Men's rules for life from your dad

[BehindBlueI's]

Is eddie your brother or his brother?

A family friend, his dad and my granddad were friends and dad and Eddie had known each other since they were big enough to walk. He'd visit you when you were sick and he had a log splitter.

He died of cancer last year, though, and the world's a little dimmer for the loss.

 

[kickbacked]

If you find a hole, stick something in it........

 

[Bigtanker]

After finding an adult vhs tape in my room his very wise words were as follows:

"Son, it just does not happen like that in real life."

Boy was he right.

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

"If" by Rudyard Kipling.

 

[jkfletcher]

"If" by Rudyard Kipling.

Good one, hadn't seen that before

 

[findingZzero]

1. Never play cards with a guy named 'Doc.'
2. Never eat in a restaurant called 'Moms.'
3. Don't go out with a woman whose problems are worse than yours.
4. Don't **** into the wind.
5. Don't tug on Superman's cape.
6. Don't pull the mask off The Lone Ranger.
7. Definitely don't mess around with Jim.
8. Save string.
9. Avoid lists..

 

[armedindy]

"fat drunk and stupid is no way to go through life"

 

[mcolford]

I sure as hell didnt learn to turn wrenches from the old man... As he doesn't know the difference between a hammer and a pipe wrench.

 

[BGDave]

Dad had four boys. No girls. Learned early to stay away when he got home from work. If he put those blue eyes on you, Stop What You Are Doing. Got called back to the door of Sears. Dad says, "which one of you guys is going to open the door for your Mother?" That never happened again. Public humiliation. Worked well.

 

[cosermann]

Buy a box of ammo every month whether you plan to shoot it or not.

 

[pjcalla]

If it has ****, wheels or it floats, you're going to have problems.

 

[Birds Away]

Always respect your mother.
Never, regardless of the circumstances, hit a woman.

 

[JeremiahJohnson]

On my wedding day: "Son you've got to decide now - do I want to be right, or do I want to be married? You can't have both."

Put your tools away.
Your word is your bond.
Guard your reputation.
If momma ain't happy, ain't nobody happy.
Always play (guitar) in tune.
Play (guitar) less than you want, but make sure it's your best.
If you're not good at backup, you'll never lead.
Trigger Control
Muzzel Control
Anger Control

 

[findingZzero]

If it has ****, wheels or it floats, you're going to have problems.

WOW! Another romantic!​

 

[sharkey]

Those are a little less profane than rules from Grandpa!

 

[usaf64]

My Dad's family liked to recite poetry when I was a kid. It was not unusual for people to do before TV or even radio was invented.

My Dad used to recite this poem to me even before I knew what the heck he was talking about. He died when I was 22. I often think about all of the dumb stuff I've done that I wouldn've if he had been around.

Anyway, here is the poem:

If...

Rudyard Kipling

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!'
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run -
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!

 

[Turf Doctor]

A lot of good posts here. Some good points to look back at times.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

On my wedding day: "Son you've got to decide now - do I want to be right, or do I want to be married? You can't have both."

Put your tools away.
Your word is your bond.
Guard your reputation.
If momma ain't happy, ain't nobody happy.
Always play (guitar) in tune.
Play (guitar) less than you want, but make sure it's your best.
If you're not good at backup, you'll never lead.
Trigger Control
Muzzel Control
Anger Control

I think I must know your dad


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[Hoosier Daddy]

Always respect your mother.
Never, regardless of the circumstances, hit a woman.

I was going to post this very same thing.
More "men" need to learn that second one.

 

[Blind Squirrel]

F*ck with the bull, you'll get the horn.

Words to live by.