1) Don’t do that.
2) Music really does sound better through earphones.
3) The grass is always greener. Be happy with your lot, not unhappy over someone else’s.
4) Wear sunscreen.
5) Don’t bank with Abbey National. Ever. EVER. Unless of course you want to waste money, have high blood pressure and go grey before your time. In which case just start smoking. It will work out healthier for you in the long run.
6) You can do anything you want…
7) … but always be polite to and mindful of other people. If even a tenth of the people who live in London did this, I’d never leave. I’d probably even use the tube without instantly calculating how to avoid Oxford Circus.
8) One day in your mid twenties, overnight, the things you do in life will suddenly seem arbitrary. You’ll think it won’t happen to you, but it will.
9) You’ll only ever truly regret not doing something rather than doing it.
10) If you must get a credit card “for emergencies”, keep it in a drawer with “FOR EMERGENCIES ONLY” written in thick red marker pen on the front. Keep a live tarantula in the drawer. One that really hates you. Never, ever, take the card out with you. Especially not to the pub.
11) Blonds are evil.
12) Politely ignore all advice and make your own mistakes.
13) But trust me on the sunscreen.
Hmmn. This is post 666. Heed the words of The Beast, child of Satan.
I have to take issue with 11. Unless you’re exempting blondes. In which case, absolutely.
Aye, blonds not blondes. And even then not all of them, but it’s best to play safe.
I reckon you are wise beyond your years Ben.
( but how do you do 3? )
nice Baz Luhrmann there! i rather like 9) as this is rather a thorny subject. but yes.
and don’t forget #14) Travel. Travel as much as you can and as far as you can afford to go. Stay away for a year at a time. Do it before you have jobs, a career, a serious partner.
And obviously, sunscreen comes with the territory….
p.s. I agree on number 11, especially those of a gemini persuasion…..
9) is a bit like 6) upside down.
Number 9 – yes… although it probably depends how naughty it is,
and the repercussions! And number 11 – I am trying to think if I know a
blond… Oh yes. Him. Yup, evil.
I have a son. He is 10 going on 14. He’s a good kid, very earnest, makes me laugh
Sometimes tho’ he is convined that his life sucks.
It doesn’t, and he just needs reminding now and then.
I’ll tell him anbout the sunscreen, the blondes and the thing that happens when yo’re 20