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    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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    Quote Originally Posted by Emil Miller View Post
    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.
    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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    Quote Originally Posted by JuniperWoolf View Post
    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.



    Yeeees... the Chinese have no concept of joy. *sarcasm*
    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.
    Last edited by Vonny; 10-10-2011 at 08:37 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vonny View Post
    What I said was Chinese citizen... and no I don't want to be one.
    Chinese culture isn't better or worse than American culture, it's just different.
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    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.)

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    ..."Blackie?"
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    Quote Originally Posted by JuniperWoolf View Post
    ..."Blackie?"
    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.

    Quote Originally Posted by JuniperWoolf View Post
    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.



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

    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.

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    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.
    "All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give them the power to pull ours." -Aldous Huxley

    "Sooner murder an infant in its cradle than nurse unacted desires." -William Blake

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    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.
    "I should only believe in a God that would know how to dance. And when I saw my devil, I found him serious, thorough, profound, solemn: he was the spirit of gravity- through him all things fall. Not by wrath, but by laughter, do we slay. Come, let us slay the spirit of gravity!" - Nietzsche

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    Tip #241 Don't leave loose ends

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    Quote Originally Posted by Abookinthebath View Post
    Tip #241 Don't leave loose ends
    I think there should be some punctuation at the end there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JuniperWoolf View Post
    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.
    Oh but they do my dear.


    [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.
    "L'art de la statistique est de tirer des conclusions erronèes a partir de chiffres exacts." Napoléon Bonaparte.

    "Je crois que beaucoup de gens sont dans cet état d’esprit: au fond, ils ne sentent pas concernés par l’Histoire. Mais pourtant, de temps à autre, l’Histoire pose sa main sur eux." Michel Houellebecq.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MarkBastable View Post
    I think there should be some punctuation at the end there.
    Maybe she was demonstrating how dangerous it was to leave things unfinished!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scheherazade View Post
    Maybe she was demonstrating how dangerous it was to leave things unfinished!

    ...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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    Quote Originally Posted by MarkBastable View Post
    ...sometimes I think that there's no point making little jokes on forums unless you're prepared to flag them with bloody smileys.
    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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