Useful things to know in life

Drink as much fine wine as possible.

Be decadent. There is no shame in a slight decadence belly.

The only shameful belly is one founded on kebab and BK and junk food.
 
The greatest gift we're given is the human body. Don't waste it. - Train it, test it, drive it to the edge. You'll feel incredible and look like a machine ;)

Ant :cool:

EDIT: Oh, and yes there is shame in a decadence belly, wine or no.
 
WantoN said:
The greatest gift we're given is the human body. Don't waste it. - Train it, test it, drive it to the edge. You'll feel incredible and look like a machine ;)

Ant :cool:

EDIT: Oh, and yes there is shame in a decadence belly, wine or no.
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Exactly. Train it in the finer things in life.

Depends on how big the belly is and what kind of tweed your sporting :)
 
gjrc said:
just read this and live by it:

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools;

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on";

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run -
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!
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Rudyard Kipling:

Makes exceedingly good poetry. :)
 
Work to live not live to work.

Lots of money is good but lots of sex is better.

Always wear a hat ;)

Always get a second opinion on other peoples opinions.

Don't ever make a mountain out of a mole hill, people won't like you.
 
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.

- Theodore Roosevelt.
 
gjrc said:
just read this and live by it:

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools;

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on";

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run -
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!
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my dad knows this poem of by heart ^^ kinda bothers me though....
 
You are going to spend between 20-25% of your time for most of your life at work. So make sure you do something you like and you're good at. And as extension - if you can, make your hobby your job, you can always find another interesting hobby to do in spare time, whereas most people struggle all their life to find any interest in their job.

Learn to count well and read well. Anything else you'll learn in school will never be as relevant. By the time you reach 40, you'll find that in real life you never ever had a chance to use even a tiny fraction of what you learned in biology, chemistry, physics or any other class, beyond basic, primary school level. But people will try to **** you over with maths and small print throughout your entire adult life. Also, no one will care for your "dylexia" or "dyscalculia". They will **** you over just the same.

Pay attention to your kids, and don't let them grow up to be a-holes. It only takes 8 years between age of 8 and 16 to screw them up - but you will have to live with them til the end of your life.

Virtually all cheerleaders and beauty queens loose their nice shapes and looks within two decades. Virtually none of the smart girls loose their intelligence and wit. Ever. Who would you rather have as your companion for 60+ years?

No musician, artist or idol of your youth is worth any ink space on your skin.

Fully star out swear words!
 
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If you lend to a friend, and don't get it back. It was probably a good long term investment.

Everybody lies. It's why that causes the issues.

There is no I in team, but thankfully when **** hits the fan, there is a me.
 
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