What are you thinking now?

[neilgee]

I'm thinking why doesn't Darcy reply to my comments on the Russian authors thread?

[Adolescent09]

Is this madness or is this SPARTA!!!!!?!?!?!!??!!!!!!

[Darcy88]

..........

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

I got the stupid IHOP song stuck in my head.

[Varenne Rodin]

Today has been a great day. I want to stretch this happy moment out for a lifetime.

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

I tooted.

[Darcy88]

.............

[prendrelemick]

Been working like a dog (and with a dog) all weekend. But Monday is still a downer.

[Helga]

the sun is shining and people suck so two crappy things bugging me

[Monamy]

I saved a small kitten from drowning in our pool last night, stayed with her outside my house to dry her pelt and soon her mommy showed up. I wonder if I get in deep trouble like that, will I find the most needed help from a stranger? It must have felt so wonderful for the cat that a strange gigantic human came to her rescue.

I felt somewhat proud that night.

[crusoe]

Helga's Avatar is GRAND...

Sorry, I have to take that back. I was wrong.

[cacian]

Sorry, I have to take that back. I was wrong.

Hi crusoe I noticed your signature unfortunaly I do not read swedish what does it say?
Oh and your avatar is rather grand is it a painting I am very fond of majestic ships.

[crusoe]

Hi crusoe I noticed your signature unfortunaly I do not read swedish what does it say?
Oh and your avatar is rather grand is it a painting I am very fond of majestic ships.

Hi cacian,

The Ship is the Black Pearl, the one that sank and marooned me :yesnod:

The signature is german and is the Title of The Hans Fallada-Book. "Everybody Man dies alone" .

Thanks for asking.

[Helga]

Sorry, I have to take that back. I was wrong.

What you don't like my eye?! Grima was just for the villain weekend

[cacian]

Hi cacian,

The Ship is the Black Pearl, the one that sank and marooned me :yesnod:

The signature is german and is the Title of The Hans Fallada-Book. "Everybody Man dies alone" .

Thanks for asking.

Hey thanks crusoe. The black Pearl looks pretty impressive under the moonlight shame it had to sink.
Hans Fallada is new to me so would be good to check it out.


What you don't like my eye?! Grima was just for the villain weekend

Grima is an interesting word it must be german for grim/sad.

[crusoe]

What you don't like my eye?! Grima was just for the villain weekend

I ask you, would I d a r e to not like your eye ? Of course not. Is it the right or the left ? I just wasn't sure how you'd react to compliments, so I had to lure you out for a comment.:yesnod:

[Helga]

I ask you, would I d a r e to not like your eye ? Of course not. Is it the right or the left ? I just wasn't sure how you'd react to compliments, so I had to lure you out for a comment.:yesnod:

aahh, sorry I did notice the comment. I'm not good with compliments,usually I leave the room.

It was time for a change, no sad girl anymore I'm trying out the tree eye cause I see all

[Darcy88]

...........

[cacian]

The pills I take make me want to make love and climb mountains. They make me go on epic off-trail wilderness hikes during which I carry a spear and sing jovially and almost welcome a bear encounter. They make me practice boxing for hours straight. They make me write about love and war with lusty verve and intensity.

I thought they were supposed to chill me out

Someone needs to come off these pills.

[Monamy]

Why? I thought he was acting completely... chilled.

[Darcy88]

D H Lawrence is a demigod.

[cacian]

Why? I thought he was acting completely... chilled.
Haha may too chilled for me.


D H Lawrence is a demigod.

Not a God then?!:D
I did find him too heavy myself references to uncomfortable or disturbing sexual references were too ''don't need to know'' type of reaction from me.
What book are you reading of him?

[Darcy88]

Haha may too chilled for me.



Not a God then?!:D
I did find him too heavy myself references to uncomfortable or disturbing sexual references were too ''don't need to know'' type of reaction from me.
What book are you reading of him?

I'm reading his poetry mainly, and then bits and pieces of Women In Love. He is my main hero. I had to change my avatar to his portrait to honour him.

I don't understand the criticisms of him, particularly the ones relating to his use of obscenity and explicit sexual references and scenes. Sex is a part of life, a vital part. I live like a damn monk but I will readily admit that. Sex deserves as much honest NAKED literary representation as does a sunset or tears or tragedy or anything else. Without sex life would cease. The attitude against sex and frank descriptions of it is fundamentally a decadent anti-life attitude.

Edit: Now I'm thinking its not the corporations or the politicians who ruin everything. ITS THE ADVERTISERS.

[Themis]

There is something seriously wrong in a society where, upon hearing of a lawyer's kidnapping, people make jokes about it and accuse the victim of being a criminal!

[Darcy88]

Racists and homophobes. I cannot stand racists and homophobes and there are lots where I live.

[Darcy88]

.....

[Themis]

Suddenly I understand the people who voted for "yes it is necessary for frustration purposes" in the "importance of swearing"-thread.

[JuniperWoolf]

This might be the last time in my life that I get to sit in a fancy restaurant in the dark at two in the morning eating swiped maraschino cherries and raspberry jam on baguette.

[louisgeorge]

comment on this post or not :P

[Darcy88]

Want to travel but am broke. I will figure something out.

[cacian]

The cost of something lies upon the cost of everything or thereabouts.

[papayahed]

I'm thinking I could get used to this.

[cacian]

I am thinking life does not get better then this.
If happiness was number I would award it a 11/10.:p

[Helga]

my head hurts

[Snowqueen]

I hope the moon is sighted today.

[prendrelemick]

Gibbous?


(my new fave word.)

[cacian]

I am thinking what could the opposite of genuis be if at all.

[Snowqueen]

Gibbous?


(my new fave word.)

Crescent

(my old favourite word.) :)

[papayahed]

When are they going to call me back???? And when they do how long is it going to take to get it fixed??

[Annamariah]

I've been working about 55 minutes today. It's been a quiet day so far, I've only answered 23 calls so far. Out of them a couple of men have tried to hit on me, and I've already encountered quite a few idiots today. It's promising to be a great day at work today :p

[Maximilianus]

It must be that particular something in your voice pitch and timbre :p

[tonywalt]

I gotta make a big move tomorrow. Oh yea, this is going to take some work, some investment of skill and charm. I'm up to it:arf:

[Helga]

It must be fun here cause all my sons friends want to play at our house. I was kinda hoping they could play at his house cause I am sooooo tired and have a headache.

