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    words of wisdom

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    by jaqui ·

    Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright….. until you hear them speak………

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    • #3093344

      Now Jaqui

      by jardinier ·

      In reply to words of wisdom

      There’s no need to get personal.:)

      • #3093265

        aww,

        by jaqui ·

        In reply to Now Jaqui

        you are defending people like underage / donkey?

        • #3093256

          let go,

          by rob mekel ·

          In reply to aww,

          let go, Jaqui. Those 2 are done and dealt with.

          But, hahaha, you are taking it personal. Well, well, what’s there to say about that. I sure don’t know, else then: let go!

          Rob


          @life
          is too short to not enjoy it 😡

        • #3253804

          Actually Jaqui

          by jardinier ·

          In reply to aww,

          I forwarded your gem of wisdom to a Chinese girl who was confused about relationships and was asking me how important is physical attraction.

          Your words drove the message home simply and clearly.

        • #3253693

          see, I was right

          by jaqui ·

          In reply to Actually Jaqui

          “Word of wisdom” 😀

      • #3090893

        Oldies but goldies

        by julianpenn ·

        In reply to Now Jaqui

        It is better to keep your mouth shut and let people think you are stupid, than to open it and take away all doubt.

        There are 10 types of people in the world, those that understand binary and those that don’t.

        • #3077827

          Ah but which 1’s (or 0’s) would they be?

          by sleepin’dawg ·

          In reply to Oldies but goldies

          Hmmmmm? Then you would need to look to see if you were ‘off’ or ‘on’ in binaryspeak, so to speak. Are you an [b]er[/b] or an [b]ee[/b]??? Think about it. ]:)

          [b]Dawg[/b] ]:)

    • #3093333

      for the women

      by stargazerr ·

      In reply to words of wisdom

      Coffee,chocolate,Men…Somethings are just better rich …

      ]:)

      • #3077808

        the response

        by apotheon ·

        In reply to for the women

        Cars, computers, and women. Some things are just better quiet.

        • #3077763

          Awwhhh, mang..Dat’s code….

          by armandocanales ·

          In reply to the response

          But true!…lol

          AC

        • #3077762

          Ahem!

          by jessie ·

          In reply to the response

          ‘Scuse me, are you saying that all woman noises should be kept quiet? Does that include those “private moment” noises? ]:)

        • #3077757

          God I hope not!….

          by armandocanales ·

          In reply to Ahem!

          A gentleman never tells…Honey…hush!

          AC

        • #3077685

          Oinking

          by bfilmfan ·

          In reply to Ahem!

          A gentleman never tells a lady to not oink. 🙂

          How’s the new baby hun?

    • #3093285

      More words…

      by v_man ·

      In reply to words of wisdom

      ?A foolish man tells a woman to stop talking, but a wise man tells her that her mouth is extremely beautiful when her lips are closed?

      • #3093263

        lips closed

        by rob mekel ·

        In reply to More words…

        dunno about this one.

        Depends on the lips I guess. hahahaha 😀 (blush)

        Rob


        @life
        is too short to not enjoy it 😡

        • #3093257

          I know..

          by jaqui ·

          In reply to lips closed

          some lips look better “wrapped”. ]:)

        • #3093246

          like in

          by rob mekel ·

          In reply to I know..

          wrapped up and going to bed. or…. lol

          Sure works for me….

          oops (suredidnwannasaythatoutloud) 🙂 (blush)

          Rob


          @life
          is too short to not enjoy it 😡

      • #3133813

        More Words

        by humph2 ·

        In reply to More words…

        Dugger, that sounds like an Irish Diplomat.

    • #3253834

      Penny for my thought

      by cameron taljard ·

      In reply to words of wisdom

      The Law of Unintended Consequences, stronger than any written Law. ‘Whether or not what you do has the effect you want, it will have three at least you never expected, and one of those usually unpleasant.

      • #3253808

        For the troubleshooters

        by zyphlar ·

        In reply to Penny for my thought

        Occam’s Razor:
        “Entities are not to be multiplied without neccesity.”

        With technology, the simplest answer is frequently the correct (or best) one.

