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- TheCaptainJS, on 10/12/2007, -10/+227Comment Abuse!
1. The badness of a movie is directly proportional to the number of helicopters in it.
2. You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight-saving time.
3. You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests you think she's pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment.
4. The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside, we ALL believe that we are above-average drivers.
5. There comes a time when you should stop expecting other people to make a big deal about your birthday. That time is: age 11.
6. There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
7. People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them.
8. If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be "meetings."
9. The main accomplishment of almost all organized protests is to annoy people who are not in them.
10. If there really is a God who created the entire universe with all of its glories, and he decides to deliver a message to humanity, he will NOT use as his messenger a person on cable TV with a bad hairstyle or in some cases, really bad make-up too.
11. You should not confuse your career with your life.
12. A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter/janitor, is not a nice person.
13. No matter what happens, somebody will find a way to take it too seriously.
14. When trouble arises and things look bad, there is always one individual who perceives a solution and is willing to take command. Very often, that individual is crazy.
15. Your true friends love you, anyway.
16. Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance. - Fordi, on 10/12/2007, -3/+220"No matter what happens, somebody will find a way to take it too seriously."
Heh. Welcome to Digg. - sweetdeals, on 10/12/2007, -8/+198In keeping with the tradition of #1.. The lameness of digg comments, is directly proportional to the number of numbers in one's moniker.
- Julolidine, on 10/12/2007, -0/+106This is an article by Dave Barry. I though at least the proper credit should be given.
Edit - rather some of the things are taken from Dave Barry's 15 things it took me 50 years to learn - grahamcase, on 10/12/2007, -5/+111@52577
That place is called Newfoundland, and we're awesome. - maximized99, on 10/12/2007, -5/+106"12. A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter/janitor, is not a nice person."
Only completely accurate item IMO - Anigav, on 10/12/2007, -4/+7616. Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance.
Caucasians rejoice! We can dance after all - don613, on 10/12/2007, -2/+71Great! Now this is gonna get forwarded around my office for the next 5 years.
- yournamehere, on 10/12/2007, -0/+68you mean 'former boss'
- euarchonta, on 11/13/2007, -1/+43I hate birthdays. And I hate it even more when other people want to celebrate my birthday more than I do.
- flernk, on 10/12/2007, -2/+42I am the exception to #4. I am a below-average driver.
- shinynew, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4012b. A person who is rude to you, but nice to the waiter/janitor, usually means your not a good person.
13b. No matter what happens, somebody will not take it seriously enough. - fjvwing, on 10/12/2007, -6/+44If #16 were true, that clip of Elaine from 'Seinfeld' dancing would not be as viewed as it is.
And I am a terrible driver. I know it. - OutThisLife, on 10/12/2007, -2/+40#11 made me rethink some things.
- FurtThePirate, on 10/12/2007, -3/+34Pie is much better
- themarq, on 10/12/2007, -2/+32That's not a reason, that's a description.
- chapium, on 10/12/2007, -0/+29Or we just like red buttons :D
- jhshukla, on 10/12/2007, -0/+27you can enjoy a cake without any occasion.
- MindTrigger, on 10/12/2007, -0/+236. There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
I live this every day of my life. If I could live in a tent and divert all income to my hobbies, I would. My wife and child keep me from making that leap. lol - techwrekfix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+23"If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be "meetings.""
I just sent this to my boss. - lieutenantmudd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+23"2. You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight-saving time."
How about two weeks ago I got home 30 minutes after sundown and this week I got home 30 minutes before sunset. I never realized how much I loved daylight savings until this year when I started working 9-6. Having daylight left after work was a huge boost to my spirits - NymphoChik, on 10/12/2007, -0/+238. If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be "meetings."
Credit: Douglas Adams (from the last part of "Life, The Universe and Everything") - BLueSS, on 10/12/2007, -1/+22"5. There comes a time when you should stop expecting other people to make a big deal about your birthday. That time is: age 11."
I wish more people didn't care. But I guess the cake makers have to make money somehow. - unicronband, on 10/12/2007, -4/+23"14. When trouble arises and things look bad, there is always one individual who perceives a solution and is willing to take command. Very often, that individual is crazy."
Crazy, or Chuck Norris - furplepig, on 10/12/2007, -1/+20seldom is already an adverb.
