# The pithiest advice you ever got... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 30, 2017, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pithiest-advice-you-ever-got/795067 "2017-08-30T00:11:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2017, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pithiest-advice-you-ever-got/795067/1 "2017-08-30T00:11:49Z")
“It only shoots where you point it.”- my marksmanship instructor ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2017, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pithiest-advice-you-ever-got/795067/2 "2017-08-30T00:13:12Z")
Wherever you go, there you are. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2017, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pithiest-advice-you-ever-got/795067/3 "2017-08-30T00:13:44Z")
Don’t pith into the wind. ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2017, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pithiest-advice-you-ever-got/795067/4 "2017-08-30T00:24:19Z")
Don’t do crazy ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2017, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pithiest-advice-you-ever-got/795067/5 "2017-08-30T00:48:27Z")
First I had gto look up “pithy”, I was never sure exactly what it meant. It has two meanings: heavy and weighty, or soft and spongy. Not helpful. First, by accident, I clicked on Translate, and got Najczystszy in Polish. Equally unhelpful. OK: The glass is neither half-full nor half-empty – it is too big. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2017, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pithiest-advice-you-ever-got/795067/6 "2017-08-30T00:50:38Z")
How to draw: “Lay down about a thousand pencil lines, ink somewhere in the middle, then erase the pencils.” It’s amazing how well this actually works. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2017, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pithiest-advice-you-ever-got/795067/7 "2017-08-30T00:50:48Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > First I had gto look up “pithy”, I was never sure exactly what it meant. It has two meanings: heavy and weighty, or soft and spongy. Not helpful. First, by accident, I clicked on Translate, and got Najczystszy in Polish. Equally unhelpful. It only shoots where you point it. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2017, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pithiest-advice-you-ever-got/795067/8 "2017-08-30T00:53:21Z")
The only think worse than staying in s bad relationship for 10 years, is staying in one for ten years and a day. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2017, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pithiest-advice-you-ever-got/795067/9 "2017-08-30T00:59:15Z")
> [@Poysyn](#): > > The only think worse than staying in s bad relationship for 10 years, is staying in one for ten years and a day. Isn’t staying in it for 10 years and 2 days also worse? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2017, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pithiest-advice-you-ever-got/795067/10 "2017-08-30T01:17:02Z")
Never pass up a good bathroom. (Thanks, Mama.) ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2017, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pithiest-advice-you-ever-got/795067/11 "2017-08-30T01:33:22Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > Isn’t staying in it for 10 years and 2 days also worse? Yes, but not as catchy 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2017, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pithiest-advice-you-ever-got/795067/12 "2017-08-30T02:03:53Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Never pass up a good bathroom. But I didn’t want to go _then_. I want to go _now_. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2017, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pithiest-advice-you-ever-got/795067/13 "2017-08-30T02:11:25Z")
“You only live once”. Given to me many moons ago by a co-worker when I was debating whether or not to buy a new motorcycle. I bought it. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2017, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pithiest-advice-you-ever-got/795067/14 "2017-08-30T02:13:15Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > “You only live once”. If only there were a _pithier_ way of saying this. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2017, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pithiest-advice-you-ever-got/795067/15 "2017-08-30T02:20:19Z")
Lead, follow, or get out of the way. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2017, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pithiest-advice-you-ever-got/795067/16 "2017-08-30T02:25:13Z")
Carry yourself with the confidence of a mediocre white man. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2017, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pithiest-advice-you-ever-got/795067/17 "2017-08-30T02:38:01Z")
Adults hate getting caught being wrong, especially by children. – 6th grade teacher, after we caught her being wrong about something. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2017, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pithiest-advice-you-ever-got/795067/18 "2017-08-30T03:01:41Z")
At some point during my dad’s descent into MS-related dementia, he looked at me and said, “Never waste an erection.” Uncomfortable then, mostly humorous now. Perhaps someday I’ll achieve enlightenment and it will become useful advice. Another quote from him on the occasion of my 18th birthday, “Remember, you can now be tried as an adult.” ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2017, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pithiest-advice-you-ever-got/795067/19 "2017-08-30T03:59:11Z")
“Shit or get off the pot” ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2017, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pithiest-advice-you-ever-got/795067/20 "2017-08-30T05:57:52Z")
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