Advice from Old PeopleSometimes, just sometimes, old people say something worth listening to. Ok, so it's like picking the needle out of a whole haystack of mis-remembered war stories, but those gems should be celebrated.
Tell us something worthwhile an old-type person has told you.
Note, we're leaving the definition of old up to you, you smooth-skinned youngsters.
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chthonic, Thu 19 Jun 2008, 16:16)
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I'll never forget my mad old great aunt......who mercifully shuffled off this mortal coil several years ago.
Brought up in India, she had strongly-held convictions on all things that could be neatly summarised in any Daily Express editorial, and once called the police out in Southsea because "someone scruffy walked past my house".
The last time we had her to stay (for a month!), she was tolerated through gritted teeth, a visit which climaxed with her accidentally watching Top of the Pops.
Dumbfounded at what she saw that evening, she could only manage one comment: "There's far too many darkies on TV these days."
Then, turning to my sister, she said: "Be a good girl. Don't marry a nig-nog."
Worthwhile advice, you say?
Hang on, I'm 42 and officially old. So: "Turn your headphones down. You'll go deaf."
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 19 Jun 2008, 18:34,
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Aren't there quite a few what could be termed "darkies" in India?(, Thu 19 Jun 2008, 19:21, closed)
YeahJust a few.
They didn't get on, as a rule.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 19 Jun 2008, 19:25,
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