# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2003, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/161 "2003-05-03T15:45:55Z")
Welcome to the boards **BigBadDogg** 😃 My advices : If it moves salute it, if it doesn’t paint it Never turn right on a red light on the island of Montreal If you don’t buy a lottery ticket, don’t cry to me you didn’t win. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2003, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/162 "2003-05-03T16:17:55Z")
You can never use too many vacuum tubes, light emitting diodes, or flip toggles. With a square 9 volt battery and a little ingenuity, you can electrify a fudgesicle. Never, never, go through the express lane if you’re over the limit. It’s just wrong. finally “Blaze through life like a comet undeterred, unafraid, and unashamed”- Paul Chadwick ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2003, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/163 "2003-05-03T16:20:28Z")
It’s better to be pissed off than pissed on. If you have to walk on thin ice you might as well dance. If you can’t blind them with your brilliance, baffle them with your bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![FairyDust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ccd318/32.png) [@FairyDust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyDust)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2003, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/164 "2003-05-03T16:27:58Z")
If you can keep a cool head while everyone else around you is losing theirs, chances are you don’t have a full grasp of the situation. ---
**Author:** ![Zap\_Rowsdower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3da27b/32.png) [@Zap\_Rowsdower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zap_Rowsdower)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2003, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/165 "2003-05-03T16:30:13Z")
If it’s yellow sit and mellow, If it’s brown flush it down. Beware of the Big Green Dragon. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2003, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/166 "2003-05-03T16:56:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FairyDust \* > \*\*If you can keep a cool head while everyone else around you is losing theirs, chances are you don’t have a full grasp of the situation. \*\* Either that or you’re the person running the guillotine. ---
**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2003, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/167 "2003-05-03T20:18:01Z")
Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, if he gets angry, he’ll be a mile away - and barefoot. ---
**Author:** ![Sterra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Sterra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterra)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2003, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/168 "2003-05-03T21:32:38Z")
Never listen to advice. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/169 "2003-05-04T00:24:52Z")
I before E except after C To thine own self be true Always have a cite handy ---
**Author:** ![Marvel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marvel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvel)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/170 "2003-05-04T01:13:53Z")
Never put anything in your ear except your elbow. ---
**Author:** ![universe.zip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a9adbd/32.png) [@universe.zip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/universe.zip)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/171 "2003-05-04T01:27:53Z")
B. It´s always option B. ---
**Author:** ![SpectBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@SpectBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpectBrain)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/172 "2003-05-04T02:20:24Z")
Always add concentrated sulfuric acid to water and not vice versa! Little Johny was a chemist. Little Johny is no more. What he thougt was H20 Was H2S04. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/173 "2003-05-04T04:07:29Z")
Remember, two wrongs don’t make a right. But three lefts do. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/174 "2003-05-04T05:10:41Z")
If it’s light and yellow, that’s juice there fellow! If it’s dark and brown, you’re in cider town! * * * Don’t sweat the petty things, don’t pet the sweaty things. * * * Do not read this post. ---
**Author:** ![quilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/839c29/32.png) [@quilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quilter)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/175 "2003-05-04T12:29:48Z")
You can fix most problems with baling wire, duct tape, and a checkbook. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/176 "2003-05-04T15:35:50Z")
Always use sunscreen. ---
**Author:** ![slugo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@slugo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slugo)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/177 "2003-05-04T17:50:43Z")
the most useful sentence- it was like that when i got here x=8 trying is the first step to failure if its good to ya, its gotta be good for ya - Jerome ---
**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/178 "2003-05-04T18:24:07Z")
Just because the sign says “Wet Floor” doesn’t mean that you should. ---
**Author:** ![Blackeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@Blackeyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackeyes)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/179 "2003-05-04T18:39:53Z")
Never forget, “Oh, good idea, boss!” ---
**Author:** ![Barks\_dog\_food](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@Barks\_dog\_food](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barks_dog_food)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/180 "2003-05-04T19:07:36Z")
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