One-liners of Advice

Parents Forum
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<p>"If there's grass on the field, play ball."</p>

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<li>Me to my friends after I ask if I can date their little sister</li>
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<p>"Barn's burnt down. Now I can see the moon."</p>

<p>A college rejection may be a kid's first big disappointment. Help him/her turn it into a meaningful experience.</p>

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<p>Do I still need 10 characters if I have them in the title?</p>

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<p>Choosing a college is an important decision, but it's not the MOST important decision you'll ever make in life.</p>

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<p>"Sir, 'Sir' is a subservient word surviving from the surly days in old Serbia, when certain serfs, too ignorant to remember their lord's names, yet too servile to blaspheme them, circumvented the situation by surrogating the subservient word, sir, by which I now belatedly address a certain senior cirroped, who correctly surmised that I was syrupy enough to say sir after every word I said, sir."</p>

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<p>To: LFWB dad</p>

<p><b> Are you the UNABOMBER? </b></p>

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<p>Sorry, still can't do the BLOCK letter bit!</p>

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<p>Unabomber? I don't think so, </p>

<p>Just adding the one liner of advice to plebes who forget to say "sir"</p>

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<p>Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.</p>

<pre><code>Will Rogers
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<p>"Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, and sometimes . . . it rains. Think about that for awhile"</p>

<p>-- Ebby Calvin "Nook" LaLoosh</p>

<p>Oops, sorry. I think this is the wrong "quote" thread. Still good advice though.</p>

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<p>Not everything in life is fair</p>

<p>Gee, I was telling this to my D's after watching the American Idol results last night (what a joke), but it can apply to some college experiences as well. Beauty (or the right connections) before talent does happen sometimes, as I found out when guys who hardly ever showed up to class got interviews and job offers to the top firms and I as the one with the highest GPA in my major and president of the major's honor society did not. What does matter is your character and perseverance in reaction to such disappointments.</p>

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<p>Another Thoreau:</p>

<p>Men say a stitch in time saves nine, so they take nine stitches today to save one tomorrow.</p>

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<p>behind every successful woman is a great left hook
Miss Piggy</p>

<p>Never do anything in college that your parents did in 1968..if you want to graduate</p>

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<p>The five most important one liners.</p>

<p>Sir, yes, Sir.</p>

<p>Sir, no, Sir.</p>

<p>Sir, aye aye, Sir.</p>

<p>Sir, I will find out, Sir.</p>

<p>Sir, no excuse, Sir.</p>

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<p>Remember you are licensed to kill every time you touch the car keys.</p>

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<p>Oh well, so much for my attempt at bold.</p>

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<p>violadad, you need a backstroke before the second b. Eliminating the space before the b and the stroke,</p>

<p>[ b] [ /b]</p>