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1937
Listening
COUNTING GUNSHOTS
If you hear shots while hunting: One shot equals game bagged. Two shots equals game possibly bagged. Three shots means there's a chance game was bagged. Four shots means you're listening to a frustrated hunter.
Thomas Lack, somewhere on the east shore of Lake Michigan
(LR)
Legacy Rule of Thumb from previously published collections
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1938
Sports
WINNING SOFTBALL
If you can keep the other team from scoring more than nine runs, you will probably win.
Glenn Boyce, Oakland, California
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1939
Fruit
DRYING FRUIT
Only high-quality fruit should be dried. If it is not good enough to eat fresh, it is not good enough to dry.
D. Antoni, Scottsdale, Arizona
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1940
Restaurants
RUNNING A RESTAURANT
When they're unhappy at a restaurant, the French call the headwaiter and abuse him in front of everyone. The English call the manager and abuse him quietly and with dignity. The Americans don't say a thing. They just never come back, nor do their friends.
Richard Malone, Vancouver, Washington
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1941
Music
PLAYING A FRENCH HORN
The deeper you put your hand into the bell, the poorer the sound.
John J. Chiment, student of horns, Perry City, New York
(LR)
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1942
Science
FOLLOWING FOSSILS
Northern fossils generally are larger than southern fossils.
John J. Chiment, paleobiologist and editor, Perry City, New York
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1943
Sleep
DECIDING WHAT YOU WANT
If you don't know what you want, it's probably sleep.
Timothy Wenk, magician, West Stockbridge, Massachusetts
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1944
Lawyers
PREDICTING THE VERDICT
The sooner a jury returns with a verdict, the more likely it decided for the defense.
Scott Parker, data specialist, Beaumont, Texas
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1945
Sales
NEGOTIATING A SALE
Customers who produce a written quote from a competitor early in a sales negotiation won't buy from you. They're using you as leverage against their quote.
Bob Horton, consultant and writer, Largo, Florida
(LR)
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1946
Money
RON'S TAX RULE NUMBER TWO
If you don't receive an invitation for an IRS audit, you probably forgot to deduct something. If you don't receive an invitation for an IRS audit within a year of filing your return, chances are that you won't be audited for that year.
Ronald R. Hodge, investment executive and commercial pilot, Long Beach, California
(LR)
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1947
Stock
BUYING STOCK
The Dow Jones Industrial Average always rises in years when an original National Football League team wins the Super Bowl. If a team from the original American Football League wins, buy shorts or long-term put options.
Steven M. Keisman, New York City high school resource coordinator
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