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Five tips for making life more bearable

  • 18-06-2010 9:02am
    #1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,553 ✭✭✭


    If you could give five tips that you think would make life better, what would they be?

    Mine:

    1) Don't always assume that 'professionals' know more about a subject than yourself just because they get paid to do a job.

    2) Don't cheat on your OH - just have the balls to call it a day.

    3) Learn the basics of consumer rights and personal finance.

    4) At least once in your life, buy a car that makes you smile when you press the accelerator.

    5) Every time you have sex, do it like it's your last chance - life's too short for crap lovin'.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,103 ✭✭✭mathie


    If you could give five tips that you think would make life better, what would they be?

    Mine:

    4) At least once in your life, buy a car that makes you smile when you press the loud pedal.

    Is the 'loud pedal' near the 'pu55y magnet'?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,391 ✭✭✭✭mikom



    1) Don't always assume that 'professionals' know more about a subject than yourself just because they get paid to do a job.

    2) Don't cheat on your OH - just have the balls to call it a day.

    3) Learn the basics of consumer rights and personal finance.

    4) At least once in your life, buy a car that makes you smile when you press the loud pedal.

    5) Every time you have sex, do it like it's your last chance - life's too short for crap lovin'.

    Are these tips for a dude who kerb crawls prostitutes in a Lada?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,537 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    don't have kids

    don't buy a massively over priced house

    wash your hands

    leave me alone


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,737 ✭✭✭MidlandsM


    One of mine is to resist the temptation to post crap lists on the internet.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,130 ✭✭✭✭Kiera


    Smile
    Be honest
    Try help others
    Never back stab/bitch
    Be nice

    :)

    /I like number 5, Fitzy. This is now my number 6 :D


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,553 ✭✭✭Banned Account


    mathie wrote: »
    Is the 'loud pedal' near the 'pu55y magnet'?
    mikom wrote: »
    Are these tips for a dude who kerb crawls prostitutes in a Lada?

    Oh yeah, - don't join the green party - it makes you miserable.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,826 ✭✭✭phill106


    If you could give five tips that you think would make life better, what would they be?

    Mine:

    1) Don't always assume that 'professionals' know more about a subject than yourself just because they get paid to do a job.

    2) Don't cheat on your OH - just have the balls to call it a day.

    3) Learn the basics of consumer rights and personal finance.

    4) At least once in your life, buy a car that makes you smile when you press the loud pedal.

    5) Every time you have sex, do it like it's your last chance - life's too short for crap lovin'.
    Did you learn all that after your ex drove off in your ferrari after you cheated on her in an expensive hotel room with a professional lady who fleeced you of all your cash, as you were passed out in post coitus afterglow??


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,130 ✭✭✭✭Kiera


    don't have kids

    don't buy a massively over priced house

    wash your hands

    leave me alone

    You forgot:

    5: go back to school and learn how to count :P


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,537 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    Kiera wrote: »
    You forgot:

    5: go back to school and learn how to count :P
    leave me alone

    see, you failed that bit and now I will do my best to make your life miserable for ever and ever and ever


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 18,239 ✭✭✭✭WindSock


    Live by the law of attraction. Try to visualise what you want and it will come to you, eventually.

    - Life tips with WindSock. Sponsored by some claptrap self help shoite.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,178 ✭✭✭✭NothingMan


    Good friends, good food and good beer.

    I have it all I want or need.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,130 ✭✭✭✭Kiera


    see, you failed that bit and now I will do my best to make your life miserable for ever and ever and ever

    Bring it! I'll break you first!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,537 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    Kiera wrote: »
    Bring it! I'll break you first!

    cool. its a date. we can meet up, make each other miserable and see where it goes...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,130 ✭✭✭✭Kiera


    cool. its a date. we can meet up, make each other miserable and see where it goes...

    Awesome! I'll bring the rope, you can bring the blades.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,789 ✭✭✭Caoimhín


    Just two tips;

    Morphine.

