This is a good list. I think I've read somewhere that it's better for overall traffic to let someone merge in front of you -- they back up their lane while they're poking around trying to find a place in your lane.
Your advice about lying is excellent too. Another way to think about it is that "honesty is the best policy," far from being a statement about virtue, is actually a pragmatic, indeed amoral, principle for keeping bad from going to worse.
When I graduated high school an aunt gave me a book of advice. I don't remember the title but for what it's worth, here are the only bits I remember. "If in a fight, hit first and hit hard" and "resist the urge to buy a boat." Not that I necessarily endorse either of these, boats can be fun, fights not so much.
I feel a wave of relief and generosity when a guy turns up looking noticeably older than his profile age.
I like a man to have about as many fibs in his hookup profile as I have in mine. A difference of greater than one fib in either direction indicates lack of chemistry.
Goodness. I am much older than you, and I see I have utterly failed to master sneezing, apologizing instantly for fibs, and lingering over rude questions from strangers I should have cut short. I just blew that one in the driveway yesterday!
This is a good list. I think I've read somewhere that it's better for overall traffic to let someone merge in front of you -- they back up their lane while they're poking around trying to find a place in your lane.
Your advice about lying is excellent too. Another way to think about it is that "honesty is the best policy," far from being a statement about virtue, is actually a pragmatic, indeed amoral, principle for keeping bad from going to worse.
This was insanely brilliant. I wanted to repost nearly every quote.
When I graduated high school an aunt gave me a book of advice. I don't remember the title but for what it's worth, here are the only bits I remember. "If in a fight, hit first and hit hard" and "resist the urge to buy a boat." Not that I necessarily endorse either of these, boats can be fun, fights not so much.
I feel a wave of relief and generosity when a guy turns up looking noticeably older than his profile age.
I like a man to have about as many fibs in his hookup profile as I have in mine. A difference of greater than one fib in either direction indicates lack of chemistry.
Goodness. I am much older than you, and I see I have utterly failed to master sneezing, apologizing instantly for fibs, and lingering over rude questions from strangers I should have cut short. I just blew that one in the driveway yesterday!
Pasting this on the fridge.