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Capt Spaulding · 03-30-2021, 11:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gen3v8

Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience

There's a variation of this:

Try to avoid must mud wrestling with a pig. You will quickly discover 1) you will not win, 2) you will never be able to wash off the filth, and 3) the pig really likes it.

spcmafia · 03-30-2021, 11:47 AM

"Embrace the suck"

Mostly used in the military, it means that no matter how shitty the situation is, you make the best of it and keep pushing forward to get your mission done.

Tcoat · 03-30-2021, 11:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Capt Spaulding

There's a variation of this:

Try to avoid must mud wrestling with a pig. You will quickly discover 1) you will not win, 2) you will never be able to wash off the filth, and 3) the pig really likes it.

NoHaveMSG · 03-30-2021, 12:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AnalogMan

"When all else fails, lower your standards".

I don't know who originally said this, but it's been my guiding principle throughout life. It's applicable in any situation, professional or personal.

Fuck that, I will die trying.

Dadhawk · 03-30-2021, 12:46 PM

"How come we choose from just two people for President, and fifty for Miss America?"

- Alfred E. Neuman

ScoobsMcGee · 03-30-2021, 01:00 PM

"That's what."

- Xi

(Yeah, I've used this before on here)

Sapphireho · 03-30-2021, 02:16 PM

I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy

Tcoat · 03-30-2021, 02:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy

AnalogMan · 03-31-2021, 10:56 AM

"It doesn't matter where you get your appetite, as long as you eat at home".

- Said to me early in our marriage (over 30 years ago) by my very understanding, patient, and supportive wife (and no, she was not referring to food).

Dadhawk · 03-31-2021, 11:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AnalogMan

"It doesn't matter where you get your appetite, as long as you eat at home".

"Hey, Honey, look a got take out, want to share?" Famous last words....

AnalogMan · 03-31-2021, 12:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

Fuck that, I will die trying.

Yes, that sounds very romantic and idealistic. Until you're confronted with exactly that possibility. The prospect of dying trying. Then you're dead, didn't get what you wanted, and since you're dead, you can't even have the satisfaction of saying to yourself, 'well, at least I died trying'. You're just dead. No do-overs or second chances.

Which brings up a couple of other quotes:

"He who fights and runs away, may live to fight another day. But he who is battle slain, can never rise to fight again".

- The Athenian orator and statesman Demosthenes

or...

"Inside every cynical person is a disappointed idealist."

- George Carlin

Dadhawk · 03-31-2021, 12:25 PM

"You can't pick the family you're born into, but you can pick the family your children are born into" - Alfred E. Neumann

(My second favorite philosopher, after Yoda. And I a have a degree in Philosophy, so I'm an expert...)

Tcoat · 03-31-2021, 12:38 PM

When in response to the question "what do you want to eat?" she replies "I don't know what do you want?" it means she knows exactly what she wants and you will have to to just keep suggesting by guesswork until you get it right.

FR-S2GT86 · 03-31-2021, 01:47 PM

"You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friend's nose."

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