What's The Best Thought You Learned in School?

[Krill]

While I look forward to that day, I'll also miss the stoned ramblings.

[Jonny]

"My mother is a fish."

[Alinestra Covelia]

Re: What's The Best Thought You Learned in School?

Originally posted by SlowwHand
"There's a difference in efficient and effective. Efficient is doing the right thing. Effective is doing the right thing at the right time".

Funny, I had a discussion about that with my housemistress way back in boarding school in the U.K.

She compared effective, economical, and efficient.

Effective: Using a flamethrower to grill your steak. (Too much heat.)

Economical: Using a candle to grill your steak. (Too little heat, even though it eventually gets done... very slowly.)

Efficient: Using just the right amount of heat to grill your steak.

Slightly different definitions from yours, SlowwHand.

Then again, my housemistress was a rather unusual woman, to say the least. Imagine a woman with a similar appearance to Dame Maggie Smith speaking in a prim Queen's English accent about how we should be tolerant of homosexuals, after some anti-lesbian bullying in the house.

Now imagine the same woman asking you, rhetorically, "When you're busy masturbating, does it really matter whose fingers are on your clitoris?"

This was the same woman who shouted from the sidelines at the boys during a rugby match scrum "If you're going to roll about in the mud, d'you think you could see to buying yourselves some jock straps? Honestly, it's enough to make my girls wish they were menopausal too..." between cups of lapsang tea.

This is not strictly relevant to the question and I appear to have strayed from the topic somewhat. I apologize.

[DaShi]

What kind of mistress was she again?

[Alinestra Covelia]

Housemistress. A teacher in school who also assumes the role of managing one of the boarding houses. Apparently responsible for inculcating discipline and morals, though that seemed to be more of a philosophical pursuit than a rigorous one for her.

[rah]

Originally posted by Krill


My one's better

Yeah, but I thought If i did one any more complicated, few would recognize it.

[Lancer]

Public School in Jersey was crap, when I turn 17 I joined up, school was out forever. In the army I learned 'always attack into an ambush'. If you don't you see, you're doing exactly what your enemy planned for you to do. That's useful, no matter what you're doing. Well ok, except for baking donuts.

Another good one, 'When there's a dud mortar round that has to be cleared from the tube, lift the base of the tube from the stand and the round will fall out.' We used the big 81mm mortar. And here's the really tricky bit that's useful to know...'catch it, don't miss catching it, you want to catch it, got that?'

That was key.

[Spec]

Vicodin is not supposed to be that bad...Are you sure you are not taking too many pills gramps?

Spec.

[Arrian]

"Always know your source" or "Always question the source."

The basic concept of historiography.

-Arrian

[Harovan]

Originally posted by Arrian
"Always know your source" or "Always question the source."

Was Fez your teacher?? You criminal!

Anyway, the most important thing I learned in school was, that if a girl does a prank to you and flees from your wrath into the girl's bathroom, it's inappropriate to follow her.

[Krill]

Now that is an anecdote I want to hear

[Arrian]

[Perfection]

[Sirotnikov]

'always attack into an ambush'. If you don't you see, you're doing exactly what your enemy planned for you to do.

huh?
attack into an ambush?
as in - walk right in?

[Grandpa Troll]

Originally posted by Spec
Vicodin is not supposed to be that bad...Are you sure you are not taking too many pills gramps?

Spec.

Tking what is presribed

I have a nerve that is inflamed

They cut the sheath around my tendons on left hand, removed catilage that was torn and shave a lot of muscle tissues that was inglamed

It stays swollen X 3-4 cm larger than it should, very warm temperature difference to touch and stays blueish/purpleish/crimson colored from elbow to finger tips


Thansk for concern thogu

Gramps