What is the Best advice you've been given?

hellomimi said:
Who her? Don't stay away from the upstate New Yorker 🤭🤐
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She was the sister of a woman who was my brother's 4th wife. My brother told me she was nuts, but his wife suggested I ask her out. Her name was "Cookie." Her sister said that was actually her real name, not a nickname.
When I called her, she said she was very busy & I should call her next weekend.
I called her again next weekend. She (again) said she was busy & to call her again.
The third time I called her, she said she really wanted to go out with me but she was busy again.
I said, I'll tell you what, Kookie; why don't you call when you're not busy."
She got mad & said, "My name isn't Kookie; it's Cookie."
I said, "No. It's Kookie, honey. It's an adjective."
The profanity that followed was a hint that she got the message..... 😂
 

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Irwin said:
You can believe only half of what you see and none of what you hear.
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Hi sir. Please take no offense but my best guess is you are either a cop or are a retired cop. The reason why I say that is because that is one of the four most important lectures drilled into rookies heads in their unofficial CYA class.

1. Never believe anything you hear and only half of what you see.
2. If it isn't in writing it doesn't exist.
3. There are two sides to a story then there is the truth.
4. Never say something is, just say it appears to be.

As I said no offense meant.
 
FastTrax said:
Hi sir. Please take no offense but my best guess is you are either a cop or are a retired cop. The reason why I say that is because that is one of the four most important lectures drilled into rookies heads in their unofficial CYA class.

1. Never believe anything you hear and only half of what you see.
2. If it isn't in writing it doesn't exist.
3. There are two sides to a story then there is the truth.
4. Never say something is, just say it appears to be.

As I said no offense meant.
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I like all four. Sounds like he could be a retired Attorney/Judge. I love #4...without knowing all the facts, its a bit hard to say "something is". My uncle use to say there are three sides - your side, my side and the truth.
 
Back in the 5th or 6th grade a girl in a grade or two ahead of me said "Linda you are a wonderful person and no matter what anyone else says, don't you ever let anyone make you think you aren't." Darlene Zunk, I wonder whatever became of her? And does she even remember she told me that? She has no idea how she affected my life. :love:
 
I remember a pretty decent, sensible guy in my secondary school called Bradley telling me he "Hated me"!

This seemed puzzling, and a tad upsetting, especially as I had never had any problem with him, so far as I knew anyway, so the next day I asked him why he said it?

He "didn't know", he said, and didn't really mean it, so there you are, someone may get out of the wrong side of the bed and you cop it out of the blue it would appear, (good lesson in life perhaps, if not advice! :unsure:).
 
FastTrax said:
1. Never believe anything you hear and only half of what you see.
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In the mid-late 1960s, I Heard it Through the Grapevine indelibly impressed the words, "People say believe half of what you see, Son, and none of what you hear" on our generation.
A number of artists covered the song and several had hits with it, most notably the late, great Marvin Gaye.

That's where I first heard that wisdom. Good advice to give, but very hard advice to take.
 
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StarSong said:
In the mid-late 1960s, I Heard it Through the Grapevine indelibly impressed the words, "People say believe half of what you see, Son, and none of what you hear" on our generation.
A number of artists covered the song and several had hits with it, most notably the late, great Marvin Gaye.

That's where I first heard that wisdom. Good advice to give, but very hard advice to take.
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StarSong you're not alone. We've all been on both sides of that fence. Take care and GOD Bless.
 

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