[Annamariah]

It must be that particular something in your voice pitch and timbre :p

Apparently :p Once a man actually proposed to me before saying anything else :sick: I guess he was quite desperate :D

[Maximilianus]

Or desperately hypnotized by what he was listening to! :D

[MystyrMystyry]

Since I've discovered a website with some of the most unusual and exotic music I've ever heard, my days and nights are filled with strange journeys and adventures, and I'm hooked!

[Maximilianus]

That might affect your chances to get sleep as smooth as banana skins http://smiles.kolobok.us/standart/acute.gif:p

[MystyrMystyry]

Sleep? I remember that concept - remember it as clearly as if it were last week! ;)

[Snowqueen]

My glasses fell from my hand and broke. :smash: (Yes, I'm old) I think It’s time I should buy a new pair.

[prendrelemick]

Lorgnette ?

[Darcy88]

Its one thing to go through heartbreak and anxiety and suicidal thoughts. Its entirely another to go through them as a favoured item of local, almost regional gossip. Just because of my looks and my art I am now known as the guy who went through said heartbreak, said anxiety and said brush with wanting to die.

Thank you community for not respecting my privacy. Thank you for making me known as a disaster. It is really helping now that I'm trying to put the pieces of my life back together.

[Maximilianus]

^- Some of us attract gossip as if we were magnets. One should expect no mercy from the thereabouts and the hereabouts.

September's near. Not the best month around, but it's in every year and one has to go through it in the clashing rays of the burning sundowns

http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs46/f/2009/220/6/1/icon_shrinking_please_help_me_by_Sess_sama.gif

[Darcy88]

^- Some of us attract gossip as if we were magnets. One should expect no mercy from the thereabouts and the hereabouts.

September's near. Not the best month around, but it's in every year and one has to go through it in the clashing rays of the burning sundowns

http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs46/f/2009/220/6/1/icon_shrinking_please_help_me_by_Sess_sama.gif

The fall is a better time for me. Plus my best friend is due to return from his long absence.

When enough people lie about you and misunderstand you it sometimes gets hard to know who you are and to understand yourself. I'm not sure if that makes sense to anyone, but its something I grapple with.

Its hard to accept myself when so many other people do not accept me.

[cacian]

I am thinking how ugly and derelict those statues of people wherever they are end up looking after they have been exposed to the element.
Rust dirt and birds waste. Not a very nice site.

[MystyrMystyry]

Statues? I know people who look like that

[cacian]

Statues? I know people who look like that

Do you.:yawnb:

[MystyrMystyry]

Yes, because they work. The mechanics and truckies are covered in oil and rust. The gardeners are covered in mud and dirt. The zookeepers are covered in all sorts of animal and bird sh*t.

Do you know anyone who works?

[cacian]

Yes, because they work. The mechanics and truckies are covered in oil and rust. The gardeners are covered in mud and dirt. The zookeepers are covered in all sorts of animal and bird sh*t.

Do you know anyone who works?

I think so yes but the difference is that a statue is put and a person 'worker' isn't.
One moves and the other doesn't.
Quantum Physics. Do you know it?

[MystyrMystyry]

Yes'm. Do the electrons vibrating in the atoms count as movement, or not? If they do, then statues move surely? And also the Earth is in spinning motion and orbiting around the sun in a galaxy that's moving through the universe at astronomical speed, and the statues are on the Earth so therefore the difference in movement between the workers and statues is completely negligible?

Thats it - I'm going to be a statue!

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

They can move...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUoYrJvtGBc

This has led me to what I'm thinking now.

The moving rocks of Death Valley:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1hoiHvOeGc

[MystyrMystyry]

What have you just subjected me to Gilliatt!? How am I going to get to sleep now having to think about that!?

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

Let's add one more to your sheep counting and I'll leave it at that.

In the movie "Spirit of St. Louis" movie, Jimmy Stewart (A former pilot himself - flew B-17's in WWII) notices a fly in the cockpit and wonders if the fly adds to the weight of the aircraft as it flies about inside the plane.

[Maximilianus]

The fall is a better time for me. Plus my best friend is due to return from his long absence.

When enough people lie about you and misunderstand you it sometimes gets hard to know who you are and to understand yourself. I'm not sure if that makes sense to anyone, but its something I grapple with.

Its hard to accept myself when so many other people do not accept me.
It does happen that way. They make you believe they know you better than you know yourself and they often succeed because one allows it. It's a sort of legal social brainwash against which developing a carapace is fundamental; something easier said than done.

[aliengirl]

@ Darcy- I can understand because that's happened to someone in my family. It is extremely painful and disturbing even to see this. Some people suggest to ignore those malicious voices; as if you really can. Nonsense! So I've learned from that experience that if you want to stay who you are and to understand yourself, you've to express yourself, talk about yourself, counter their rumors with truth. It's not easy but a slow healing process. You can't change everyone's mind but some will surely come to understand you.

[cacian]

Yes'm. Do the electrons vibrating in the atoms count as movement, or not? If they do, then statues move surely? And also the Earth is in spinning motion and orbiting around the sun in a galaxy that's moving through the universe at astronomical speed, and the statues are on the Earth so therefore the difference in movement between the workers and statues is completely negligible?

Thats it - I'm going to be a statue!

Are you? LOL :lol:
Oh no but why?!! LOL

[cacian]

Ok why does one count sheep before going to sleep?
Why not goats or chicken?

[Darcy88]

@ Darcy- I can understand because that's happened to someone in my family. It is extremely painful and disturbing even to see this. Some people suggest to ignore those malicious voices; as if you really can. Nonsense! So I've learned from that experience that if you want to stay who you are and to understand yourself, you've to express yourself, talk about yourself, counter their rumors with truth. It's not easy but a slow healing process. You can't change everyone's mind but some will surely come to understand you.

You make good points. But I'm non-confrontational, and so I just let them go on spouting rumours. Now people know I have issues with dark suicidal thoughts they might shut up out of pity, but I doubt it. Most people see weakness and pounce like rabid dogs.

Thank you for caring.

[Buh4Bee]

Darcy man, keep up the struggle! I like to say-keep on keepin' on. No one to take care of us except ourselves... and all the usual BS that goes with this.

Despite tomorrow being the last day before school starts, everything is super! (And I mean that with a Jim Carey exhalation.)

[Snowqueen]

I will miss them when they are gone.

[cacian]

Is water mixed with wine still wine?

[MystyrMystyry]

Yes. It's called watery wine, or wet wine in the vernacular.

