All excellent words to live by. Sadly, that's the end of the good counsel on these pages. What we present here is advice to avoid at all costs, collected from our readers and elsewhere. Read it, laugh at it, learn from it. But whatever you do, don't follow it.
COMMUNE WITH NATURE
“If you see a bear and don't have time to run away, hug it. Bears cannot scratch their stomachs."
-My no-nonsense grandfather
@ROSEVELETH
DRIVE OFFENSIVELY
When I started learning how to drive, my dad, completely serious, said to me, “Always weave a little, and all the other cars will stay away from you."
-KARLEN STEPHENSEN
PLUG IN
"Stop reading! You read too much; you're going to hurt your eyes! Go watch TV for a while!"
- My grandma, every time she visited
-YIUROITU on thoughtcatalog.com
IMPROVE YOUR COMPLEXION
As a young teen, I had terrible acne. A doctor told me that my acne would go away once I married. Presumably, sex would make it disappear. I'm glad we got a second opinion. I didn't get married until I was 34.
-RICK WEAVER
PULL THE PLUG
My husband grew hot peppers in our garden one year. Wanting to dry them out, we asked our Amish friend what to do. She suggested we use the microwave to quicken the process. So we took her suggestion and nuked the peppers. Within seconds, sickening fumes filled the kitchen, driving us out of the house, coughing and gagging. Only later did we stop to wonder why we took the advice to use the microwave from someone who doesn't use electric appliances.
—ANDREA PETROKONIS
COME UP SHORT
“It's the thought that counts."
- PEGGY TAPIA
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SWITCHED
In 1962, nurses at a small Canadian hospital sent home two women with the wrong babies. Then, 50 years later, their children discovered the shocking mistake.
ECHOES OF THE PAST
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Fathers of the Bride
A young woman finds a unique way to honour the many men who helped her survive her childhood
Fiction's Foresight
British-Bangladeshi author Manzu Islam's works reveal startling parallels to recent political upheavals in Bangladesh, begging the question: Besides helping us make sense of our world, can stories also offer a glimpse into the future?
It Happens ONLY IN INDIA
The Divine Defence Picture this: A tractor in Rajasthan‘s Banswara district,a group of loan agents closing in to seize it and the defaulting farmer and his family standing by.
