# Eve, a word please **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 1, 2003, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284 "2003-05-01T02:37:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/241 "2003-05-29T01:34:41Z")
If you come home from work and the door is open, don’t just assume your spouse or roommate forgot to lock it and it fell open. Call the cops. ---
**Author:** ![dannyv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ab097/32.png) [@dannyv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dannyv)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/242 "2003-07-30T20:36:20Z")
You can pick your nose, and you can pick your kid’s nose, but you can’t pick your kids. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/243 "2003-07-30T22:11:33Z")
If you resurect an old thread, the mods might spank you. ---
**Author:** ![D.E.S.K.Top668](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@D.E.S.K.Top668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D.E.S.K.Top668)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/244 "2003-07-30T22:52:27Z")
Just because it says “Jeep”, don’t assume it’s four wheel drive. Agree on a safe word before you get started. If the only alternative is a 40 mile hike, you can learn to weld with a car battery, a pair of jumper cables, and a coat hanger. If it hurts so much that one of you passes out, you’re doing it wrong. Don’t ever assume that there’s a pattern or connection between individual points in an advice post. Peace-DESK ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/245 "2003-07-31T03:00:05Z")
Put in some kind of temporary citation while you write the paper or you’ll never figure out where that thing came from when you type up the footnotes. On your bike try to cross the street-car tracks at something close to a perpendicular. Also be careful of street paint/markings if it’s been raining-- slick stuff. Wash the reds with your blacks in cold water. ---
**Author:** ![SnoopyFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@SnoopyFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnoopyFan)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/246 "2003-07-31T03:45:10Z")
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli. ---
**Author:** ![Mukluk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b77776/32.png) [@Mukluk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mukluk)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/247 "2003-07-31T03:55:08Z")
There is a difference between 10 years of experience and 1 year of experience 10 times. ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/248 "2003-07-31T07:43:19Z")
Be 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/249 "2003-07-31T07:53:40Z")
Don’t lick the wires. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/250 "2003-07-31T07:55:38Z")
And don’t chew on them, either! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/251 "2003-07-31T10:12:57Z")
Behind every silver lining there’s a cloud. The difference between mashed potatoes and pea soup is that anyone can mash potatoes. Give a dog a bad name and he’ll like it as well as Fido. Help stomp out violence. Anarchists Unite! ---
**Author:** ![Sapphire\_Bullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@Sapphire\_Bullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapphire_Bullet)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/252 "2003-07-31T10:51:19Z")
Don’t cross the streams. ---
**Author:** ![utkik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e8c25b/32.png) [@utkik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/utkik)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/253 "2003-07-31T10:51:24Z")
If at first you dont succeed … introduce Mr. 2 X 4 into the equation ---
**Author:** ![cbpiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9c0ed/32.png) [@cbpiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbpiz)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/254 "2003-07-31T13:17:55Z")
When he says he is not good enough for you, believe him. Pick your arguments. Don’t wear a shirt with a collar to a theme park in July. ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/255 "2003-07-31T13:46:57Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by djwalker (but taken out of context)_ > \*\*… always go down. \*\* Now THAT’S good advice! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dorfl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@dorfl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorfl)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/256 "2003-07-31T13:58:51Z")
Must resist…must resist…RESISTANCE IS FUTILE! REGISTER NOW Don’t get in a fight with a pig, because you’ll both get dirty and the pig will like it ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/257 "2003-07-31T15:49:23Z")
Welcome **dorfl** Never antagonize customs and excise, they have long latex gloves, and know how to use them. ---
**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/258 "2003-07-31T16:01:20Z")
Make your mama proud! ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/259 "2003-07-31T18:14:30Z")
Never put off until tomorrow what you can put off until the day after tomorrow. Oh… and always wear sunscreen. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/260 "2003-07-31T19:39:46Z")
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