Also I didn't turn into a statue, but I certainly slept like a log. At least I did until I woke up and realised I was still asleep.

Flies On A Flyer? Sounds like a scary movie indeed...

[cacian]

Yes. It's called watery wine, or wet wine in the vernacular.

Also I didn't turn into a statue, but I certainly slept like a log. At least I did until I woke up and realised I was still asleep.

Flies On A Flyer? Sounds like a scary movie indeed...

Watery wine and not winy water oh good :lol:

Mystyr haha I am glad you are not a statue and I never thought you were either ;)

Scary movie never heard of it not that I understand the title either.
What does a fly on a flyer mean?
A flie hovering on a saucer?

Oh and what do you call white wine mixed with red? not a combo right?

[MystyrMystyry]

Pink wine.

the Flyer thing was due to Gilliatt's post.

[qimissung]

Grrr,its time to get up.

[cacian]

Hehe here is something I have thought about

Mentally how long is a piece of string?
In other words can one say how long is a number mentally.

[louisgeorge]

I have to study :banghead:

[aliengirl]

Most people see weakness and pounce like rabid dogs.

Thank you for caring.

Welcome.
Nice observation. Adding it to my quote bag. Actually the family member whom I mentioned is non-confrontational and I had to speak up for her. It's earned me a few nicknames but she is more important. Over the years she has changed and has learned to speak out.

BTW, I'm very happy today. Had a great time at my friend's wedding, got a book I was looking for (from an unlikely source), and an old friend sent me a very sweet note. This was a GREAT day. :)

[Themis]

I love how there are kind people everywhere. I know this sound silly, but I'm glad for every nice person I encounter.

[Delta40]

I love how there are kind people everywhere. I know this sound silly, but I'm glad for every nice person I encounter.

Aw that's sweet! I'm thinking how much longer do I have to drink vegetable juice :flare:

[Darcy88]

Just when I think life can't get worse, cancer strikes my family, and then my brother gets evicted from the place he's been at for 7 years.

[cacian]

Football soccer the same and different.

[aliengirl]

After going through some difficult times I feel very calm and cheerful. I'm grateful for FN. She has become the guiding star of my life.

[prendrelemick]

Is there a better film for all the family than Babe? I don't think so.

[DocHeart]

I might die today. I'm working way too hard and too fast. Have been for ages. Writing this on my iPhone, in the loo. If today doesn't kill me, then I'll never die from work-related stress.

[aliengirl]

How ironical that yesterday I was so cheerful and today was one of the saddest day of my life. I keep losing those whom I love. I wonder is death jealous of me?

[cacian]

Life is a journey?
Who said?
I thougt life was a game and easy ride you get on get off chill then do it again.
A jouney sounds tiresome!

[prendrelemick]

Why doesn't The Wheel appear in nature?

[cacian]

Why doesn't The Wheel appear in nature?

The Wheel? Which one?
Not the Fortune one I hope.

[cacian]

Insurgency is it as a result of a state being reconized through the united nations.
In other words no recognition of state no insurgency of it any kind.

[Darcy88]

How can I scrap 100 pages of my novel? But alas, it must be done.

[Buh4Bee]

Good luck editing! It's unpleasant.

[Pensive]

Wondering how long it will take before I could adjust in a totally new culture and environment. Apparently my class is very small and almost all international and so very different from myself so I wonder if I would be able to make any friends at all.

[paradoxical]

Feel so bad.

[Lykren]

Feel so bad.

Me too.

[JuniperWoolf]

Missing my very first class isn't a good start. Who the hell puts classes on orientation day?

[paradoxical]

Me too.

You can always talk to me.

[Volya]

i am sad because apparently i have offended people D:

[Maximilianus]

Wondering how indispensable it is to have a quick brain.

[aliengirl]

Just what I should feel when a group of 9 years old children say that they dream of me. Kinda weird and cute. :lol:



Wondering how indispensable it is to have a quick brain.

VERY! :nod:

[Helga]

I don´t like dentist

[Pensive]

Look at the brighter side of things!

[Maximilianus]

VERY! :nod:
No wonder I face trouble then. My brains don't seem quick enough, at least not every time I need them to be.

[qimissung]

Wondering how long it will take before I could adjust in a totally new culture and environment. Apparently my class is very small and almost all international and so very different from myself so I wonder if I would be able to make any friends at all.

I suspect you will make friends easier than you think. After all, they are all going to feel somewhat displaced and homesick, just like you. :)

I feel both despondent and determined. How many times have I started over and to what avail? :(

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

Grettir is one bad mother****er.

[aliengirl]

No wonder I face trouble then. My brains don't seem quick enough, at least not every time I need them to be.

I know because mine doesn't work fast when I lose my temper. I was not quick enough to see through the plan of a certain person who's trying to create problems for me. Later one of my friends pointed out that I should have kept my temper and should have applied some quick counter strategy.

[cacian]

I wonder what it is like to speak any language fluently.

[Leda]

I wonder what it is like to speak any language fluently.

Confusing :)



I wonder how it must feel to have time to study

[Pensive]

sabko maara jigr ke shayron ne aur jigr ko sharaab ne maara

[Maximilianus]

Well thought!

[Maximilianus]

I know because mine doesn't work fast when I lose my temper. I was not quick enough to see through the plan of a certain person who's trying to create problems for me. Later one of my friends pointed out that I should have kept my temper and should have applied some quick counter strategy.
I get nervous during exams, which makes me fail at times.


I wonder what it is like to speak any language fluently.
It feels beautiful, but it demands a good amount of work, like constantly reading grammar books, checking dictionaries, talking to people, and so on.

[tonywalt]

Should I? - Yea. Do IT!

[Pensive]

Tere ishq ki inteha chaahta hoon meri saadgi dekh kya chaahta hoon
(I just want to experience falling in love with you on its maximum extreme. How simple I must be to desire such a thing and nothing in return!)

Jannat mubarak rahe zaahidoN ko K maiN apka saamna chaahta hooN
(May the better people get a glimpse of the heaven, my heaven lies in a sight of yours!)

- Allama Iqbal (for some reason it loses something when translated! Or it might just be because I am horrible at translating! :p)

[Maximilianus]

http://smilys.net/other_smilies/smiley5183.gif http://smiles.kolobok.us/standart/smile3.gif

[SimilartoEmily]

Hm...is it wise to just pop into a forum and add something when no one has any clue who you are. How does this kind of thing work? I never seem to fit into any online community. Maybe I'll just close this tab...

