The Rules of the Universe

NVP · 12 Mar 2020 at 10:09

My mum always used to say

"bad things come in threes"

which she firmly believed. There have been many, many universal rules I've encountered through life which have never left my consciousness.

What are the weirdest rules for yourselves?

Deleted member 77746 · 12 Mar 2020 at 10:14

I didn't think there were any rules? :eek:

VincentHanna · 12 Mar 2020 at 10:19

I was always told good luck comes in threes, so work that one out.

NVP · 12 Mar 2020 at 11:16

Well, three is the magic number

Hades · 12 Mar 2020 at 11:23

The first rule of fight club is you don't talk about fight club.

bazzabear · 12 Mar 2020 at 11:25

It'll be in the last place you look.

This may be because you stop looking at that point.

vanpeebles · 12 Mar 2020 at 11:25

Don't cross the streams.

Dup · 12 Mar 2020 at 11:31

vanpeebles said:
Don't cross the streams.

This has made trips to the loo much less stressful at work.

MookJong · 12 Mar 2020 at 11:37

Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

vanpeebles · 12 Mar 2020 at 11:37

Dup said:
This has made trips to the loo much less stressful at work.

Terminal_Boy · 12 Mar 2020 at 11:41

One I always heard was “Celebrities die in threes”. Of course, now that anyone that’s had their face in front of a TV camera for 15 seconds is considered a celebrity, I don’t think it works anymore.

SixTwoSix · 12 Mar 2020 at 11:44

Take care of the pennies and the pounds take care of themselves

Stayed with me from a very early age and to a degree it works. I read it as make small savings little and often and the cumulative effect of that is that you're generally a bit better off.

Hades · 12 Mar 2020 at 11:49

Buy cheap, buy twice.

Freakbro · 12 Mar 2020 at 11:50

Quantum Chromodynamics has some pretty weird rules...

Diddums x · 12 Mar 2020 at 11:50

"You can be anything you want to be if you put your mind to it"

So I became a plumber unblocking toilets in a prison.

dirtychinchilla · 12 Mar 2020 at 11:50

When your eyes close, shut the book and go to sleep.

Think that's it

Hades · 12 Mar 2020 at 11:53

The squeaky wheel gets the grease.

enkoda · 12 Mar 2020 at 12:16

It's like a finger pointing away to the moon - DON'T concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory.

Also, assumption is the mother of all **** ups.

Feek · 12 Mar 2020 at 12:22

What's the first rule?

something daft already!! · 12 Mar 2020 at 12:25

E=mc²