Tag Archives: british humour

Thought of the Day: Socks and the Meaning of Life

The Sage explores life’s tiny triumphs — like finding a sock you didn’t know was missing. Today’s thought celebrates absurd victories and the quiet mysteries of laundry-based enlightenment.

Advice of the Day: The Emergency Banana

The Sage offers practical advice: always carry an emergency banana. It may not solve your problems, but it will confuse your enemies and keep your potassium levels in check. Possibly both.

Advice of the Day: The Hedge Trimmer Gambit

The Sage offers practical advice on how to respond when someone steals your parking space: trim their hedge into something they’ll have to explain to guests. Petty? Absolutely. Effective? Ask the neighbours.

Thought of the Day: Trousers of Destiny

The Sage reflects on doors, destiny, and the universal experience of getting locked out of opportunity. Today’s thought reimagines the classic motivational phrase with a more realistic twist — and a spare key.

Thought of the Day: Worry

The Sage reminds us: worrying works—most of what we fret about never happens. But is it protection or pointless panic? Today’s thought explores why we worry, and why most of our fears are simply very imaginative fiction.

Advice of the Day: Arguing on the Internet

The Sage advises: never wrestle with a pig—you’ll both get dirty, but the pig enjoys it. Save your sanity by walking away from pointless arguments, especially online. Peace is priceless, mud is messy.

Advice of the Day: Pick Your Battles

Don’t argue with idiots—they’ll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience. Today, the Sage offers timeless advice on choosing your battles wisely and walking away from nonsense with dignity (and your blood pressure intact).

Thought of the Day: The Hole in the Sock

Before you judge anyone, try walking a mile in their socks. You’ll soon discover the holes, the blisters, and maybe even the reason they limp through life. The Sage offers a reminder that empathy begins at sole level.

The Wise Sage gives his Advice of the Day…Thoughts.

Today’s Sage Advice: “If you have a problem, just try not thinking about it.” Sound logic or absolute chaos? Only on The Sage Page.