    Bourbon Whiskey.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,813 ✭✭✭themadchef


    Kiera wrote: »
    Smile
    Be honest
    Try help others
    Never back stab/bitch
    Be nice

    Barney? :eek:




    / Runs


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,130 ✭✭✭✭Kiera


    themadchef wrote: »
    Barney? :eek:




    / Runs

    I love you, you love me, Chefy!

    Now tell us your 5 life rules or the kids get it!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,710 ✭✭✭RoadKillTs


    One of mine is to resist the temptation to post crap lists on the internet.

    Pity it doesn't cover crap replies aswell :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,798 ✭✭✭✭DrumSteve


    WindSock wrote: »
    Live by the law of attraction. Try to visualise what you want and it will come to you, eventually.

    - Life tips with WindSock. Sponsored by some claptrap self help shoite.

    Noel Edmonds? Is that you?


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,360 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    Trust

    me

    on

    the

    Suncream...


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  • Posts: 17,378 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Sunscreen.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,360 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    Sunscreen.

    Dammit... off to that thread about miss heard lyrics so...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,861 ✭✭✭RobbieTheRobber


    Trust

    me

    on

    the

    Suncream...
    Sunscreen.

    Wear Sunscreen

    If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience. I will dispense this advice now.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,605 ✭✭✭Fizman


    Treat a girl just how you'd like to see your sister treated by another guy.

    Don't have sex with an Aunt.

    Yellow Snow is grand, fcuk the begrudgers.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,813 ✭✭✭themadchef


    Kiera wrote: »
    I love you, you love me, Chefy!

    Now tell us your 5 life rules or the kids get it!


    Challenge yourself at least once a day.

    Never go all in on AA, you know the river will break you.

    Dont argue while naked and handcuffed, it never ends well.

    Hormonal? Padlock the fridge.

    Conversationally, when digging a hole, stop! Not everyone appreciates your bluntness. You will have less explaining to do.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 489 ✭✭Trashbat


    Only one:

    Never go ass to mouth.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,103 ✭✭✭mathie


    Kiera wrote: »
    You forgot:

    5: go back to school and learn how to count :P

    "wash your hands" was two points.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    1. Look for a safe place
    2. Don't hurry, stop and wait,
    3. Look all around and listen before you cross the road, remember.....
    4. Let all the traffic pass you
    5. Then walking straight across you....
    6. Keep watching.

    That's the five six tips for making life more bearable code.....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,349 ✭✭✭✭super_furry


    1) Cheer the **** up.
    2) Don't argue with bouncers, you will never, ever win.
    3) Don't be a dick
    4) Don't eat sushi from a convience store


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 18,239 ✭✭✭✭WindSock


    DrumSteve wrote: »
    Noel Edmonds? Is that you?

    On the one hand, yes. On the other....no.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,941 ✭✭✭thebigbiffo


    always wipe front to back.

    this is especially invaluable if you're the female of the species


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,783 ✭✭✭Hank_Jones


    Kiera wrote: »
    You forgot:

    5: go back to school and learn how to count :P

    Kiera wrote: »
    Be nice

    Contradicted yourself like a minute later.

    Shame on you Kiera, shame on you. :(


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,130 ✭✭✭✭Kiera


    Hank_Jones wrote: »
    Contradicted yourself like a minute later.

    Shame on you Kiera, shame on you. :(

    I was being nice. I was giving her/him advice!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,553 ✭✭✭Banned Account


    MidlandsM wrote: »
    One of mine is to resist the temptation to post crap lists on the internet.


    Yeah, I could have posted something like the following

    1) Never try to suck your own mickey if you're not prepared to swallow - it'll end in tears - literally.

    2) The man who walks sideways through airport doors is going to Bangkok.

    3) Nevr forget that statutory rape is a strict liability crime - the make up and matching Bra & Panties set does not a solid defence make.

    4) Making love to Mary Harney is unpossible unless you are willing to roll her in flour to find the wet patch

    5) Never make 'yore Ma' jokes to a sibling - some things are never fully forgotten.

