What do you say?

[snap1415]

A lot of occupations have specific maxims and mnemonic sayings.

"Red sky at morning, sailors take warning
Red sky at night, sailors' delight"

& so forth.

Yesterday I heard one from a nurse that was new to me.

"Raisins in the PM
Means a BM in the AM"

What are the wise sayings in your field?

 

[Guest]

Music directors only need to say four things:

Too soon, too late, too loud, too soft.

Only they are never too soft.

You can make do with three.




Never try and teach a pig to sing.
It wastes your time and annoys the pig.

 

[Guest]

"Cheap, fast, and good--pick any two."

 

[voluptuary_manque]

In the classroom it's
"Read the spots, kiddies, read the spots!"

 

[sethp]

It's my money and I want it now.

 

[rgraham666]

Oh be a fine girl. Kiss me right now. Smack.

Astronomers use this to remember the star types in orders of magnitude.

 

[starrkers]

KISS: Keep It Simple, Stupid.

Regularly yelled across the editorial floor by cranky sub-editors to verbose cadet writers.

 

[OzoneRed]

Computer software engineering: "If you don't have time to do it right, you'd better make time to do it twice."

 

[snap1415]

Rightee, tightee
Leftee, loosey

 

[JagFarlane]

How Hot She Kisses for the 4 Japanese isles

Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu...heh have remembered that since 8th grade

 

[Liar]

Write
Shit
Down

 

[glynndah]

"If I open it, I get half." Said with a smile, especially when opening the package of something tasty. Although one year a child took it too seriously and made his mother open up everything so I wouldn't eat his lunch.

"You drop it. You mop it." Lunch trays rarely remain fixed on the horizontal plane for long.

 

[Stella_Omega]

Rightee, tightee
Leftee, loosey

That's mine, too!

A lump is better than no lump (Said about props-- if you've run out of time for the project and can't finish the detailing...

 

[jomar]

Measure twice, cut once.

 

[snap1415]

My very educated mother just served us nine pizzas.

(names of the planets in order from the sun out)

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Please excuse my dear Aunt Sally. Order of mathematical operations.

 

[jomar]

My very educated mother just served us nine pizzas.

(names of the planets in order from the sun out)

Pizza is no longer a planet. Fucks that one up.

 

[SeaCat]

Oh so many here apply to things I do or have done.

Others are:
Keep them breathing, stop the bleeding. (EMS)

Heat it fast and cool it slow. (Candle making)

Go for the light, aim low stay low. (Firefighting)

Go right, stay right, go left stay left. (Firefighting)

Do the unexpected. (Materials Recovery)

Always use the Lee Rail. (Fishing Boats)

Shit Happens (Nursing)

One hand for the boat, one hand for the nets and one hand for you. (Fishing Boats)

Keep the shiny side up. (Motorcycle Riding)

If you're still breathing your all right. (SCUBA Diving)

Cat

 

[TE999]

The handyman's credo: 'Hammer it to make it fit--paint it to make it look good'.

On hiring a professional expert: 'Hire a consultant--go wrong with confidence'.

 

[Gizzmotick]

In the Military:

Be My Little General

A way to remember the various grades of General Officers

Brigadier (1-star)
Major (2-star)
Lieutenant (3-Star)
General (4-star)

 

[Lee Chambers]

"Cheap, fast, and good--pick any two."

Amen. Too bad not everyone understands they can only pick two.

 

[where]

"Cheap, fast, and good--pick any two."

heheh... you talking about me?

mine is 'buy cheap, buy twice'. It justifies my wardrobe.

 

[Boota]

It's usually measure twice, cut once. But at the woodshop I worked at in high school the boss was always in a hurry. Our saying was, "Come on, Mr. Perfect! Eyeball that shit!"

In my band, since we do all originals, if someone fucks up during a live performance we say, "It wasn't a mistake, it was a choice."

Perhaps the wrong choice, but that's neither here nor there.

 

[where]

'if it moves and it shouldn't, use gripfill, if it doesn't move and it should, wd40'

 

[freshface]

Prior planning prevents piss poor performance.

The corollary is:
Your lack of planning does not constitute my emergency.

In the Infantry, "If it ain't raining, you ain't training."