Hi Fred

No, I think it was the ancient grece philisoph Sokrates at around 400 BC. Whenever sombody wanted to talk to him they first had to answer yes to three questions:

Is it important?
Is it true?
Is it anything good?

He did not talk to other people very much!

>>I don't know who or where I got this advice from but it goes along the lines of "if you only have something negative to say, then don't say it at all".
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>That would be Thumper's parents, from "Bambi". < g >