The Top Ten Things I Learned From Mom and Dad...

[catnhatnh]

and sundry others...

1.A washer and dryer exit. These convert the used clothes on the floor into potential outfits in your bureau. Age 8.

2.Food comes at room temp or less. Dad buys it and people convert that into meals. Age 10

3.Your allowance requires certain tasks be performed and your addiction to root beer Popsicles makes little difference. Age 10

4.Sewing is good for boys too (Wow, made me a superstar in basic training).Age 12

5.Work sucks but pays the bills. Age 13

6.Real men are there every day. Age 14

7.Even young guys can be deckhands when school is out.Age 14

8.Pulling a dredge is hard work but cash alleviates a lot of pain. Age 14

9.Scots dialect poetry is tough to learn but worth it. Age 15

10.School taught me little other than the details. Most everything worth knowing came from family...Age 56

[cloudbase]

1. Watch where you put your signature,

and watch where you put your dick.

Both have the potential to cause major problems.

[Berry Cool]

2. And if you have a vagina instead of a dick,

watch who puts his dick in it.

Because the problems that may cause are ones that you may have to deal with all alone and will never be able to run away from the way people with dicks can sometimes run from theirs.

[catnhatnh]

3. All I'm going to say

is both replies seem unhinged. If your reply is somehow cogent please tell me the part I missed.

[Berry Cool]

4. "Unhinged"?

I think reply 1 just expressed things from the male point of view, and reply 2 from the female point of view. That's all.

I fail to see what's not cogent. But I doubt any amount of explanation could help.

Editing to say...oh, I think I get what you didn't understand. You didn't understand that reply 1 was intended as an example of the "advice" that person had received, and my reply was intended as a variation on that advice...meant to remind everyone that not all of us have dicks, and those of us who have things other than dicks can get into even more trouble than those who have dicks. That's all.

[Warpy]

5. Don't take it personally

I like your sig line.

And I'm constantly surprised at some of the wisdom that comes from kids.