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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A potential cause of blindness...Of all the parental advice dispensed to me as a youngster e.g. "Don't talk to strangers", "Look both ways before you cross the road" etc etc, the most useless was:
"Don't touch dog poo and then rub your eyes"
My mother used to tell me this every time I went out to play. Apparently, it causes blindness. Yes, well - of course it does - you won't be able to see...because you have dog shit smeared all over your eyes!
Thankfully, although the general rule of thumb for being a kid is to do absolutely everything your parents tell you NOT to do, I was never tempted on this one.
Although, in saying that - having found out that at least one other commonly rumoured cause of blindness is complete bollocks, who knows the real truth?
(, Thu 19 Oct 2006, 21:57, Reply)
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