# Good Advice found in fiction (possible spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 5, 2006, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-advice-found-in-fiction-possible-spoilers/379213 "2006-11-05T22:15:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![vertize2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b4bc9f/32.png) [@vertize2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vertize2)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2006, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-advice-found-in-fiction-possible-spoilers/379213/41 "2006-11-12T08:52:48Z")
Common sense is not all that common ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2006, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-advice-found-in-fiction-possible-spoilers/379213/42 "2006-11-12T09:10:34Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] Yes, I was a nerd. I’m proud of it. I sat in the front of the class, did my homework on Friday nights, and trooped down to the guidance office (as did other nerds) to get our class rankings once the report cards were posted. Be kind to nerds. You will end up working for one some day. 😛 [/QUOTE] Oh, I wasn’t mocking your nerdiness - just the unfortunate juxtaposition of the bragging with the misspelling of the name of the sainted **Gaudere**. /me checks post carefully in case the Law has bitten him in the ass. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2006, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-advice-found-in-fiction-possible-spoilers/379213/43 "2006-11-12T09:18:00Z")
( asked of a dragon ) “Why should we do what _you_ want ?” \< ROAR \> \< flames \> “Because I am the dragon. You . . . are _not_ the dragon. Any questions ?” ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2006, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-advice-found-in-fiction-possible-spoilers/379213/44 "2006-11-12T13:03:37Z")
[QUOTE=Malacandra] Oh, I wasn’t mocking your nerdiness - just the unfortunate juxtaposition of the bragging with the misspelling of the name of the sainted **Gaudere**. [/QUOTE] :eek: :smack: In any event, maybe because I’m rereading _The Talisman_, but Lily Cavanaugh’s “You can never be too rich or too thin” is half right (you can be too thin.) And of course, the obligatory Star Trek reference… “Spock, we’re all human.” ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2006, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-advice-found-in-fiction-possible-spoilers/379213/45 "2006-11-12T18:53:36Z")
“First pillage, _then_ burn.” “The enemy of my enemy is my enemy’s enemy. No more. No less” “That which does not kill you has made a tactical error.” "A soft answer turneth away wrath. Once wrath is looking the other way, shoot it in the head. " “Never turn your back on an enemy.” Some of the \*The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Pirates \*, from _Schlock Mercenary_, the webcomic I take my username from. There are more than seven rules, despite the name. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2006, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-advice-found-in-fiction-possible-spoilers/379213/46 "2006-11-12T22:06:37Z")
[QUOTE=Der Trihs] "A soft answer turneth away wrath. Once wrath is looking the other way, shoot it in the head. " [/QUOTE] That reminds me of Jack’s advice to his daughter in season 2 of _24_. “Shoot him again!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-advice-found-in-fiction-possible-spoilers/379213.md?page=2)