Search the Main Collection
Sort Result by NUMBER / RATING
money  time  driving  travel  safety  health  dating  animals  relationships  cars  children  food  car  cost  water  automobiles  rules  weather  shopping  home  marriage  writing  music  love  quality  sleep  weight  pets  life  cooking  design  photography  ...

VIEW
TAG
CLOUD




The Main Rules Collection (5130)
Traditional Categories (155)


2388 Joker thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
THROWING A FRISBEE
A Frisbee will crack and break when you can see your breath.
Grady Wells, editor
(LR) Legacy Rule of Thumb from previously published collections
Current Rating: 4.5 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
Comments (0)  Mail It You must login to Rate.

2389 Politics thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
THE COLD WAR RULE FOR SPOTTING A SPY
One out of every three Soviet or Soviet-bloc diplomats in this country was a spy or had some sort of intelligence-gathering responsibility.
William Webster, FBI Director
(LR) Legacy Rule of Thumb from previously published collections
Current Rating: 4.7 out of 10 based on 19 reviews
Comments (0)  Mail It You must login to Rate.

2390 Joker thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
FEEDING A PARKING METER
Always feed a parking meter with the smallest denomination coins you have. You will almost always get more time for your money if you use pennies instead of dimes. And if the meter jams, you win big.
Gerald Gutlipp, mathematician, Chicago, Illinois
(LR) Legacy Rule of Thumb from previously published collections
Current Rating: 4.8 out of 10 based on 29 reviews
Comments (2)  Mail It You must login to Rate.

2391 Handwriting thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
ANALYZING HANDWRITING
If a person's handwriting is a haphazard mix of print and script, but capital letters are properly placed, the author was educated in the U.S. or Canada. If the handwriting also slants backward and/or has eccentric letters for "a," "i," and "s," the writer is a young woman.
Kate Gladstone, Brooklyn, New York
(LR) Legacy Rule of Thumb from previously published collections
Current Rating: 4.7 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
Comments (0)  Mail It You must login to Rate.

2392 Trees thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
MANAGING A WOOD LOT
You need a minimum of ten acres to grow timber for commercial production.
Scott Parker, data specialist, Beaumont, Texas
(LR) Legacy Rule of Thumb from previously published collections
Current Rating: 5.0 out of 10 based on 17 reviews
Comments (0)  Mail It You must login to Rate.

2393 Military thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
USING NUCLEAR WEAPONS
Exploded on the ground, a nuclear bomb will vaporize its yield. A 100-kiloton bomb will vaporize 100,000 tons of rock or soil.
Dave the Nuclear Terrorist
(LR) Legacy Rule of Thumb from previously published collections
Current Rating: 5.1 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
Comments (0)  Mail It You must login to Rate.

2394 Sports thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
CHOOSING A CROSS-COUNTRY SKI POLE
You can size a ski pole by standing with one arm held straight out from your side at shoulder height. A cross-country ski pole is the right length for you if it fits comfortably between the floor and your armpit.
Donald Page, chemist
(LR) Legacy Rule of Thumb from previously published collections
Current Rating: 4.6 out of 10 based on 14 reviews
Comments (0)  Mail It You must login to Rate.

2395 Video thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
TELEVISION GUIDELINES
You're watching too much television if you can sing the commercials word for word.
Paul A. Delaney, meteorologist, Beltsville, Maryland
(LR) Legacy Rule of Thumb from previously published collections
Current Rating: 5.2 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
Comments (1)  Mail It You must login to Rate.

2396 Restaurants thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
OPERATING A RESTAURANT
If a customer likes your restaurant, he'll tell two other people. If a customer hates your restaurant, he'll tell seven other people.
Jeff Hamilton, ex-waiter
(LR) Legacy Rule of Thumb from previously published collections
Current Rating: 5.9 out of 10 based on 22 reviews
Comments (0)  Mail It You must login to Rate.

2397 Joker thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
DEVELOPING GOOD JUDGMENT
Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.
Fred Brooks, University of North Carolina, Communications of the ACM
(LR) Legacy Rule of Thumb from previously published collections
Current Rating: 6 out of 10 based on 19 reviews
Comments (0)  Mail It You must login to Rate.

2399 Joker thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
CUTTING A DIAMOND
A cut and polished diamond will weigh half what it did in the rough.
Darryl T. Mix, Phoenix, Arizona
(LR) Legacy Rule of Thumb from previously published collections
Current Rating: 5.1 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
Comments (0)  Mail It You must login to Rate.



< Previous | 210 | 211 | 212 | 213 | 214 | 215 |216 |217 |218 |219 | Next >
Page 214 of 384