http://demopedia.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5702340Oh my.
The large-proboscised primitive:
Cyrano (1000+ posts) Fri May-22-09 11:30 AM
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What’s the best advice you ever received in your life?
I have no problem answering that question. When I was about seven or eight, my older sister told me “Don’t fart in public.†Now that’s a hard piece of advice to beat.
Nonetheless, Hollywood has produced some great pieces of advice:
“Leave the gun. Take the canoles.†(The Godfather)
“Fasten your seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy night.†(All about Eve)
“Suck my dick.†(Demi Moore in G.I. Jane)
I'd really love to hear some public figure advise Dick Cheney to just shut up and go away.
However, the list is endless and I’d like to hear from you. What’s your favorite piece of advice?
I dunno.
The best advice franksolich ever got was "vote Republican."
hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Fri May-22-09 11:35 AM
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1. In 1969 when I was 19
My old man said if I went into the Army, he'd kick my ass every step of the way down to the induction center 45 miles away.
I was 19, 1-A and my number in the lottery was 98, so I enlisted in the Air Farce.
firehorse (26 posts) Fri May-22-09 11:37 AM
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3. "It's not where you start out, but where you end up" - mom
I was going to college and I didn't have the money to go to university, and my mom asked me to consider the cheaper junior college option.
I took her advise, went to a really good junior college OCC in orange county. Through it, I had one of the best experiences of my life, and ended up studying art in Paris for 6 months, and then transferred to UCLA.
I'm so glad I took her advice instead of going straight to UCLA. I thought my classes and professors were better at the junior college, and the overall experience was really good. The sacrifice: dorm life. I have no regrets.
Uh-oh. Oscar Wilde betrays a rather rocky relationship with a woman:
Cyrano (1000+ posts) Fri May-22-09 11:51 AM
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21. In response to your "Don't ever get married" piece of advice,
I guess that there's nothing wrong with marriage in general. However, it's been my experience that it's one sure way to kill a great sexual relationship.
(Yeah, I know. Most women will flame me and most men will probably nod in agreement -- silently.)
And here Oscar Wilde reminescences about his youth in that bastion of finance:
Cyrano (1000+ posts) Fri May-22-09 12:31 PM
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46. Oh, c'mon. No one listens to Klingons. After all, Worf never worked on Wall Street where "Whoever dies with the most toys wins."
DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Fri May-22-09 12:10 PM
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37. "Ignore and avoid drama queens. "
Advice from first gay friend.
Cyrano (1000+ posts) Fri May-22-09 12:59 PM
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52. I've always believed that the term "drama queen" should be expanded to include people like Gingrich, Limbaugh, Hannity, O'Reilly and so many other thugs.
It's just too descriptive a term to be limited to gay men who engage in overt displays of emotional behavior and/or fits. Why not open up the "Big Tent" to a broad variety of "drama queens."
My opinion aside, imagine how the thugs I've mentioned would react to being called drama queens. Their exploding heads alone would be worth the price of admission.
Sayeth one of the biggest drama queens on Skins's island, who got his lace cuffs and embroidered panties all in a wad because one time he locked the cat up in the bedroom with no litter-box, and the poor cat had to piss on him, making Oscar wilde.
OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Fri May-22-09 02:24 PM
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60. Just Because You're Paranoid, Don't Mean They're Not Out To Get You.
OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Fri May-22-09 02:25 PM
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61. Oh... That And "Never Argue With A Fool... One May Not Tell The Difference".
From a fortune cookie as a kid. Still can't master that one...
It's a pretty big bonfire, but it's mostly primitives quoting old advice and counsel the primitives themselves never follow.
