Life's advice and phrases....

[Greyman]

When the snake falls in love with the spaghetti, it's time to buy a new hat.

 

[Tradewind]

"all hat and no cattle" J.R Ewing
'Bless your heart." unknown in the deep south

 

[Festus]

Segments of tightly stacked topo lines are the 'stairway to elk heaven'
- Randy Newburg

 

[William Schmaltz]

"One man's garbage is another man person's good ungarbage" - Ricky

 

[Tradewind]

"let it go, it's water under the bridge. If you want a closer look i can hold you by your ankles." An old boss of mine.

 

[NR_Hunter]

“Deserves got nothin to do with it” - William Munny, killer of women and children.

 

[Europe]

tradewind----I have heard "all hat and no cattle" a few times

guys dont anyone get upset as there are tons of girl jokes men tell, My granddaughter was all upset about a prom date that went south a few years back and I told her

"you have to kiss a few frogs before finding your prince"----- and for the record, this works both ways "not all slippers fit -your- Cinderella"

 

[kenton]

"If you can smoke a Winston, you can batter an onion ring."

"Its a dangerous thing to assume the person you're talking to isn't going to be important in your life."

 

[Sytes]

Caution for the language sensitive. From the movie, Colors... Duval schooling Penn.

 

[The Yetti]

"The true test of a leader is what happens when he isn't there, not when he is there" From the best 1SG I ever worked with.

 

[gouch]

“Absolute perfection is minimally acceptable.” An old supervisor of mine.

“Not all who wander are lost” A bumper sticker on my moms car.

 

[Sytes]

Complaining about a problem without offering a solution is called whining. - Theodore Roosevelt

 

[WalkingBird]

"There's a fine line between goose hunting and sitting in a corn field like an idiot"

-My dad after an unproductive morning

 

[COEngineer]

If you can't get younger, you have to get tougher.

Me, after thinking about how my old man climbed elk mountains in his 60s.

 

[BackofBeyond]

A couple favorites from my grandmother...

“Wish in one hand and s**t in the other, see which one fills up first“

“If you’re looking for sympathy, it’s between s**t and syphilis in the dictionary.”

And one from my father-in-law right before I wed his daughter - “make sure that’s a hill you’re willing to die on before you pick a fight with her.”

 

[slatebuilder]

“For most people their perception is reality.” An old boss

 

[hank4elk]

"One man's shit is another mans bread & butter."
Grandpa on the septic guy...

 

[rtraverdavis]

From my dad, throughout my youth:

“Goddamnit Randy, pay attention to what you’re doing.”

 

[bobbydean]

I am enjoying these. From really thought provoking, to off the wall, and to funny, they are all good

 

[Mudranger1]

All this philosophy...I heard this too often now
he wonders why I do things the hard way

If you're gonna be dumb you got to be tough..Dad