Random Thought of the Day

[amuse]

wondering why one of my coworkers at my new job is so cold to me.

[PistisSophia]

Please forgive me. I have been in a severe Les Fleurs Du Mal mood of late.

This, too, shall pass. :smash:

[Koa]

I know why I like this forum... cos I dont feel left out.

[adilyoussef]

Human emotions always fascinate me. I wonder how people express their feelings in differant ways? A happy event is usually expressed by joys and loughter. But, yesterday, I was astonished to see a happy event express by tears. A husband took his wife and a farawell was said by tears and broken hearts. People cry when they are sad and when they are happy. What is the relation between tears and what we feel inside? Is it due to education or something uncontrolable inside that whants to free itself? It's beyond my nowledge to explain what I feel but so simple to express it emotionally. When an emotion comes, it's better to let it flow the way it is. Emotions are part of what we feel and enable us communicate with one another in silence.

[adilyoussef]

Fiew hours ago, I was under the shower and thinking of what make us, human, different from other creatures. Each creature was created with a specific gift. Some have speed, some force, and some, us, brains. This brought me to think of power and power holders. If we, human beings, have this gift that make us different from other creatures, it can make the differance among us. We can have money and whatever we like in life, but without what make us different from other creatures we can be destroyed at any moment. Power is not the material at hands but the use of it. A pan can be very powerful and destroy a man's life if it's used by one who knows how to manipulates it; that what make us different. The use of what we have. And this can't be well achieved without a good brain.

I ask God to give me fiew things and a good brain to manage them. In this way, I'll be a powerful person with the little I have.

Strange as a thought, is not it?

[Scheherazade]

http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/umedia/20050912/cp.fe0f68e85bc52db1693e301fb6f9f7a3


http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/umedia/20050913/cp.eb8bf8b384e8257624546de54e1a6945

[Themis]

I just thought how wonderful live would be, were it July and not September already. I would have two more months to study for my examen - instead I have two weeks.. I wouldn't even have started studying yet. Though, I wouldn't know what I do know now about the roman law.
So, perhaps, it would have been better if I had been studying in July. (Not that I didn't, but I could have tried a little harder..) Then I wouldn't have to fear that I won't have finished studying when the date of my examen arrives..
Also I could be studying, now. I should be. I am nearly studying .. at least, my book's lying in my lap.

[papayahed]

Tom Stall had the perfect life...........but what?????I know there's more??? :rage: :flare: :brickwall

[mono]

Tom Stall had the perfect life...........but what?????I know there's more??? :rage: :flare: :brickwall
My random thought of the day regards why ads must insist on loading so much quicker than the rest of the page, slowing the pages when the ad involves multiple pictures (flash?). :flare:

[shortysweetp]

why is it so hard to put together objects that come in pieces? like my desk i got for my birthday why cant they just preassemble it for me? oh well its together now along with my bookcase so i am happy good thing my hubby did it for me or i would be ranting more.

[Taliesin]

Well, we guess we should start from the beginning.
We were conversing with a fox (fox means freshman in estonian and we like the term better) and he found our school (it has only 10.-12. grades) very big and interesting. He thought of making a LARP there. Together we conversed a little and reached the point that it should be a modern day gothic horror and urban fantasy LARP, which's action would take place both in OG and IG in our school (Treffner). We also found some other people interested in the idea and soon the GMs were decided (and we were one of them, wow, this is my first LARP to be GM-ed). The idea came up at Monday, and, since the idea seemed quite popular at first surveying, we decided to add GMs. Now there are total twelve possible GMs. We also wanted to introduce LARP to both students and teachers.
The plot is at least now a conspiracy theory - the leaders of the school take special people to the school (such as vampires or shapechangers). Of course there are a lot of ordinary students too. Three years in the school gives the school leaders powers over them(well, it is magical).
There were a lot of other details too, starting from enchanted school rings to the genius loci of the school.
But...
..the plot means that the conspiracy theory is about this Treffner. It is about here and now - the teachers are the same. (well, at least they look like same. Actually they are mostly quite evil). Saying like: it could be so.
And one of the school graduates said that this could make some of the teachers angry and it would make the rest of our life in Treeffner difficult.
Very difficult. If we would make it humorous, then they would probably happily agree - but this means that it could make them think that we think they are evil or be insulted in some other way.
They said that it could be an absurdian LARP, but we are afraid that it would decadent into slapstick humour and ruin most of it.
Well, we hope that tomorrow some people can arrange it that the teachers will play and won't be angry and that the school management will allow us to organize the LARP.

