Questions Only

[Hyacinth42]

Why don't you do it now?

[Adolescent09]

Why don't you do it first?

[Hyacinth42]

What if I already did?

[dramasnot6]

What if Nietzsches eternal occurence is true and everyone has already done that?

[kiz_paws]

Yah! What if, eh? :)

[did you ever read Beyond Good And Evil?]

[kathycf]

What if, what if?
Isn't there some saying about an infinite number of monkeys randomly typing away over years will replicate Hamlet?

What if I were one such monkey, escaped from my random task to post here? :eek:

[Pendragon]

What if I snapped your picture? http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/Smilies/Bo-Nanas.gif Oh, and to help those who might need to go to the eye doctor, (admittedly, when the picture shrinks for the signature, detail suffers), neither the dog nor cat is Siamese, the dog is a Schnauzer-Poo and the cat a mix-- that clear anything up? http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/lightnin.gif

[dramasnot6]

Yah! What if, eh? :)

[did you ever read Beyond Good And Evil?]

Is it okay that I have only read things about it but not actually read it? Would you believe the only Nietzsche I have read is "The Gay Science"?

Do the cat and dog get along Pendragon?

[The Bookinator]

Why do you want to know?

[kathycf]

Isn't it as good a question as any other?

Oh, wait, I think I know...dramasnot is a reporter with Dog and Cat Weekly News, right? :p :D

[Hyacinth42]

What makes a question better than another?

[Pendragon]

Purpose? Would you believe the dog and cat are best friends? Now when it comes to my rabbit, Bugsy McHare, the cat gets along fine, the dog wants to eat ol' Bugs alive, know what I mean? http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/Smilies/Kitten.gifhttp://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/Smilies/Pupdog.gifhttp://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/Smilies/Bunrabbit.gif

[kathycf]

You have a bunny too, Pen?
I grew up on a farm and we had rabbits, but they weren't pets, know what I mean?
Bunnies are cute, does anybody else like them?

[Bookworm89]

Yes, but aren't dogs so much better?

[kiz_paws]

I don't know if dogs are much better than any other animal, but why is it that my dog LOVES bunnies so much, and will chase them to kingdom come if need be?!

[kathycf]

My dog does the same with cats, and he loves my cat Stanley, so maybe they are just silly canines?

[Pendragon]

Would you believe not only a bunny but also three hamsters: Tailspin Tommy, Ash, and Monk, and a turtle: Firebelly? Would've had a hedgehog but wifey complained we already had a zoo, you know? http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/Smilies/SnappingTurtle.gif

[dramasnot6]

Who could ever have too many pets? Doesn't it seem that sometimes they are even better companions than humans? :p

[kiz_paws]

And why is it that I always wind up agreeing with the PAM?

[Pendragon]

Could it be because Drama is so agreeable? http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/Umbrella.gif

[kathycf]

Drama is a very cool young lady, but whatever did happen to her watch?

Pen, you have quite the menagerie, you know?



:D (See, I am green with envy)

[Hyacinth42]

Do you realize that there are larger and odder ones out there? Do you know that some people even keep cockroaches as pets? (And not the little, tiny ones, but the big, hissing ones)

[Madhuri]

Do you really need to keep cockroaches as pets? Are they friendly pets? :p

[kiz_paws]

There are cockroaches that hiss? :eek2:

[Hyacinth42]

You've never heard of a madagascar hissing cockroach?

[Bookworm89]

Did you know someone on my street was selling them?

[Hyacinth42]

Did you buy one?

[Shalot]

Who wouldn't buy one?

[Pendragon]

People with fear of bugs, maybe? Personally, I think they are facinating, but then I also find snakes facinating and most people wouldn't touch one with someone else's hand, you know? http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/ItsFriday.gif

PS, Kathy, I'm down to one turtle, we had four. One got wild and had to be released back into the wild. One I gave to a little girl who wanted a pet. The third I kept. One unfortunately died. We caught them as babies, out of a pond near here. http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/IMG_0003.jpg

[PolarTucan]

Why do you suppose they fear them?

[Bookworm89]

Right, who wouldn't like some cute adorable COCKROACH?!

[dramasnot6]

What makes cockroaches any less cute than any other creature?

[littlewing53]

did you know in hawaii they have cockroaches that fly??!!!...and they're really old...

[kathycf]

Hey, I actually saw a hissing cockroach in the college biology lab, and they had several (not for dissection) and did you guys know they hiss very LOUDLY?

Pen, little turtles are so cute, I see you are an animal lover, right?

