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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When my oldest brother had reached the age of...about 16, he started running around with his mate(who we shall call Steve)a lot more at night and started going to pubs, drinking and of course chasing women.
Now me and my brothers lived a sheltered life and had quite restrictive parents, so did Steve and eventually his dad came over to see my dad about the whole 'running around town' scenario as he called it. Now Steve's dad said something along the lines of:
"You know Mr Bamboo Steamer I am not to happy the way you let your son run all over the town with Steve to all hours of the night and this chasing girls thing...I don't want him making any 'mistakes', if you know what I mean"
To which my dad replied with the best advice ever:
"Oh I agree but look at it this way...at least we havn't raised a couple of poofs now have we?"
Steve's dad:
"You know, I had never thought of it that way before, all the best...bye!" and promptly left and never complained again.
Heh heh, even now 20 years later it makes me laugh.
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Bamboo Steamer, Thu 19 Jun 2008, 19:39,
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Not so much good adviceas proving the point that we were raised by a generation of homophobes. Pass the Daily Mail!
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But at leastDaily Mail readers aren't poofs!
(, Thu 19 Jun 2008, 20:12, closed)
Oh I have to agree,I don't care how people live their lives but my Dad has his own opinions formed by reading the daily mail.
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Bamboo Steamer, Fri 20 Jun 2008, 14:10,
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