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 dear old Ma RIPHad so many absolutely mental thing to pass on.
One of my favourites had to be when she saw me using vaseline on winter-chapped lips. She narrowed her eyes and told me to be careful not to get it on my face as it would make me hairy.
Do you know I was 30 years old and found myself repeating this wisdom to a colleague who was about to run the same risk as I had all those years ago. I heard myself saying it and faltered as I reached the end of my sentence, looking round the room at the faces of my bemused and frankly worried colleagues.
Dear old Ma.
(, Thu 19 Oct 2006, 12:05, Reply)
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