[Varenne Rodin]

Be bold, Emily. Who cares about being wise?

[billl]

Sheesh, yeah. And how could it be unwise, anyhow? It's true that people can get to know each other as commenters in an online community, and find value in that, but it isn't anything near the stakes connected to a real-world, real-life community.

There are some people here who are nuts, some who are smart, some who like the distant socialization, some who like bouncing around ideas, and all kinds of types. If you want to throw an idea out there, go ahead, you don't have to worry about who anyone is or if you or they ever interact again here. The worst that could probably happen is maybe someone who just posts to get attention will get you wrapped up in a back-and-forth that they don't really care about, or someone who has a favorite "argument" will try to shoehorn your posts into its opposition, or some "trap" like that--so don't get too focussed on "getting the last word", and just try to make your point. Definitely don't worry about "fitting in". You can exchange ideas as long as you wish, without any attention to "community" beyond the Forum's rules. If you want to be substantive, and post once a week or once a month, that's fine--a good idea, in fact, if this place starts seeming like quicksand away from a happier existence.

[Annamariah]

I'm so happy that in a week we might FINALLY get to meet!

[LadyLuck]

I'm deliriously happy, that or I'm exceedingly tired.

[paradoxical]

It's all over except for the crying.

I am stupid, stupid, stupid.

[Darcy88]

No fight left in me. I give up.

I hate where I live. No opportunity. In the last 3 months my life has fallen apart.

Fate sucks.

[prendrelemick]

No fight left in me. I give up.

I hate where I live. No opportunity. In the last 3 months my life has fallen apart.

Fate sucks.


Well, giving up can be under-rated, but-

Come what may, Time and the hour run through the roughest day.

[Varenne Rodin]

I'm so sorry you're in a tight spot, Darcy. I'm stuck too. It can be an awful feeling. I really hope things turn around for you.

[cacian]

I am thinking this: Who invented the concept of Lepricorns.
It would help to get me writing something about them.

[Maximilianus]

Many things exist as mere pointless concepts, as illusory ideals, and wisdom is likely to be the worst.


I am thinking this: Who invented the concept of Lepricorns.
It would help to get me writing something about them.
I wonder if you meant leprechaun. If so, the inventors were the ancient Irish.

[Idril]

A lot can change in 2 years.

[Annamariah]

Yay, a night shift! True, most of the customers are drunk, and there are always plenty of jerks and perverts among them, but at least there's usually plenty of time to read in between the customers (unlike during the daytime, when I might have over 500 custemers during one shift).

[Madhuri]

Why can't some right words come out of my mouth when required? Why do I keep embarrassing myself?

[prendrelemick]

Oh gawd, they're wheeling out the original cast of The Sound of Music - again. Like they do for every 5 year anniversary.

[Themis]

So, the moment to realise I was really, really, really lucky just now has come. Sadly it coincides with the moment of realising what a guileless idiot I am.
There was a knock on the next door just now and what I did was: I assumed it was going to be a handyman (currently working in the house), opened the door to my parents' apartment, took a look and when I didn't see anything, I opened the steel lattice door and stepped outside.
I was met by an elderly woman looking lost and responding to my queries of “Can I help you? Are you looking for someone?" with something in, well, possibly Bulgarian or something. And whilst I was trying to decide what to do, I suddenly heard a man calling to her and - well, when she turned away from me, that was the moment our cleaning lady decided that it would be a good idea if I stepped back in and locked the door, so she could explain to me that the people outside were most probably attempting a burglary.
My parents whom I called agree with this assertion.
So ... oops!

[aliengirl]

Thinking of these lines -

'I want the poem to begin
From the tip of your eyelashes
And flow through the night.'

And about the person who wrote it. Calls himself a misanthrope. Can a misanthrope write these beautiful lines?

[cacian]

Many things exist as mere pointless concepts, as illusory ideals, and wisdom is likely to be the worst.


I wonder if you meant leprechaun. If so, the inventors were the ancient Irish.

Maximilianus as always I am grateful to you.
I did mean leprechaun indeed thank you for correcting me.
Irish ah that makes sense now. The first time it was mentioned to me about a leprechaun was in Ireland. I never put two and two together.:)

[Maximilianus]

Welcome! If you want some more clues on leprechauns you can read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leprechaun

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

She's just got to throw that authority around! :lol:

[Maximilianus]

Thinking of these lines -

'I want the poem to begin
From the tip of your eyelashes
And flow through the night.'

And about the person who wrote it. Calls himself a misanthrope. Can a misanthrope write these beautiful lines?

He may be speaking about a beast other than a human, with beautiful beasty eyelashes :p

[aliengirl]

He may be speaking about a beast other than a human, with beautiful beasty eyelashes :p

Or may be about an alien. ;)

[Themis]

New rule: Don't start going on a diet if there's a whole bag of chips in the cupboard. Do it after you've polished off said bag.
Which would be: now.

[Buckthorn]

At the moment I'm thinking why is is that on the cover of JK Rowlings new book, her name is all in upper case except the letter i?

[Pensive]

If only I didn't have all these assignments to catch up with, I could have as well gone to sleep.
Wait what am I doing on litnet?

[Themis]

If only I didn't have all these assignments to catch up with, I could have as well gone to sleep.
Wait what am I doing on litnet?

Procrastinating, my dear. ;) Just like everybody else.

[LadyLuck]

I really need to quit staying up till all hours of the night. Monday morning sucks after multiple nights out well past midnight :(

[tonywalt]

I really need to quit staying up till all hours of the night. Monday morning sucks after multiple nights out well past midnight :(

You took the words from my mouth. Ugh. I'm a night owl anyway - which does not help!

[cacian]

I am just thinking what is the point of learning something if it is not put into practice.

[cacian]

At the moment I'm thinking why is is that on the cover of JK Rowlings new book, her name is all in upper case except the letter i?

what do you mean this one?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/91/The_Casual_Vacancy.jpg/100px-The_Casual_Vacancy.jpg

Interesting observation I was as it goes wondering today whilst watching the news why is there an X in the middle of a small square.
Thes kind of details irritate me so I won't be buying the book I would not want it irritating me everytime I see it.
The other thing I do not get about the title is the word vacany and what does casual mean in this context.

