I'm trying to compile a comprehensive list of "common sense" truisms, conventional beliefs we take as axiomatic. Does anyone know any sources of truisms, proverbs, maxims and related common sense beliefs? Feel free to contribute such notions from your own domain or area of expertise! [more inside]
posted by adamrobinson on Nov 25, 2008 - 26 answers

How do I gracefully put people at ease who I have met very briefly before but most probably do not remember me when I meet them the second time? [more inside]
posted by realpseudonym on May 25, 2008 - 11 answers

Looking for quotations about common sense. [more inside]
posted by paduasoy on May 15, 2007 - 16 answers

This afternoon my boyfriend went to our local Publix supermarket to pick up lunch. He ordered a sub, picked up two bags of chips, and started eating one bag as he walked around finishing up his shopping. When he reached the checkout line he dumped everything on the belt and started reading a magazine as he waited in line to pay the cashier. He paid and then walked out the door with his bags where he was then stopped and told to come back inside. [more inside]
posted by jessica on Jul 1, 2006 - 48 answers

I've a hunch a similar question has been asked here before, but Googling doesn't turn up anything specific. I'd like assistance understanding the commonsense guidelines for paying an out-of-state parking ticket, since cash is a scarce commodity and we misread the meter. In a nutshell, I'd pay without question if i could spare the hundred, but want to understand the consequences if I can't. Will it affect my credit, in-state DMV standing, or anything else? The ticket was issued in Washington DC, if that is of any import.
posted by vers on Sep 1, 2004 - 4 answers