# Which rules do you break or which instructions do you ignore? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 25, 2018, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096 "2018-04-25T13:25:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096/1 "2018-04-25T13:25:14Z")
- I lather. I rinse. I do not repeat. - I read “Speed limit” as “Speed suggestion, low end”. - I don’t pour cereal into bowl and add milk, I eat it straight from the box. - I do not wait an hour after eating to swim. - When I unplug my computer to reset it, I do not wait a full 30 seconds before re-plugging, You? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096/2 "2018-04-25T13:28:57Z")
**Which rules do you break or which instructions do you ignore?** “All of them, Katie.” ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096/3 "2018-04-25T14:08:55Z")
I don’t care about ‘use by dates’, I trust my nose on that one. I don’t balance my check book, I figure the bank pays people to do that for me. I use any paint I want for my paintings, If I like it I use it, with abandon. My sleep schedule is chaotic. I don’t follow normal time constraints. If I am sleepy, I sleep. Sometimes I don’t separate my colors and whites in my laundry. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096/4 "2018-04-25T14:32:38Z")
I run stop signs in parking lots. It’s exhilarating. ---
**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:** [April 25, 2018, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096/5 "2018-04-25T14:39:39Z")
I don’t brush my teeth after every meal, and I don’t use floss. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096/6 "2018-04-25T14:52:22Z")
I pirate the hell out of ebooks, music, movies, TV shows and software, and have done so for more than 30 years (if you count back to making copies of VHS tapes.) ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096/7 "2018-04-25T14:58:30Z")
I cut tags off mattresses and electrical cords. I ignore serving sizes for cookies and ice cream. I put mayonnaise on pastrami sandwiches.\* \*_Once a deli in NYC refused to serve it to me that way_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096/8 "2018-04-25T15:28:08Z")
I follow the rules that coincide with what I want, and I disregard the rest. Power exists only to the extent it is recognized and accommodated by others. Therefore, following rules created by someone else is to cede control of one’s own life to empower some other, who may or may not have your best interests at heart. Screw that. With the exception of a few people who happen to be dependent upon my well-being, nobody else is looking out for me, why should I look out for anyone else unless it is my choice to do so? ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096/9 "2018-04-25T15:35:30Z")
I stick Q-tips into my ear canal. I exit the parking lot through the “Enter only” one-way sign, because the sign is wrong and stupid! I don’t wait two minutes after heating my meal in the microwave (“to finish cooking”) before I eat it. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096/10 "2018-04-25T16:14:42Z")
After donating blood, I sit at the refreshments table for _less than_ fifteen minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096/11 "2018-04-25T17:00:36Z")
Even though I’m told not to, I DO fear the reaper. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096/12 "2018-04-25T17:08:38Z")
Two - I have a Phantom detector/disruptor. Five - I only wait ten seconds. ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096/13 "2018-04-25T17:23:34Z")
“dry clean only” - wanna bet? “hand wash cold” - I don’t think so–but my new washing machine has a hand wash cycle. I love it–a hand wash cycle! My car has a little light that tells me I should shift. I ignore it. I know when to shift! Anyway I’ll shift when I goddamn want to. Actually I think I have ODD so basically, all rules formulated by outside forces, and most particularly my car. But I always use my turn signal. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096/14 "2018-04-25T18:09:37Z")
Anything that endangers others IMO, I follow the rules more or less. Anything that endangers only me, I do as I chose. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096/15 "2018-04-25T18:26:12Z")
I don’t take medication with food as directed. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096/16 "2018-04-25T18:31:27Z")
I routinely jaywalk late at night in the Chicago Loop. I get off work at midnight and there is almost no vehicle traffic when I walk to the train station. Waiting to cross with the light when there is no traffic just means I’ll be harassed by more panhandlers. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096/17 "2018-04-25T18:34:41Z")
> [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](#): > > My car has a little light that tells me I should shift. I ignore it. I know when to shift! Anyway I’ll shift when I goddamn want to. What the hell kind of car is this? It’d drive me crazy. If I’m in my driveway and need to reach into my coat pocket for the garage door opener, I’ll _unfasten my seat belt_ so I can get to it, in spite of the nuclear holocaust-style seat belt alarm tones. I cross the street against “Don’t Walk” signs.\* \*grew up in New York. ---
**Author:** ![ASGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@ASGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096/18 "2018-04-25T18:36:28Z")
– I commonly ignore the “use only in well ventilated areas” warning. – I lick white glue off my fingers because it’s easier than washing it off. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096/19 "2018-04-25T18:59:34Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > - I lather. I rinse. I do not repeat. That’s the correct way to do it, according to me. > [@](#): > > - I read “Speed limit” as “Speed suggestion, low end”. Yep. And the speed limits around curves, like highway exit ramps, are intended for doddering old farts in 1958 Buicks with the outstanding driving skills of a Holstein cow and the reflexes of a turnip. Supplementary question: why do these doddering old farts who never exceed 15 mph always – without exception – wear a hat? Is it some sort of doddering old fart trademark? > [@](#): > > - I don’t pour cereal into bowl and add milk, I eat it straight from the box. I don’t eat cereal. I don’t eat kibble, either. Same thing. > [@](#): > > - I do not wait an hour after eating to swim. That alleged advice is an old myth. The idea seemed to be that you would get cramps, be unable to swim, and sink to the bottom of the lake and die. I suspect that the number of times this has actually happened is exactly never. > [@](#): > > - When I unplug my computer to reset it, I do not wait a full 30 seconds before re-plugging, I don’t reset my computer. Windows 7 runs for years on end 24x7. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096/20 "2018-04-25T20:33:52Z")
I do not pass “Go”, but I collect $200 anyway. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096.md?page=2)