# Post some random advice **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 23, 2023, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-random-advice/988996 "2023-08-23T19:28:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-random-advice/988996/41 "2023-08-24T18:43:54Z")
Never play pool with a guy named “Fats”. Never eat at a joint named “Mom’s”. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-random-advice/988996/42 "2023-08-24T18:44:28Z")
When traveling, have a specific place for everything and always (always, always) put it away in that place. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-random-advice/988996/43 "2023-08-24T19:04:35Z")
As long as you know you’re green, you grow, But as soon as you think you’re ripe, you start to rot. - E. Paul Sechrist, Jr. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-random-advice/988996/44 "2023-08-24T19:08:53Z")
Don’t believe anything you hear and only half of what you see. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-random-advice/988996/45 "2023-08-24T20:15:05Z")
Kind of seems redundant, doesn’t it? I’ll bet tires rotate at least 1000 times for every mile you drive. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-random-advice/988996/46 "2023-08-24T20:47:28Z")
Not only that, but you technically rotate the wheels, too, not just the tires. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-random-advice/988996/47 "2023-08-24T21:30:14Z")
People often say that “Anything worth doing is worth doing well.” , but the converse is also true. “Anything not worth doing is not worth doing well.” This latter phrase has served me well at work, for example in the writing of reports that are required but which no one will actually read. ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-random-advice/988996/48 "2023-08-24T21:41:15Z")
And then there’s Edwin Land’s astute observation, “Anything worth doing is worth doing to excess.” ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-random-advice/988996/49 "2023-08-24T21:45:51Z")
Plastics! ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-random-advice/988996/50 "2023-08-24T23:17:57Z")
It is often better to beg for forgiveness than to ask for permission. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-random-advice/988996/51 "2023-08-25T00:26:25Z")
If thinking that you have to do it right means that you won’t do it at all: for a large percentage of things, just go ahead and do it the best you reasonably can. Half of what you think you know is probably wrong. The difficulty is figuring out which half. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-random-advice/988996/52 "2023-08-25T00:30:51Z")
Close the upper cabinet door before you bend down for something. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-random-advice/988996/53 "2023-08-25T00:34:13Z")
Never forget, half the people you meet are dumber than average. There’s a sucker born every minute. And as George Carlin observed, everyone who drives slower than you is a moron. Everyone who drives faster than you is a maniac! ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-random-advice/988996/54 "2023-08-25T00:57:32Z")
Never ask someone if they respect you. Their subconscious will immediately start searching for reasons not to. Dave Barry’s advice to his daughter: “A man who is nice to you, but rude to the waitress, is not a nice person.” ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-random-advice/988996/55 "2023-08-25T01:00:26Z")
When you read an article, a post, or a comment, consider the writer’s grammar, spelling, and sentence construction. If they’re so ignorant that they cannot or will not learn the difference between _ **there** _, _ **their** _, and _ **they’re** _, for example, you may want to take whatever else they may have to say with a very large grain of salt. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-random-advice/988996/56 "2023-08-25T01:51:07Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Never forget, half the people you meet are dumber than average. Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize that half of them are stupider than that. - George Carlin ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-random-advice/988996/57 "2023-08-25T01:56:27Z")
Know what to kiss, and when. ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-random-advice/988996/58 "2023-08-25T01:59:06Z")
Hassle is always finite. Do not play near windows or on stairs. Never do today what can be put off until tomorrow (or longer). If you leave things until the last minute, they get done faster. Don’t eat the fire truck. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-random-advice/988996/59 "2023-08-25T02:00:16Z")
Get that finger out of your ear! You don’t know where that finger’s been. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-random-advice/988996/60 "2023-08-25T02:27:49Z")
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