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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Table tennis anyone?I once saw a table tennis table in a village hall. It had a list of care and maintenance instructions on a label affixed to the bottom.
Instruction 1 read "Do not expose this product to rain or moisture".
Fair enough. Can't remember number 2 but the third item on the list was, "To clean, wash using a damp cloth".
I wrote that little story in to the Feedback column of New Scientist and had it published - woo!
Length? About half a column inch.
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K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 24 Oct 2006, 11:43,
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