[underground]

i really thought i liked john steinbeck, but i finally got started reading the grapes of wrath and for some reason i don't feel like finishing it. what is wrong with me? :(

[Nocturnal]

At times, tea works better without sugar

[mono]

Random thoughts and confessions of a lark:
I love seeing people in the morning, as we crowd together on rush-hour trains and buses, dressed in our warm sweaters over the semi-formal attire before the sun wakes. Our hands firmly grip the portable coffee cup for that early boost, conducting heat from that cool breeze when the doors open. Now and then, one will look up, lazy-eyed, from his/her chosen best-seller book and give an acknowledging smile, or bow his/her head to the beat of headphones, as the owl-bound sleeps and misses his/her destined stop.
I like to think that we should meet at this precise moment. Somehow, before committing to our perfunctory places of occupation, or sitting in classrooms to a professor's monotonous voice, we gather every morning, briefly join paths, and depart on our day's voyages, only for a moment.

[Helga]

This day started out great. I woke up in my boyfriends arms, had a sigarette and crawled back into bed. A few minuets later the bank called and are going to lend me money to buy an apartment. I went out and bought a washing machine and I was very happy about everything. I don't feel like that very often so this was great. I went to my local cafe, and like some of you know I spend a lot of time there. I once told you about a creepy waiter there that kept telling me how much he loved me and such. Well, his ex-girlfriend wrote an article about him, and she talks alot about me. This made me very upset, because I was leaving it behind me all the things he did and said. Now it's all back. The sex talk, the love talk and how he wished he was younger so he had a chance with me..... Now I am fairly mad and almost sick, according to this article I was a sex fantasy he had and that disgustes me!

[Koa]

1 - why are there so many new things to check at the forums today that I am in a hurry? :D

2 - why is being honest always a bad thing? on a friend's advice I called a firm which is going to have a stall at a fair, like exhibition, about some kind of industry here (there's an important fair center in Verona) to work for them in those 4 days... according to my friend, who worked for them in the past, they just need a girl who stayes there, gives info to customers if they come... what you'd normally expect to do at those events... But they asked me if I had ever worked at the fair before, and for a second I thought about lying but then I said no (I've never managed to, even if I sent my CV to agencies that deal with that)... well now I probably won't get to work for them cos I have no experience (no matter if I speak many languages, which is usually important at these international events), which is not fair, it's not like I have to do specialised things... :(

[subterranean]

Sorry to hear that Koa..Sometimes I just don't understand those employer; how come someone could have job experience if no one want to give her/him a chance. There's always first thing for everything. Yet I see that some unexperienced people gave results more that expected, because they're anxious to learn.




2 - why is being honest always a bad thing? on a friend's advice I called a firm which is going to have a stall at a fair, like exhibition, about some kind of industry here (there's an important fair center in Verona) to work for them in those 4 days... according to my friend, who worked for them in the past, they just need a girl who stayes there, gives info to customers if they come... what you'd normally expect to do at those events... But they asked me if I had ever worked at the fair before, and for a second I thought about lying but then I said no (I've never managed to, even if I sent my CV to agencies that deal with that)... well now I probably won't get to work for them cos I have no experience (no matter if I speak many languages, which is usually important at these international events), which is not fair, it's not like I have to do specialised things... :(

[Kaltrina]

why is it that whenever I am full of energy to study, something comes up and spoils my enthusiasm, and whenever I have exams I cannot study. I hate this...I have an exam on tuesday and I don't feel ready to enter it, but I have to...........oh this situation is so confusing... :confused: :goof:

[imthefoolonthehill]

complications now

life's never to be easy

always confusing

[papayahed]

phew. I have finally sold my house and now I'm footloose and fancy free.....

[shortysweetp]

so papayahed are you finally going to change your location to your new home? lol

[Nightshade]

I was just at the local shop and in the checkout I over heade a couple of women talking and one mentioned she was 5 months pregnant and the other said "well done you" as if this was a personal achievment, is the world still like that? Women are patted on the head good girl you got pregnanant thats a greaT ACHIVEMENT HERE IS A MEDAL
!!!!!!!!! : :flare:
end rant

[subterranean]

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ***, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.

[Nightshade]

Today 19th of september was/is National Pirate day!!!! :D

[Scheherazade]

http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/umedia/20050919/cp.afbb3c9d0ec83da04d24fb53f0083d74

[papayahed]

so papayahed are you finally going to change your location to your new home? lol

oh wait a minute, let's not get crazy.... I'm still working on something besides "registered user"

[Jay]

what about BEWARE THE ZOMBIES :D

[Nightshade]

I am ver very embaresed :blush: Ive only just realised That all these months Mono has been mono and not momo ... blaming the dyslexia, I nevery even realsied though I did think momo was a faerly odd name

[Koa]

I am ver very embaresed :blush: Ive only just realised That all these months Mono has been mono and not momo ... blaming the dyslexia, I nevery even realsied though I did think momo was a faerly odd name

I've always thought you called him momo consciously because there's a book called Momo... :p

I have random thoughts from yesterday but I had no time to post them:

- well that job I was mentioning...I'll probably get it even if I have no experience cos one guy at the place didnt mind too much and I think he's the one who organises events or so... I am so glad, I'll have 4 active days and get a lot of money.

