What have -you- learned from the last 7 years?

[Hugin]

I've learned:

1. People will do anything for a potato.
2. Never pass up an opportunity to participate in state sponsored vandalism.
3. 'Schadenfrende' is more than a word, it's a lifestyle choice.
4. LostinVA is a troll.

[BarenakedLady]

1. Where you been?

That's what I want to know.

:shrug:

[Hugin]

2. I've been finding myself...

:hug:

Navel gazing...

Introspection...

Examining my life...






Making up excuses...

[Aristus]

7. ...Watching "Empire Of The Sun"...

B-)

[Hugin]

9. I became enthralled with trying to figure out why that darned...

hangar wouldn't stay blown up! :blush:

[Lyric]

3. I am not nearly

as useless as I thought I was.

And I don't have to feel guilty all the time, because most things really aren't my fault.

[Hugin]

4. Congratulations oktoberain!

Very valuable lessons indeed!

:hug:

[Rising Phoenix]

5. it is always darkest right before the dawn

over and over again

and oh yeah, LostinVA is a troll

[Hugin]

8. Hard lessons...

:)

[Midlodemocrat]

6. Hey!!! I've missed you!!!

I was going to ask in the lounge today if anyone had heard from you!!!

:hug:

[Hugin]

10. I've been jonesing for a Nobel Prize...

Thanks for thinking of me, Midlo. :D

:hug:

[ThatsMyBarack]

11. I am not a doormat!

And I refuse to be treated like one! :patriot:

[Hugin]

13. Highly accurate!

Good lesson danagsk8! :D

[BlueIris]

12. Loving a good man will break your heart many times.

Sometimes they make it very hard to love them.

[Hugin]

14. So true...

and thought provoking.

[Jamastiene]

15. Time really is not a constant.

In the words of the great Joey Ramone, "I wish that time would go by fast, but somehow they manage to make it last."

[edbermac]

16. I've learned that Bush was a lot worse than I thought.

That's what I've learned and I've seen Tricky Dick Nixon and Red Ink Ronnie Raygun in action. x(

[IzaSparrow]

17. few people will continue to be good friends

-a broken heart can be mended when you find that special person
-two degrees are just pieces of paper on the wall--i don't know dick
-"yoda" is based on the life of our dog
-if they don't dance, Well, they're no friends of mine

[SallyMander]

19. And that's why

i adore you!


:hug: :* :hug: :* :hug:

[Heidi]

18. What it's like to be an immigrant. (nt)

[DarkTirade]

20. If you had a good reason for breaking up with someone in the first place,

you shouldn't get back together with that person.

Unless the sex is REALLY good. And even then, be careful.

[krispos42]

21. Eisenhowser was the last good Republican

Love can really, really, really, really hurt. I mean, really hurt.

There is karma, but it's not fun watching it in action when it's somebody you know. It's fuckin' hilarious on fark.com, though!

Traitors wave the flag the hardest.

[Swede]

22. Nothing is written in stone.

Nothing.

[Droopy]

23. Never say things can't get any worse, because they really can.

I've learned how to live within my means. Unfortunately, I'm still paying on credit card debt from my excursion into drinking wine on a beer budget.

Working for a union company isn't necessarily better than working for a non-union one.

If you want to make money in trucking be prepared to work your ass off.

Most Americans know very little about politics.

Long term, heavy consumption of Diet Coke can lead to gastro-intestinal problems.

Noam Chomsky is the reincarnation of Jesus Christ.

George Bush is smarter than most Democrats give him credit for. I saw him tie his own shoes on the news the other day.

Blowing up your TV will not save your brain from rotting.

Beer is not a good substitute for TV.

Artists and musicians are not smarter than everyone else. Talent is not an indicator of intelligence.

It is damn hard to make money in real estate when you are starting from scratch.

Psychiatric drugs that make me normal are far better than the illegal drugs that made me weird.

Now that I'm 35 I cannot eat like I did when I was 20.

Most people I've met think I'm 10 years younger than my actual age. I'm not sure if it's because of my looks or my behavior, though.

A bunch of other stuff I can't think of right now.

[Hugin]

24. Hey, great list!

Thanks Droopy. :)

Food for thought, definitely!

[stuntcat]

25. I've lost hope

it's been a load off really.. from now on the more incredibly bad the news is the harder I will laugh :evilgrin:

[Hugin]

26. Oh, good one!

:thumbsup:


But, good in a bad good way... You know.

It's a lesson I'm sorry anyone has ever had to learn. ;(

[Fire Walk With Me]

27. People destroy things for fun, and there aren't enough of us interested in stopping them.

[Deep13]

28. Never get out of the goddamn boat. nt

[Tyler Durden]

31. Unless you're going all the way. ALWAYS good advice. n/t

[Reverend_Smitty]

29. That the Olive Garden is the root of all evil

Also Never and I mean NEVER put corn flakes on your fried chicken and finally that you should be bullish on kudzu because it's going places!

[Hugin]

32. Knowledge to live by, Reverend_Smitty!

Earned wisdom. :)

[Hugin]

33. Double posts, happen.

:blush:

[Tyler Durden]

30. Hmm. What have I learned recently?

It's always darkest just before the tornado flattens your house.

Smile and the world smiles with you. Cry, and you're showing better understanding of the true depth of the disaster.

Idiots smile all the time, so don't feel bad that you're not smiling.

It's not worth trying to convince truly stupid people of ANYTHING: when you walk away, it's like their brain pushes "CLEAR," and they are right back the way they were before you opened your mouth.

Having a High IQ is like having a huge motor in your car: if you don't put gas in it, it STILL isn't going anywhere.

There are people out there who REALLY BELIEVE the myths, and they can ruin your whole day/week/month/year/decade if you work for them.

The truly competent get to prove it over and over because they will be worked to death, while the incompetent take a nap.

Jesus, even if he exists, will not save ANYBODY. EVER. So pray if you want, but lock your house.

Trust people if you have to, but realize you are playing against the odds.

When someone who's lied to you before says "Trust me," DON'T. EVER.

Truly Crazy people usually remain a little crazy no matter what meds they take.

I could keep going, but it's making me depressed.