Top Tips for a Happy Life

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Originally Posted by Alexander III

On that subject

Tip 58: There is such a thing as too much coffee.

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Ah, all the teachers I have who whine and sneer endlessly when their caffeine addictions aren't satisfied ...

55 and 57 are so apt!

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Originally Posted by Neely

She means that it helps to take away the feeling of guilt when she drinks, knowing that others are doing the same.

Tip 56: Never feel guilty for enjoying life.

At least I think she meant that...

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True, Neely. I like this Tip 56, too!

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Originally Posted by JuniperWoolf

Hah! I've always judged people by the strength of their handshake as well, especially women. Women with limp-wristed handshakes don't see themselves as someone to be respected, they allow themselves to be controlled and directed (at least, that's my impression). The men I meet always have strong, friendly handshakes (that is, when they do in fact shake hands - usually introductions are composed of "hey"s).

Actually, I've never even encountered an introduction like the one that Alex describes. I bartend in a military environment and I live in a redneck town, and when I go to school it's in the sciences where I'm competition and not a romantic prospect. The males who are trying to hit on me are anything but dandies, they smell like beer and they spit. I try not to let them touch me so as to not get oil stains on my lace.

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What if you prefer hugs? I honestly can't stand when people try to shake my hand. Specially when I'm at a punk show. I usually tell them no and just give them a huge instead. Some situations differ.

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Originally Posted by Revolte

I honestly can't stand when people try to shake my hand. Specially when I'm at a punk show. I usually tell them no and just give them a huge instead.

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I often tell people I'd like to give them a huge, but they don't even believe I've got one.

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Originally Posted by MarkBastable

I often tell people I'd like to give them a huge, but they don't even believe I've got one.

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Hahaha. Mark, you kill me.

#59 Live below your means. Save and hoard as much money as you possibly can, while you can!

#60 If you're female, maintain a bikini body. Food is your frenemy. I love the quote, "Taste everything! Eat nothing." (Frankel)

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Originally Posted by MarkBastable

I often tell people I'd like to give them a huge, but they don't even believe I've got one.

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Story of my life.

I avoid hugs, unless they are necessary. So I will grant one, to a friend or some such which is leaving, but even then I do it for their sake. There is something uncomfortable in a hug, its to exposed, like you surrender yourself to another person.

I like handshakes. They are simply, and allow a person to stay comfortable, and not have to overtly show themselves to a stranger. Unlike a hug. You can tell a lot about a person from a handshake. From a hug, you can tell to much about a person, which if they are a non intimate is uncomfortable to say the least.

Besides, I was a bit to huggy with a girl one drunk time, and I got sprayed in the face with this thing that left me blind and in agony for half an hour.

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Originally Posted by Vonny

True, Neely. I like this Tip 56, too!

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Cheers, Neely and Vonny! :cheers2:

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Originally Posted by Alexander III

Story of my life.

I avoid hugs, unless they are necessary. So I will grant one, to a friend or some such which is leaving, but even then I do it for their sake. There is something uncomfortable in a hug, its to exposed, like you surrender yourself to another person.

I like handshakes. They are simply, and allow a person to stay comfortable, and not have to overtly show themselves to a stranger. Unlike a hug. You can tell a lot about a person from a handshake. From a hug, you can tell to much about a person, which if they are a non intimate is uncomfortable to say the least.

Besides, I was a bit to huggy with a girl one drunk time, and I got sprayed in the face with this thing that left me blind and in agony for half an hour.

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H-u-n-h.

Tip 60-Hug someone everyday.

Tip 61 - Always find some time for yourself each day to do nothing.

I personally like my deckchair!

Tip 62 - Tie helium balloons to your deckchair and go on a journey.

This tip inspired by Neely.

Tip 63: When setting work for other people, make sure you're capable of doing it as well.

I've just spent the entire afternoon sweating over a piece of translation I gave some of my students - I hadn't realised how difficult it was, and even I've been struggling to make sense of it. Poor kids, I'll have to apologise to them for this...

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Originally Posted by Varenne Rodin

Tip 62 - Tie helium balloons to your deckchair and go on a journey.

This tip inspired by Neely.

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I wouldn't recommend it this is a true story:

When Larry Walters was 13 years old, he went to a local Army-Navy surplus store and saw the weather balloons hanging from the ceiling. It was then he knew that some day he would be carried aloft by such balloons. This obsession would be with him for the next 20 years. On July 2nd, 1982, Larry tied 42 helium-filled balloons to a Sears lawn chair in the backyard of his girlfriend's house in San Pedro, California. With the help of his ground crew, Larry then secured himself into the lawn chair which was anchored to the bumper of a friend's car by two nylon tethers. He took with him many supplies, including a BB gun to shoot out the balloons when he was ready to descend. His goal was to sail across the desert and hopefully make it to the Rocky Mountains in a few days. But things didn't quite work out for Larry. After his crew purposely cut the first tether, the second one also snapped which shot Larry into the LA sky at over 1,000 feet per minute. So fast was his ascent that he lost his glasses. He then climbed to over 16,000 feet. For several hours he drifted in the cold air near the LA and Long Beach airports. A TWA pilot first spotted Larry and radioed the tower that he was passing a guy in a lawn chair at 16,000! Larry started shooting out a few balloons to start his descent but had accidentally dropped the gun. He eventually landed in a Long Beach neighborhood. Although he was entangled in some power lines, he was uninjured.

Jesus!!

Tip 64 - Beware of helium balloons, and, have a back-up plan!

Fancy dropping the gun.