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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Ask BillI find that whenever I am in need of really poor advice, Bill Gates can help.
I open a new word document and type my question in the little space at the top of the page that says: “Type a question for help”.
This morning I tried: “What is the meaning of life?”, to which Bill (pretty profoundly, I think you’ll agree) told me:
• Translate or look up text in the dictionary of another language.
• Modify a style.
• Look up words in the thesaurus,
• Create a table of contents.
Even more profound was his answer to: “What should I do with my life?”:
• Add a diagram
• None of the above, search for more on the web
I also get rid of aggression in this little box sometimes, especially when I get formatting problems. Questions like: “Right you little bastard, are you going to behave or am I going to have to spill a cup of water over you?” can really rattle him. The first answer was: “Troubleshoot help” which is clearly computer speak for “Aaaaaaargh! Help!”
……is it just me?
(, Wed 25 Oct 2006, 11:46, Reply)
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