"You can't win a piss fight with a skunk"

[steve2470]

My dear old dad taught me that bit of wisdom. Did your folks ever say anything like that ? I was going to fire off an angry letter to the Orlando Slantinel (now called Sentinel ) in 1973 about Watergate, and my dad taught me that. Saved me futile effort.

[DinahMoeHum]

1. "No Need (Pissin' On A Skunk)" - Saffire (Uppity Blues Women)

Enjoy!

Lyrics:
http://www.lyrics.com/no-need-pissin-on-a-skunk-lyrics-saffire-the-uppity-blues-women.html

[steve2470]

8. thanks! nt

[OriginalGeek]

2. Holy crap did they call it that back then too?

I've lived in Orlando for 30 years and have never called the paper anything other than the Slantinel. They've been on the wrong side of most everything since I've been here. And they are worse now than they used to be. They at least used to have a few pretty good columnists but no longer.


I don't know about wisdom but one of the funniest things I remember from my maternal grandma was her telling my 5 year old brother he didn't know his ass from a hole in the ground. (She had caught him stuffing oranges down the vent pipe for the septic tank). I use that phrase to this day for anyone I feel is that stupid. (mostly yelled at drivers who cut me off)(from the privacy of my rolled-up windows car).

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

3. "(mostly yelled at drivers who cut me off)(from the privacy of my rolled-up windows car)"

A sign of both wisdom and perspicuity.

[steve2470]

6. it was horrible back then, hard core RW, backed Nixon all the way nt

[Skittles]

4. my Uncle Flave - regarding one thing men can do that women cannot

"piss up a rope"

my grandma, when my granddad was going on about something: "The rooster crows, but the hens deliver the goods."

[DamnYankeeInHouston]

5. "Never get into a pissing contest with a skunk."

is the best advice I ever got from father, too.

[steve2470]

7. :hi5: ! nt

[kentauros]

9. I only remember one from MFM's father

(per his quote) "All mushrooms are edible at least once."

[pinboy3niner]

10. +1 ROFL

[NJCher]

11. From a real estate guy

My dad was a real estate developer, so he dealt with numbers. I remember him saying: "Figures don't lie, but liars do figure."

Dad never used the skunk one, but he got his point across with this one: "Lie down with dogs, get up with fleas."


Cher

[rurallib]

12. "don't pee on an electric fence" dad told me

there is a video - it shows nothing - can I post it? It is hilarious and short with a powerful message

Edit to add - here's the video:

[steve2470]

13. fine with me nt

[pinboy3niner]

14. Ohm myyy!

[lastlib]

16. (my brother learned that lesson the hard way! He thought the current was shut off...

It wasn't.)

[steve2470]

18. haha! nt

[Joe Shlabotnik]

15. Not from my parents,

but through many hard lessons (still not fully appreciated):

Hey, at least I'm tough.

[lastlib]

17. My wise grandfather had many.

One I remember is to the effect that paying rent or interest to a bank is "buying a dead horse."