An Old Farmer’s Advice:
- Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight, and bull-strong.
- Keep skunks and bankers and lawyers at a distance.
- Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.
- A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor.
- Words that soak into your ears are whispered…not yelled.
- Meanness don’t jes’ happen overnight.
- Forgive your enemies. It messes up their heads.
- Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you.
- It don’t take a very big person to carry a grudge.
- You cannot unsay a cruel word.
- Every path has a few puddles.
- When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.
- The best sermons are lived, not preached.
- Most of the stuff people worry about ain’t never gonna happen, anyway
- Don’t judge folks by their relatives.
- Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
- Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you’ll enjoy it a second time.
- Don’t interfere with somethin’ that ain’t botherin’ you none.
- Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.
- If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin’.
- Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.
- The biggest troublemaker you’ll probably ever have to deal with, watches you from the mirror every mornin’.”
- Always drink upstream from the herd.
- Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment.
- Lettin’ the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin’ it back in.
- If you get to thinkin’ you’re a person of some influence, try orderin’ somebody else’s dog around.
- Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.
The Laws of Life
- Law of Mechanical Repair
- After your hands become coated with grease, either your nose will begin to itch or you’ll have to pee.
- Law of the Workshop
- Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.
- Law of Probability
- The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act.
- Law of the Telephone
- If you dial a wrong number, you will never get a busy signal.
- Law of the Alibi
- If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire, the very next morning you will have a flat tire.
- Variation Law
- If you change traffic lanes, the one you were in will start to move faster than the one you are in now (works every time).
- Law of the Bath
- Immersion of the body in water will invariably cause the telephone to ring.
- Law of Close Encounters
- The probability of meeting someone you know increases dramatically when you are with someone you don’t want to be seen with.
- Law of the Result
- When you try to prove to someone that a machine won’t work, it will.
- Law of Biomechanics
- The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the reach of the arm.
- Law of the Theater
- At any event, the people whose seats are furthest from the aisle arrive last.
- Law of Coffee
- As soon as you sit down to a cup of hot coffee, someone will ask you to do something which will last until the coffee is cold.
- Murphy’s Law of Lockers
- If there are only two people in a locker room, they will have adjacent lockers.
- Law of Rugs/Carpets
- The chances of an open-faced jelly sandwich landing face down on a floor covering are directly correlated to the newness and cost of the carpet/rug.
- Law of Logical Argument
- Anything is possible if you don’t know what you are talking about.
- Brown’s Law
- If the shoe fits, it’s ugly.
- Wilson’s Law
- As soon as you find a product that you really like, they will stop making it.
- Doctors’ Law
- If you don’t feel well, make an appointment to go to the doctor, by the time you get there you’ll feel better. Don’t make an appointment and you’ll stay sick.