- I've been to my teacher's yesterday for the thesis (when we write our final work a teacher guides us) and she said that at least I write well and correctly, cos it's a well known rumours that Uni students write terribly bad (can you blame them? The last thing they write is the High School final exam!) and the teacher confirmed it and I'm not one of those :D So good, i was feeling that my writing skills in Italian were getting so bad... It's nice cos everytime I go to present my work to the teacher, I get cheered up and feel like I can do it (cos the rest of the time I'm just so lost and dont know what to do about the whole thing...)

- I've been going around shops...and... everything I've been wearing for the past 4-5 years is in fashion now!!!! Damn now everybody will be dressed like me, which is something I hate :mad: :mad: :mad: , and also I'll spend lots of money cos there'll be lots of things I like and I'd better buy them before they go out of fashion and I cant find them anymore (usually I dont like fashion and never find something I like). Namely, shop windows are now full of lovely purple, and there's plenty of jackets like the one I've been wearing and loving for a while! :eek:

[mono]

I am ver very embaresed :blush: Ive only just realised That all these months Mono has been mono and not momo ... blaming the dyslexia, I nevery even realsied though I did think momo was a faerly odd name
:lol:
No worries, Nightshade. I always noticed that you typed 'momo' instead of 'mono,' but I also remember you mentioning some trouble with dyslexia. I would rather have a misspelled acknowledgement than no acknowledgement at all. If many people find 'mono' difficult, however, you should see my last name! :eek:

[shortysweetp]

very true mono and the same thing goes for my real name which is Ivola but somehow i always get called by something different like Viola, Inola, Evola. and i still write was as saw a lot so i am sure mono isnt offended b/c when I first joined I called him a she. I thought mono was a girl which I felt awful for.

[Stanislaw]

what about BEWARE THE ZOMBIES :D
ye beckoned??? :D

[subterranean]

No worries Sweept, you're not the first :nod:


when I first joined I called him a she. I thought mono was a girl which I felt awful for.

[subterranean]

...I noticed the pirate is back :eek:

...........

[Scheherazade]

BBC's English Test (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4246472.stm)

BBC's Math Test (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4263590.stm)


Very basic questions but the kind of things my students struggle with usually.

[papayahed]

BBC's English Test (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4246472.stm)

BBC's Math Test (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4263590.stm)


Very basic questions but the kind of things my students struggle with usually.


I got 19/20 on the Maths, I didn't feel like looking up what a stratified sample was...

I'm afraid of what I would get on English.

[papayahed]

See I got 14/20 on English.....

[mono]

BBC's English Test (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4246472.stm)

BBC's Math Test (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4263590.stm)


Very basic questions but the kind of things my students struggle with usually.
Interesting tests to dust off the school academics.
On the English test, surprisingly, I got 20/20; but on the math test, I earned 17/20.

[Stanislaw]

I earned 15 on the english, and 17 on the math.

oh well,could be worse! :eek:

[Koa]

thanks to the help of the most useful option on my mobile phone, that is the calculator, I got an amazing 12/20 on the maths one... there were some questions I even refused to think about and I got 3 of them right by clicking randomly LOL.
I hate maths and maths hate me, and I'm proud of it :D

And yaaay I got 20/20 on English (I would have been disappointed otherwise). It's funny cos on those tests the awfully difficult words are always latin-based therefore terribly similar to Italian words, and the misspelled ones where moslty the kind of mistakes that only natives can make. [SPOILER ;)] Though I learnt not long ago that accommodation has 2 m's... ;)

[subterranean]

I suppose the sun dislikes us this morning... It's 6.30 am yet it's totally dark outside :(

[Stanislaw]

I suppose the sun dislikes us this morning... It's 6.30 am yet it's totally dark outside :(

aie, the sun dislikes my residence also, we got frost here, killing most of what we didn't already cover in the garden...fall hast come to slay the green tidings of summer, and sits like a fire burning ready to consume't all in its firey spectacle, a consumtion that'll burn out quickly leave bare whit ash int's place.

:(

[Scheherazade]

Though I learnt not long ago that accommodation has 2 m's... ;)"Two Cots and two Matresses in an accommodation" is what I always tell my students who have problem with the word 'accommodation'! :)

[Themis]

The most unfair thing that can happen to a student is to get ill a week (where you still need to study) before an exam. Of course, it has to happen to me! :(

[papayahed]

"Two Cots and two Matresses in an accommodation" is what I always tell my students who have problem with the word 'accommodation'! :)


I'll never forget that now,that is one (of many) I got wrong.

