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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My MumIs the Queen of useless advice, she dispenses it prodigiously, and with relish. She is the mistress of the obvious. Most of them are cliched, but nonetheless make me grind my teeth down to a stump.
"Be careful"
"Make sure you don't drink and drive"
Sounds principles I know, but do they really need to be repeated every time I go out? I guess it's her way of showing she cares, but still. It's gotten to the point where I drive back and tell her I forgot to put my lights on all the way back, or say "it's fine, it was only one bottle of wine", just to wind her up. I know, bastard thing to do, but it's just too satisfying.
Oh, and one of my friends was talking about the sex education he received whilst in school, all the usual spiel was recited as usual, but apparently they also felt the need to add the warning "Don't use a crisp packet as a condom". I'm unsure as to a) How you would go about wrapping your todger in a crisp packet b) which flavour would be best suited and c) whether to have it shiny side in or out.
Back to my mum as well actually, she managed to deliver the contraception talk a year after I'd lost my virginity, while I was with a girlfriend who I wasn't having sex with. Gah.
PS: I love her really, I'm not actually a bastard. Although I'm sure you despise me for having wasted so much of your time.
(, Thu 19 Oct 2006, 12:03, Reply)
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