If a cockroach flew at me, I would screech....am I the only one?

[Hyacinth42]

How can you like petting cockroaches? I don't go out of my way to kill them, but petting them?

[kiz_paws]

Would anyone agree that scorpians would make better pets than cockroaches?

[Hyacinth42]

Why would anyone want something that's not fuzzy and has no fur as a pet?

[kathycf]

Different people like different things?



(although I agree, I think furry animals make better pets)

[Shalot]

But why do different people sometimes like the same things? Does that make them the same even though they are different? :totally serious emoticon face:

[Hyacinth42]

Doesn't that just mean they are similar?

[hockeychick8792]

I don't know, does it?:crash:

[Shalot]

Does what? What's going on? Have I been logged on to LitNet for hours? What's wrong with me? I need to pay attention to this movie, since I paid money to rent it, don't I?

[hockeychick8792]

Hey... I think I was out long than you... RIGHT?

[Hyacinth42]

What movie did you pay money to rent? Don't we all have something we are "supposed" to be doing?

[xosweetyxo33]

Why don't you do something envolving excercise? Do you excercise? Or do you put it off all the time? DO you eat health? Do you say NO to tempations?

[Hyacinth42]

Umm, does it matter if I do any of that?

[xosweetyxo33]

love this game someone started the first one yah so i'll start anutha i ask you a question you reply with a question ok START



HOw is ur life goin?:p

[loneangel]

what life?

[loneangel]

what kind of tempations are you talking about?

[loneangel]

are they the kind that are temping?

[Niamh]

What Happened? Why is the Questions Only Game in the Chat section?:confused:

[Koa]

I was wondering the same, and I was going to ask: shouldn't this be in the Games? :D

[kathycf]

Somebody started a "Questions 2" game last night in general chat, so I think when a mod merged the two threads together maybe it got moved over here by mistake...although what do I know? ;)

[xosweetyxo33]

i started it

[xosweetyxo33]

cuase everyone left this place

[Bookworm89]

Why did everyone leave this thread?

[Nightshade]

Should I play?

[Shalot]

If it's not in games, I don't think it can be played, can it?

[kiz_paws]

Hey, did you know that we are almost at one year since the most users ever online was 1,136, 04-26-2006 at 09:52 AM.?

[AutumnGal]

Did you know I have the same picture as Shalot's avatar on a magnetized button, and the caption reads: "Amazingly enough I don't give a sh*t" ? (Makes me laugh every time I see Shalot's posts.) ;)

[Shalot]

Did you know I have the same picture as Shalot's avatar on a magnetized button, and the caption reads: "Amazingly enough I don't give a sh*t" ? (Makes me laugh every time I see Shalot's posts.) ;)

Doesn't the expression on her face convey that sentiment so well? (that's why I picked it)

[Pendragon]

Wha' 'appened? Where th' devil am I? What th'? Hey! Weren't we spoe'd t' be in games? Who spiked my cherry limeade? http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/Smilies/Trashed.gif

[dramasnot6]

What's up with Pen? :p

[Pendragon]

Me? Nothing's up, Drama, I think I woke up in the wrong place--wasn't this the games thread? http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/dragon_with_orb.gif

[dramasnot6]

Didn't you know they moved it? Who knows why?

[kiz_paws]

What is going on, am I a mushroom kept in the dark and fed *** (something?)?

[dramasnot6]

...Huh? :confused:

[kathycf]

If someone is kept in the dark, it means they aren't privy to information...and mushrooms are kept in the dark to grow, right?

Now I have a mental picture of kiz as a human size yellowish mushroom, walking a dog and I suppose that makes me weird, huh? :p

[Pendragon]

YOU?http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/BikeBabe.gif

[kiz_paws]

Kathy had half of it right (as in -- the walking the dog part), and I wonder, how did you know?? :lol:

[Shalot]

Do you think they'll ever transfer this one to the Games thread or do you think it will remain here in General Chat? I mean, we're not really playing a game are we? Aren't we just having a chat about things in general and just rewording our statements in the form of a question?

* edit * I wrote are statements instead of our statements :goof:

[PolarTucan]

Do you think they'll ever transfer this one to the Games thread or do you think it will remain here in General Chat? I mean, we're not really playing a game are we? Aren't we just having a chat about things in general and just rewording are statements in the form of a question?
We are asking questions?

[Pendragon]

Aren't we? http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/Yoga.gif

[Shalot]

We are asking questions?

Well, if we aren't asking questions, what are we doing?

