# Life is too short to... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 13, 2003, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-too-short-to/154728 "2003-02-13T01:48:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-too-short-to/154728/1 "2003-02-13T01:48:26Z")
…watch sitcoms …deny yourself of food/drink you love …care about Michael Jackson’s problems …not take the time to tell your loved ones you care …spend your days in the mall ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-too-short-to/154728/2 "2003-02-13T01:53:25Z")
…miss an opportunity to make a new friend. ---
**Author:** ![skaterboarder87](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@skaterboarder87](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skaterboarder87)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-too-short-to/154728/3 "2003-02-13T02:28:39Z")
…read threads such as this…DAMNIT ---
**Author:** ![TVGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@TVGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-too-short-to/154728/4 "2003-02-13T02:38:06Z")
…not ride your motorcycle …to worry about the weather …miss a sunrise …not to vote. ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-too-short-to/154728/5 "2003-02-13T03:10:19Z")
Do nothing. I guess posting is _something_, so I’m covered. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-too-short-to/154728/6 "2003-02-13T04:21:30Z")
…get stuck on an elevator with either Chuck Barris or Joan Jett. …eat ham. …play “Plinko” on “TPIR” …run for Governor of American Samoa. …not play golf. ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-too-short-to/154728/7 "2003-02-13T05:09:05Z")
…whine. ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-too-short-to/154728/8 "2003-02-13T05:10:38Z")
…\*_preview[/B {I]your_ posts ---
**Author:** ![whistlepig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/73ab20/32.png) [@whistlepig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whistlepig)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-too-short-to/154728/9 "2003-02-13T05:11:52Z")
… die passing on a two lane highway. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-too-short-to/154728/10 "2003-02-13T05:15:56Z")
…_not_ watch sitcoms ---
**Author:** ![Lorenzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4da419/32.png) [@Lorenzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorenzo)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-too-short-to/154728/11 "2003-02-13T05:31:57Z")
worry about the things over which we have precious little or no control. get lost in the minutae (Edward Minieka was the first I ever heard say this) give 100% to your job sweat the details and miss the big picture get to the end of your life and say “God, I wish I hadn’t spent so much time at the office!” waste time trying to change other people become a truly great Fanatasy Football player. ---
**Author:** ![CanadianSue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@CanadianSue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanadianSue)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-too-short-to/154728/12 "2003-02-13T06:22:31Z")
miss an opportunity to tell someone how I feel ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-too-short-to/154728/13 "2003-02-13T06:24:39Z")
…period ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-too-short-to/154728/14 "2003-02-13T06:26:05Z")
“Life is too short to period” Yeah, that was clever. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-too-short-to/154728/15 "2003-02-13T06:37:07Z")
…hoard duct tape, plastic, toilet paper, etc, etc. Links [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=162385) and [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=162720). ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-too-short-to/154728/16 "2003-02-13T06:51:20Z")
…to be writing papers 24/7. Damn you, pile of work! I defy thee!!! ---
**Author:** ![Yumblie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/76d3ee/32.png) [@Yumblie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumblie)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-too-short-to/154728/17 "2003-02-13T06:54:42Z")
…count to googol. ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-too-short-to/154728/18 "2003-02-13T07:11:59Z")
… fail to give your children all the attention you can … fail to give your lover all the attention you can … forget to say “I love you” to the people who should know … take the little things for granted … spend time worrying about your job … spend time worrying about money … spend time worrying about just about everything … not enjoy music and art … not read a little … not take some risks … not try new things when you can … defer your dreams … be afraid to sing … feel too awkward to dance … not blow bubbles on a sunny afternoon … roll in the green grass with a happy dog … run into the warm ocean with your clothes on … not sit back and enjoy the sun on your face every now and then … be rigidly governed by arcane rules … not express yourself because you’re afraid of someone else’s opinions … sit and stew and fret over things that may be coming that you can’t stop anyway … not savor every blessed second of it ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-too-short-to/154728/19 "2003-02-13T07:15:10Z")
… live in one country … never go to Europe … or Africa … or the US … but you can keep South America (too many weird ways of dying) ---
**Author:** ![Felonious\_Mink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Felonious\_Mink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Felonious_Mink)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-too-short-to/154728/20 "2003-02-13T09:20:03Z")
…stuff a mushroom. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-too-short-to/154728.md?page=2)