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  • Ken The Kanuck
    Very Senior Member - OFC
    • Aug 2009
    • 4094

    #1

    Rules for sons

    Swiped from another site, but some good rules here.

    KTK

    RULES FOR SONS:

    1. Never shake a man’s hand sitting down.
    2. Don’t enter a pool by the stairs.
    3. The man at the BBQ Grill is the closest thing to a king.
    4. In a negotiation, never make the first offer.
    5. Request the late check-out.
    6. When entrusted with a secret, keep it.
    7. Hold your heroes to a higher standard.
    8. Return a borrowed car with a full tank of gas.
    9. Play with passion or not at all…
    10. When shaking hands, grip firmly and look them in the eye.
    11. Don’t let a wishbone grow where a backbone should be.
    12. If you need music on the beach, you’re missing the point.
    13. Carry two handkerchiefs. The one in your back pocket is for you. The one in your breast pocket is for her.
    14. You marry the girl, you marry her family.
    15. Be like a duck. Remain calm on the surface and paddle like crazy underneath.
    16. Experience the serenity of traveling alone.
    17. Never be afraid to ask out the best looking girl in the room.
    18. Never turn down a breath mint.
    19. A sport coat is worth 1000 words.
    20. Try writing your own eulogy. Never stop revising.
    21. Thank a veteran. Then make it up to him.
    22. Eat lunch with the new kid.
    23. After writing an angry email, read it carefully. Then delete it.
    24. Ask your mom to play. She won’t let you win.
    25. Manners maketh the man.
    26. Give credit. Take the blame.
    27. Stand up to Bullies. Protect those bullied.
    28. Write down your dreams.
    29. Always protect your siblings (and teammates).
    30. Be confident and humble at the same time.
    31. Call and visit your parents often. They miss you.
    32. The healthiest relationships are those where you’re a team; where you respect, protect, and stand up for each other.
  • Emri
    Senior Member
    • Aug 2009
    • 1649

    #2
    You left off "Take your hat off indoors; especially when sitting down to a table to eat".

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    • JB White
      Senior Member
      • Aug 2009
      • 13371

      #3
      #9 and #32 are things which might somehow fit into Vern's 'City Boy' thread. They seemed to have slipped away completely in the city except for a few exceptional cases. My son berated his cousin when they were in high school. His cousin skipped an important swim meet to meet up with a trollop at a local hot dog stand. Listening to my kid jump down his throat about responsibility, camaraderie, duty and honor...made me proud to be his dad. My son wasn't even on the swim team, or at that school!
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      • Former Cav
        Senior Member
        • Sep 2009
        • 2241

        #4
        great LIST.
        I came up with this list for my son when he was 17 and Knew it all !
        1) Be home within 20 minutes after work, doesn't matter if you had a flat tire!
        2) Do what your told
        3) Don't do what your told NOT to do.
        4) No booze, no drugs, no sex.

        that was the revised list from the 10 commandments? (he didn't want to remember 10 items)
        can anybody here recite the 10 commandments without having to look them up?

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        • dave
          Senior Member
          • Aug 2009
          • 6778

          #5
          The Old Testament or the Christian version?
          You can never go home again.

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          • blackhawknj
            Senior Member
            • Aug 2011
            • 3754

            #6
            "If your old man sets a bad example, you don't have to follow it."

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            • Vern Humphrey
              Administrator - OFC
              • Aug 2009
              • 15875

              #7
              "flies cause pregnancy. Keep yours zipped."

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              • Former Cav
                Senior Member
                • Sep 2009
                • 2241

                #8
                The Old Testament or the Christian version?
                I thought they were the same. EXODUS 20
                Is the Christian version sort of a joke? Lets see them Both!

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                • dave
                  Senior Member
                  • Aug 2009
                  • 6778

                  #9
                  I can not quote them and do not have any reference but I understand Christ mentioned them but in much stricter terms. For instance "You should not commit adultery with your neighbor's wife, but I say on to you if you even lust after your neighbor's wife, you have sinned" and so it went. The "Old Testament" of courses is the Jewish 'bible'. Jesus was a Jew and his original mission was to reform the corruption of the Jewish "church". He failed in this so his teachings were picked up and followed by the 'Christian church'. I doubt he would approve of most of them to-day however.
                  Last edited by dave; 03-20-2018, 01:26.
                  You can never go home again.

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                  • dryheat
                    Senior Member
                    • Sep 2009
                    • 10587

                    #10
                    Like a lot of these kinds of posts, there are some gems. Mostly lame. The key is to find to good ones and eliminate the silly. Hey, I can use that.
                    18 good. 21 lame.
                    If I should die before I wake...great,a little more sleep.

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                    • Former Cav
                      Senior Member
                      • Sep 2009
                      • 2241

                      #11
                      Jesus was a Jew and his original mission was to reform the corruption of the Jewish "church". He failed in this so his teachings were picked up and followed by the 'Christian church'. I doubt he would approve of most of them to-day however.
                      actually you can find them in the new testament as well, they are just not all in one place like they are in Exodus.

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