A Learning Experience

A learning experience is one of those things that say, 'You know that thing you just did? Don't do that.'

A quote from Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001), the guy (a satirist - does that kind of job really existed?) who wrote (his most famous work), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

So, you make a mistake, don't gloom over it, dummy! Pick up the pieces, and strike back.