Unwritten written rules to live by in 2012

There are a whole bunch of unwritten rules that I live by. I’m not referring to age old rules that haven’t stood the test of time such as “two wrongs don’t make a right”. I’m talking about actual day to day rules that I believe if everybody followed would literally make the world a brighter place. So, in my post Christmas partying haze I’ve decided to commit some of my unwritten rules to the Internet so that they’re no longer unwritten and maybe just one other person will read this and join me in my self-righteous endeavours:

1. Never break more than two laws at once
   Laws are sometimes broken, just not all of them at once okay?
2. When you’re about to change direction in your car and there is more than one possible path your car can take, INDICATE!
   Yes, indicate like your life depends on it, and then the rest of us won’t be sat wasting our time attempting to second guess where you’re heading you moron
3. When you’re approaching somebody in the street and a head on collision is imminent, step to the right!
   Nothing is worse than an awkward public dance with a complete stranger.
4. Always be a little kinder than necessary.
   This particular quote is from our friend James Barrie, author of Peter Pan.  It’s simple really; people like nice people.  Unless you’re Alan Sugar or Donald Trump if you’re an arsehole don’t expect to get far in life; and you wouldn’t want to be either of them anyway right?
5. Google is the most useful thing ever. If you need to know something, type that shit in on Google instead of wasting people’s time.
   You can pretty much Google anything.
6. Say thank you.  Better still, if you can muster up the courage to pay somebody a compliment then do so.
   Manners maketh man and all that.  Not only that, you might just make somebody’s day.
7. Two e-mails is enough.
   If you haven’t bottomed out your conversation in two e-mails pick up the phone, life is too short.

So there you have it.  Feel free to add or correct my rules in the comments, and in the meantime if you’ve read this far thank you and here’s to an awesome 2012 for everybody.