[Buckthorn]

what do you mean this one?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/91/The_Casual_Vacancy.jpg/100px-The_Casual_Vacancy.jpg

Interesting observation I was as it goes wondering today whilst watching the news why is there an X in the middle of a small square.
Thes kind of details irritate me so I won't be buying the book I would not want it irritating me everytime I see it.
The other thing I do not get about the title is the word vacany and what does casual mean in this context.

Thats the one, the casual vacancy bit is explained at the start of the book:

A Casual Vacancy is deemed to have occurred when
1 A local councillor fails to make his declaration of acceptance of office within a proper time; or
2 when his notice of resignation is received; or
3 on the day of his death

One explanation I found oonline for the i in the name is that an uppercase I would be lost, but a lowercase is more distinguishable.

[cacian]

Thats the one, the casual vacancy bit is explained at the start of the book:

A Casual Vacancy is deemed to have occurred when
1 A local councillor fails to make his declaration of acceptance of office within a proper time; or
2 when his notice of resignation is received; or
3 on the day of his death

One explanation I found oonline for the i in the name is that an uppercase I would be lost, but a lowercase is more distinguishable.

Ni Buckthorn thank you for posting.

So about casual vacancy does that mean a post/position in waiting?
I still don't get what it is trying to say.
Maybe the opposite would help.
As for the i I think there is a possibility that it might want to be read something like that

ROWL
as in much like LMFAO or ROFL it is a way of describing much laughter. fun, because few people have heard of it.... only cool people understand ROWL...

iNG: this might read as a name if one reverses it to GiN and could refer to the name of Jean/Jane.
It could be the other hidden play on title
So it would mean to say
J K laugh much Jean.It is like a hidden meaning. This is just pure a guess.

Back to the title I am still trying to get the meaning in other word when does one ever get to mention this expression. For what reason?
And about the cross in that box it does remind me of Zoro signature and the cross Harry Potter has on his forehead.

[Buckthorn]

Ni Buckthorn thank you for posting.

So about casual vacancy does that mean a post/position in waiting?

Yep, the book is focused (so far) around the events after a councillor has died and a casual vacancy is therefore created.


Good point about her name Cacian

[cacian]

[QUOTE=cacian;1174646]Ni Buckthorn thank you for posting.

So about casual vacancy does that mean a post/position in waiting?
/QUOTE]
Yep, the book is focused (so far) around the events after a councillor has died and a casual vacancy is therefore created.


Good point about her name Cacian

I see.
Occasional position.
It is interesting that one can lose their job if they had not signed the form on time. It is rather brash.
Presumably casual does not lead to permanent which in itself is strange way of advertising a vacancy.
Are you reading the book at the moment?

[Buckthorn]

[QUOTE=Buckthorn;1174653]

I see.
Occasional position.
?
Its not exactly an occasional position, a casual vacancy is IMO a weird term for when position becomes available on a local council due to one of the 3 reasons listed.:crazy:

I am reading it, its a bit of a weird book (I keep expecting Voldemort or Harry to pop up) and its strange reading a book from JK Rowling where vulgar topics are discussed, but I am enjoying other parts.

[Pensive]

People aren't your parents. They wouldn't easily forgive you about little, little matters. Something you must learn when you begin living away from home!

[cacian]

Its not exactly an occasional position, a casual vacancy is IMO a weird term for when position becomes available on a local council due to one of the 3 reasons listed.:crazy:
:lol: sorry I just do not like the title.
A bit bizarre to want to introduce council into it. I think I'd better leave it here. It does however ring a bell with a film book with the word vacancy in it but I cannot remember it.

I am reading it, its a bit of a weird book (I keep expecting Voldemort or Harry to pop up) and its strange reading a book from JK Rowling where vulgar topics are discussed, but I am enjoying other parts.
It sounds rather intriguing I wonder what initiated the changes from voldemort to this.

[Nitu]

i should say hello to everyone.....

[Snowqueen]

I hope she gets better soon.

[Nitu]

How to post blog?

[SkyCetacean]

So...

Apparently someone wrote a story about my seduction and rape be a werewolf.

...Not sure what to think.

[prendrelemick]

'Thus life ends, not with an explosion but with a stairlift" - Michael Winner

[Nitu]

anyone can tell me how to post blog?

[SkyCetacean]

Y'know I've realized that despite having tried reading it several times I've always been interrupted for one reason or another from completing The Crawling Chaos by H.P. Lovecraft.

A coincidence... Or something more? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSZkVsEkQ9M)

[ElizBun]

Boredom sucks why can't I sleep? Lol.

[Themis]

I just saw a man on a scooter and that - wait, let me try that again. I just saw a grown man on a scooter! And I can't get over that. The combination of "man" and "scooter" in one sentence is just sooo weird. And ridiculous. Let's not forget that. And kind of sad, because there's a man who's not too bad looking - and then you realize he's riding on a scooter - and that's not the motorised version! It's the How-old-are-you-exactly?-version! Why is that even allowed?

[Varenne Rodin]

I need a loan to come from somewhere. I need to get out of this house. The environment isn't safe. Moving here was a mistake. I'm too rich for government assistance, but too poor to move forty miles down the road. I'm losing life and my business here. I'm going to be dead soon if I don't get out.

[Nitu]

Nothing..

[Maximilianus]

I need a loan to come from somewhere. I need to get out of this house. The environment isn't safe. Moving here was a mistake. I'm too rich for government assistance, but too poor to move forty miles down the road. I'm losing life and my business here. I'm going to be dead soon if I don't get out.

Poor Var, I hope you figure out a solution soon enough! http://fc03.deviantart.net/images/i/2003/49/a/b/Hug_emoticon___v2

[Varenne Rodin]

Thanks, Max. There is only one, unfortunately. I need help from an outside party, but no one will help me. I would never say that if it weren't absolutely true. I'm stuck.

[cacian]

I need a loan to come from somewhere. I need to get out of this house. The environment isn't safe. Moving here was a mistake. I'm too rich for government assistance, but too poor to move forty miles down the road. I'm losing life and my business here. I'm going to be dead soon if I don't get out.

what is up with the environment?

[Varenne Rodin]

what is up with the environment?

