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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Beforereturning to university I worked for a large company in the Midlands for a year to save up some money to go to Argentina for research.
My boss there was a guy in his early 40s who had never been further south than Poole, but who considered himself an expert on travel, foreign parts, and those perfidious enemies of Albion - foreigners themselves.
He took me aside one lunch time a few days before I left and imparted his advice to me.
1. Don't eat marmite abroad. It attracts foreign insects. British insects are used to marmite, but foreign ones aren't.
2. Remember that because its the southern hemisphere, our summer is their winter. Everything is reversed. I'd better start thinking about what Christmas presents I would buy for friends I made in Argentina as they celebrate Christmas on 25 July.
3. Don't trust foreigners.
4. If they don't understand, speak slowly and clearly to them until they do.
and finally:
5. Watch out for prostitutes, they overcharge you if they think you're not local.
(, Sat 21 Jun 2008, 3:31, 4 replies)
I likenumber 2 best. I'm sure someone said I needed to do that for Australians
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fuck shit up the best you never had, Sat 21 Jun 2008, 12:26,
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*Clicks*I love number 1!
(, Sat 21 Jun 2008, 13:49, closed)
surelyNumber 1 could be shortened to just "don't eat marmite".
(, Mon 23 Jun 2008, 18:44, closed)
What Ifind most interesting, is number 5... given this was from a man who never made it further than Bridlington.
Marmite is ace!
(, Mon 23 Jun 2008, 23:45, closed)
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