[PolarTucan]

How in the world would I know? Why do you expect so much from me? Honestly.

[littlewing53]

Are we honestly expecting too much?

[kathycf]

Should we expect too little?
How much is too little, or even too much?

Isn't this too much thought for my poor brain to handle?

[hockeychick8792]

How much is TOO much?

[Pendragon]

Why should we be obligated to respond "Honestly"? Are you insinuating we prevaricate, and tossing aspirations upon our integrity? Are you, Miss, conscious that slander is nevertheless in opposition to the law without waver, despite, (God forbid!) the argument that you can be confirmed in your proclamation, if grievance is the outcome of your malicious vocalizations?

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/eyes_1.gif

[hockeychick8792]

Can you have too much chocolate?

[kathycf]

Too much chocolate would be an impossiblity, no?

[zanna]

Is that anything like too much homework? Isn't that possible?

[PolarTucan]

Why is my computer making such a funny noise as I respond?

[kilted exile]

Does the noise involve a trumpet and slide whistle? Is there a funnier noise than that made by a slide whistle?

[Pendragon]

Well, foo, ain't nobody gonna fuss on me for spouting the Thesurus? http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/TREX.gif

[kathycf]

Am I not too tired to fuss about anything?

[Shalot]

Does the noise involve a trumpet and slide whistle? Is there a funnier noise than that made by a slide whistle?

How 'bout a fart in church when all is quiet? Or in class? (it was my shoe, I swear!) Is there anything funnier than that?

[Adolescent09]

Am I the only one wondering why this topic was relocated from the games section to the general section?

[Shalot]

we did discuss it (or rather ask about it) a few posts up, didn't we? Or am I just imagining things?

How much would wood a would chuck chuck if a would chuck cood chuck would?

[kilted exile]

Would it be more than a grinder at full speed?

[kathycf]

Could it be more than the amount of pumpkins Peter Peter pumpkin eater ate?

Wait, what the heck am I babbling about?

[shadowy girl]

when will this horrible game end?

[PolarTucan]

Why in the world would you want it to end? Isn't this the best thing ever?

[Pendragon]

Could you rephrase the question? What do you want to end? The thread? You found your way here didn't you? Can't you find your way back if this thread isn't your cup of tea? http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/Smilies/coyote.gif

[kathycf]

Why do people post in threads they think are horrible?
I like this thread, although it doesn't seem to be a game anymore, hmm?

[Madhuri]

If this is in the general section then it isn't a game? Cant we play games in general section?

Why am I not asleep?

[Hyacinth42]

Has anyone heard of potterpuppetpals?

[PolarTucan]

Aren't those aztech newspapers?

[PolarTucan]

Or German bathtubs?

[Pendragon]

Has anyone heard of potterpuppetpals?

The "Harry Potter Puppet Theater"? Is there no end to Harry Potter madness?


http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/Voodoo.gif

[kathycf]

Isn't madness subjective?
Doesn't everybody feel better now this thread is back in games?:lol:

[Pendragon]

Did Lassie come home? http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/Dawgs.gif

[Shalot]

I wasn't aware that she ever left ---- when did that happen?

[kathycf]

Wasn't Lassie always leaving home to get little Timmy out of a well?
Wasn't Timmy the most trouble prone child in all of sitcomdom?

[ShoutGrace]

Is it true that Lassie was played by a definitively male canine? Does this revelation inform our enlightened modern sensibilities in any way?

[kathycf]

I have heard that Lassie was indeed a laddie, in fact several lads played Lassie, no?

Shouty, how the heck are you? :D

[ShoutGrace]

Can't be doing so well after this devastating bit of news, now can I? :D

[kathycf]

The news about Lassie? Nah, that can't be right, eh? :p

[ShoutGrace]

Isn't it much more likely that it's a governmental cover up?

[kathycf]

Don't you think it could be fault of little green men from the galaxy "gooshygrog 9"?

[ShoutGrace]

What interest could these green men possibly have vested in human sitcoms featuring canine intervention?

[kathycf]

Do you think them better suited to have interests in sitcoms featuring nasal women from Queens?

[ShoutGrace]

Doesn't that depend on whether they are themselves particularly nasal or not?

[kathycf]

Well, wouldn't that depend on whether they in fact, had nasal passages? :p

[loneangel]

why are you all talking about this anyway?

[kathycf]

Why do people bother saying anything at all?
Isn't this thread a game? :rolleyes:

[ShoutGrace]

How are we feeling this morning Kathy? :D ;)

Maybe a slice of chocolate and sauerkraut cake would appeal to you?


http://blog.khymos.org/wp-content/2007/01/chocolate-sauerkraut-cake.jpg





Er, maybe not?