115 degree heat in the summer. Power outages at least once a week. No AC. Freezing winters. I get snowed in for weeks at a time. The county doesn't plow the roads to my house. I can't hire a private plow because they say the roads are too steep and uneven. Power is almost always out in winter and I have no fireplace. The heater stopped working and no one will come out this far to fix it and it doesn't work in the outages anyway. My neighbors are insane. One man walks around at all hours of the day and night shouting about being near to killing someone with a shotgun. The nearest hospital is an hour away. This is an area prone to wildfires. I get evacuated multiple times a year because lightning and people keep setting the forest on fire. Now there are issues with the water being contaminated so I have to use bottled water for absolutely everything that requires water. I'm tired. I want to leave. I have a $2200 deposit on this place, but I can't raise the $2,000 or so I need to move out so I can then get that $2200 back. My bills cost more than that just to survive out here. My family doesn't seem to understand the horror of this situation. I have lent them tens of thousands of dollars over the years, but now no one will give me a loan. I have even offered to pay them back $500 up and over whatever they loan me by December. Pretty nice Christmas present, but they say no. I can't do another winter here. I almost died last year. I am listing all of my art for sale, but I only have internet for short bursts here and there because the only internet out here is satellite. I am on the verge of prostitution or suicide. I just want to get the hell out of here now.

[Maximilianus]

Var, what a hell of a place! :( I wish I could help you! Pity I'm totally broke myself. I can understand the family thing, pretty much like mine too. One can't count on relatives at all :frown2:


I am on the verge of prostitution or suicide. I just want to get the hell out of here now.
Don't fall in that pit. Be strong! http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs12/i/2006/293/e/9/_backhug__by_cindre.gif

[Helga]

Maybe I should get dressed

[prendrelemick]

115 degree heat in the summer. Power outages at least once a week. No AC. Freezing winters. I get snowed in for weeks at a time. The county doesn't plow the roads to my house. I can't hire a private plow because they say the roads are too steep and uneven. Power is almost always out in winter and I have no fireplace. The heater stopped working and no one will come out this far to fix it and it doesn't work in the outages anyway. My neighbors are insane. One man walks around at all hours of the day and night shouting about being near to killing someone with a shotgun. The nearest hospital is an hour away. This is an area prone to wildfires. I get evacuated multiple times a year because lightning and people keep setting the forest on fire. Now there are issues with the water being contaminated so I have to use bottled water for absolutely everything that requires water. I'm tired. I want to leave. I have a $2200 deposit on this place, but I can't raise the $2,000 or so I need to move out so I can then get that $2200 back. My bills cost more than that just to survive out here. My family doesn't seem to understand the horror of this situation. I have lent them tens of thousands of dollars over the years, but now no one will give me a loan. I have even offered to pay them back $500 up and over whatever they loan me by December. Pretty nice Christmas present, but they say no. I can't do another winter here. I almost died last year. I am listing all of my art for sale, but I only have internet for short bursts here and there because the only internet out here is satellite. I am on the verge of prostitution or suicide. I just want to get the hell out of here now.


Don't let the bastards grind you down

[Volya]

I am glad her bus arrived.

[Themis]

I kinda wonder if I'm spending too much time on the internet if

this:

I am glad her bus arrived.

makes me think of that: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PutOnABus

[Varenne Rodin]

Thank you, Max and Mick. Friendly words really help. It'll be ok somehow. Luck can change.

[Volya]

I kinda wonder if I'm spending too much time on the internet if

this:


makes me think of that: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PutOnABus

Nothing like that lol

[SkyCetacean]

I kinda wonder if I'm spending too much time on the internet if

this:


makes me think of that: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PutOnABus
TVTropes! =D

[Pensive]

mujhe sab hai yaad zara zara. tumhain yaad ho ke na yaad ho!

[Themis]

TVTropes! =D

Ah, a fellow addict? ;-)

@Volya: Thought so! But thanks for clearing it up.

@Pensive: What are you saying? I want to know, please!

[Varenne Rodin]

I don't sleep now. I want to. It doesn't happen. How long does it take for sleep deprivation to kill a person?

[cacian]

I don't sleep now. I want to. It doesn't happen. How long does it take for sleep deprivation to kill a person?

Hi Varenne what time is it now where you are?

[Varenne Rodin]

Hi Varenne what time is it now where you are?

It's 5:12AM. I have been awake in my bed in the dark all night. Every night. I don't know how many days this has been. I haven't slept much at all in many months. Ten minutes every couple of days or so. It is making me very unwell, I fear.

[Varenne Rodin]

...what time is it in London, Cacian?

[Hawkman]

I didn't know Cacian was a time of day... In London it's 13:21

[cacian]

...what time is it in London, Cacian?

now it is 17:57.

[Maximilianus]

I don't sleep now. I want to. It doesn't happen. How long does it take for sleep deprivation to kill a person?
Do not give yourself away to it. The world needs many more of your sculptures http://fc03.deviantart.net/images/i/2003/49/a/b/Hug_emoticon___v2


It's 5:12AM. I have been awake in my bed in the dark all night. Every night. I don't know how many days this has been. I haven't slept much at all in many months. Ten minutes every couple of days or so. It is making me very unwell, I fear.
If you are addicted to coffee, that may be the cause. It has happened to me because of coffee. Now, if you are really addicted to it and want to consider a consumption reduction, then do it little by little every time you drink it, in smaller and smaller amounts every time. Attempting a quick and definite quitting can be unhealthy too.
If it's not coffee but stress and nervousness, then don't stay in bed. Better stay away from it and find something entertaining to do unless you really feel the sleepy feeling. Staying in bed while not being able to fall asleep will only make you feel worse.
http://smiles.kolobok.us/standart/air_kiss.gif http://smiles.kolobok.us/standart/good2.gif http://smiles.kolobok.us/standart/friends.gif

[prendrelemick]

Not sleeping is the worst thing, you lose all sense of balance (I do) and it becomes worse the more you worry about it.

When I can't sleep - because of my head- I try to think of beautiful happy times and places. I try to cocoon myself in warm feelings. Then if I don't get any sleep at least I'm relaxed and not worrying about it on top of everything else..
Hard physical graft works too and Max might be right about the coffee.

[Snowqueen]

mujhe sab hai yaad zara zara. tumhain yaad ho ke na yaad ho!

It’s a verse from Momin’s poetry. I’m not sure whether it’s a geet or ghazal, can’t seem to differentiate between the two as Urdu is not my first language. And you know how the people here from North Western region speak Urdu. Humain Urdu nai ata Baji, bas torah torah ata. (thora thora) :lol:

[cacian]

I am thinking is a couple intimate if they are not having sex (sex outside marriage for example)?

