# Things you recently found out the hard way. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 25, 2003, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-recently-found-out-the-hard-way/203852 "2003-09-25T22:16:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2003, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-recently-found-out-the-hard-way/203852/61 "2003-09-29T04:47:10Z")
If you go strolling through an entire _forest_ of red flags to marry the woman you love, you will find yourself being beaten with **every last one** of those red flags on your way out of the relationship. ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2003, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-recently-found-out-the-hard-way/203852/62 "2003-09-29T05:47:26Z")
Pretty much any time you need to call your father for a ride, because you have had a couple of beer and shouldn’t be driving, and the ride is to the BAD part of town to pick up your girlfriend’s son who was taken to her sister the junkie’s house by her idiot cousin who was supposed to be babysitting and you wind up having to wait while said son gets his pants out of a tree, you’re probably going to have to listen to some advice. If the thread stays up long enough, I’ll probably have a followup post for this one. ---
**Author:** ![HDS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/bb73d2/32.png) [@HDS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HDS)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2003, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-recently-found-out-the-hard-way/203852/63 "2003-09-29T13:09:16Z")
Stepping on a hoe left in the grass really does have the amusing effect as seen in cartoons. ---
**Author:** ![Mal\_Adroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@Mal\_Adroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mal_Adroit)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2003, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-recently-found-out-the-hard-way/203852/64 "2003-09-29T15:23:53Z")
That line in “Come Together” by the Beatles is _hold you in his arms and you can feel his disease,_ not, _hold you in his **armchair** you can feel his disease._ Learnt at a recent get-together amidst derisive laughter from friends and colleagues. ---
**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2003, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-recently-found-out-the-hard-way/203852/65 "2003-09-29T20:00:52Z")
That raising teens is like being pecked to death by chickens! ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2003, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-recently-found-out-the-hard-way/203852/66 "2003-09-29T22:36:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Moody Bastard \* > \*\*That line in “Come Together” by the Beatles is _hold you in his arms and you can feel his disease,_ not, _hold you in his **armchair** you can feel his disease._ > > Learnt at a recent get-together amidst derisive laughter from friends and colleagues. \*\* The last laugh belongs to you, **Moody**. [I think you were right the first time.](http://www.lyricsdepot.com/the-beatles/come-together.html) Welcome to the boards. ---
**Author:** ![Bandanaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ab097/32.png) [@Bandanaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bandanaman)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2003, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-recently-found-out-the-hard-way/203852/67 "2003-09-29T22:46:44Z")
Never tell a cop that you “pay his salary.” ---
**Author:** ![look\_ninjas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@look\_ninjas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/look_ninjas)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-recently-found-out-the-hard-way/203852/68 "2003-09-30T02:13:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Helena \* > \*\*So what should you use to cut an avocado? \*\* See, it would seem like the steak knife would be safer than the chef knife, because the chef knife is very big and very sharp. However, the slightly duller steak knife will skip off the stem part at the top of the avocado and go straight for something softer, like your finger. The chef knife will go into the avacado and stay there until you take it out again. Use the chef knife. Not the steak knife. ---
**Author:** ![vengence\_will\_be\_mine.maybe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/58956e/32.png) [@vengence\_will\_be\_mine.maybe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vengence_will_be_mine.maybe)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-recently-found-out-the-hard-way/203852/69 "2003-09-30T02:17:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by hopefool \* > \*\*Sometimes your first true love never stops. _sigh_ \*\* ``` Ain't that the truth. ``` ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-recently-found-out-the-hard-way/203852/70 "2003-09-30T05:42:45Z")
Turn the lights off when you park your car. A pothole can cause more damage to your car than another car. Banging your head against the wall is not a good idea if you do it literally. Taking 17 credit hours all in required courses that are mostly upper-level, working 20 hours a week in publishing, holding a position in a fraternity, keeping up a semi-long-distance relationship, applying to grad school and trying to find a job for after graduation is manageable. . .if you only need four hours of sleep a night. If you’re angry with someone, tell them; otherwise, it’s just going to get worse. Sometimes, love is not enough. I loved my ex. He loved me. But there were way too many complications for it to work out. (I didn’t find this out the HARD way, but it’s good advice) Always get the warranty on a new laptop. ALWAYS. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2003, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-recently-found-out-the-hard-way/203852/71 "2003-09-30T05:49:59Z")
Sliding around laminate flooring on a pillow for an hour builds up static electricity. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-recently-found-out-the-hard-way/203852.md?page=3)