OK, you have all heard them, those tiny bits of advice and encouragment that help you get through the day or even through life itself. Things like: "Look both ways before crossing the street." or "Don't take candy from strangers."
I know there are some good ones out there. What are the little snippets of advice that you have found useful. Make them whistle related, or music if you like as well.
Keep your chin up!
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My favorite, from Shel Silverstein:
Always sprinkle pepper in your hair.
Always sprinkle pepper in your hair.
'Cause then, if you are kidnapped by a wild barbazoop,
Who sells you to a ragged hag who wants you for her soup,
She'll pick you up and sniff you,
And then she'll sneeze. ("Achoo!")
And say, "My tot, you're much too hot. I feel you'll never do!"
And with a shout she'll throw you out, and you'll run away from there,
And soon you will be safe at home a'sittin' in your chair.
If you always always always always always always
always always always sprinkle pepper in your hair!
Always sprinkle pepper in your hair.
Always sprinkle pepper in your hair.
'Cause then, if you are kidnapped by a wild barbazoop,
Who sells you to a ragged hag who wants you for her soup,
She'll pick you up and sniff you,
And then she'll sneeze. ("Achoo!")
And say, "My tot, you're much too hot. I feel you'll never do!"
And with a shout she'll throw you out, and you'll run away from there,
And soon you will be safe at home a'sittin' in your chair.
If you always always always always always always
always always always sprinkle pepper in your hair!
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Moxy: When I worked for the defense industry, I spent time in South Africa. I was there while Nelson Mandela was in prison. What I experienced in that country defies description. Nelson Mandela is one of my heroes.
Advice I learned many years ago: Never criticize what you do not understand. When you do, you are a fool.
Cheers.
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Advice I learned many years ago: Never criticize what you do not understand. When you do, you are a fool.
Cheers.
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Byll, now that is very very good advice.Byll wrote:Moxy: When I worked for the defense industry, I spent time in South Africa. I was there while Nelson Mandela was in prison. What I experienced in that country defies description. Nelson Mandela is one of my heroes.
Advice I learned many years ago: Never criticize what you do not understand. When you do, you are a fool.
Cheers.
Byll
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Words I Aspire to Live By:
- Fix the problem not the blame.
- Don't sweat the small stuff.
- Keep a sense of humor, God does.
- Think the best of folks, it challenges them to improve.
- Redeem the time, sufficient unto today, is the evil thereof.
- People in stone houses shouldn't through glass.
- Direction is always better than correction.
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Enjoy Your Music,
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If you are eating something unknown, like it, and then find out what it REALLY is don't get grossed out.
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You get what you pay for.
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Hey Byll - That must have been quite an experience for you... My roommate gave me a bit of plastic with that written on it, it came from the back of a juice box, believe it or not! The things you can get from juice boxes...Byll wrote:Moxy: When I worked for the defense industry, I spent time in South Africa. I was there while Nelson Mandela was in prison. What I experienced in that country defies description. Nelson Mandela is one of my heroes.