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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Like Grandad, like GranddaughterMy granddad was barely educated, with a misanthropic bent and a vocabulary which was 40% offensive.
“If yer wanna see if dem’s ‘lectrics is alive, spit on ‘em.” Then he made me test his electric fence.
“Lemme tell yer, ev’rybody named Simon is a cunt.” He has yet to be proven wrong.
“Yer gotta hate ev’rythin’ to wanna change anythin’.”
“Yer can buy all da expensive shit yer want, but when yer kick da bucket, yer gotta be buried with yer must valuable possession, yer personality. People ain’t never gonna miss yer damned suit or yer expensive watch.”
“God ain’t a very good friend if yer gotta talk to him all the damned time. I ain’t got no time fer a friend like that.”
I live by all of the above, except the first one. I’d rather just call an electrician than have my face blown off.
(, Fri 20 Jun 2008, 11:51, Reply)
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