        • #3091123

          Give way to the Zebras

          by cameron taljard ·

          In reply to For the troubleshooters

          Then surely you would say: “When you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not zebras” Where it would be cleary more prudent to think too move out the way…

          “Necessity” is the mother of all invention, and necessity is nessesary.

          imho & jest.

        • #3077807

          similar to Occam’s Razor

          by apotheon ·

          In reply to For the troubleshooters

          Hanlon’s Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.

      • #3077761

        Never

        by jessie ·

        In reply to Penny for my thought

        Never play leapfrog with a unicorn.

        2+2=5 for sufficiently large values of 2.

        • #3252773

          More pennies , I need the cash.

          by cameron taljard ·

          In reply to Never

          heard this again after some time:

          “Plan the work and work the plan.”

          Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous patience.
          – Hyman G. Rickover, 1900 – 1986

          ” I didn’t say that I didn’t say it. I said that I didn’t say I said it. I want to make that very clear.”
          – George Romney, 1907 – 1995

    • #3253783

      Yogi Berra-isms

      by daniel.muzrall ·

      In reply to words of wisdom

      Wherever you go, there you are…

      There are a lot of great lines from Yogi.

      • #3090879

        the tao of yogi

        by cberding ·

        In reply to Yogi Berra-isms

        I thought someone wrote that book once….there is the tao of pooh, too, I think.

        Daniel:

        I’m from STL, where Yogi is from. You can walk into any bar on the Hill and find real-live Yogi-like quotes any day of the week. ;->

        I change my marquee on my desktop each month with a new Yogi-ism.

        One of my favorites (for election season)
        “Texas has a lot of electrical votes” and the classic Yogi,
        “When you come to a fork in the road, take it.”

    • #3253754

      Favourite Words of Wisdom…

      by ashby ·

      In reply to words of wisdom

      … and so true:

      “Common Sense is an oxymoron”

      • #3253695

        so are

        by jaqui ·

        In reply to Favourite Words of Wisdom…

        jumbo shrimp
        good morning
        progressive conservative [ defunct Canadian political Party ]

    • #3253714

      My personal motto

      by mickster269 ·

      In reply to words of wisdom

      “I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.”

      -Douglas Adams

    • #3253673

      On stupid people

      by gsg ·

      In reply to words of wisdom

      You can’t cure stupidity

      • #3077964

        or

        by barryaaa2 ·

        In reply to On stupid people

        Ignorance can be cured;
        Stupidity is forever.

        • #3077869

          and then…

          by mtrose ·

          In reply to or

          “The main obstacle to progress is not ignorance, but the illusion of knowledge.”
          -Daniel Boorstin

        • #3077825

          and then there’s……………

          by sleepin’dawg ·

          In reply to and then…

          [b][i]”Stupid is, as stupid does.”[/i][/b] Forest Gump.

          [b]Dawg[/b] ]:)

        • #3077810

          Funny thread

          by lowlands ·

          In reply to and then there’s……………

          One of my favorites:

          There are no stupid questions but there are a LOT of inquisitive idiots

      • #3077805

        great thinkers on stupidity

        by apotheon ·

        In reply to On stupid people

        Bertrand Russell: Most people would die sooner than think; in fact, they do.

        Albert Einstein: Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.

        Elbert Hubbard: Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.

      • #3077693

        How They Got That Way

        by sourceror ·

        In reply to On stupid people

        My lament:

        God’s greatest oversight in creation was in not making stupidity painful.

        Of course, as in the case of the Darwin Awards, sometimes stupity is fatal.

    • #3253670

      Don’t Take Life

      by rbanfieldau9 ·

      In reply to words of wisdom

      too seriously – Nobody Gets out alive

    • #3091140

      People

      by tryten ·

      In reply to words of wisdom

      “People as individuals are generally smart. But the general public is f**king stupid.”

    • #3091100

      My favorite…

      by jerryk ·

      In reply to words of wisdom

      There’s never enough time to do it right, but plenty of time to do it over…

    • #3090968

      OK, U ASKED 4 this:

      by btljooz ·

      In reply to words of wisdom

      #1. If you have it; a trucker helped get it there.

