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alchemiest
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posted August 01, 2004 07:49 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for alchemiest     Edit/Delete Message
19 things that took me 50 years to learn
by Dave Barry

1. Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.

2. 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."

3. There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."

4. People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them.

5. And when God, who created the entire universe with all of its glories, decides to deliver a message to humanity, He WILL NOT use, as His messenger, a person on cable TV with a bad hairstyle.

6. You should not confuse your career with your life.

7. No matter what happens, somebody will find a way to take it too seriously.

8. 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.

9. Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance.

10. Never lick a steak knife.

11. Take out the fortune before you eat the cookie.

12. The most powerful force in the universe is gossip.

13. You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight savings time.

14. You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests that you think she's pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment.

15. There comes a time when you should stop expecting other people to make a big deal about your birthday. That time is age 11.

16. 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.

17. The main accomplishment of almost all organized protests is to annoy people who are not in them.

18. A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person.

19. Your friends love you anyway.

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Gia
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posted August 01, 2004 08:52 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Gia     Edit/Delete Message
I loved it!

Gia

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Philbird
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posted August 01, 2004 09:03 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Philbird     Edit/Delete Message
#13 So we can work while it's still light out?

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StarLover33
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posted August 01, 2004 09:49 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for StarLover33     Edit/Delete Message
1. Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night. That was one of my favorites!

Oh and huh...

10. Never lick a steak knife.

Tell me you've never been tempted to do that one?

-StarLover

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DeepIYM
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posted August 01, 2004 10:56 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for DeepIYM     Edit/Delete Message
Philbird. Is that truely compeling? Not really. Arizona doesn't do it, why do we???

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lioneye68
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posted August 02, 2004 07:25 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for lioneye68     Edit/Delete Message
Good one, alchemist! 'copy/paste/email-to-everyone' worthy. Thanks!

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Gemini Nymph
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posted August 02, 2004 11:04 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Gemini Nymph     Edit/Delete Message
I'm always nice the waiters...does that make me a nice person?


I also expect that if anyone wants to have a meal with me, that they are respectful to the waitstaff too. It's a serious pet peeve of mine.

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