[Koa]

"Two Cots and two Matresses in an accommodation" is what I always tell my students who have problem with the word 'accommodation'! :)

Ehehe cool one...I kept seeing it spelt like that in Universities sites when I was working and the first two times I thought it was wrong since it wasn't English Unis...when I saw it on an English Uni site I realised ti was me who was wrong eheheh LOL... why dont you prononuce all your damn letters, I say ;););)

[Scheherazade]

why dont you prononuce all your damn letters, I say ;););)I second that! :rolleyes:

Do you know that George Bernard Shaw proved that the word GHOTI could be pronounced as FISH?

[Nightshade]

Yesterday my random thought as I was leaving the house was
"please dont let me be hit by a bus today, Im wearing odd socks"

What I was in a hurry and wearing boots*shrugs*

Anyway so I didnt get hit by a bus but just about every other thing that could possibly go wrong did.
I messed up the till twice and I threw up at work. etc etc so on and so forth.
so my random thought today is that age old what is it proverb(??) It never rains but it pours.

[Koa]

Do you know that George Bernard Shaw proved that the word GHOTI could be pronounced as FISH?

I fear the moment when you'll tell me how...:rolleyes:
Uhm and every letter there is the preceding of on letter in Fish...I assume it's some pun like that?

Nighty, I have a story about odd socks... a girl who was with me in Moscow decided to wear odd socks on the journey cos she couldnt find a pair in the mess of the luggage... and she thought nevermind, noone will see them, and we all agreed :nod: The funny part is, that at the airport in Moscow in the metal detector controls you have to take off your shoes for them to check them!!! (It was so strange to me ;)) She was kinda embarassed but well, there's worse...

Well I hope today is better for you Nighty... we have a proverb saying that 'it always rains on wet', but maybe it's a bit different, like saying that unlucky things always happen to people who wouldnt deserve them...

[Koa]

OMG I realised now that the above post was my 3000th post!!! Uff, I like to have 2000something... now I have to get used to it and in a few months it'll change again... I think I reached 2000 last May or maybe ven June... :rolleyes: but yeah this summer as been a bit inactive to me... :eek: Oh no *gets anxious and nervous again* I need a life!!! :eek:

[shortysweetp]

An Incrdeible Discovery for all of us that failed the spelling bee.....

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer
in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is
taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be
a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is
bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the
wrod as a wlohe. Pettry amzanig huh?

[samercury]

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is
taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be
a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is
bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the
wrod as a wlohe. Pettry amzanig huh?

My latin teacher told me that last year :lol:

So in theory in a long run it doesn't mttaer how bad your seplilng is right? :brow:

Randow thought... why isn't the sky green

[Scheherazade]

I fear the moment when you'll tell me how...:rolleyes:
Fear no more! :D

the gh = f as in rouGH
the o = i as in wOmen
the ti = sh as in naTIon

There you have GHOTI = FISH!

You can thank GBS for that! :D


Sweetp> That is amazing but I won't be showing that to my students anytime soon! Don't want them to start thinking that they don't have to improve their spelling! :D

[amuse]

OMG I realised now that the above post was my 3000th post!!! Uff, I like to have 2000something... now I have to get used to it and in a few months it'll change again... I think I reached 2000 last May or maybe ven June... :rolleyes: but yeah this summer as been a bit inactive to me... :eek: Oh no *gets anxious and nervous again* I need a life!!! :eek:congratulations, Koa :D it is confirmed, you can never refute it, you are addicted! :p

[underground]

i've finished typing the first two paragraphs of my latest Great Epic--revised, polished, and all. :D

i feel accomplished i've never done that before. i usually just stick with a summary after i play around with the characters. when i do write a rough drafts, i use simple sentences and don't vary my style. and though i make notes here and there to "revise sentences" or to "find right word later," i always feel too lazy to go back and make the second, third, and maybe final draft. my attention span is too short and i usually would rather move on with another story using the same characters or come up with completely new characters.

ah, i might have the ability to publish a sci-fi novel if i have the will to do it after all. :p

[Stanislaw]

I hat robbing banks...pistolero

ahh, to quote Garfield, bored, I'm so bored, bored bored borted bored bored.

Well, that made me less bored,lol :D

[B-Mental]

I've never had rhubarb pie, sooooo I knooowww I don't like it.

[Stanislaw]

Rhubarb pie is teh uber g00d!

[shortysweetp]

Charles Schultz Philosophy



The following is the philosophy of Charles Schultz, the creator of the "Peanuts" comic strip. You don't have to actually answer the questions. Just read the e-mail straight through, and you'll get the point. 1. Name the five wealthiest people in the world. 2. Name the last five Heisman trophy winners. 3. Name the last five winners of the Miss America. 4. Name ten people who have won the Nobel or Pulitzer Prize. 5. Name the last half dozen Academy Award winner for best actor and actress. 6. Name the last decade's worth of World Series winners.


