Maxims to live your life by

[ebikeerwidnes]

Never ask a woman if her hair is natural.

not only hair!!!

 

[classic33]

Never touch anything with your bare hand if it’s glowing.

You have uranium!

 

[Andy in Germany]

Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.

 

[Andy in Germany]

On the subject of politeness

Can;t remember who - but either my Dad or one of the family friends once told me that my Mum had a method of dealing with rude people

She was unfailingly polite and pleasant to them
went out of her way to say a cheery "Good Morning" - compliment them on their hair/clothes etc

no matter how much the dismissed what she said and how much they ignored her - she was polite and cheerful

It drive them MAD trying to work out why!!

and it is a natural human reaction to respond when someone says a cheery "Good Morning"
and to do so in the same way
in other words - exactly the opposite of how they wanted to treat her

Over a period of time social pressure and expectations would force them to respond to the politeness and general niceness and eventually they would come round

and she would win

excellent long term view of the world!!

I remember a pastor saying:
"Do not rebuke an angry person, but calm them with soothing words, It is commanded by Holy Writ, and furthermore it makes them madder than anything else you could do."

 

[Punkawallah]

There was a meeting of pagan and similar groups in North Wales when I lived there

In order to be allowed to be part of the event any group/religion/etc had to subscribe to one simple concept

"First - do no harm"

apparently this is a common theme in pagan groups

seems like a good place to start

‘Do as thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law, an’ harm no one’.

 

[Punkawallah]

I knew a woman who had 'My life my rules' tattooed on her arm.

Apparently punctuation was not one of them.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

I knew a woman who had 'My life my rules' tattooed on her arm.

That sort of maxim is all well and good

but what if someone else has the same maxim and his rules say to grope every woman with tattoos

or whatever

maxims/motos that seem to ignore how this acts if other people don;t stick to it annoy me!!

there is something on the telly at the moment - I think it is Tracie Emin - where she says you need to ignore rules and do what feels right to you

which is what a lot of the people in jail lived by!!

fine in the way she means it - but the "do no harm" has to be first

 

[Homers Double]

"I have no maxim" would be a good start.
I have lots of thoughts, "don't clip up" whilst fishing is one. "Be the hammer" whilst cycling is another. ""I am f88king awesome" whilst skiing is a third.

1 & 3 are probably appropriate as I'm sh*t at 2 but there you go.

 

[dicko]

You buy cheap you buy twice

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

You buy cheap you buy twice

depends - if you are buying something that you will use twice a year and well within it's maximum limits then it may be OK

clearly not Boots

 

[Andy in Germany]

You buy cheap you buy twice

I've had to point this out to a manager more than once.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

I've had to point this out to a manager more than once.

I was normally the one saing we should by cheap

ratehr than expensive but flashy with lots of maxims/slogan and trendy words

but no more function - or less - than the cheap one

so yes I agree - but cheap in terms of function and quality - not price
and they don't always go together

 

[Yellow Fang]

That sort of maxim is all well and good

but what if someone else has the same maxim and his rules say to grope every woman with tattoos

or whatever

maxims/motos that seem to ignore how this acts if other people don;t stick to it annoy me!!

there is something on the telly at the moment - I think it is Tracie Emin - where she says you need to ignore rules and do what feels right to you

which is what a lot of the people in jail lived by!!

fine in the way she means it - but the "do no harm" has to be first

I think you will find the philosopher, John Stuart Mill's, opinion was one should be allowed to do what one likes so long as one does not injure anyone else. That includes riding without a helmet.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

I think you will find the philosopher, John Stuart Mill's, opinion was one should be allowed to do what one likes so long as one does not injure anyone else. That includes riding without a helmet.

Don;t start that one again!!!

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

“There is scarcely anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse, and sell a little more cheaply. The person who buys on price alone is this man's lawful prey.”
― John Ruskin