Top tip
To avoid disappointment in your life, believe that everything and everyone is fundamentally shit.

That way you are only ever pleasantly suprised.
( Madam Marlboro wonders if you've found her yet, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 17:34, 7 replies)

Hello you.
*scowls*

I agree with the sentiment though.

*double-scowls*

EDIT there are two 'r's in surprised.

*sticks out tongue*
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 17:35, closed)

I totally agree.
My motto is "Expect the worst".
Then anything better is a nice surprise.
( Cawl, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 17:40, closed)

I wish I could agree with this
my life would be so much easier if I didn't get excited about everything.
I even get excited about going to work incase something amazing happens on the way. It never does and I always end up feeling sad.
Ohhhh apart from a few weeks ago when an old man had a chow chow puppy with him on the tube. I was so happy I sicked in my mouth a little.
( wanderlust, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 17:49, closed)

Kaol
I had a lunchtime date on Tuesday. I'd never met the guy - he said he'd be wearing a Radiohead t-shirt and jeans and that he'd meet me at the tube station. I was scared and decided to expect the worst.

15 minutes after the arranged meeting time, a very strange young man emerged from the station, wearing a Radiohead t-shirt. He started walking up to me, and I thought, 'Shit, look at him! WTF are we going to talk about over lunch? He barely looks capable of speech.'

Fortunately he walked straight past me - same t-shirt, different bloke.

The right one eventually turned up.
*pleasantly surprised*
( thealternativefact, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 17:51, closed)

I have a similar motto
"Optimism is for those who aren't intelligent to be pessimistic".

I am far too cynical really, I need to back it off a bit...
(Panteneman Isn't entirely sure why he bothered on, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 21:28, closed)

I run like that
it just saves time and effort!
(Halfy By light alone, Fri 27 Jun 2008, 9:30, closed)

"A pessimist is what an optimist calls a realist"
It's true
(Pavlov's Frog figures no-one really reads sigs anyway, Fri 27 Jun 2008, 23:43, closed)