If I knew then what I know now I would have _____________

[snotknocker]

If I knew then what I know now I would have _____________

Fill in the blank

[LinkinA]

Grounded 911 flights

[Jaket]

wasnt that a line from a song.... i think i heard it in without a paddle

[Cornfedwb]

Not looked at this thread.

[daphatty]

Wore a condom...

Stayed in college right out of high school...

Not used the phone so much at work...

[bignick]

Stayed in college right out of high school...

Same here.

[The Gifuto]

not minored in Japanese.

[daikaiju]

invested heavily

[abrannan]

-Re-established contact with my ex-girlfriend to end things on a better note before she died.

-Not used my AP calculus exam credits to skip Calc 1&2 in college

-Set aside money to invest in the stock market in 1995

[dtcarson]

Not started using/abusing credit cards.

Started saving/investing earlier.

Said 'Yes' more often.

[bfg9k]

Had more sex (safe, of course) ;)

[Javery]

wasnt that a line from a song.... i think i heard it in without a paddle

Pearl Jam - "Red Mosquito" maybe?

"if i had known then what i know now..."

[PrinceNeil]

not spent so much money on games/systems.
not applied to so many credit cards.
not used my credit cards as much.
saved all my money from all my jobs.
not have gotten married.
spent 4 years in college instead of 6.
had sex when it was there instead of regretting all those times now.
spoken to this really cute girl(8th grade) when I was in 6th grade because my/her friend told me that she had a crush on me after she moved.

[daphatty]

Not started using/abusing credit cards.

Oh yea, I forgot about that one. Me too!

[Cornfedwb]

wasnt that a line from a song.... i think i heard it in without a paddle

There's a Toby Keith song that has the repeating lyric "I wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then"... you may be thinking of that.

[Quackzilla]

Invested every penny I had and then some in that silly Japanese fad "Pokemon".

[epobirs]

More things than I could list without making CheapyD pay for more drive space on his host.

[Admiral Ackbar]

...remembered to wear the lederhosen.

[Trakan]

Invested every penny I had and then some in that silly Japanese fad "Pokemon".

Same here.

[zewone]

Drank more in High School

More sex

Saved more money

So many things I would have done different

[Cornfedwb]

I wouldn't change anything... what I did in the past made me who I am today. Why would you want to be someone else?

[Tromack]

Been more confident early in high school.
Not have wasted 2 years at Rice University.

[Reality's Fringe]

...Picked up all those damned SNES games when they were clearanced and not opened all of them. (We're talking $5 Chrono Triggers, earthbounds etc. Too damn young :( )

...Picked up all those damned clearance PS1 RPGs and not opened them.

-The 20/20 hindsight of a Gamer.

[Staind204]

Never have started smoking cigarettes.

[Moxio]

...Invested in Google.

[DCGCPlayer]

wasnt that a line from a song.... i think i heard it in without a paddle

It is a great song actually - it was used in a Mitsubishi car ad during the "Body in Motion" and the Barenaked Ladies' "One Week" campaign.

Faces (Rod Stewart)
Ooh La La

Poor old granddad,
I laughed at all his words,
I thought he was a bitter man,
He spoke of women's ways.
'They trap you, then they use you,before you even know.
Well love is blind, and you're far too kind.Don't ever let it show.'
CHORUS:
I wish that I knew what I know now,
when I was younger.
I wish that I knew what I know now,
when I was stronger.

The can-can such a pretty show
Will steal your heart away
But backstage back on earth again
The dressing rooms are grey
They come on strong and it ain't too long
For they make you feel a man
But love is blind and you soon will find
You're just a boy again
When you want her lips, you get her cheek
Makes you wonder where you are
If you want some more then she's fast asleep
Leaves you twinkling with the stars
Poor young grandson there's nothing I can say
You'll have to learn, just like me
And that's the hardest way, ooh la la.

CHORUS

[bluenatas09]

never eaten a hot dog

[Dead of Knight]

...Picked up all the copies of SMRPG that TRU had when it was $15 there, and left them unopened.

...Worked harder in 9th and 10th grade so I could be in the top 3 of the class instead of number 21 (which is good anyway since it's the top 6% of the class but still...).

[crazytalkx]

If knew now I would've gone to the CC sale when it was first discovered

[Reality's Fringe]

....Never worked at Gamestop, thereby still keeping the fantsay that workign at a Gamestore would be "Cool".

[Grave_Addiction]

- Had tons of sex

- Not put a bun in the oven so early

- Drank alcohol like an oversexed midget drinks piss

- Started school as soon as I went into the Air Force

- Bought as many copies as I could of Panzer Dragoon Sage

[Zenithian Legend]

Not looked at this thread.

You and me both, fortunately after getting some humor out of your post I stopped reading the rest of the thread.

[Cmosfm]

Shot the deputy as well.

[YoshiFan1]

Bought stock in Ebay in the late 90's

Bought a DDR arcade machine before the game got really popular in the US and the values of the machines went up.

[magilacudy]

Gone to a different school

Took studies seriously

Bought Bubble Bobble for GBA in Europe

Saved money and invested wisely

Told my friend about how I felt about her/ kissed her one last time/ had more sex

Various other things but I think that's enough for now
*sighs*

[Spacepest]

Not have wasted my money paying cash for college for a useless degree I haven't even used and instead invested that money in real estate. I've been getting a better monetary return on my shitty real estate investments than I have with my college degree! :/ (Plus all the homes I wanted to invest in while I was in college and didn't have the money for because I was paying for tuition instead have at least DOUBLED in value since then).

[rebenns]

. . . cheated on every girl I ever dated, because we eventually broke up anyway, so who cares?

[Xevious]

I would of bought Microsoft Stock.

Also:
Ask certain girls out that I never did before.

[sying]

....Never worked at Gamestop, thereby still keeping the fantsay that workign at a Gamestore would be "Cool".

LMAO. But then we wouldn't hear of the story of how you quit.

For my list:
Would have taken that job in Oregon.
Would have moved out sooner.
Would have not spent so much money on CD's. Damn iTunes, came 15 years too late.
Would have been not as shy towards the ladies.
Would have found this site earlier.
Would have bought more CC games (only got $250 worth last time)

[snotknocker]

Not looked at this thread.

You and me both, fortunately after getting some humor out of your post I stopped reading the rest of the thread.

C'mon this thread is not that bad

[evilmax17]

I wouldn't have traded in my Genesis and all of my games. I also wouldn't have thrown away any of my game boxes :( . Also, I remember that KayBee toys was clearencing out the Atari Jaguar for $30 a system, with games at $10. If i hadn't of bought a Virtual Boy for the same price a month earlier (I was young and poor at the time), I would've bought everything they had.

[evilpenguin9000]

-gotten laid a lot more

-be debt free

-played football in high school

[kaw]

Majored in something that couldn't be so easily offshored.

Spent more time with my parents, grandparents, and family instead of playing video games all the time growing up.

Came out of my shell earlier.

Taken time off between college and work so I could "see the world".