# Life is too short to...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-too-short-to/154728>\
**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:** 9\
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**Author:** ![II\_Gyan\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@II\_Gyan\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/II_Gyan_II)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-too-short-to/154728/21 "2003-02-13T09:29:25Z")

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…live it someone else’s way.

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**Author:** ![lamafish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@lamafish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lamafish)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-too-short-to/154728/22 "2003-02-13T10:54:29Z")

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-Ride your motorcycle across the country

-paint

-learn how to surf

-learn how to snowboard

-jump out of an airplane (still dont think I will)

-send your Grammy a Valentines day card

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**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-too-short-to/154728/23 "2003-02-13T13:38:16Z")

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- work more than 40 hours a week.

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**Author:** ![UnwrittenNocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/6de8d8/32.png) [@UnwrittenNocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UnwrittenNocturne)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-too-short-to/154728/24 "2003-02-13T13:41:44Z")

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- watch reality TV
- be alert but not alarmed
- spend time on messageboards…oops

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**Author:** ![peepthis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9d8465/32.png) [@peepthis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peepthis)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-too-short-to/154728/25 "2003-02-13T21:38:07Z")

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…eat anything vanilla, when given a choice.

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**Author:** ![greck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ab992/32.png) [@greck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greck)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-too-short-to/154728/26 "2003-02-13T21:44:18Z")

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…go to work on your birthday

…hold grudges

…wear uncomfortable clothing

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**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 14, 2003, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-too-short-to/154728/27 "2003-02-14T00:54:22Z")

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… put kittens in the microwave

… paint your face blue

… wrap all your electrical appliances in kitchen-foil

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**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-too-short-to/154728/28 "2003-02-14T00:59:07Z")

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…drink cheap beer.

I used to have a _Warsteiner_ bumber sticker that said this.

A friend of mine with less discriminating tastes had the same bumber sticker but filled in the **two** and the **to**.

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**Author:** ![carlotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-too-short-to/154728/29 "2003-02-15T04:20:57Z")

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…wear uncomfortable clothes or especially uncomfortable shoes  
…eat food I don’t enjoy

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