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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
Inspired by Albertus's sig.

Never go to a dentist with blood in his hair

and advice read recently

Never visit a doctor whose pot plants have died

what other pearls of wisdom are you able to offer other Shipmates?
 

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Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :
 
The classics are -

Never eat at a place called 'Mom's'

and

Never play poker with a man named 'Doc'

[ 03. August 2013, 20:36: Message edited by: Firenze ]
 

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Posted by ken (# 2460) on :
 
It tastes like chicken.
 

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Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on :
 
It's an accountancy mnemonic:

Purchases
Expenses
Assets

Receipts
Lialibilities
Sales

The first three are debit items and the bottom three credit.
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
I could say Cast not pearls to swine but that would be cruel. So, instead, I'll offer this relevant piece of Asian advice, which of course we shipmates would never do to each other (cough):

Do not remove a fly from your friend's forehead with a hatchet.
 

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Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :
 
My personal rule:

Never drink any wine that feels compelled to tell you in its name what color it is.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Car mechanics with clean hands are not to be trusted.
 

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Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :
 
Sioni's Rule of Food: Avoid any recipe with the suffix " Bake".

Sioni's Rule of Drink: Avoid the 'House Special' Cocktail.
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
Two of my favourite sayings from other parts of the world are:

A big goat does not sneeze without reason

and

An egg never sits on a hen

Interesting how many of the sayings are ostensibly about animals but are really about, and incredibly appropriate for, human beings.
 

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Posted by The Phantom Flan Flinger (# 8891) on :
 
Never play leap frog with a Unicorn.
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Never squat with your spurs on.
 

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Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on :
 
No act of kindness ever goes unpunished.


Better late than pregnant.
 

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Posted by Tortuf (# 3784) on :
 
If a frog had wings it wouldn't bump it's tail.
 

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Posted by rolyn (# 16840) on :
 
God helps those who help themselves .
God help you if you get caught helping yourself !
 

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Posted by StevHep (# 17198) on :
 
Every silver lining has a cloud
 

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Posted by North East Quine (# 13049) on :
 
Ye maun open your spaver, ye maun open your pooch.

Literal translation - if you open the fly of your trousers, you open your wallet.

It means, don't have sex unless you are prepared to pay child maintenance.
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
A person who gets all wrapped up in himself makes a mighty small package.
 

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Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :
 
It's not what you know
and it's not who you know.
It's what you know about who you know.

And knowing that they know you know it.
 

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Posted by Campbellite (# 1202) on :
 
They won't care what you know, until they know that you care.
Advice for new clergy
 

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Posted by W Hyatt (# 14250) on :
 
An old adage for engineers:

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In theory, practice and theory are the same, but in practice they're not.

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Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor the problem which it was intended to solve.

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Originally posted by Campbellite:
They won't care what you know, until they know that you care.
Advice for new clergy

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