How did you do? The point is, none of us remember the headliners of yesterday. These are no second-rate achievers. They are the best in their fields. But the applause dies. Awards tarnish. Achievements are forgotten. Accolades and certificates are buried with their owners. Here's another quiz. See how you do on this one: 1. List a few teachers who aided your journey through school. 2. Name three friends who have helped you through a difficult time. 3. Name five people who have taught you something worthwhile. 4. Think of a few people who have made you feel appreciated and special. 5. Think of five people you enjoy spending time with.
Easier? The lesson: The people who make a difference in your life are not the ones with the most credentials, the most money, or the most awards. They are the ones that care. Pass this on to those people who have made a difference in your life. "Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia." (Charles Schultz)

[Koa]

congratulations, Koa :D it is confirmed, you can never refute it, you are addicted! :p

That's no news, is it? :D

[Koa]

Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia

Oooh what a lovely one!!!

(but then maybe the australians are the only ones who should worry... ;))

[mono]

Charles Schultz Philosophy . . .
That looks really familiar. I think I received that in my e-mail very recently. :D
Thanks, shortysweetp! ;)

[shortysweetp]

you're welcome. i thought you would like it

[Nightshade]

well here is a random thought I was reading a book -Sunshine- and it occured tpo me suddely I dont really know any of you I mean Scher could be Robin Mckinley. StanisLaw could be George Bush wow I could be the Queen of Sheba!!

[samercury]

Random thought - why do bees fly....

[imthefoolonthehill]

play the hero in your dreams? why would that appeal?

[Stanislaw]

well here is a random thought I was reading a book -Sunshine- and it occured tpo me suddely I dont really know any of you I mean Scher could be Robin Mckinley. StanisLaw could be George Bush wow I could be the Queen of Sheba!!

quick cheyney, someone discoverd my secret identity, to the bush-cave...*spiny bush logo*... :D well I can assure you I am no bush, shrub or plant of any sort... *budump pssshh*

Random thought: Looking around my room I have never befor realized my collection of severed heads... (well not real severed heads, mostly plastic)...4 Darth vades, 1 Batman, 1 Jabb the Hutt, 1 yoda, 1 wily e. coyote, 1 bugs bunny, 1 pharoh, and 1 real hoarse skull.

creepy. guees that makes me morbid. :sick: :D

[Scheherazade]

http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/umedia/20050925/cp.3fe5bbad4f7898f2c3bc08e928f8f40c

[Koa]

LOL poor Charlie Brown...:D

Today I went to the magazines section of my Uni library and asked to see the Russian magazines... the woman told me they were in the back room (d'oh) but then she took me to that room and left me there to browse around (:rolleyes: I could have stolen everything...)... it was so cool...it was like in a movie, this dusty cellar-like room and these shelves of Russian magazines, mostly (at least the ones I was looking for) from 1970 to 1989...I was like jumping, I just didnt know what to look at first... and the movie-like atmosphere was so funny... I even asked the woman if I wasnt risking to never get out of there, when she left me alone... but luckily the door opened easily...:D

[Dailen]

Random thought:
Plastic lids.......They give so little back for all the time and effort we put into them.

[Nightshade]

darling buds of may.... now that is one Random program and title
(mind you ive only ever seen about 5 minutes of it!!

[B-Mental]

There we were alone at last. I leaned in closely and while gazing intently into her eyes, I told her how much her eyes reminded me of two deep green pools of guacamole.

[mono]

Who would have ever thought of grinding a coffee-espresso bean, placing it into a filter, and sifting hot water through it?
Strange, but I remain very thankful. :D

[papayahed]

Yesterday was the company cook out, my job was to deep fry the chicken wings.....

Another skill to add to the Resume!!

[Stanislaw]

I wish that there was an instantanious cure for headaches

[YellowCrayola]

Hmmm... is it possible to be allergic to water?

[Rosevn]

Who would have ever thought of grinding a coffee-espresso bean, placing it into a filter, and sifting hot water through it?
Strange, but I remain very thankful. :D


hi Mono, is that coffee-espressco bean ripenned? this sounds like the way we make coffee in Vientnam. I often have it with milk :banana: :p

[imthefoolonthehill]

milk was a bad choice.

[Nightshade]

milk was a bad choice.
hush dont even joke about it the last week hasbeen a I hate the bad word starting with M week
mind you (no thats not the m word;)) hassnt stoped me from eating more cereal than is good for me making me more ill and maing me hate the M word more

the world is a vicious cycle. On the plus side today I went to a training day and they had us juggeling :eek:
ps did I mention this was training course related to my job in a library?!
:D

[Kaltrina]

ps did I mention this was training course related to my job in a library?!
:D

lucky you night. I love working in a library... :D

I don't understand why do they have to take so many people in the bus. there are only 50 seats and they stop at every bus station to pick up people and then the poor people struggle to breath... because moving is out of question. :eek: I hate that...

