25 THINGS YOU WILL LEARN IN 50 YEARS OF LIVING

1. The badness of a movie is directly proportional to the number of
helicopters in it.


2. You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason
why we observe "Daylight Saving Time."


3. People who feel the need to tell you that they have an excellent sense of
humor are telling you that they have no sense of humor.


4. The most valuable function performed by the federal government are
entertainment.


5. You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely
suggests you think she's pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging
from her at that moment.


6. A penny saved is worthless.


7. They can hold all the peace talks they want, but there will never be peace
in the Middle East. Billions of years from now, when Earth is hurtling toward
the Sun and there is nothing left alive on the planet except a few
microorganisms, the microorganisms living in the Middle East will be bitter
enemies.


8. The most powerful force in the universe is: gossip.


9. The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender,
religion, economic status, or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside, we
all believe that we are above-average drivers.


10. There comes a time when you should stop expecting other people to make a
big deal about your birthday. That time is: age 11.


11. There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."


12. People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want
you to share yours with them.


13. There apparently exists, somewhere in Los Angeles, a computer that
generates concepts for television sitcoms. When TV executives need a new
concept, they turn on this computer; after sorting through millions of possible
plot premises, it spits out, "THREE QUIRKY BUT ATTRACTIVE YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN
AN APARTMENT," and the executives turn this concept into a show. The next time
they need an idea, the computer spits out, "SIX QUIRKY BUT ATTRACTIVE YOUNG
PEOPLE LIVING IN AN APARTMENT." Then the next time, it spits out, "FOUR QUIRKY
BUT ATTRACTIVE YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN AN APARTMENT." And so on. We need to
locate this computer and destroy it with hammers.


14. Nobody is normal.


15. At least once per year, some group of scientists will become very excited
and announce that:
- The universe is even bigger than they thought!
- There are even more subatomic particles than they thought!
- Whatever they announced last year about global warming is wrong.


16. If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not
achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be:
"meetings."


17. The main accomplishment of almost all organized protests is
to annoy people who are not in them.


18. The value of advertising is that it tells you the exact opposite of what
the advertiser actually thinks. For example:
- If the advertisement says "This is not your father's Oldsmobile," the
advertiser is desperately concerned that this Oldsmobile, like all other
Oldsmobile�s, appeals primarily to your father.
- If Coke and Pepsi spend billions of dollars to convince you that there are
significant differences between these two products, both companies realize that
Pepsi and Coke are virtually identical.
- If an advertisement shows a group of cool, attractive youngsters getting
excited and high-fiving each other because the refrigerator contains Sunny
Delight, the advertiser knows that any real youngster who reacted in this way to
this beverage would be considered by his peers to be the world's biggest dip.
- And so on those rare occasions when advertising dares to poke fun at the
product - as in the classic Volkswagen Beetle campaign - it's because the
advertiser actually thinks the product is pretty good. If a politician ever ran
for president under a slogan such as "Harlan Frubert: Basically, He Wants
Attention," I would quit my job to work for his campaign.


19. If there really is a God who created the entire universe with all of its
glories, and He decides to deliver a message to humanity, He will not use, as
His messenger, a person on cable TV with a bad hairstyle.


20. You should not confuse your career with your life.


21. A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice
person.


22. No matter what happens, somebody will find a way to take it too
seriously.


23. When trouble arises and things look bad, there is always one
individual who perceives a solution and is willing to take command. Very often,
that individual is crazy.


24. Your friends love you anyway.


25. Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance.