I have 3 but would LOVE to hear more…

You can always have more but you can’t have less

This one’s from my dad and it really stuck with me. You can, and really should, apply this to any intoxicant.

On the pitch is off the streets

This is about getting restless kids, or kids who might be in a bad situation, into sports.

The axe forgets but the tree remembers

Translation on this one: People who cause hurt are less likely to remember than those it affected.

    • Professorozone@lemmy.world
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      7 hours ago

      Of course you should. This allows you to say in a text or on the phone that you’re not doing it, instead of to that person’s face.

      • Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone
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        2 hours ago

        Want to come help me move next week?

        Want to go to suchband such party next week?

        I feel if I’m not excited or interested now i certainly won’t be then.

        All I end up with is a whole week of dread etc waiting for it

      • Fluke@feddit.uk
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        7 hours ago

        And why not delay indefinitely that which can be put off until next week?