# Never moon a werewolf and other advice **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 19, 2008, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-moon-a-werewolf-and-other-advice/441974 "2008-03-19T19:03:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-moon-a-werewolf-and-other-advice/441974/81 "2008-03-24T17:59:43Z")
Power corrupts. Absolute power is actually pretty neat. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-moon-a-werewolf-and-other-advice/441974/82 "2008-03-24T18:30:14Z")
On the other side the grass may be poison ivy ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-moon-a-werewolf-and-other-advice/441974/83 "2008-03-24T18:40:06Z")
Question reality. If something doesn’t taste the way it should, don’t eat the rest of it, even if it doesn’t taste too bad. (I learned this one the hard way at age 15 with a tuna salad sandwich made from mayonnaise 6 months past the expiration date) Corollary: Before eating anything out of my fridge or my mom’s fridge, check the date on it. Never put off till tomorrow what you can put off till next week, or get out of doing altogether. Never volunteer if you don’t know what you’re volunteering for. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-moon-a-werewolf-and-other-advice/441974/84 "2008-03-24T18:57:10Z")
Ol’ Dad told me not to sweat the details. Later on, Ol’ Dad told me the Devil was in the details. The next day, Ol’ Dad told me, chuckling, “Detail went over Defense before Defeat.” I began to suspect Ol’ Dad was fulla shit. You can’t get rid of Jerusalem artichokes with a rototiller. Question authority. Ask me anything. ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-moon-a-werewolf-and-other-advice/441974/85 "2008-03-24T19:38:21Z")
A sucking chest wound is Nature’s way of telling you to slow down. If the enemy is in range, so are you. There is no such thing as friendly fire. Never share a foxhole with someone braver than you. The only thing you’ll have an excess of at the front is the enemy. No plan survives first contact with your superior. ---
**Author:** ![InappropriateHumor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eb8c5e/32.png) [@InappropriateHumor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InappropriateHumor)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-moon-a-werewolf-and-other-advice/441974/86 "2008-03-24T19:53:18Z")
[QUOTE=Shai’tan] Yes, but then 87% of statistics are made up on the spot. [/QUOTE] Dagnabbit, I came in here to post this. Ah well, fastest feet get the best seat, at least 92% of the time. Never pet a burning dog. ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-moon-a-werewolf-and-other-advice/441974/87 "2008-03-24T20:10:29Z")
A bachelor is a man who’s never made the same mistake once. Christian Rock is not making Christianity better. It’s only making Rock worse. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-moon-a-werewolf-and-other-advice/441974/88 "2008-03-24T20:12:31Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] Power corrupts. Absolute power is actually pretty neat. [/QUOTE] Hmm, I seem to have forgotten the advice part. So if you’re going to get power, absolute power is the way to go. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-moon-a-werewolf-and-other-advice/441974/89 "2008-03-24T20:25:49Z")
[QUOTE=InappropriateHumor] Never pet a burning dog. [/QUOTE] Which reminds me: [Never set the cat on fire.](http://www.ovff.org/pegasus/songs/never-set-the-cat-on-fire.html) ---
**Author:** ![InappropriateHumor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eb8c5e/32.png) [@InappropriateHumor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InappropriateHumor)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-moon-a-werewolf-and-other-advice/441974/90 "2008-03-24T20:48:24Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] Which reminds me: [Never set the cat on fire.](http://www.ovff.org/pegasus/songs/never-set-the-cat-on-fire.html) [/QUOTE] Ha! I wish I knew the tune so I could sing it. ---
**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:** [March 24, 2008, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-moon-a-werewolf-and-other-advice/441974/91 "2008-03-24T20:51:27Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] Power corrupts. Absolute power is actually pretty neat. [/QUOTE] There is no knowledge that is not power. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Study hard. Be Evil. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-moon-a-werewolf-and-other-advice/441974/92 "2008-03-24T20:59:47Z")
[QUOTE=InappropriateHumor] Ha! I wish I knew the tune so I could sing it. [/QUOTE] You can find it available for listening on the [Mad Mad Music Archive](http://www.themadmusicarchive.com/), but that usually requires sitting through part of the show to hear it. ---
**Author:** ![InappropriateHumor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eb8c5e/32.png) [@InappropriateHumor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InappropriateHumor)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-moon-a-werewolf-and-other-advice/441974/93 "2008-03-24T21:52:44Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] You can find it available for listening on the [Mad Mad Music Archive](http://www.themadmusicarchive.com/), but that usually requires sitting through part of the show to hear it. [/QUOTE] Thanks, I’ll give it a try. ---
**Author:** ![groo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecd19e/32.png) [@groo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/groo)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-moon-a-werewolf-and-other-advice/441974/94 "2008-03-25T00:36:04Z")
Build a man a fire and he’ll be warm for one night. Set a man on fire and he’ll be warm for the rest of his life. Half of the drivers on the road aren’t paying attention and they might kill you. The other half are paying attention, and they want to kill you. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-moon-a-werewolf-and-other-advice/441974/95 "2008-03-25T03:02:56Z")
Don’t ask **him** if he has a girlfriend. Ask **the girl who lives at his house** if he has a girlfriend. ---
**Author:** ![Shai\_tan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Shai\_tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shai_tan)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-moon-a-werewolf-and-other-advice/441974/96 "2008-03-25T10:31:29Z")
Never trust a man with a blanket. ---
**Author:** ![InappropriateHumor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eb8c5e/32.png) [@InappropriateHumor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InappropriateHumor)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-moon-a-werewolf-and-other-advice/441974/97 "2008-03-25T14:42:08Z")
Sell at most one of your kidneys. ---
**Author:** ![trupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@trupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trupa)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-moon-a-werewolf-and-other-advice/441974/98 "2008-03-25T17:33:46Z")
[QUOTE=Wargamer] A sucking chest wound is Nature’s way of telling you to slow down. If the enemy is in range, so are you. There is no such thing as friendly fire. Never share a foxhole with someone braver than you. The only thing you’ll have an excess of at the front is the enemy. No plan survives first contact with your superior. [/QUOTE] The most dangerous soldier on the battlefield is a junior lieutenant with a map and a radio. ---
**Author:** ![Kraig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/977dab/32.png) [@Kraig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kraig)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-moon-a-werewolf-and-other-advice/441974/99 "2008-03-25T18:31:57Z")
You can tune a piano but you can’t tuna fish! ( I can’t remember what album cover that was on ) I know, I know…what’s an album? Geeze… ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2008, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-moon-a-werewolf-and-other-advice/441974/100 "2008-03-25T22:47:56Z")
Never use a gun as a tool for a home-improvement project. [This guy could have used that advice…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=461181) (in the immortal words of Bugs Bunny: “What an ultramaroon”) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-moon-a-werewolf-and-other-advice/441974.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-moon-a-werewolf-and-other-advice/441974.md?page=6)