.

[kathycf]

I'm fine, David, and hoping that you are too...did you bake that um, delicious chocolate and sauerkraut cake yourself? :D

[ShoutGrace]

Is it that obvious? :D Is it true that you are both a chocaholic and a sauerkraut fanatic, or have I gotten my signals crossed somewhere? :confused:

[kathycf]

Sauerkraut? Your signals not only got crossed, they got waylaid, robbed and had their feet stepped on....? :p

The cake looks good, but I am afraid my enthusiasm is dimmed knowing it contains fermented cabbage, know what I mean?

[Pendragon]

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/Smilies/SpaceSuit.gif. Dang! How did you figure out our little secret, Kathy? Hummm? Oh! My human? Dragon? contact here says that you are actually something he calls "dead undying", and converse with the dead in the graveyards at night, that Would explain it, wouldn't it, as we have been here since before we were first spotted in 1947 at Roswell? You know that place still gives me the creeps? http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/Smilies/Aliens.gif Alien kidnappings? You oughta be an alien kidnapped by humans once! Do you know they actually stuffed and mounted my brother? Whatcha call it--Taxidermy?

[Hyacinth42]

what?

[Pendragon]

Oh dear, you must have got the impression I was speaking to you, but your name isn't Kathy, is it, Hyacinth? http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/Embarassed.gif

[Shalot]

Is anyone in the mood for some fried chicken?

[kathycf]

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/Smilies/SpaceSuit.gif. Dang! How did you figure out our little secret, Kathy?
Would you believe I read the whole story in the Weekly World News? ;)

Shalot, I think I will pass on the fried chicken, but what do you say to toasted marshmallows? I haven't had those in ages, but you guys might think them gross, no?

[Serenata]

Are the marshmallows gooey?

[Pendragon]

Are the charred on the outside and gooey on the inside? http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/BonApitite.gif Will Hyacinth accept an appology for being so abrupt with her? http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/Smilies/Hummingbird.gif

[Hyacinth42]

Will Pendragon realize it's not needed?

(Hyacinth is just annoyed at herself when she reads things that make no snese, and simply wanted to make sure it wasn't supposed to make sense)

Why does the use of my name/screen name make Hyacinth start typing in third-person?

[kilted exile]

When did this move back to thes section? Should I have noticed this previously? Do I ever notice anything?

[Pendragon]

Do ye no hear th' pipes a-calling? http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/Bagpiper.gif

[Hyacinth42]

How can you notice things when they don't exist?

[Pendragon]

Do YOU exist? Can you prove that? http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/Smilies/Chill.gif

[Madhuri]

Can I use my third eye to see if Hyacinth exists?

[littlewing53]

but what can you see with the third eye?

[Hyacinth42]

What can you see without your third eye?

[Pendragon]

Is it not written that no eye can see unless it be open? http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/Yoga.gif

[kathycf]

What if you need vision correction for your third eye, what would you do?

Wear a mystical monocle?

[Pendragon]

They still make those? http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/Smilies/YouTalkintoMe.gif

[Hyacinth42]

Don't you own one?

[Shalot]

Doesn't everybody own one?

[Pendragon]

I probably do, but who can find anything anymore in the cluttered chaos we are callous enough to call our "Lives"? http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/Map.gif

[motherhubbard]

Do they make a callous remover for lives like they do for toes?

[Pendragon]

Do you have any idea how much I'd pay for that? http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/Greed.gif

[Hyacinth42]

No, how much?

[Shalot]

in the greater scheme of things, does it matter?

[Pendragon]

Um. No? http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/ModelT.gif

[zanna]

No, what?

[Shalot]

No what? No Diet Coke Plus? You've got to be kidding me, aren't you?

[Hyacinth42]

Oh come on, "healthy soda"? Isn't that an oxymoron?

[Pendragon]

You had to say that word, didn't you? http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/Angry_bull_4.gif Couldn't you have figured out that Old Red here would misunderstand the term? Know any good bullfighters?

[Hyacinth42]

But doesn't everyone love the word oxymoron? Isn't it a fun long word like onomatopoeia?(woot, spelled it right first try!)

Isn't it a common word? Haven't you seen gas stations put them up on their signs?

[Aunty-lion]

Didn't you see Pen's bullfighters question Hyacinth?

[Hyacinth42]

Haven't you heard of selective hearing? ;) Ever think that maybe I know no bull fighters, and thusly couldn't answer/question very well?

