Useless adviceAs a new parent, people seem to think it's OK to pass on any and every old wives tale possible. "Don't hug him too much". What? Quite what possesses people to pass on baseless, idiotic, useless advice I don't know.
That said, I quite often give car drivers directions and then, after they've moved off, realise that I've sent them down a bike-only route, so I can give as good as I get.
What useless advice have you been given (or handed out) recently?
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chthonic, Thu 19 Oct 2006, 10:29)
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Careers Guidance CounsellorsThere seems to be a lot of shit going down about these people so I thought I'd share this even though it's not strictly relevant...
My little brother once got into trouble at school for telling the careers guidance counsellor he wanted to be a lumberjack.
kiwanotree, you are not alone - I was in Year 11 in 1999 and they were pushing all these vocational courses to the extent that I wondered if they were on some sort of commission based on how many kids went on to do them. They were telling perfectly intelligent students that they were too dim to cope with three A levels and should instead consider a GNVQ in "Leisure and Tourism" or something. They really, really, really didn't like A levels and were constantly banging on about how you could get into university without them... Cocks. I'm never sending my kids to a state comprehensive.
(, Tue 24 Oct 2006, 7:01, Reply)
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