      #2. Some days you’re the windshield; Some days you’re the BUG!

      #.3
      small people talk about other people
      Average People Talk About Things
      GREAT PEOPLE TALK ABOUT IDEAS

      #4. Ladies & Gentlemen, Take my advice: Pull down your pants and slide on the ice!

    • #3090906

      From a Local Government IT Department

      by jevans4949 ·

      In reply to words of wisdom

      “If a thing’s not worth doing, it’s not worth doing well”

      (Passed on to me by a collegue in the 1970’s)

    • #3090880

      Kudos Jaqui! Now on communication …

      by puterfx ·

      In reply to words of wisdom

      Just a couple of my favorites …

      When dealing with upper management…

      “I know you think you understand what you thought I said, but I?m not sure that you understand that what I said is not what I meant.”

      When under the gun and doing your best, remember…
      “All you can do is all you can do,
      and all you can do is enough”
      from A.L. Williams

    • #3090876

      This Works in every occasion

      by thelurch ·

      In reply to words of wisdom

      My Dad was in the Armed Forces so we did a lot of traveling overseas. It was customary for Dad to take the family in the car on a weekend and just travel to see the sights of the region.

      One time, Mom thought Dad might have taken a wrong turn a ways back and tried to explain that we were lost.

      Dad’s reply (and also what I colsider the “Kida Credo of Life”)

      “You’re Never Lost Until You’ve Run Out of Gas.”

      Now, everywhere I travel I make sure I have a full tank, mentally and physically.

    • #3077898

      creativity quotes

      by trillian_sk ·

      In reply to words of wisdom

      great thread. here are some from my collection on creativity
      1. You have to allow room for serendipity and the unexpected. (Thomas Zimmerman, IBM, on the creative process of invention)
      2. Imagination is intelligence having fun.
      3. Life is a continuous exercise in creative problem solving
      4. When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap. (Cynthia Heimel)
      5. I have spent my day stringing and unstringing my instrument, while the song I came to sing remains unsung

      • #3077867

        Another along that line

        by mtrose ·

        In reply to creativity quotes

        “Nothing is more dangerous than an idea when it’s the only one you have.”
        –Emili Chartier

    • #3077885

      Time Wounds ALL Heels……………………

      by sysadmin/babysitter ·

      In reply to words of wisdom

      My personal favorite.

    • #3077760

      more words of wisdom

      by bluron ·

      In reply to words of wisdom

      “the higher, the fewer…”

      • #3077694

        Reply To: words of wisdom

        by majikten ·

        In reply to more words of wisdom

        When in panic
        Or in doubt
        Run in cicles
        Scream and shout

        That always works for me.

        • #3077632

          “danger”

          by apotheon ·

          In reply to Reply To: words of wisdom

          That’s supposed to be “danger”, not “panic”. Much more euphonous that way, too.

        • #3133753

          Panic

          by majikten ·

          In reply to “danger”

          Panic is how I’ve always seen it.
          Doesn’t change the sentiment though.

          P.S.
          Euphonous?

        • #3133705

          euphonous

          by apotheon ·

          In reply to Panic

          Roughly, it’s this:

          euphonous (adj.) 1. sounds good

          Check onelook.com or dictionary.com for a better definition. That’s just off the top of my head.

        • #3133646

          Euphonius

          by majikten ·

          In reply to euphonous

          Sorry for any confusion, but I already know the definition, I was nit-picking the spelling.
          I checked two of my dictionaries (I like real paper books), and I couldn’t find a form of
          euphony that matched yours.
          Websters New Lexicon 1990
          Merriam-Websters Collegiate 2003

          I read the whole thread about Email grammar
          and spelling and I saw your name quite a few
          times. Just thought I would take my turn at picking nits.

          Sorry for wasting anyones time.

          Nit-Pickingly yours,
          John

        • #3091798

          look again

          by apotheon ·

          In reply to Euphonius

          http://www.onelook.com/?w=euphonous
          seven matching dictionaries for “euphonous”

          http://www.onelook.com/?w=euphonius
          no matching dictionaries for “euphonius”, suggests “euphonous” as an alternate spelling

          http://www.onelook.com/?w=euphonious
          fifteen matching dictionaries for “euphonious”

          It seems that “euphonious” is a more common spelling, but “euphonous” isn’t wholly deprecated.

