“One of my favourites

You die if you worry...you die if you don't”

“Brilliant. Come on people... let's hear 'em, I've got a scrap book that needs filling.....”

“My gran would say "You don't want to be like them.... they run two cars but they don't have owt in the fridge!!"”

“"I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to."
Elvis Presley (1935-1977)”

“Probably Oscar Wilde... Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much. There's one that goes something like....Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't. Jewels. Absolute jewels.”

“the only desent advice my old man ever gave me is ..........................
you are on this earth for this long ( then he clicked his fingers) and when you look back at ya life you will realise how quick it has gone by ????????????”

“...and how true that is woz. Then they say you don't talk any sense! If I'd have realised how quick my life was going to fly by I might have done a bit more with it. Now that I've got even less of it I'm on here listening to all the cranks disrespecting me. Present company and many other members excepted. The haterz know who they are.”

“Know when to stop”

“A sneaky reference at me my dear? Thank you Missfoodlove. One of the great common sense talkers of the Forum. Ha. God bless ya.”

“From my daughter..... "Never buy a second-hand jigsaw, unless you've counted the pieces!"”

“Never eat yellow snow.”

“Unless you've coloured it yourself. Er, with food colouring of course. Or lemon juice.”

“lemon juice is colourless”

“Quit the forums.”

“Some lemon juice is yellow. Shall i get you a bottle to prove it? I have one in my fridge.

Sound advice from a forum member that knows (Geoffie). I'll make it a resolution for the New Year if we all don't explode. Wonder who will remember and say "thought you were leaving"?

Got it!”

“Probably the synthetic rubbish that you would buy (too late to worry now) is. But it's the e-numbers that have turned it yellow. Just like tinned peas being a bright green. It's the chemicals. Without them they would be a sickly yellow.”

“Thank you for your (spooky, er nearly worrying) concern about my well being, it's made by a firm called 'Kate's Kitchen'. No sign of any e-numbers but I never read labels, that would be the foodlove. Anyway, glad to know you care, as steveodore recently pointed out! I like him more every day.”

“Best piece of advice from my grandad, who was the wisest man I have ever met; "There are times you should pretend you're daft. People leave you alone, you get no hassle and you are the last person to get tasked with unnecessary responsibility". He died at 85. Happy, stress-free, loved, respected and content.”

“Demonica

Men do that all the time. If they mess up a chore enough times they know that in the end their wives will stop asking them to do it.”

“As someone who has just left a comment about sexism on the news forum concerned with female criminals receiving more lenient sentences, I could not possibly comment! ;-)”

“Demonica, reminds me of the classic 'hear all, see all, say nowt.' Your grandad was obviously well clued.”

“Just thought of some more great lines that have often helped me......

'Remember to let her into your heart, then you can start, to make it better, better, better, better etc.'

Great advice.”

“There's an old rule that says that if a guillotine doesn't do the job and fails to operate, you're a free man so,

Never look up then tell the guillotine operator what the problem is with his machine. Fnar fnar fnar.”

“Pets are a great comfort in times of stress - and in times of starvation of course”

“Yes how silly of me John. Remember, a puppy is not just for Christmas, if you're frugal you can make it last the full holiday".”

“Here's one. "If you're unusually colourful and prolific with your postings you might be accused of being EVERY new member" :0”

“'prolific' being the operative word.

You don't give anyone else any breathing space.

14 out of 26 posts on this thread so far. That's more than half.”

“Fifteen now eh? This is one of those posts that you can add to as many times as you wish with a little interesting fact, without some numbsk... er, person counting the entries. So, come on gw, get with the beat. And your answer is "I wouldn't give you the satisfaction".

Pity. You'd go up the ratings, and it's all about the ratings isn't it?”

“Mimi

Didn't you post on another thread that it was the season of goodwill and that you were going to be lovely to me?

Didn't last long did it?”

“Aha! A truce. Does this mean I win?!??!?!?!?!?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

“So, if I apologise, you'll leave an interesting fact, admit your other user names, tell me the pub/club you worked at and never have a pop at me again? I admit, it sounds pretty good. What about buying me a little something for Chrimbo as well?”

“I never said I was going to be 'lovely' to you.

So calm down, it will NEVER happen.

And I'm NOT sorry for the shouty capitals.”

“by MimiTheDJSunday, December 09 2012, 11:42AM

"I love the way that any new name that pops up is an old member trying to dupe everyone. Even if that were the case, it's hardly going to stop the world spinning. "

Apart from when you accuse me?”

“Back to the thread then, if it seems too good to be true, it probably is.”

“very much like being offered £700 for my charity you mean?”

“LOL”

“ghostwriter69

You were offered a third of £700
You came across as a person of attitude so the offer was withdrawn

The original question
What is the best piece of advice that you have ever been given?
Drop the attitude!

ps

"14 out of 26 posts on this thread so far. That's more than half"

Looks like the dj is taking your crown and in such a good natured way too”

“MJWhyatt

Only there wasn't a lottery win and there wasn't an offer was there?

There was just a rather silly attempt to try and find out something about me through a facebook site.

You can pretend to be affronted all you like, but as for me coming across as a person of attitude when we have had numerous run ins in the past - so you hadn't noticed then?

Plus the whole initial gripe seemed to be that I hadn't given my details. I gave a number of options, none of them to do with me. So what had my attitude to do with anything, lady?”

“MJWhyatt, so you are saying there is a dog starving to death in the Eastern Bloc because of GW69's attitude?

Shame on you Ghostwriter!”

“Little_Ole_G

How would MJWhyatt know that? She didn't get the link she wanted to check did she?