[Themis]

Why is it that girlfriends always have to be everywhere? I would be perfectly happy to have my brother for myself on Sunday. Of course, my father's there too but he's family, that's different. But, why does she have to be there? It's not that I don't like her, I do, but could she just stay somewhere else for a change?!

[samercury]

Why do people love cats so much when they don't even pay attention to you except when you're serving them

[Stanislaw]

Why do people love cats so much when they don't even pay attention to you except when you're serving them

lol, maybe cats are superior to humans.

My 2 pence:

Childrens Literature is the hardest English course in existance... I would gladly analyze Chaucer before taking another Child lit class...

http://h03.net/LINK_nOt/brains/ANImarsMan2C.gif
http://h03.net/LINK_nOt/skulls1/ANIskullIronFlash.gif

[samercury]

[QUOTE=Stanislaw]lol, maybe cats are superior to humans.=QUOTE]

Good point :p

Saturday is one of the few days that I don't have school..... tehn why do I always wake up so early-

[Aurora Ariel]

His father is angry;but I like his guitar.His mother saved it from destruction!
I will keep it safe with his poems.:)

[Nightshade]

wow there is a theory the world is flat...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/qi/abitmore/

[yellowfeverlime]

What is a llama thinking right now???

[Stanislaw]

[QUOTE=Stanislaw]lol, maybe cats are superior to humans.=QUOTE]

Good point :p

Saturday is one of the few days that I don't have school..... tehn why do I always wake up so early-

I be havin saturday classes...what be your excuse? :p

Llamas hey, now how does it go...

the one l lama is a priest, the two l llama is a beats, but bet you (something) youll not see a three l lllama!

:D

[Stanislaw]

lol, I didn't know Charlie Brown was based off of my life :D

[samercury]

[QUOTE=samercury]

I be havin saturday classes...what be your excuse? :p

:D

My excuse: little sisters
Saturday classes :eek:

....tea, coffee or milk.......

[Stanislaw]

ahh, I empathize, simblings are a big hassle but so dear at the same time.

[Nightshade]

Eid soon ! yes!!!!
:D:nod:

[mono]

Large places seem so small once you get its map situated and configured in your head, which I especially noticed today. Though I have visited the largest hospital in Oregon on a number of occasions, I had my first clinical experience today (as a nursing student), and the hospital, after discovering its "geography," seemed relatively less large.

[samercury]

ahh, I empathize, simblings are a big hassle but so dear at the same time.

Define 'dear' :goof: ... I guess they're ok sometimes...

Why do teachers think that writing a reflection would make you better understand something?

[samercury]

Thesis, thesis, thesis......................

[imthefoolonthehill]

she gives me breath just to take it away.

bloody indian giver.

*wonders if that's a racially sensitive comment*

*shrugs*

[samercury]

There's something called common sense... I don't think I have that

[Stanislaw]

Define 'dear' :goof: ... I guess they're ok sometimes...

Why do teachers think that writing a reflection would make you better understand something?

Dear: irritating as hell, but you just can't kill them. :D

Reflection: if the same ideas are written thousands of times, eventually your brain will remember the hand motions and you will be subliminally altered...the best from of mind control! :p

[Nightshade]

humm did samercury the cat turn into a girl??
:)

[Scheherazade]

BBC's English Test (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4246472.stm)

BBC's Math Test (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4263590.stm)


Very basic questions but the kind of things my students struggle with usually.After the English and Math tests, how about some Physics (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4308292.stm) ? ;)

I got 7/10 (with some lucky guesses)!

[PistisSophia]

I am living in my own private hell for a few of these days.

[Scheherazade]

The Book Club is reading The Return of the Native by Hardy (http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13612) this month.

[Jay]

I've not even properly started NA and Scher's already advertising another one :D

*feels an essay asignement is _this_ close* :p

[samercury]

Lalalalala Lalaaaala :p

[Stanislaw]

After the English and Math tests, how about some Physics (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4308292.stm) ? ;)

I got 7/10 (with some lucky guesses)!

well I achieved 4...similar to my hs physics mark. :eek:

Well, I am not a physicyst

[Scheherazade]

http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/umedia/20051005/cp.2a084f0d573b19babb403b9869f44520

[Stanislaw]

http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/umedia/20051005/cp.2a084f0d573b19babb403b9869f44520
:thumbs_up lol

[YellowCrayola]

Define the exact meaning of the word "sad". http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/indifferent/indifferent0001.gif

[Taliesin]

well I achieved 4...similar to my hs physics mark. :eek:

Well, I am not a physicyst

We got 6/10 in Physics.
Considering we got 20/20 in math....

