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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I have one of those yellow diamond-shaped signs in my car.It says 'EX HUSBAND IN BOOT' with 'BOOT' crossed out and 'JAIL' added.
No use to the fire and rescue service or parameds in a crash situation, but it makes me chuckle.
Advice - when I was about 11, my mother, quite spontaneously, explained in an embarrassed whisper that when people touch themselves 'down there' and then touch their faces, they come out in big nasty sores.
I frankly didn't believe her. Why would anyone want to touch themselves 'down there?' And if they did, surely they would wash their hands afterwards?
Ah, innocence.
(, Tue 24 Oct 2006, 21:19, Reply)
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