Common sense is not all that common
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.
( 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 ?”
: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.”
“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.
That reminds me of Jack’s advice to his daughter in season 2 of 24.
“Shoot him again!”