The thread of Bad Advice

[zero zero nine]

What's some of the baddest advice you've gotten?

"Girls like being the damsel in distress..."

I was also informed that the first hole in Super Mario Bros. was a warp zone. :rolleyes:

[The Dork Knight]

"If you jump off a cliff, you can fly!"
"Put a working toaster in the bathtub with running water! You'll be extra clean!"

- Foley Is Good :bosko:

[Joe Tully]

Storytime, everyone gather around.

When I was a kid, in about second grade, I rode my bike down this really steep hill. To keep it short, I hit a manhole cover at the bottom of the hill while I was going really fast. My handlebars went all wobbily and I lost control, fell over, and had huge scabs on the right side of my forehead and face for weeks. It wasn't pretty.

A year or two later, my younger brother and I have our bikes at the top of this hill that has a concrete path going down it. I don't want to ride my bike down it, because of what happened before. But my brother keeps telling me that it'll be safe, and I finally decide to go down. You can probably guess what happens next. I started driving down the grass and picked up speed really quickly. I wasn't able to stop and hit a tree at the bottom. I had huge scabs on my face and a swollen eye, and the doctor said that I must've instinctively turned my head or else I would've had a broken nose. My brother said that he meant that I should drive down the concrete instead of the grass. Whatever, kid. I probably got back at him by beating the snot out of him over the next several years, though.

[Danielle]

My older sister's advice (guess what's coming next...): "Always think about what you're saying; one word can make you lose the friendship of someone." Now, I'm not saying that's not good advice, but those words scared me so much, I was afraid to open my mouth in front of someone popular (heck, even unpopular).

And she told me to always put my hair in a ponytail, blow-dry my hair IMMEDIATELY after coming out of a shower, and never to go to bed with my hair in a braid (which I have started doing about two years ago and is working quite well...)

And then, of course, "Just study the problems, and write your name after", another gem from my older sister :rolleyes: led me to an F for no name, and a 74% for not reading the instruction right.

[pencilsharp]

"Just sign on the bottom line. We'll take care of you. We're the government, after all." Told before I enlisted for FOUR YEARS without my Army College Fund! Grrrrrrrr...
Oh, and you actually listened to an older sibling? As an older sibling, let me just say
:D BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!! :D
Audi!
~pS~

[The Dork Knight]

"Never eat rasberrys... They give you gas." More really good advice...

[Danielle]

Originally posted by pencilsharp

Oh, and you actually listened to an older sibling? As an older sibling, let me just say
:D BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!! :D



Yes, I learned my lesson long ago......of course, there's one bright spot:


I'm an older sister as well as a younger sister! Which means I'm in the middle, and as most studies show, the middle is the one who is constantly ignored.....








*sniff*





























{pause}




































Um.........




































Hey, aren't you guys gonna throw me a party to show me how important I am?

































Hm. Guess not. {shrugs and starts playing with her squeeze box}

[DR. BELCH]

"Middle child syndrome," to quote Yakko Warner.

Does divine inspiration count as "advice"? Because I've had a couple of ideas from On High that turned out to be real stinkers...long story short, gambled away a career on one bad piece of work I turned in, and almost exactly a year later lost a relationship because I bought into that whole women-like-sensitivity-and-openness bullpuckey. The hand of God is cold and cruel, my friends. ;)

[Danielle]

Originally posted by DR. BELCH
The hand of God is cold and cruel, my friends. ;)


And, according to The Devil's Arithmetic (I think), they are "very hot and sweaty". At least, in the cattle car they were. Whatever, I'll shut up now. (We also need a shutting-up smilie!).

Yup. Middle child syndrome. :wakko: This little guy, according to statistics (that's right, statistics!) goes through it as well. That's why I love 'im so much. :D

Why? 'Cause I actually go through that, folks...my older sister's in Israel, and of course that spurs up a lot of attention. My little sister is just beginning to learn all of life's lessons.

And me? I merely take on my father's likes; both in physical appearances, in our likings to suspense/horror stories, the Beatles, and the stupidly-funny movies like The Blues Brothers (which I recently saw again, BTW......heh......almost forgot about good ol' Aretha there.............wait, am I starting another topic? Pardon. :o )

[pencilsharp]

Aw, poor Danielle... :(
But, hey, buck up, kiddo! It's the middle ones who do all the damage! :p
Like my sis, the middle child who got snockered on her 16th birthday and developed a fondness for trees. Took three cops to pry loose her death grip on a poor defenseless six-foot-tall sapling.
:dot: <Streisand ON> MEMMMMMMM-rieeeeees! <Steisand OFF (to great applause)>
And Doc... Just because the voice is high-pitched, that doesn't mean that advice is from On High. Coulda been from Down Low. :eek:
And now that I think of it... More sucky advice from the life of PencilSharp!
"Just draw the editorial cartoon the way the editor wants it." Moments before my first (and last) published toon.
"Get the kids a puppy. It'll teach them responsibility."
Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a mutt to feed.

[Danielle]

Originally posted by pencilsharp
Aw, poor Danielle... :(
But, hey, buck up, kiddo! It's the middle ones who do all the damage! :p
Like my sis, the middle child who got snockered on her 16th birthday and developed a fondness for trees. Took three cops to pry loose her death grip on a poor defenseless six-foot-tall sapling.
:dot: <Streisand ON> MEMMMMMMM-rieeeeees! <Steisand OFF (to great applause)>
And Doc... Just because the voice is high-pitched, that doesn't mean that advice is from On High. Coulda been from Down Low. :eek:
And now that I think of it... More sucky advice from the life of PencilSharp!
"Just draw the editorial cartoon the way the editor wants it." Moments before my first (and last) published toon.
"Get the kids a puppy. It'll teach them responsibility."
Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a mutt to feed.


Wow. That post made so little sense, I think it set a record. ;)

I like that! :D Seriously. :eek:

Anyway, thanks for your consideration! Yes, I do quite a lot of damage...when I was two, I always used to take the pickle jars out of the refrigerator and unscrew them, maybe breaking one or two....


Yup, we have the same puppy thing. We didn't get one yet, but we're thinking of it. Though, of course, this is to teach my PARENTS responsibility..... (and I'll probably be the one who's gonna end up feeding it and cleaning up after it with those little poop-bags that are required for Rhode Island law....... (we REALLY need a disgusted smilie here...)

[pencilsharp]

10-Q fer th' kind words, Danielle, I think... And now for the punchline for the dog story. I feed, bathe, walk and clean up after the mutt, but I wasn't the one who named him...
Lady.
And that fits the whole thread into the AniGen Board, thereby saving us all.

[Danielle]

Pardon me if I heard wrong........it's a HE?! And his name's LADY?!

[pencilsharp]

Yes, and the nameless namer has watched that stinkin' video at least 30 times...
WOOF indeed.

[optimal321]

Get a room :p

As for the bad advice, i guess people trying to help out my love-life have given me a few stinkers. Not anyone here who has come to my aid, but people i know in real life. "Trust me, she likes you. I can tell. You just need more confidence. Trust me." Current situation: still single.