Best advice

[Tank Slapper]

What's the single best piece of advice that you've ever been given?

And no, don't eat yellow snow doesn't count.

[esselte]

Wear Sunscreen

[jaker]

'protect your arse' is very high on my list

[Prof Beard]

I had three (sorry):

"If you lie on the ground people will tread on you" - my Dad

"Being nice to people is a lot less effort than being unpleasant" - my Mum

"If you don't like yourself, it's unlikely anyone else will" - can't remember who - but it's very true.

Prof Beard

[groomi]

Not advice as such, but a quote I have picked up at some point (Henry Ford I think?)...

"If you think you can, or you think you can't, then you're probably right."

Aways seems spot on.

[rude-boy]

Similar to the above but one good bit of advice I always thought was:-


"If you think you're taking the piss, you probably are."

Excellent for everyday situations from filling out those expenses claims to looking down the menu when you know you're not paying the bill to the number of personal calls made at work.

[hedders]

My Grandmother was told given this little nugget when being taught to drive.

"If you think you can easily fit your head and shoulders through a gap, you can probably get your car through it"

Because the car becomes an extention of yourself, that advice apparently works very well!

[vixpy1]

Never Pee on Electric Fences...

[cotty]

Look after no. 1 first then you are in a better position to help others

[vixpy1]

Never Pee on your girlfriend

[Prof Beard]

"If you want to know where not to pee - ask Vixpy"

[vixpy1]

Never Pee on Memebers of Transport 2000..












No, hang on.. thats wrong

[D_Mike]

vixpy1 said:

Never Pee on Electric Fences...

what about electric windows?

[simpo two]

'No point in working to go bankrupt. If you want to go bankrupt, you may as well put your feet up and enjoy it'.

A former boss.

[lois's dad]

All from my dad:

Always go to the toilet on works time

Take your socks off before your trousers when in the company of a lady

Don't be affraid of the dead, it's the live buggers you have to watch out for

Always go out with women with small hands

[EmmaP]

Father: "Cut once, measure twice."

Mother (on finding yourself being put upon/being asked to do something that you'd rather not: "Just say, 'No!' No more. Just, 'No!'"

Account Manager at the advertising agency where I used to work: "Assumption is the mother of all disaster."*

*She loved saying this to the boss when he cocked up