Comments on: Valuable life advice

By: writtenwyrdd

writtenwyrdd — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:39:00 +0000

I will put my eyes out with a nail and a hammer before I read GWTW. I hate all books based on the the Civil War. It’s a form of prejudice, I confess, but I’ve always loathed that period of history and that’s all there is to it. Don’t care if GWTW is the greatest American novel ever written. I won’t read it.

Sometimes people are just wierd. And I know cuz I are one.

By: laughingwolf

laughingwolf — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 23:00:00 +0000

tho the us guvvamint frowns on it, we allow vacationers to go to cuba :O lol

By: Marian

Marian — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 12:44:00 +0000

I love the list. I haven't read or watched The Godfather, but you've made me decide to do so if I get the chance.

The one about not threatening is especially true. The most dangerous people are the ones who don't bluster and swear retaliation - they know exactly what they can and will do to achieve their aims, so they don't feel any need to hint at revenge or show their hands in advance.

By: December/Stacia

December/Stacia — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 07:44:00 +0000

Well, yes. I had a whole score of other ones–some courtesy of the hubs–things like “If you are close enough to smell the cordite and ‘get the blood down your Ivy League suit’ then you know you have done your job correctly, or “If you plotted with Johnny Ola to kill your brother, don’t let the fact you knew him slip out when you’re drunk at the live sex show”. But I went for more general life advice, really, so there you go.

And “Fly to Cuba and go clubbing” isn’t on the list because, y’know, oppressive Communist regime and all that. I’d LOVE to go to Cuba though. C’mon, I lived in Miami for twelve years; I’d LOOOVE to go to Cuba. But alas. I lived in Miami for twelve years, so the idea is unthinkable.

By: laughingwolf

laughingwolf — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 01:46:00 +0000

good advice, as far as it goes… some things seem to be missing, tho

By: Robyn

Robyn — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:02:00 +0000

I’ve had the kind of day that leads me to ask, “Why the hell isn’t FLY TO CUBA AND GO CLUBBING on that list?”

I’ll just say that GWTW was a better book. Scarlett was spoiled in the movie, in the book she was an outright bitch. And I had to laugh when Brits got their knickers in a twist because an American played Bridget Jones. Hello! Vivian Leigh stole the two best female roles in America- Scarlett O’Hara AND Blanche DuBois. Shut up, you whiners!

By: December/Stacia

December/Stacia — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:12:00 +0000

I’m sorry, Written, I don’t understand…you wrote a comment but the words seem jumbled. Perhaps I’m high? Lol.

Well, I’m sorry you didn’t like it; you’re the first person I’ve ever met who didn’t, which is pretty cool. And as for GWTW…you didn’t like the book, or the movie? I don’t think liking it is a necessity, but the line about how you have to read it to be a truly educated American isn’t mine, although I do somewhat agree with it. It is, IMO, the Great American Novel. But again, JMO.

Charles, you’ve never seen it? OMG, you have to! I would love to hear what you think!

That’s right, Bernard. Although not all of us are lucky enough to have that, there is something to be said for the people who will ALWAYS stick by you.

Lol, kis, I have to admit, I could not make heads nor tails of that. Hunter S. Thompson? WTF? How is that valuable in any situation? “Get fucked up, write a self-aggrandizing story about it, be rude and nasty to people who were kind and accomodating to you” seems to be just about all the man ever did, so…and yes, of course I will.

Good for you Seeley! Who gives a fuck what they think? I’ve never in my life understood people who worried about that sort of thing.

By: kirsten saell

kirsten saell — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:10:00 +0000

Hehe. I just checked that thread at RD. (You'll realize how high you are in my list of priorities that I checked here first, lol.) Now I can only ask you: "D? Will you marry me?"

LOL

I am Michael Corleone...

By: Seeley deBorn

Seeley deBorn — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:59:00 +0000

This just makes me think of something I dealt with a little while ago. I decided to go with 5 and pulled a 7, which also related to 11.

Pissed off a few people, bit I don't give a damn. I'm mean, but I'm not that mean.

Words to live by.

By: kirsten saell

kirsten saell — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:51:00 +0000

Much better than some other advice I heard yesterday in regard to me subsititute teaching at my kids' highschool today (oh please, don't ask, just pray for me).

She said: "Just ask yourself, what would Hunter S Thompson do?"

Heading off to blow myself away with a cannon now. No wait. I am Michael Corleone. I am Michael Corleone....