# Note to Self: **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 25, 2003, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self/164027 "2003-03-25T15:15:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Demise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/34f0e0/32.png) [@Demise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demise)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self/164027/1 "2003-03-25T15:15:34Z")
Having a half-full glass of water between you and the alarm at 6AM is a bad thing. ---
**Author:** ![False\_God](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ee7513/32.png) [@False\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/False_God)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self/164027/2 "2003-03-25T15:28:02Z")
And a note to myself from yesterday morning: Don’t cut off a silver Crown Vic outside a police station. It’s an unmarked car with a Gary Busey-lookin’ cop inside who will give you a warning and make you feel like a tool. ---
**Author:** ![Demise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/34f0e0/32.png) [@Demise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demise)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self/164027/3 "2003-03-25T15:35:15Z")
Breathing is good. So, trying to get “one last rep” while doing benchpress without a spotter is probably not the greatest idea in the world. ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self/164027/4 "2003-03-25T15:39:04Z")
Do not take your normal full dosage of Xanax after only 2 hrs sleep. You’ll do stupid things like rear end the car in front of you at a stop light. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![80sHairMetalMaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ed655f/32.png) [@80sHairMetalMaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/80sHairMetalMaven)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self/164027/5 "2003-03-25T16:10:19Z")
Go buy a box of sidewalk chalk for random sidewalk graffiti for tomorrow’s walk.😃 IDBB ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self/164027/6 "2003-03-25T16:14:42Z")
Note to self: Never again mix ExLax and sleeping tablets. ---
**Author:** ![stofsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@stofsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stofsky)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self/164027/7 "2003-03-25T17:20:00Z")
Note to self: Don’t read **IDBB** ’s blog. Especially the part about lusting after her father-in-law. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self/164027/8 "2003-03-25T17:20:36Z")
Note to self: Always check to make sure skirt isn’t tucked into pantyhose. ---
**Author:** ![Demise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/34f0e0/32.png) [@Demise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demise)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self/164027/9 "2003-03-25T17:43:58Z")
Shaving your head does not automatically make you as hot as Vin Diesel. ---
**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self/164027/10 "2003-03-25T17:48:49Z")
It’s OK to take the dog for a walk, but if you’re going to walk several MILES, either wear better shoes than flipflops or just take the damn dog for a ride in the truck. Your feet–and the dog–will thank you for it. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self/164027/11 "2003-03-25T17:51:08Z")
**Moderator’s Notes:** I have merged an identically titled thread begun (I suspect, in error) by IDBB into this one. ---
**Author:** ![NE\_Texan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e99b99/32.png) [@NE\_Texan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NE_Texan)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self/164027/12 "2003-03-25T18:18:12Z")
**UncleBeer** wrote: > [@](#): > > **Moderator’s Notes:** In other words, “Not to Self” ? Note to self: Stop going around saying “Note to self:” aloud in front of others. People look at you funny and move to the other side of the hall. ---
**Author:** ![katie1341](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/91b2a8/32.png) [@katie1341](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katie1341)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self/164027/13 "2003-03-25T18:23:50Z")
Note to self: It is not a good idea to keep the Blistex next to the Super Glue in your desk drawer. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self/164027/14 "2003-03-25T18:32:56Z")
Don’t make sudden moves with the van when approaching the gate guards. They are heavily armed, suspicious, and probably lack a sense of humor while standing there in the dark of the morning. [sub]It wasn’t deliberate. I got a little close to the steel post on the right side of the lane and I kinda jerked to the left… where the guard was standing… with his gun… He told me to take it easy thru the gate.[/sub] :o ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self/164027/15 "2003-03-25T18:50:01Z")
When the weatherman says “100% chance of rain,” bring an umbrella to work, no matter how many times he’s been wrong before. ::drowned-rat smilie:: ---
**Author:** ![yme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/35a633/32.png) [@yme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yme)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self/164027/16 "2003-03-25T19:26:47Z")
Never drink a couple of pitchers of beer and think all the sudden, “_Hey_, I can be Eminem!”, and karokee. ---
**Author:** ![juji\_mojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ea924/32.png) [@juji\_mojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/juji_mojo)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self/164027/17 "2003-03-25T19:42:53Z")
Note to self… When you call in sick from work to go skiing, don’t accidentally bite a hole in your lip, when you do an insane face-plant. Addendum to Note to Self: The more you try to think of a “logical” explanation for said hole in lip the more you make your husband look like a wife beater. ---
**Author:** ![Lodrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@Lodrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lodrain)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self/164027/18 "2003-03-25T19:43:24Z")
Hot green tea and computer keyboards do not a good match make. In the future, make sure no spillable things get near the computers. (I destroyed a very nice laptop and a perfectly good keyboard, all in one day. Oops.) ---
**Author:** ![Demise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/34f0e0/32.png) [@Demise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demise)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self/164027/19 "2003-03-25T20:53:18Z")
It never has been and never will be a good idea to trim your goatee at 3AM while drunk, no matter what that chick at the bar said. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self/164027/20 "2003-03-25T21:10:56Z")
Note to self: Refrain from dressing in the dark when you own two pair of the same style shoes, but in different colors. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-self/164027.md?page=2)