Top Tips for a Happy Life

Okay, here I am getting self-absorbed again. Tip #233 is personal for me. I'm curious about Scher's new avatar, which is a skinny but tall and powerful-looking woman in a skimpy, sexy outfit dragging behind her, by the hair of the head, a man wearing a shirt and tie.

What they are wearing may not be of consequence. But there's a woman dragging a man behind her by the hair of the head. Beneath the avatar it says, "Sweet, little and fragile."

I just wish I understood this.


Tip #233 - Try to figure out what is really going on in the world (without watching the news, because that can kill you.)

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Originally Posted by Emil Miller

Orientals know that the best education in a particular sphere is in the West but, when they have learned it, they will eventually use it to overtake the West.

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I think there's a bit of overgeneralization going on here...

Tip 234: Try the really hot chillis, at least once.

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Originally Posted by JuniperWoolf

Tip 233 - Don't get too riled up when you read the opinions of old men concerning women; they don't seem to be aware of how irritating and insulting they're being.



:rolleyes5: Yeeees... the Chinese have no concept of joy. *sarcasm*

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What I said was Chinese citizen... and no I don't want to be one.


old men... irritating and insulting ...And as Silas has it copied it says "old British men"... must be that the "British" was edited out before I copied it.

What is going on in the world?

But make sure you don't overgeneralize.

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Originally Posted by Vonny

What I said was Chinese citizen... and no I don't want to be one.

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Chinese culture isn't better or worse than American culture, it's just different.

Tip #236 - To thine own self be true

I've been thinking this one from the beginning. I'm not sure if it's turned up as a tip already or not.

(I think this is 236 because there are two 233's?)

Tip #237 - If you're a pot you really shouldn't call a kettle "blackie"

(I think this is an old saying from when things were made of iron.)

..."Blackie?"

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Originally Posted by JuniperWoolf

..."Blackie?"

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An iron pot and an iron kettle are both black.


Tip #138 - Do unto others as you'd have them do unto you.

This is the whole Bible in a nutshell as far as I'm concerned.


Tip - #139 There may be a couple of perfect people in the world - but mostly, we're all human and mess up on Tip 138.

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Originally Posted by JuniperWoolf

Tip 233 - Don't get too riled up when you read the opinions of old British men concerning women; they don't seem to be aware of how irritating and insulting they're being.



:rolleyes5: Yeeees... the Chinese have no concept of joy. *sarcasm*

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Oh, that does say "old British men." I'm not sure why it didn't copy that way before. The one I think you refer to seems quite mannerly to me.

And you're the one saying that the Chinese have no concept of joy. I didn't say that. I said I don't want to be under their government.


I do wonder what goes on in this world. I really do wonder about posts 390 through 394 on this thread.

Aw well, I can figure it out myself. Sorry about your thread Neely. I hope it can be salvaged again. :) I hope it can be like a cat and have 9 lives. It should have a couple more left.

Tip # 238: When you are tasked as the note-taker at a meeting, make sure you actually listen/pay attention to what people are saying. If it's too late, doodle.

Tip #239: Don't over-analyze what people say.

Tip #240: Amazon is evil. It parades around all these nice shiny books with a big glowing 'Buy Now' button hovering near them - and before you know it, you have loads of awesome books but no money for food/rent/booze etc.

Tip #241 Don't leave loose ends

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Originally Posted by Abookinthebath

Tip #241 Don't leave loose ends

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I think there should be some punctuation at the end there.

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Originally Posted by JuniperWoolf

Tip 233 - Don't get too riled up when you read the opinions of old British men concerning women; they don't seem to be aware of how irritating and insulting they're being.

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Oh but they do my dear. :lol:


[QUOTE=Silas Thorne;1079260]I think there's a bit of overgeneralization going on here...QUOTE]

Possibly, but not much of one according to a report on the Chinese military I was reading a few days ago.

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Originally Posted by MarkBastable

I think there should be some punctuation at the end there.

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Maybe she was demonstrating how dangerous it was to leave things unfinished!

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Originally Posted by Scheherazade

Maybe she was demonstrating how dangerous it was to leave things unfinished!

:D

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...sometimes I think that there's no point making little jokes on forums unless you're prepared to flag them with bloody smileys.

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Originally Posted by MarkBastable

...sometimes I think that there's no point making little jokes on forums unless you're prepared to flag them with bloody smileys.

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I know, right?

I had to explain that I was joking twice in the last 24 hours so I am playing it safe for a while.

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