[Shalot]

How many people know a bull fighter let alone many bull fighters?

[Aunty-lion]

Didn't you guys even have a bull fighting team at your School?;)

[zanna]

why would the kings' men need bullfighters? Wouldn't they need lances, or somethin' like that?

[Aunty-lion]

What exactly do you mean by 'something like that?'

[LtotheJ]

What do you think they meant by 'something like that'?

[Pendragon]

And meanwhile, while the debate rages on, what am I supposed to do with a half-ton of angry bull/ox who thinks he's been insulted? http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/Angry_bull_4.gif

[motherhubbard]

how does a half-ton angry bull/ox taste? How many would a half-ton feed?

[Pendragon]

The question is, could we actually eat the beef without angering all the vegetarians on the LitNet? http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/dunno.gif

[Hyacinth42]

Who in the world would willingly give up meat?

[Shalot]

Have you ever eaten an undercooked hamburger?

[Pendragon]

Are you going to "grill me" if I say "yes", and that I like my steaks "rare"?

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/skelcoff.gif

[Hyacinth42]

Isn't that a rather "grave" picture? Why must you use such blatant puns?

[Serenata]

What's wrong with blatant puns?

[Shalot]

Can a pun really be blatant? Isn't that kind of like calling Sinead O'Conner a mullethead?

[zanna]

Is there a pun that isn't blatant?

[Adolescent09]

Is there a pun that tries not to be blatant but is blatant?

[Aunty-lion]

Doesn't the word 'blatant' sound like a made-up word when you say it over and over? hehehe

[LtotheJ]

Did you think of that all on your own? and it actually does

[hockeychick8792]

You helped me, didn't you?

[Pendragon]

Well, when you're "dead right" you're "dead right", are you not? http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/Smilies/LP_skull.gif

[Virgil]

Ain't I too young to be dead?

[Hyacinth42]

How can you be too young to be dead?

[Pendragon]

You can be "unborn" can't you? http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/Doofus.gif

[Madhuri]

Won't an unborn state be very boring?

[Pendragon]

Having no memories of such a time, I am hardly an authority on the subject, see? http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/Sleep.gif

[kathycf]

What if we all baked cookies now?

Too random?

[ennison]

At this time of night? You cant be serious?

[kathycf]

Why wouldn't I be serious? I posted that at 2:30 in the afternoon, didn't I? Am I to possess knowledge of the timezone each member here resides in, tailoring my posts to fit other's times??

Besides aren't cookies nice anytime of day? :)

[Pendragon]

I shouldn't talk with my mouth full should I? http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/Duck_eats_fish.gif

[kathycf]

Well, no you probably shouldn't unless you are alone, hmm?
Wouldn't it be strange to talk to yourself with your mouth full if you were alone?

Will ennison find my earlier post kind of cranky when I didn't mean it to be?

[Aunty-lion]

How could ennison possibly think that?

[LtotheJ]

How should I know Aunty?

[hockeychick8792]

I don't know?

[PolarTucan]

Do you not know because your brain neurons are severed?

[Pendragon]

Please have a heart and don't mention the word "neurons" right now, OK?

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/Shock.gif

Mine are acting up again and I have to see the Neurologist again, if they get off their duffs and get me an appointment, you know?

[kathycf]

Can I mention the word "fluffy" instead? :D



(sorry to hear of your troubles, Pen...hope everything works out for you.) http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h56/kathycf/smileys/hug.gif

[Niamh]

There aint nothing wrong with that is there? How are you Kathy? You not been on at same time as me in long time?

[kathycf]

Hey Niamh, how are you, girl? :)

I am ok-ish...I need some coffee (or tea) very badly right now, know what I mean?

[Niamh]

Know what you Mean? yes. am up since 3.45am and only had 40mins sleep. Bummer huh?

(good to have you back around more kathy! Missed you around the threads.)

[Pendragon]

What would we do without you, Kathy? http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/Smilies/BlowaKiss.gif

(I'll survive. I always have. Until The Man Upstairs is through with me, I won't be going anywhere anyway, now will I?) http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/Smilies/Clown.gif

[kiz_paws]

Why don't we all send our mental healing out to Pen and then he will feel better?

Hi everyone! :wave:

[Hyacinth42]

How do we accomplish that?

[kiz_paws]

Maybe look closely at his picture in his signature. Then slowly think of something calm, peaceful, enlightening and maybe mentally project those thoughts to him? :)

[kathycf]

Aw, that is a sweet idea kiz, you know?
I will send kind thoughts to Pen and also to you, kiz.

