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Sometimes, 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.

(, Thu 19 Jun 2008, 16:16)
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My former history teacher
I may have previously mentioned my GCSE history teacher - crabby old menopausal harridan who used to touch herself whilst she was talking to us and seemed to have a 'thing' for Michael Portillo. But she did offer one sound bit of advice:

"A friend in need is not a friend."

I'd like to think I'm not quite that miserable and selfish myself, but having met my fair share of spongers since, she had a point.
(, Fri 20 Jun 2008, 9:58, 5 replies)
I've heard it as
A friend in need is a pain in the arse.
(, Fri 20 Jun 2008, 9:59, closed)
@K2k6
'pends what they're in need of.

*sniffs*
(, Fri 20 Jun 2008, 10:02, closed)
Almost certainly a variation on the same theme...
...but she might have got into a little trouble for saying "pain in the arse" to a bunch of 15-year old pupils.

Assuming a bunch of 15-year olds would take offence at the word "arse."

So probably not, in actual fact.

EDIT: @Bert...are you suggesting my history teacher was some kind of rampant bumsexualist?
(, Fri 20 Jun 2008, 10:03, closed)
Well,
they are the best kinds of bumsexualist.
(, Fri 20 Jun 2008, 10:34, closed)
I always interpreted that as
A friend in (times of) need is a friend indeed.

Put another way: friends help you move, but real friends help you move bodies.
(, Fri 20 Jun 2008, 14:25, closed)

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