    Stupid me choosing this forum to pass on a little earned knowledge :(


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,783 ✭✭✭Hank_Jones


    Kiera wrote: »
    I was being nice. I was giving her/him advice!

    Now,now, less of that attitude young lady. :p
    Kiera wrote: »
    Never back stab/bitch


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,130 ✭✭✭✭Kiera


    Hank_Jones wrote: »
    Now,now, less of that attitude young lady. :p

    You just dont get me!

    [/drama queen]


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,830 ✭✭✭Jonty


    Don't sh1te where you eat


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,798 ✭✭✭✭DrumSteve


    WindSock wrote: »
    On the one hand, yes. On the other....no.

    noel edmonds on my right hand...noel edmonds on my left hand.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 201 ✭✭fairycakes


    -Don't use your mobile while driving
    -Don't believe a word from any politician
    -Foreplay foreplay foreplay
    -Don't stand directly behind someone using an ATM
    -Go to see more comedy


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,737 ✭✭✭MidlandsM


    Stupid me :(

    ;)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,588 ✭✭✭derfderf


    (1) Don't stay more than 2 years in a job you hate (unless you really have to).
    (2) if u have a friend that you ignore their calls more often than you answer them, get rid of them as soon as you can.
    (3)never completely blank your friends for a new OH. First few weeks are ok but after that make an effort. If you don't and things don't work out it's a lot harder makin new friends than keeping old ones.
    (4)clear your browser history every time. Make it part of your routine, just like brushing your teeth.
    (5)never drink and text.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,625 ✭✭✭Sofaspud


    1) Cheer the **** up.
    2) Don't argue with bouncers, you will never, ever win.
    3) Don't be a dick

    I was with you until . . . .
    4) Don't eat sushi from a convience store

    Tesco sushi rocks!

    My own advice would be:

    Don't try to impress people, you'll end up looking like a spa.
    When you're not sure about something, say "what's the worst that could happen", most new experiences are good ones.
    It's better to regret doing something, than to regret not doing it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 701 ✭✭✭christina_x


    1) never take any notice of assholes - theyr problem that theyr horrible not yours.

    2) be friendly - people will return the favour.

    3) never step on anybody in life, you never know when you may need their help.

    4) never leave room for regret; try everything once


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,723 ✭✭✭Cheap Thrills!


    1. Avoid unnecessary responsibility, if you don't do it someone else will.

    2. Dont bother with Supermarkets, what you save in money and gain in variety will be cancelled out by the stress and soul destroyingness of the experience.

    3. Dont have kids, especially just because you are 'interested to see what a mix of him and me will look like' -its just not worth losing 20 years of lie ons for.

    4. Drive in bus lanes, buses drive in our lanes. Fairs fair.

    5. Dont buy light coloured carpets.

    That is all.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,454 ✭✭✭mink_man


    make life more bear-able?

    ....live in the woods! :p


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,556 ✭✭✭Deus Ex Machina


    My only advice is to cut parallel to the ulna, not across it.


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    2) Don't argue with bouncers, you will never, ever win.

    "win" is subjective. Surely it is more you will never get in. From experience, 70% of bouncers I've had any interaction with have been thick as mud and as such "winning" a debate with them is a formality! :pac:


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    1 Don't argue with people unless you REALLY feel strongly about something. If you think you feel strongly on EVERYTHING then lighten up because nobody likes argumentative people.

    2 Have sex often and without guilt. It's good for you!

    3 Take time to yourself and try to make time to slow your pace of life and chill out for 5 minutes.

    4 Never be afraid to try something. You'll only regret it later.

    5 Try to be as nice as possible to people but never be a doormat. Stand up for yourself. And don't lose your temper.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 57,358 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    Always try to pay someone a compliment....That's my advice. You will get a buzz out of them getting a buzz.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,109 ✭✭✭Cavehill Red


    Caoimhín wrote: »
    Just two tips;

    Morphine.

    Bourbon Whiskey.

    Where's your patriotism?
    Heroin and Irish whiskey for the win.


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