Herb and Jamaal by Stephen Bentley for August 21, 2023

“… go over to the trashcan and look for the instructions.”

Military phrase, “After all else fails, RTFI”. F stands for furnished.

I assembled a greenhouse two years ago: 16 pages of warnings in 16 languages. Over 100 pages of drawings without a single word! And some of the parts were mislabeled.

Reading the instructions on a new appliance: to open cap turn counter clockwise. Now the next step is very important. To close cap, turn clockwise. Thank goodness for well written instructions. BTW, how do gen x’ers who can’t read an analog clock understand the instructions?

My favorite reading of that advice is, “If at first you don’t succeed, boy you better give up.”

“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There’s no point in being a d-a-m-n fool about it” – W.C. Fields

That expression usually refers to the Bible, re. life instructions