Whats the one thing your Grand Parents or Parents said............

[Fordman]

Whats the one thing your Grand Parents or Parents said to you as a kid, you looked at them with a raised brow but then it hit you one day when you were older that what they said was true!

For me, it was my Grandpa. He gave me 3 pieces of advice:

1) dont tick off the guy making your food
2) dont tick off the guy that has your car up on the rack
3) dont F*&K a F&^*@R
 


Fordman

[HaRuMaN]

Grandpa:  Go buy me a yoo-hoo!
Grandma:  Have you ever smelled mothballs?  How'd you get their little legs apart?

[RayB]

They said to me: Don't devout yourself to your employer, they will downsize you on a whim.

OK they didn't really say that... just teasing you Ford man.

[HaRuMaN]

 

[geomartin]

Mine always warned me in my high school years that picky people masturbate alot!

[Dartful Dodger]

False.

I'm not a picky person.

[AtomSmasher]

I wouldn't say I later realized all of these to be true, but I used to be told an odd mix of "facts"

-Never fight a guy named Tiny.
-Never spit into the wind
-M&M's melt in your mouth, not in your hand
-Communism is evil

[Benevolance]

Mine told me D&D would make me a Satan worshipper, so I switched to GURPS and Palladium.

[geomartin]

False.

I'm not a picky person.

I correctly took it to mean that one of the less beautiful girls in my class would show ALOT more appreciation about being asked on a date

[Silas (son of Silas)]

My father always said the following:

 - Man can do what man has done
 - Cant's come in cans
 - There are no geniuses just you and I

[ark_ader]

What I remember most about my abusive, alcoholic grand mother, was her favourite greeting to me:

Oh it's you - piss off.  But before you go - get me some cans of Guiness and 60 cigarettes. Then piss off.

You gotta love those  drunk old women.......

[Vanguard]

My grandfather told me, " Don't plan for tomorrow without leaving room to live a little today.".

He'd always put everything off for tomorrow and before he knew it his life was ending and tomorrow never arrived.

[SavannahLion]

From Dad:
(Roughly translated and greatly condensed.)

There are two ways to get wealthy fast. Marry a rich widow or rob a bank. I suggest you marry a rich widow.

You read too much, reading doesn't get you anywhere.

If you want to know something, the best way to find out is to keep your mouth shut and your eyes open. Try to figure it out before you ask. (I think this is a variation on, "Better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.")

From Mom:

Don't invest in stocks, invest in bonds.

From my brother:

I'm not going to tell you there are more fish in the pond. That's ---That which is odiferous and causeth plants to grow---. I'm just going to tell you that I know it hurts and to just hang in there.

[javeryh]

"Son, this too will pass."

It's actually quite comforting and gets me through tough times.

[HaRuMaN]

"Son, this too will pass."

It's actually quite comforting and gets me through tough times.

Solomon's your father?   

[RayB]

"Son, this too will pass."

It's actually quite comforting and gets me through tough times.

Solomon's your father?   

GRANDfather. (see topic title)

[HanoiBoi]

Not really words of wisdom, but I always got a kick out of it and even use it myself on occasion.  I remember my Mom saying: "You know what they say in Russia?  Tough shitzky."  It was her nice way of basically saying 'I don't care what you want to do or what your friends are doing'....

Also, when I was a late teen, working and partying, she would always tell me not to burn the candle on both ends.  In my 30's, she shared with me several times that she always admired the fact that I was always doing something fun and knew how to enjoy life.   

[drventure]

Mine told me D&D would make me a Satan worshipper

 

That from an ex-DM from WAY WAY back