[Themis]

Why am I apparently incapable of pronouncing "recipe" like its supposed to be pronounced? Why do I always mix it up with the pronunciation of 'receipt'? It's not like I confuse the words themselves! So, why do I always do that?

[Silas Thorne]

Food and coffee. About my thesis too, but mainly about food and coffee.

[Hawkman]

Why am I apparently incapable of pronouncing "recipe" like its supposed to be pronounced? Why do I always mix it up with the pronunciation of 'receipt'? It's not like I confuse the words themselves! So, why do I always do that?

Possibly because you read too much 18th century literature. Then, the word receipt meant recipe.

[Themis]

Possibly because you read too much 18th century literature. Then, the word receipt meant recipe.

Good to know, but that doesn't explain why my pronunciation is faulty. Unless I'm way more perceptual than I think I am.

[qimissung]

Possible you are. :D

I'm thinking that I feel fat. :(

[Maximilianus]

I'm thinking I shouldn't post until upgrade is fully operational, for fear of losing a transcendental post of mine after a backup restoration :p Just kidding, it wasn't anywhere near meaningful :D

[Themis]

I'm thinking that I feel fat. :(

Name me one person who doesn't! (Because you know, I feel fat now too. But that's what people refer to as 'winter depression', I'm sure. )

[Maximilianus]

Why am I apparently incapable of pronouncing "recipe" like its supposed to be pronounced? Why do I always mix it up with the pronunciation of 'receipt'? It's not like I confuse the words themselves! So, why do I always do that?
You can try memorizing the correct pronunciation by repeating the word aloud or even to yourself, several times until you feel accustomed to it. I would say you just need to assimilate its sounds.


I'm thinking that I feel fat. :(
In such case, meet chubby cheek Nic http://smilies-gifs.com/emoticonos-grandes/15grandes.gif

I've met him already, especially when I stare at a few rolls around my waist :D

[qimissung]

:) Chubby Cheek Nic and I each want a cookie.

[Themis]

You can try memorizing the correct pronunciation by repeating the word aloud or even to yourself, several times until you feel accustomed to it. I would say you just need to assimilate its sounds.


Yes, that will probably work. Thanks!

[cacian]

Just thinking why do poeple continue to race horses and accept the number of casualties in horses as De Facto.
I am one to believe that horses do not race naturally int the way human make them race.
Shame on them that is all I can say.

[Lacra]

I do not understand how did I waste so many years of my life and where have they gone? Today was a Marcel Proust day, hmmmm.

[SkyCetacean]

Tired and tired and tired and tired I am exceedingly tired but at least now I know Pasternak's life like the back of my hand... Born in Moscow 1890 to Jewish parents with one of them oh yes the mother was a pianist and the father was a painter who painted with or for Tolstoy and aaaaccchhhh everything's starting to run together.

[Maximilianus]

Welcome and best of lucks!! http://smiles.kolobok.us/artists/laie/LaieA_060.gif

[tonywalt]

I've got to stop doing that and do more of this

[aliengirl]

With all the festivities going on one certainly gets into a merry mood. :)

[prendrelemick]

Reading Dickens' A Christmas Carol. I think I should read it every year.

[Buckthorn]

I may have to read that again soon (I read it a few years ago and its getting to be about that time of year)

[Yankee]

I'm now just thinking just how hard writing can be if your thinking ability is not clear.

For example I wrote this garbage this morning. (It makes no sense at all...it's just a scribble):



The photographer, invisible under a thick black drape, stooped low behind the lens. On his wrinkled left hand a digit was poised upon a red switch connected by a cord to the mechanism. He gave a faint gurgle before raising a leathery crooked finger upward, broadcasting his cue. The wranglers snapped swiftly into their rehearsed pose, jovial grins smearing their faces.

The first fellow (to the left of the scene) stood tilted to one side nearly to the point of falling if not for his bent knees. The six ton accordion strapped firmly over his shoulders did not make things anymore manageable. Every joint, muscle, and bone of his body was enduring the agony of such distress: a ring of damp on the back of his shirt caused by the overhead lights was irksome, a burning itch that had slowly crept up his groin was now at the peak of torment, the Wild Turkey stench exuding from the fiddle shaking buckaroo behind him made his head swim. Such tribulations, though piercing, failed in all its gravity to erase his exuberant disguise forward the camera.

[Themis]

Dear people whom I accidentally encounter either on the www or in the real world, can you please try and be a bit less mean and more like you actually listened when your parents (and please, tell me your parents at least tried to teach you some manners) told you what to do and what not to do?

[farnoosh]

Am I really able to finish these 2 reports by the end of the week??????

[country doctor]

BUCKLE UP!

right now?

that the doc doesn't type so loud
nor seem so proud
after he just got done scrounging for his last meal...

but that still hasn't inhibited his ability to...

ROAR!

[tonywalt]

BUCKLE UP!

right now?

that the doc doesn't type so loud
nor seem so proud
after he just got done scrounging for his last meal...

but that still hasn't inhibited his ability to...

ROAR!

Can someone explain who and what this is about? It's bizarre.

[Sancho]

I'm thinking I should quit looking at the computer and get back to work. P-Tooey!


Can someone explain who and what this is about? It's bizarre.

Good to see the Doc back on the boards, eh?

Resistance is useless, Tony. Just go with the flow.

Oh yes, and: ROAR!

[tonywalt]

I still don't get ROAR

[cacian]

Can someone explain who and what this is about? It's bizarre.

LOL
Maybe it is a snapshot of a rap shot?! :biggrin5:

[Sancho]

I still don't get ROAR

I think the Country Doc just likes to roar. It can mean many things: approval, satisfaction, warning, alarm, pleasure, kinship, etc. You'll have to ask the Doc, but I think it's his primal, well, roar. Soldiers say, HOOAH, California surfers say, DUDE, but The Doc ROARs.

That's my take anyway.

[tonywalt]

Its not the roar so much as the writing.

[Maximilianus]

Be it how he wrote
Be it how he roared
The Doc has pulled it off
To draw tony's attention
And that of folks on board

:p

[Pierre Menard]

I'm thinking I might finally have to go and see a doctor to find out if I have depression. I simply can't deal with waking up with such a feeling of dread and misery every single day.

[Buckthorn]

I'm thinking I might finally have to go and see a doctor to find out if I have depression. I simply can't deal with waking up with such a feeling of dread and misery every single day.
Going to see the doctor is a wonderful idea, there is a lot of help available. I hope it goes well for you :-)

[xtianfriborg13]

I'm thinking how unfair life is, at the same time, how I am so blessed. Sounds cliche but, yeah, that's what I'm thinking. :)

[country doctor]

BUCKLE UP!

right now, general chatters?

that the doc is gonna take it to the limit one more time, general chatters...one more time...

