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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Take a year outI heard this from various different well-meaning sources. It would help me grow as a person and gain an understanding and perspective of my place in the world.
So off I went to Hartlepool to 'find myself'. Well the first bit worked cos I was in Hartlepool so I did, effectively, find myself.
But once I got a job and found a place to live I was a bit stuck for ideas so I started doing improv comedy on the street. Peice of piss. All I did was stand there and recite the jokes you get on Penguin biscuits. "What happened to the frog when it broke down? It got TOAD away!!!!"
Aftera few weeks of this kind of thing I was spotted by Jermaine Pennant and given my own show on BBC2. It was a quiz panel show about snot. 'Have I Got Snot For You' it was called and we had classy guests. One week, we had celebrated paedophile Sidney Cook on. He was brilliant.
(, Sat 21 Oct 2006, 12:06, Reply)
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