And try and keep up to date. The 'Eastern Bloc" vanished over 20 years ago. They are all in the EU now. Showing your age there.”

“There are some members on here that might begrudge a sugar in your tea. I wonder what MJ would have done with this classified information? MJ, what would you have done with this classified information? Surely you wouldn't have used this to bring someone down? And if you would how would you have done it?

Little_Ole_G, I'm afraid that you may have to supply a certain someone with info soon because if you don't you will be me and I will be you.”

“Gw69: Not all the ex Eastern Bloc countries are in the EU, and all but the most idiotic of people would fail to understand which countries I was referring to.

You have posted on the forum previously about the location of the dogs you want to save.

I hope that helps.”

“Little_Ole_GWednesday, December 12 2012, 1:55PM
"MJWhyatt, so you are saying there is a dog starving to death in the Eastern Bloc because of GW69's attitude?

Shame on you Ghostwriter!"



Err - I thought that you had started a thread about not giving to animal charities and that if a dog is hungry, so what”

“Mimi

"Little_Ole_G, I'm afraid that you may have to supply a certain someone with info soon because if you don't you will be me and I will be you."

No need of that. She gave herself away on the charity thread by answering a comment made by flossy addressed to you and Little_Ole_G as 'pippa27'.

Karma you see - and irony - considering that the topic was Alzheimer's”

“Now I'll bet ten pence that you won't get it in the neck off the Quidshop's hat for using this terrible disease in your flippant and 'fun' usage. Matk my words. Hey how about a truce till boxing day?

I'll start "ghostwriter is my idea of festive sparkle".

Despite my obvious sickly feeling it's now your turn to say something beautiful about moi........ (quick, I'm holding my breath here......)”

“ghostwriter

Like I say

Make of it what you will XD”

“GW69: your attempts to 'win' this discussion are entertaining. The thread I started asked the question about giving to animal charities, it was not against it. I even stated I was neutral. In fact, if you count me giving tuna to the cat, I have given more to animals charities than I have any other.

Want to try again?”

“Still holding my breath!”

“dj,

What point are you trying to make?

Asking a fellow forum member if they have alzheimers for no other reason than that they mentioned it in a post is, in my opinion, making light of a serious illness that you understand nothing about.
Taking bets on my response to another member is totally pointless. GW`s usage was neither flippant nor fun, it was a valid point.”

“Yes of course it was, how silly of me. So it's alright to be ironic eh? And which ailments are alright to be ironic about? Flippin' 'eck. Smell the coffee Floss, it wasn't a put-down of everyone who's had Alzheimer's. You're not thinking you've got it have you?”

“pippa

Why are you still posting as Little_Old_G?

"your attempts to 'win' this discussion are entertaining."


I don't need to 'win' this discussion. It's a thread about the best advice you have been given. Are you getting confused again? First you don't know who you are logged in as and now you don't know what thread you're on. LOL.



And if you are still holding your breath between two posts, posted 5 minutes apart, you might not be posting again.

PMSL”

“dj,

anyone who`s had it?

Just goes to show your total ignorance on the subject. You can once have had Chicken pox or measles but not alzheimers. It kills you. You do not recover from it. The fact that twice recently you have asked members whether they `have it` show your contempt.
If we had `it` we would not be typing on here. One of the first signs of alzheimers is the loss of the ability to read and write.”

“by Little_Ole_GWednesday, December 12 2012, 2:48PM


"Gw69: Not all the ex Eastern Bloc countries are in the EU, and all but the most idiotic of people would fail to understand which countries I was referring to."

Perhaps people of your age, but you keep forgetting, most of us aren't as old as you.

Hope that helps.”

“Flossy, okay, I admit it perhaps said 'anyone who has it' I appreciate it is a debilitating and incurable disease. Don't make me out to be Frankie Boyle.

Watch this space..... someone's bound to spout "More like Susan Boyle" just watch.....”

“From my good friend Mr. McCartney - Don't go chasing polar bears....”

“From My auntie RiRi 'shine bright like a diamond'”

“From Mr. Presley "Your love is worth, all the gold on Earth, no wonder that I say'.”

“Put your fag out when filling your car up. (Me)”

“From my dad: Never trust a man who does not like football (we are not from Hull or it may have been rugby?!?!!) and also get a degree cos it will give you a bit of time to decide what you want to do in your life (and he was right).”

“...so what will you do then, Lucy? Sorry, it was a joke, not a facetious remark!”

“This advice was given to me by a Catholic Priest when I was 15 years old.

'Whatever you decide to do in life, it is paramount that you join your workplace Trade Union'.

An excellent piece of advice from Father Franco, he was from the the North East and a Red through and through. However, a word of warning and he didn't mention this. If you decide to progress and become a Shop Steward, be warned, it can become a curse at times!

Happy Yuletide and a prosperous New Year to all on this Forum.

Apollo”

“Thank you Mr. Mouse, and love to all mice in space xx”

“I was always told, Never listen to your shop steward, he's only looking after himself.”

“Our shop steward used to fight tooth and nail for us, then half a dozen 'yes' men would ask for a secret ballot and then, lo and behold 90% of the workforce would vote for a 4% rise. The rest of us would be tearfully wringing our hands whilst the directors of the company would be guffawing into their Jack Daniels.”

“Gandhi said: "Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." Brilliant! (I said that last bit).”

“Learn to govern the empire as you would cook a little fish”

“That's a good one John. Using plenty of care I would assume. That is a good one.

How about, 'if it doesn't fit, don't force it'.”

“And of course, Eric Idle would tell you to always look on the bright side of life.”