kept telling him to shut up and walk away. The cop told him to listen to me, but he kept going on and on (he was drunk too).
I got popped for intoxication, spent the night in jail and walked out without a fine. Walked out with my pot, BTW.
He got arrested for "Interfering with a police officer", his family had to put up a $50,000 bond to get him out, and he got a $5,000 fine and a year of probation.
"Don't argue with a cop, that's not their job. Argue with a judge.
Don't tell a cop stupid lies. He's heard them before, and it will just piss him off.
Always say "Yes sir" and "No sir" to a cop. They like it when people do that.
If a cop tells you "You're under arrest" say "Yes sir" and do what he says."
Over the last 25 years this advice has saved me from 5 traffic tickets, 3 arrests, and most importantly:
When I was younger (20-ish) I was arrested twice for "Public Intoxication". However, since I was so agreeable, they cops didn't feel the need to do a body search, and I spent the night in jail with a bag of pot in my sock and was released the next night without being busted for possesion.
One of these times, one of my friends wanted to argue with the cop about "harassment", I kept telling him to shut up and walk away. The cop told him to listen to me, but he kept going on and on (he was drunk too).
I got popped for intoxication, spent the night in jail and walked out without a fine. Walked out with my pot, BTW.
He got arrested for "Interfering with a police officer", his family had to put up a $50,000 bond to get him out, and he got a $5,000 fine and a year of probation.
SaroDarksbane
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"Son, I'm going to tell you something I wish my father had told me. Stay away from women, they're expensive."
skihard
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My dad told me to marry a women that would piss my mother off, "if I could do that", he said, "then I'd have the best sex of my life with that women."
Well so far he's right, but now when I remember those words I also remember wanting to hurl when he told me because my mother could piss his mother off just by entering the room.
Well so far he's right, but now when I remember those words I also remember wanting to hurl when he told me because my mother could piss his mother off just by entering the room.
My_Immortal6
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That is so damn true.SaroDarksbane said: