Would you take advice from someone who....

• Simon Dean

  17 Apr 07, 18:53

  Made up scenario:
  
  Lets say you have been swimming for many years.Your stroke, technique, endurance and strength refined and perfected by the many years of practise.
  
  You have won many medals, to fill up an entire room.
  
  One day, when you are doing your laps in the pool.A smart Alec who has never exercised seriously in his life before starts to give you tips/advice.Would you heed it?
  
  A similar situation happened to me before.
  
  A guy who doesnt even know that tan=opp/adj keeps breathing down my neck and telling me how to do trigonometry.I have never seen him passed Mathematics once before and my total marks/2 can exceed his sometimes.
  What do you think?
• MooKu

  17 Apr 07, 18:57

  I wouldn't follow his advice immediately, but I'll ponder over to see if there's any truth in what he says.
  
  Sometimes, some people... even if they don't know what they're talking about, do say things that make a lot of sense if you think about it enough... even if it wasn't meant to make sense.
• dinky1409

  17 Apr 07, 20:36

  Originally posted by MooKu:

  I wouldn't follow his advice immediately, but I'll ponder over to see if there's any truth in what he says.
  
  Sometimes, some people... even if they don't know what they're talking about, do say things that make a lot of sense if you think about it enough... even if it wasn't meant to make sense.

  x2
• beavan

  17 Apr 07, 20:40

  tell him
  
  1. don't teach your grandmother how to suck eggs.
  2. don't teach your father how to fark.
  
  
  
  seriously, empty vessels do make the most noise. however, there are times when noise is welcome and helpful.
• MyPillowTalks

  17 Apr 07, 23:07

  ijit?
  
  hmm strange, last time my school sent me on a trip to *say somewhere* they say your method is wrong, a common mistake...
  
  dunno why lea...
  
  
• Patrik

  17 Apr 07, 23:18

  I will listen.
  But i wun heed if what he says makes no sense.
  Why waste ur time with a amateur?
  
• popikachu

  18 Apr 07, 01:07

  lol slap him and say" teach yourself how to do maths first..."
• sibei jialek lah

  18 Apr 07, 05:27

  then share popcorn and a coke lor.. dont need use straw
• Ito_^

  18 Apr 07, 06:20

  tell him to shut up.
• Nelstar

  18 Apr 07, 08:00

  Smart people dont give advice.. because they know smart people can figure out and stupid people don't listen.
  
  
• eviljustice

  18 Apr 07, 08:41

  give him a set of trigo paper n tell him u dunno. ask him to teach u.
• MamaRos

  18 Apr 07, 08:47

  Oooooooooo....I do so hate smart A-S-S-E-S!
  
  I get so riled when people just had to open their big mouths to give advice when advice was not seeked.
  
  "Why don't you do .................................."
  
  "If I were you, I'd do ................................."
  
  ARghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!
  
  Telling these people off is no use. They will give me an injured look and say..
  
  "I was only trying to be helpful"
  
  ARghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!
• AndrewPKYap

  18 Apr 07, 08:58

  Originally posted by Simon Dean:

  Made up scenario:
  
  Lets say you have been swimming for many years.Your stroke, technique, endurance and strength refined and perfected by the many years of practise.
  
  You have won many medals, to fill up an entire room.
  
  One day, when you are doing your laps in the pool.A smart Alec who has never exercised seriously in his life before starts to give you tips/advice.Would you heed it?
  
  A similar situation happened to me before.
  
  A guy who doesnt even know that tan=opp/adj keeps breathing down my neck and telling me how to do trigonometry.I have never seen him passed Mathematics once before and my total marks/2 can exceed his sometimes.
  What do you think?

  I think... most people in the world are like that because most people don't really know but they think that they do...
• the.owl

  18 Apr 07, 08:59

  Originally posted by Simon Dean:

  Made up scenario:
  
  Lets say you have been swimming for many years.Your stroke, technique, endurance and strength refined and perfected by the many years of practise.
  
  You have won many medals, to fill up an entire room.
  
  One day, when you are doing your laps in the pool.A smart Alec who has never exercised seriously in his life before starts to give you tips/advice.Would you heed it?
  
  A similar situation happened to me before.
  
  A guy who doesnt even know that tan=opp/adj keeps breathing down my neck and telling me how to do trigonometry.I have never seen him passed Mathematics once before and my total marks/2 can exceed his sometimes.
  What do you think?

  tell him " shut the fuk up, n00b"
• sand king

  18 Apr 07, 18:40

  Tell him: +1