[Stanislaw]

We got 6/10 in Physics.
Considering we got 20/20 in math....
Your a better man than I! :thumbs_up

[samercury]

Why are human beings (aka- us) soooo evil sometimes :rage:

[samercury]

We got 6/10 in Physics.
Considering we got 20/20 in math....

That's way better than I did :p

3/10 in physics :eek: :eek: :eek:
19/20 in math

[B-Mental]

on this day in 1976...

"Disco Duck" by Rick Dees receives a gold record. The song becomes only the fourth single of the year to be certified platinum, which it does two months later.

[mono]

After the English and Math tests, how about some Physics (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4308292.stm) ? ;)

I got 7/10 (with some lucky guesses)!
It took me a little while to dust off some of those ravaged, long-since-used brain neurons, but I managed 8/10 - some I had no clue. :rolleyes:

[B-Mental]

"All dames are alike: they reach down your throat and they can grab your heart, pull it out and they throw it on the floor, step on it with their high heels, spit on it, shove it in the oven and cook the *jeepers* out of it. Then they slice it into little pieces, slam it on a hunk of toast, and serve it to you and then expect you to say, "Thanks, honey, it was delicious." " - Rigby Reardon 'Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid' ;)

[subterranean]

When I was on train earlier this morning, I tried not to hold my book too high while reading it, so that people wouldn't see its cover. It's Millers' Tropic of Cancer that has nude female as its cover.

[samercury]

Magical DoReMi :D

[samercury]

I am SOOOOOOOOOO BOOOOOOORRRRRRREEEEEEEEEDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!

[mono]

When I was on train earlier this morning, I tried not to hold my book too high while reading it, so that people wouldn't see its cover. It's Millers' Tropic of Cancer that has nude female as its cover.
I know exactly what you mean, sub!
Though I normally try not to care what others think of what I read, while reading Leonard Shlain's Sex, Time, and Power: How Women's Sexuality Shaped Evolution, I, too, received some odd looks while on public transportation. Additionally, also, because the cover shows a classic art piece of a nude. That I blush easily did not make reading this book simple to read in public. :blush:

[samercury]

How many times can I embarass myself before being swallowed by the earth (I'm starting to think that I'm going for a world record in the "Most number of Embarassing Moments" category- if there is one) :lol: :bawling: :lol:

[Nightshade]

just noticed Im up to 2115 posts this makes it 2116 watch out Old timmers Im catching up ;)

:banana: :banana: :banana:
ha I need a new or sub mission REach 4000 by New Years Day !!!!

[samercury]

Way to go Nightshade!!!! :D

[Basil]

http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/offbeat/gallery/2005/1006/super.11.pigs.ap.jpg

[Scheherazade]

http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/umedia/20051010/cp.59d7e55bbf188d0af3c0e98d925813aa

[Stanislaw]

lol, heard of rabbits indeed! :lol:

[Nightshade]

This isnt really random at all and please no one get offended here ok...
Back in oh january I read an article that said when asked most people thought of the (cant think which but the century with the plauge and the fire of london as the worst to live in death wise) but actuallyu the 21st century has has the bloodiest most big death starts of any recorded century yet.
titanic and the 2 WW werent untill the second decade of the 20 century and alreadty we have had
lets see now
9/11
tsunamies
earthquakes
famine
malaria
flooding
Major warfare

and not forgetting of course recent weeks and months events since then

life is miserable...

[Stanislaw]

well, life has always been miserable...but now we have nintendo and microsoft to help us forget our problems! :thumbs_up

[Koa]

hey...im back on the forums after a couple of weeks, been working, writing my paper, trying not to get distracted by the forum but spending waaaay to much time online anyway...

now my paper is almost over, im stressed out about what's next, be it work, and in that case which, or a course I applied to but now I'm not sure I'll attend... heavy days of thinking...

I hope I'll be around but not too much! Glad to be back and to see that I have 2 pages of threads to cacth up with - and only in this section!

Forgot: hi to the newbies, and...
I've been around other forums lately, and one thing more that I appreciate of this one is that to get the :D smilie you only need to type : and D :D

[Scheherazade]

Never say "never" but always mention your "achievement", is the advice for job hunters trying to fill in application forms. Admissions advisers and psychologists at the University of Hertfordshire have drawn up a list of the 10 top words to make a good impression in applications.

They have also listed the 10 worst words, including "hate" and "nothing".

This advice also tells applicants not to say "mistakes" but to mention their "valuable lessons".

'Don't panic'

If applicants are worried about having too many valuable lessons, the Hertfordshire academics also recommend avoiding other less than positive words, such as "panic", "problems" and "awful".