    • #3077667

      As my father used to say…

      by neilb@uk ·

      In reply to words of wisdom

      remember that:

      Making a cup of coffee is like making love to a beautiful woman. It’s got to be hot. You’ve got to take your time. You’ve got to stir… gently and firmly. You’ve got to grind your beans until they squeak. And then you put in the milk.

      Laying a carpet is… very much like making love to a beautiful woman. You check the dimensions, lay her out on the floor, pin her down, walk all over her. If you’re adventurous – like me – you might like to try an underlay.

      Well, hanging wallpaper is also very much like making love to a beautiful woman. Clean all the relevant surfaces, spread her out on the table, cover her with paste, and stick her up. Then you clean your brush, light your pipe, stand back and admire your handiwork.

      Putting up a tent, is… very much like making love to a beautiful woman. You rent her, unzip her, put up your pole an’… slip in to the old bag.

      Washing a car, is very much like making love to a beautiful woman. You’ve got to caress the bodywork. Breathe softly and gently. And give every inch of it your loving attention. And make sure you’ve got a nice wet sponge.

      And yet, having therapy is very much like making love to a beautiful woman. You … get on the couch, string ’em along with some half-lies and evasions, probe some deep dark holes, and then hand over all your money.

      Going to the brink of death and back, in a nine car pile-up on a dual carriage-way, is … very much like making love to a beautiful woman. First of all, brace yourself, hold on tight – particularly if it’s a rear-ender. And pray you make contact with her twin airbags as soon as possible.

      going fishing is much like making love to a beautiful woman. First of all, clean and inspect your tackle, carefully pull back your rod cover, and remove any dirt or gunge that may have built up whilst not in use. Then, extend your rod to its full length, and check that there are no kinks or any wear. Particularly at the base, where the grip is usually applied. Make sure you’ve got the appropriate bait, and that there’s plenty of shot in your bag.

    • #3133675

      More Words of Widsom

      by buckeyenuts ·

      In reply to words of wisdom

      Stay single and your pockets will jingle.

    • #3133655

      motto

      by dshaffer1 ·

      In reply to words of wisdom

      Half the battle is knowing when to give up.

    • #3133630

      Project Management

      by rogue leader ·

      In reply to words of wisdom

      “No plan survives contact with the enemy”.

      • #3091797

        grand military tradition

        by apotheon ·

        In reply to Project Management

        That’s the First Law of Combat.

    • #3091872

      On Being – somewhere

      by rick_from_bc ·

      In reply to words of wisdom

      Rule 1: Everyone has to be somewhere.
      Corollary 1: You can’t get there from here; you have to start
      somewhere else.
      Corollary 2: No matter where I am, there I am.

      [Doggerel]
      As I was going up the stair
      I met a man who wasn’t there.
      He wasn’t there again today.
      I wish to H^^^ he’d go away.

      • #3091794

        er

        by apotheon ·

        In reply to On Being – somewhere

        You should probably use something other than the carat as your wildcard character. The first thing that came to my mind when I saw H^^^ wasn’t “hell”, it was that ^H is the visible detritus of a control character used to delete/backspace in some applications. Thus, Hell^H^H^H^H would be a “clever” way of indicating that you “deleted” a word, similar to using a strikethrough.

        • #3091760

          more words….

          by dthoreson ·

          In reply to er

          Two rules to success in life:
          1. Don’t tell people everything you know

        • #3091717

          agreed

          by apotheon ·

          In reply to more words….

          Of course, I didn’t say anything about the control characters for other deletion operations.

        • #3091643

          and soforth

          by bluron ·

          In reply to agreed

          then there comes the point where a person has reached his “peter priciple”. thats when a person has reached there level of incompitance. nice to see no one here has yet reached such a lofty goal. lol please

    • #3272294

      Credo for life

      by ryoung2 ·

      In reply to words of wisdom

      Be a friend to the person you see in the mirror, they were there when you came into the world and they will be there when you leave.

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