- bg2500, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17about number 12,
There was an article a while back about how many CEO's bring potential employees out to dinner to observe how they interact with the wait staff, and use that as a judge of character. - thelab101, on 10/12/2007, -5/+211. Apocalypse Now
The rules already been proven wrong. - Filksinger, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15That depends entirely on whether he is saying that the movie is bad, or baaaad. Bad is bad. Baaaad is good. Badness flip-flops.
- jesuschrysler, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15brandoneatshoes: You're thinking of time zones
- SilasTomorrow, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14#17. Never take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.
- SwornPacifist, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15FYI, that song is reciting a poem Baz did not write, although he made it popular. The original, as quoted from Wikipedia:
"Wear Sunscreen or Sunscreen Speech are the common names of an essay actually called "Advice, like youth, probably just wasted on the young" written by Mary Schmich and published in the Chicago Tribune as a column in 1997."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everybody's_Free_(To_Wear_Sunscreen)
(Make sure the author gets proper credit) - spargett, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14There is a difference when you do what you love.
- Tonyisbad, on 10/12/2007, -4/+17Yeah just remember to turn off the lights and turn on the strobe light before you start bustin a move....
- turpenine, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12I drive a death trap and I am a damn good driver because of it. Because if I am not, I will die.
- sotjian, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13It's my new sig. I just had a mini argument with a co-worker who does think work is life. He's a bit of a dick.
- hakz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13"3. You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests you think she's pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment."
so so true. - dclowd9901, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12"#11 made me rethink some things."
It should. What the hell is the point? You shouldn't anchor your life to your job or vice versa. They're two different entities of your being. One is purely to help you enjoy the other. That's it. - Azuroth, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13my guess is you are the person described in #12 then.
- ahawks, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11You must be the person who takes Digg too seriously.
- Elranzer, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12"7. People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them."
This is the reason for 99.9% of all wars waged and hate groups out there. - fluxingtontheIV, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1017. No matter how smart a person thinks they are, they will never properly understand grammar.
- t0ken, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11who doesn't love pie?
- underthelinux, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10You know what, i did know that. I forgot though. In fact, most of the things on that CD are interpretations of plays, musicals, poems and stories.
Thanks for the correction. - mrsmalkav, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8"the" person??
- cha5e, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Buried because it is blatantly plagiarized from Dave Barry. Plagiarists should not get dugg.
- Filksinger, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8#3 is true, unless you are her doctor, or she specifically asks. This is basic courtesy. It is, in fact, very rude to make such a comment. It is, at best, none of your business unless you are the father, it is insulting if she is not pregnant, as it implies she is at best gaining weight, and at worst is a way to say she is fat, and is something a gentleman will not do without very good reason.
#12 is quite correct. Many people are "nice" to those who they perceive as either being equals, or possibly as people who's good opinion they might need, but not to those they consider their "inferiors", such as people in service positions. How you treat the President, or anyone else who you perceive as having responsibility for things you may consider great evil, often has little to do with whether or not you are nice. Many people who treat the President politely are not nice, just pandering, while many nice people have strong emotions towards the President's actions which, rightly or wrongly, override their "niceness". None of that applies to wait staff.
As for your comment on #15, I still cannot figure out what it means, after repeated readings. - glock22ownr, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6You're right, which is why Congress decided to move the thing back 3 weeks, and thus causing IT chaos... well in distributed environments anyway.
- vectorprime, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6actual link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everybody%27s_Free_%28To_Wear_Sunscreen%29 - retral, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5.and lots of the time pushing a red button means pushing a green button next.. then a red button again soon after..
I guess that sucks for me then. - sulf, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6@dclowd9901
Why not? What's wrong with the desire to achieve a lot in your life, rise to the top of career hierarchy, learn new stuff, actualize yourself in this way? Many people have some useless* hobbies, like home improvement or collecting something, that could have been done more efficiently if you hired a professional to do it. (*I understand that tastes differ and some people like to do it, but this is my opinion and it has right to exist.) Why can't your work become your hobby? Speaking of IT jobs, I really enjoy learning new technologies and products that are directly related to my work and will help me to improve my career, and I think that this can be considered a hobby, so what's wrong with it?
Or in order to live "the right way" you gotta have two kids, a house, a dog and barbecue on weekends? -
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