I can make no guarantees that the thoughts won't get sidetracked at coffee shops and bookstores though, ok? ;)

[kiz_paws]

Sounds good my friend! BTW, I like your new avatar -- is it your own design?

[Adolescent09]

Kathy's new avatar is indeed appealing on the eye--is it really her own design? :p

[kathycf]

Well...if by design, do you mean that I used a website's software thingy to create the avatar?

Then if that is the case, then I could answer yes...?

If you mean did I sit and paint the avatar myself, then in all honesty I would have to answer no, you know?

I hope that you guys don't really think I wear a red ribbon in my hair like my avatar does...you don't, do you? :p

Wow, do I ask a lot of questions or what??! :lol:

[Pendragon]

What did I ever do to deserve such loyal friends? Don’t worry about the thought’s getting sidetracked at coffeshops and bookstores, especially the used bookstores, I frequent them, so they would probably reach me don’t you think?

On a serious note, I have an appointment with a neurologist, which is good. The bad thing is it’s not until June 26th and until then, I have to make the best of it. So, I won’t be moving far from my comfortable chair beside this computer, and I can’t stay on the computer for long periods of time. It affects my head. Que sera, sera. Keep thinking positive!

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/TID.gif

[kiz_paws]

Did you receive the good will telepathically sent?
http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s122/kiz_paws/telepathy.jpg

p.s. I am glad you have an appointment coming up, Pen ... we can will the days to hurry up, couldn't we...?

[kathycf]

What did I ever do to deserve such loyal friends?

You are you, isn't that enough? :nod:

[kiz_paws]

And we are like one big happy family, are we not? :)

[ennison]

When will the cuckoo by my window stop? All night, every night!! Surely he'll get his girlfriend soon!!

[Pendragon]

You ever hear a flock of Whip-poor-wills at night, Enn? Or the booming of a Nightjar? Actually, I don't mind the Nightjars, but whoo, those Whip-poor-wills sound like a treeful of lost souls, know what I mean?

Check this sight out: you can listen to one!

http://sdakotabirds.com/species/whippoorwill_info.htm

[kathycf]

What about owls hooting? That can be quite eerie sometimes, no?

[Hyacinth42]

Don't you think barn owls and screech owls are the worst?

[kathycf]

I think they are wonderful birds, but the hooting is a bit weird, you know?

[ennison]

Just listened to the link that Pen gave us. Reckon that sounds ok. though if it went on for long enough I'd feel differently about it. I'm very fortunate to live in the middle of an area which is full of birds. I'm not really complaining about the cuthag but he does go on and on and on. Next it'll be the traon - corncrake to you all - croaking all night. Owls we're short of here.

[Pendragon]

As I have said before, my upstairs is clogged with all sorts of weird information. Did you know that screech owls are not the owls that screech? That would be a barn owl. Screech owls do that eerie wailing noise. And then some owls do give a hoot, you know? http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/Owl_3.gif

[Hyacinth42]

Exactly, don't you think the screech and wailing are the worst? While on the subject of weird animal information, do you know what a capibara is(before looking it up)?

[quasimodo1]

I think it has two rs. largest of the south american rat family or was it pig family. Apparently, it has some nutritious value. National Geographic, that's the source.

[quasimodo1]

Hey there, PenD, that's a new one for an old dillitante bird watcher. Had enough trouble with mockingbirds outside my place, esp. in summer with windows open. They are great then they grate. Could be me, though. RJS

[kathycf]

Where did the questions go? :p

[ElissaDido]

So are we supposed to create a new question since the supposed topic has gone?

[quasimodo1]

To ElissaDido: It's my experience that the thread is losing interest, or the timing is off, the litnet seems to align to either Greenwich M. Time or East Coast US Time, the arbiters will correct me perhaps. Don't count the thread out yet. I have a question...has anybody ever read R. M. Rilke for the first time in German?

[ElissaDido]

@quasimodo: I think you got me wrong. I was meaning that is somebody else going to ask another question to break from the lost topic... I was not really referring to the topic thread. :)

No I haven't read R.M. Rilke... who is that?

[Pendragon]

Apparently an author, correct? A Capibara, (I always saw it spelled Capybara, but I am not a champion speller!), also called Nutria, is a sort of over-grown Guinea pig with a rat's tail, has been described as a "giant swimming rabbit without ears", and would you believe it, are now native to my home state of Virginia, USA since Hurricane Andrew allowed their escape from a zoo in Florida? Dang rodents spread like wild-fire up through the East Coast swamplands, and are legal to hunt now, how's that for irony? It's the same way we have a colony of monkeys living in Texas, and reported Kangaroos in Kansas, they adapt too quickly don't you think?

