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Will Rogers, who died in a 1935 plane crash in Alaska with bush pilot Wiley Post (from Maysville, Oklahoma), was one of the greatest political country/cowboy sages this country has ever known.

Some of his sayings:

 

1.   Never slap a man who's chewing tobacco.  

 

2.   Never kick a cow chip on a hot day.  

 

3.   There are two theories to arguing with a woman. Neither works.  

 

4.   Never miss a good chance to shut up.  

 

5.   Always drink upstream from the herd.  

 

6.   If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.  

 

7.   The quickest way to double your money is to fold it and put it back into your pocket.  

 

8.   There are three kinds of men: The ones that learn by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence and find out for themselves.

 

9.   Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.  

 

10.   If you're ridin' ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it's still there.

 

11.   Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier'n puttin' it back.  

 

12.   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.

 

13.  Never Squat with your Spurs On

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I'll add my own advice to some of those!

 

1.   Never slap a man who's chewing tobacco.  

-> Don't chew tobacco, it causes cancer.

 

3.   There are two theories to arguing with a woman. Neither works.  

-> Don't get married in todays world. You will not only lose arguments, you will lose the damn house as well.

 

4.   Never miss a good chance to shut up.  

-> Too many shut up, look where we are heading.

 

6.   If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.  

-> Very true. One example that comes to my mind? Starting pessimistic threads every single day.

 

7.   The quickest way to double your money is to fold it and put it back into your pocket. 

-> Worst advice ever. Current inflation rate is 5.4% year-on-year and there is more to come. By keeping your assets in cash, you don't double it, you don't even get to keep it! You lose 5.4% on one year.

 

8.   There are three kinds of men: The ones that learn by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence and find out for themselves.

-> Smart people learn from the mistakes other people make.

 

9.   Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment. 

-> This is a contradiction with saying no 8. Bad judgement comes from people that don't learn from anything.

 

10.   If you're ridin' ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it's still there.

-> The smartest people around don't need a following. They go solo.

 

 

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