Rules of Thumb

When handling a large snake, have one person for every four or five foot of snake. 

When ants walk in a straight line, expect rain.

A moderately experienced Scrabble player should average 20 points per play. Time to brag- my average is 26!

When spit freezes before it hits the ground, it's at least 40° below zero. (I've and that experience!)

For every hour that you're physically active, you can expect to live two hours longer.

Always start rock scissors paper with paper. Most people go with rock because it's the shape of the hand makes most easily.

The toilet furthest from the door is the least used and cleanest.

To escape an alligator attack, run in a zigzag. 

If you are innocent, do not take a lie detector test. If you are guilty, take one because it might exonerate you.

If there are fewer than 12 people at a party, the conversation will revolve around one person talking. Told people are more and there will be multiple conversations going on at the same time.

Documentary filmmaker should plan on shooting 10 times the amount of film that they will use. 

When someone uses the phrase, "in terms of," they don't know what they're talking about

Speak softly if you want to be heard in a loud room. If you try to talk loudly, the room will get louder.

After 1 month of regular exercise, you need one to three hours less sleep each night. This means that working out costs you know waking hours after the first month. 

The African elephant has ears shaped like africa. The Indian elephant has ears shaped like India.

Never alone a friend more than you can afford to throw away. 

You only ever need to use 50% of the laundry detergent to manufacturer recommends.

Catholics feel guilty for what they weren't supposed to do and did. Jews feel guilty for what they were supposed to do and didn't.

If you think that something goes without saying, it is probably in the best interest of everyone involved to just say it. 

Company sales and marketing budget should equal everything for some of its revenue. 

If water and food in a country are suspect, take some more precautions with the law. 

As a manager, 90% of your headaches come from 10% of your employees 

Rattlesnakes can strike a distance 2/3 of their body 

When backing up a trailer, turn the bottom of the steering wheel the direction that you want the trailer to go. Genius. I never thought of that. I always try to do the opposite of the top, dumb.

Hikers philosophy - never step on what you could step over, and never step over what you could walk around. 

Bears can outrun, outclimb, and outswim humans. The only chance is to run downhill. We have an advantage because of their Center of gravity.

If you can follow a fitness routine for 21 days, you can follow it for life.

When haggling for antiques, the standard deduction is 10%.

For every complaint a company receives, there are 26 other customers with problems they're not bothering the report, and six of these are serious. 

You get twice the food for the same amount of money if you buy lunch combos from a Chinese restaurant, take them home to feed the whole family for dinner. 

If a person's eyes go up into the left when they're recounting something that happened, they're telling the truth. They are lying if their eyes go down and to the right

Aircraft carriers get 6 in to the gallon. 

To calculate a dog's age in human years, count the first year is 15, the second as 10, and each year after that is five. 

The amount of corruption in a society is directly proportional to the number of laws the society has. 

The sale price of a small business should be between 7:00 and 10 times the average profit of its last 3 years in operation.

In Japan, the first person to raise their voice, lost the argument.

Paul Delaney- "A rule of thumb works 4 out of 5 times (including this one.)"

Zuzu saw me reading my Rules of Thumb book, wiggled her thumb, and said "This thumbs a bad guy, it doesn't have any rules."