Never squat with your spurs on, said Will Rogers
HE WAS PART cowboy, part Indian, and part newspaper columnist. Will Rogers’ one-liners hold lots of lessons for us today, says reader Mya Kirwan, who sent her favorite Rogers’ quotes to me.
1. Never slap a man who's chewing tobacco.
2. There are two theories to arguing with a woman. Neither works.
3. Never miss a good chance to shut up.
4. Always drink upstream from the herd.
5. If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.
6. The quickest way to double your money is to fold it and put it back into your pocket.
7. Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.
8. If you're riding ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it's still there.
9. Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier’n puttin' it back.
10. After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him. The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.
ABOUT GROWING OLDER...
11. The older we get, the fewer things seem worth waiting in line for.
12. Some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me; I want people to know 'why' I look this way.
13. When you are dissatisfied and would like to go back to youth, think of Algebra.
14. You know you are getting old when everything either dries up or leaks.
15. Eventually you will reach a point when you stop lying about your age and start bragging about it.
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ON AN UNRELATED SUBJECT…. A recent posting on this page, the one about English being a silly language, became a fun item on Morning Brew, a radio show. Many thanks to commentators Lift Lurker and Bernard Luk, who provided the humor.
@Nury
It seems the company "Wrong Design" in Sheung Wan was not named by error.
Found their website
http://www.wrongdesign.com/
As per this link, they also make beers locally !!!
http://www.wrongdesign.com/hksarb/f_home.htm
Posted by: Karuna | Wednesday, 17 August 2011 at 01:37 PM
...when a cowboy grows up, he does not become a cowman (or a bullboy or a bullman), he just becomes a bigger cowboy.
...Uncle, i think you shouldn't ever consider using those big headphones...you look like a rapping turtle in the video...
Posted by: rafanjr | Wednesday, 17 August 2011 at 01:43 PM
Ain't #7 the truth, sadly!
Posted by: Jason | Wednesday, 17 August 2011 at 04:28 PM
I like #2 and 7 the most.
Posted by: tamanna | Wednesday, 17 August 2011 at 07:35 PM
3 + 10 = ...............................................!
Posted by: Bianca Schlimm | Wednesday, 17 August 2011 at 07:48 PM
16. Don't be tempted to take a small sip of the spittoon on a dare in the saloon.
You can't just take a 'small sip', it all sticks together.
17. Don't eat yellow snow.
Posted by: TS | Thursday, 18 August 2011 at 12:12 AM
...Oh gosh TS... with your number 16 its so hard not to imagine....
Posted by: rafanjr | Thursday, 18 August 2011 at 09:12 AM
If you drive cattle across Texas for 3 weeks you will need to bath in river. Real cowboys don’t wear pink underware.
Posted by: Lift Lurker | Thursday, 18 August 2011 at 10:16 AM
"Never miss a good chance to shut up"
I think it's worth opening a Twitter account for that brilliant statement!
What happens when I click the Twitter thing? Do I have to edit the comment down to 140 signs?
Grandpa, please do the headphone printing again
Posted by: Bianca Schlimm | Thursday, 18 August 2011 at 09:21 PM
oops
I forgot about the headphone.;
Can you remind me?
Posted by: grandpa | Friday, 19 August 2011 at 05:49 AM
to you it is a biiig smile...(icon)
Posted by: Bianca Schlimm | Friday, 19 August 2011 at 02:16 PM
:-D
Posted by: Talknonsense | Monday, 22 August 2011 at 05:28 PM
Or the other one?
Posted by: Talknonsense | Monday, 22 August 2011 at 05:29 PM