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/Smilies/SpiderMonk.gif

[quasimodo1]

Hey there Pen, where do you get those graphics. It's all just 0s and 1s to me. Really i thought the writer was inquiring about a species...you are not going to tell me there is a writer by that name? If so, what lingo, where? And as for environmental questions, I'm still mad at the affluent idiot who imported black flies to NY to kill the aphids on his roses. They increase and multiply. I failed highend calculus. No sho. Keep on posting. quasimodo1

[Pendragon]

No, no. I was answering Ekissa on the writer, see? Capybara's are those giant pests which are getting closer, as far in as Martinsville, VA, too close for mem you know? The beavers do enough damage around here, and I like them! Ah, my graphics, hee-- I have smiley.com and I download the images, upload to photobucket and copy the shoutcuts, saves time, oui? http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/GM.gif

[Niamh]

lalalalalalala...la...la......la?

[kathycf]

Pen, photobucket is a great timesaver, isn't it? :)

Of course we have some smilies here too, but one would have to "go advanced" instead of "post quick reply" to use them, no?

a..b...c...d...e...f...?

See, anything can be a question in the questions only thread if you slap a question mark on the end of it, la?

[quasimodo1]

"I cannot hear what you say because of the ------- of what you are"

[Niamh]

HUH? emm.... dumdumdumdumdum......?

[kathycf]

Would the opening post of this thread provide any clarification?

A link, a link, my kingdom for a link. (http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showpost.php?p=27311&postcount=1)..?

:D :D :D :D :D

[Niamh]

You talking to me? or Quasi? Can I keep going Lalalalala until i figure out something worthwhile questioning? or even have a lalala dumdumdum conversation?

[quasimodo1]

My question: Is non-verbal thought a possibility, (I think yes), ? If we think in words then is our thought limited by our vocabulary? If so, do people with more words available to them have more potential for thought? Is meditation thought? quasimodo1

[Hyacinth42]

How can deaf people think other than non-verbally?

[quasimodo1]

Am I mistaken, or do quite a large percentage of deaf people read and while the sound may elude them, the mental picture of the word or sentence is still there. Still, didn't consider that one.

[Hyacinth42]

How is thinking of a picture thinking verbally? And, how can blind and death people think other than non-verbally?

[kiz_paws]

I am not sure I follow that sentiment, could you articulate more?

[Pendragon]

Hey, I knew a deaf student who got her AAS degree the same time I got mine, and she could talk, so she had to think verbally, no? And she had an aide with her who both used AMSL and slow lip movement to help her understand the Prof., so she had to think verbally for that as well, right? I could talk to her as I used to work in a very noisy wood-working factory, and you basically had to slow lip read, As we understood each other, she though verbally or I have telepathy, and which is more likely? http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/dunno.gif

[quasimodo1]

To ellaborate on what deaf people conceptualize of words, if that is the question, let me say that first I'm no expert, only having read and watched some documentaries on the subject. I guess for maximum information, Gauludet (spelling?) University which accomadates deaf studies would know for sure; nevertheless, the sound of of word is not all of it's essence. The sight, meaning and context/ not to mention lip reading and other resources for the deaf like perhaps TTY allow them the same access to words, concepts, meanings, connotations, denotations that they use for interaction with the speaking world. Therefore, thinking in words, or word-concepts might vary but strictly speaking, i wouldn't call it completely non-verbal thought. Verbal, by definition, implies sound and meaning but meaning is all. My real question is not so specialized. The mind-set in question is fully articulated humans thinking (maybe just feeling) in non-verbal ways. If we question what thinking is non-verbal...I percieve things like instincual reaction, joy, rage, even analysis by way of the "mind's eye" that one might classify as non-verbal thought. The crux of my question really is, though, if we think in words then the extent of vocabulary a given person has might be an amplification or reduction of thoughtful abilities. So; if our vocabulary is the resource for verbal thought then it also is the limitation of verbal thought. It is a question for some linguists and maybe the answer is allready accepted academic "reality", but for myself...still a question. quasimodo1

[kathycf]

You talking to me? or Quasi? Can I keep going Lalalalala until i figure out something worthwhile questioning? or even have a lalala dumdumdum conversation?
Sorry, Niamh, and I think you can keep going lalala if that is what you feel like, no?