ROAR!

[NikolaiI]

How would you like to experience life from inside the mind of a genius?

. . .


Convince yourself you are genius, and presto! :)

[prendrelemick]

I'm immensely rich, though not in a monetary way.

[Sancho]

I'm thinking of growing a mullet.

[prendrelemick]

Now grilling a mullet, that would be good.

[Sancho]

Maybe we could barbecue a bouffant.

Now, where did I put that tin of pomade?

[papayahed]

I'm thinking of growing a mullet.



Great Idea!

[Sancho]

I'm thinking mullet contest. Ready - Set - Grow.

[faithosaurus]

Holy crap, it's been forever since I've been here.

[Tournesol]

I need to go wash baby bottles!

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

I'm thinking of growing a mullet.

Business in front
Party in the back

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E6IfdUJn6s


Me? - I'm thinkin I had too uch red wine and gold fish crackers.

[Sancho]

Hahaha, that movie was pure art.

In answer to Joe's pappy's question, it's easy: there are two clutch mechanisms in a Posi-trac differential that aren't in a non-limited-slip differential, one for each half axle. The basic idea being, in a tight turn with a powerful car, you need to let up on the torque on the inside wheel, or it'll spin out.

Remember when cars had a hump in the floorboard to accommodate a driveshaft?

Probably it was 'round about the same time when a TV was as deep as it was wide.

Oh yes, and it was when this hairdo was gaining some traction with a certain set of folks:
http://i971.photobucket.com/albums/ae197/mollyandbruno/mullet_zpsacec1268.jpg

[Enchantress]

I'm thinking how I'd rather be at home than at work

[Sancho]

I'm thinking it'd be a good day to wear plaid pants.

[Darcy88]

If I don't find a job soon I'm gonna wind up prostituting myself.

[Pierre Menard]

If I don't find a job soon I'm gonna wind up prostituting myself.


I'm thinking pretty much the same thing.

[Emil Miller]

I'm thinking it's never a good day to wear plaid pants.

[Sancho]

I'm begrudgingly thinking Emil's probably right.

Now where in the world did I put my paisley shirt?

[Emil Miller]

I'm begrudgingly thinking Emil's probably right.

Now where in the world did I put my paisley shirt?

I hope it's not this one:

http://imageshack.us/a/img545/884/kgrhqzle5yqcby2nbockni3.jpg

[Sancho]

Ooo...Ahh...Nice. It goes with my hat.

http://i971.photobucket.com/albums/ae197/mollyandbruno/image-2_zps0f4da123.jpg

[Emil Miller]

Ooo...Ahh...Nice. It goes with my hat.

http://i971.photobucket.com/albums/ae197/mollyandbruno/image-2_zps0f4da123.jpg

Well if you're going to wear that shirt and hat, you might as well wear these.

http://imageshack.us/a/img43/425/686snowboardpantsreserv.jpg

[Sancho]

Well if you're going to wear that shirt and hat, you might as well wear these.

http://imageshack.us/a/img43/425/686snowboardpantsreserv.jpg

Most excellent.

You're a man of style, Emil.

Gonna need shoes...hmm...ah-ha!

http://i971.photobucket.com/albums/ae197/mollyandbruno/image-2_zpse9a0e525.jpg

[prendrelemick]

Great, then you can appear in Godspell.

[Varenne Rodin]

I've been feeling the same way. I have been working, but it's been for peanuts lately. Good luck, Darcy. Good to see you. :)
If I don't find a job soon I'm gonna wind up prostituting myself.

[farnoosh]

Can I pass 20 credits in a spring term that has lots and lots of breaks in the middle????????????

[Sancho]

^My 2 cents: go for it. Take a chance - Custer did.

Spring semester of my junior year, I had to get the dean's approval to take 21 credit hours. It wound up being my best semester. Fear of failure wonderfully focused my mind. Made for a crummy spring break, though. (I was a Mechanical Engineering student.)

[qimissung]

Can I pass 20 credits in a spring term that has lots and lots of breaks in the middle????????????

What do you think? In your heart of hearts I think you already know the answer, Farnoosh. If you do it, you have to be ready to dive in and stay focused!

[qimissung]

Most excellent.

You're a man of style, Emil.

Gonna need shoes...hmm...ah-ha!

http://i971.photobucket.com/albums/ae197/mollyandbruno/image-2_zpse9a0e525.jpg

You'll be the coolest kid in the room in this outfit, Sancho, imo. The only thing I would change would be the style of the pants. They need to be skinny to go with those pointed shoes. Yes, I am a style expert. :D

[Emil Miller]

You'll be the coolest kid in the room in this outfit, Sancho, imo. The only thing I would change would be the style of the pants. They need to be skinny to go with those pointed shoes. Yes, I am a style expert. :D

How about these ?

http://imageshack.us/a/img201/1893/plaiddenimleggingstopsh.jpg

[Sancho]

Probably need to keep the children home if I wore those.

Also people might get the idea that I’m Jewish. (I’m not, but pediatricians seem to like to put the mark of Abraham on babies in this country anyway.)

Speaking of Jewish guys, I was thinking of something more along these lines:

http://i971.photobucket.com/albums/ae197/mollyandbruno/nyuknyukgolf_zpsf2f2ccb1.jpg

I’m gonna need a pair of argyle socks.

[qimissung]

Emil, that seems like something that would be more flattering on your figure. :D

[Emil Miller]

Probably need to keep the children home if I wore those.

Also people might get the idea that I’m Jewish. (I’m not, but pediatricians seem to like to put the mark of Abraham on babies in this country anyway.)

Speaking of Jewish guys, I was thinking of something more along these lines:

http://i971.photobucket.com/albums/ae197/mollyandbruno/nyuknyukgolf_zpsf2f2ccb1.jpg

I’m gonna need a pair of argyle socks.

Argyle socks look better on some people than others.

http://imageshack.us/a/img690/6829/71087274.jpg





Emil, that seems more like something that would be more flattering on your figure. :D

I gave up trying to flatter my figure long ago but I haven't quite got to the Three Stooges stage.

[Sancho]

Argyle socks look better on some people than others.

http://imageshack.us/a/img690/6829/71087274.jpg

No argument here, Emil.