I only put the opening post link in case people didn't realize that the only rule of the thread is that every response must be phrased in the form of a question, ok?

Sorry if I offended anybody....? I'm a jerk, you know?

[quasimodo1]

I've read your postings, you're no jerk...but then, you know that. q1

[Niamh]

Sorry, Niamh, and I think you can keep going lalala if that is what you feel like, no?

I only put the opening post link in case people didn't realize that the only rule of the thread is that every response must be phrased in the form of a question, ok?

Sorry if I offended anybody....? I'm a jerk, you know?

Hey your no jerk! (and if anyone every says you are, i'll send George the Leprachaun and his band of pixies after them Kay?:p
) I was just curious Kathy! I just got somewhat confused you know?

[quasimodo1]

easy one...What animal is Eugene Ionesco associated with?

[Hyacinth42]

Who? *googles* Is it a rhino?

[quasimodo1]

The Rhino, great play, yes?

[samercury]

Was it that play in which the people become rhinos? Same time period as Beckett?

[kiz_paws]

To ellaborate on what deaf people conceptualize of words, if that is the question, let me say that first I'm no expert, only having read and watched some documentaries on the subject. I guess for maximum information, Gauludet (spelling?) University which accomadates deaf studies would know for sure; nevertheless, the sound of of word is not all of it's essence. The sight, meaning and context/ not to mention lip reading and other resources for the deaf like perhaps TTY allow them the same access to words, concepts, meanings, connotations, denotations that they use for interaction with the speaking world. Therefore, thinking in words, or word-concepts might vary but strictly speaking, i wouldn't call it completely non-verbal thought. Verbal, by definition, implies sound and meaning but meaning is all. My real question is not so specialized. The mind-set in question is fully articulated humans thinking (maybe just feeling) in non-verbal ways. If we question what thinking is non-verbal...I percieve things like instincual reaction, joy, rage, even analysis by way of the "mind's eye" that one might classify as non-verbal thought. The crux of my question really is, though, if we think in words then the extent of vocabulary a given person has might be an amplification or reduction of thoughtful abilities. So; if our vocabulary is the resource for verbal thought then it also is the limitation of verbal thought. It is a question for some linguists and maybe the answer is allready accepted academic "reality", but for myself...still a question. quasimodo1
Wow, thank you for this, Quasimodo1
And people becoming Rhinos? Do tell!

[Aunty-lion]

Why haven't I heard of this play?

[quasimodo1]

You may have heard of it, since I abbreviated it's name. "The Rhinocerous" by Eugene Ionesco is a play, it has been interpreted in both existential and absurdist modes. The huge animal comes into a (French?) town and proceeds to rampage while rumors of it and news of it are heard by townspeople out of earshot and the interpretation which I took from it is about how people won't recognize the unusual, the new, or the intellectually frightening concepts they are unfamiliar with. Argueable. The long posting before it, I made about a different question relating to verbal vs. non-verbal thought. They are not connected. So many times in these forums, and I've done it, the threads will diverge and then come together again. Interesting reading, i.e. Ionesco. quasimodo1

[Pendragon]

Kathy a jerk? Where be the vile varlet villainous enough to venomize the air with such prattle? I’ll have his liver an’ lights, if he continues to besmirch the fair Dead Undying, She-Who-Is-Not-To-Be-Named, hear ye?

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/dragfire.gif

[Niamh]

She is well protected is she not? by dragons and a band of pixies lead by leprechaun?

[kathycf]

Kathy a jerk? Where be the vile varlet villainous enough to venomize the air with such prattle? I’ll have his liver an’ lights, if he continues to besmirch the fair Dead Undying, She-Who-Is-Not-To-Be-Named, hear ye?
You are so sweet, but you must promise not to take my liver and lights, ok? I called myself a jerk, and can consider myself to be my own worse enemy, you know? :blush:



She is well protected is she not? by dragons and a band of pixies lead by leprechaun?

I am incredibly lucky to have such sweet and caring friends, am I not?

(I mean that, I AM very lucky and thank you guys. :) )

[Pendragon]

Well, tae say the truth, my Dear Dead Undying One, I cannae stomach the taste o' liver an' lights, ye ken? Bye the bye, have ye nae got a potholder? This knight is done to a crisp, methinks?

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l108/AbsalomKane/dragonKnight.gif

[kiz_paws]

Don't you just love the little pics that adorn the posts of our Pen?

[Niamh]

I'm really liking these dragons? Got any dancing fairies for Niamh?