APPLICATION FORM WORDS
10 Best: Achievement, active, developed, evidence, experience, impact, individual, involved, planning, transferable skills
10 Worst: Always, awful, bad, fault, hate, mistake, never, nothing, panic, problems

None of these words are good ways of selling your skills to employers, suggest the academics.

If you want to push more positive buttons, there is a list of feel-good words for applications, which will produce a more appreciative reaction.

These good words include "experience", "involved", "planning" and "developed".

The advisers say companies or universities will see many similar application letters - and that the choice of language generates a positive or negative impression.

For instance, over-emphatic words such as "never" and "always" could give a negative impression that "the applicant is making an exaggeration which is seldom true".

"Every recruiter and admissions officer will have to assess hundreds if not thousands of personal statements from hopeful applicants and will make their decisions based on what they can see on paper.

"Choosing the right words is therefore vitally important if your application is to stand out from the rest," says Karen Pine, a psychologist at the University of Hertfordshire.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4328266.stm

[Nightshade]

why is it peple keep flicking on and off..it annoying and inconsistant and hampers a conversation

[Scheherazade]

It's a modern day dilemma - should you greet a friend with one cheek kiss, two or go for broke with three? The answer, among many to 21st Century etiquette conundrums for women, is two, says Good Housekeeping magazine.

Its guide advises that while three kisses are de rigueur for French ladies, two is quite sufficient here.

The magazine's Noughtiquette guide also addresses such thorny issues as showing the top of a thong and using the loo while your other half is showering.

The answer to both is: "Don't."

The magazine says it is a manners guide for the Sex in the City generation.

And contrary to the openness about sex in that programme, it says it is poor form to ogle other men while with a partner and women should not reveal details of their sex life.

Noughtiquette guide (from November's Good Housekeeping):

DON'Ts:

-Kiss anyone other than your partner on the lips

-Kiss a boss, plumber or doctor or anyone you have a professional relationship with

-Argue loudly in public

-Steal from your partner's plate; order chips yourself

-Stretch out in a gym changing room without clothes on

-Quibble over a group restaurant bill

-Use a smiley face in an e-mail

-Write anything in an e-mail you wouldn't be prepared to say to someone's face.

DOs

-Answer an invite to dinner as soon as you can, not on the morning of the party

-Serve food within an hour of guests arriving or they will be too drunk to eat

-Avoid serving food which has been the subject of a recent food scare

-Invite your former spouse to your wedding - and even better manners for them to be unable to make it

-Where children are involved, maintain exquisite manners when referring to your ex.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4337716.stm

[Basil]

10 Worst: Always, awful, bad, fault, hate, mistake, never, nothing, panic, problems

None of these words are good ways of selling your skills to employers, suggest the academics.
That is excellent advice. In my experience, some other good words to avoid are "habitual offender," "probation," and "restraining order."

Trust me on this one.

[Bongitybongbong]

wow i've been busy sorry i'm sporadic but i get home alot later and more tired than before from cross country and yeah. I noticed that complaints thread and i wanted to know if that yellow guy stopped posting.

[samercury]

Why do I get bored do easily?

[imthefoolonthehill]

a yes shouldn't ever change 180 degrees without extenuating circumstances

[Scheherazade]

BBC's English Test (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4246472.stm)

BBC's Math Test (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4263590.stm)

BBC's Physics Test (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4308292.stm)


Ready to test your French (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4338028.stm) now?


I got 6/12 even though I haven't studied French at all. Long live the borrowed words! :D

[B-Mental]

I think that my taking the french test 0/12 has reduced the overall expected intelligence of the UK. Funny, I never took French, and even with a multiple guess test you would expect around a 3/12 (I feel so stupid).

I do an excellent pepe le pew though.

[Koa]

*impatient to take the French test but it's taking ages to load* actually it's not loading at all...:(
will try later...


B-Mental, your signature is cool!!! :nod:

[subterranean]

I still feel sad about Mono's leaving

[Koa]

me too :(

And I think I have a cold and I feel that kind of confusion of when you have a cold and I'm worried that I might get a flu...when for 2 weeks I have a job! Damn I do nothing for months and when I have something to do, everything happens....
And I'm waiting for a phonecall from THE job, not a temporary one but a cool one and they said they'd let me know something today... but it's almodt afternoon already...
And I also was about to start something else I dont really want to start but better than nothing but...I dont know...

[Kaltrina]

I got 6/12 from the French test. luck I guess. :p

[Koa]

French test: 10/12... not too great since I studied French for 8 years at school...but I just didnt understand the last question... and got one real wrong :p

[Bongitybongbong]

I'm impatient for the winter sports season to start. I'm wrestling this year and I can't wait.

[Koa]

is wrestling a winter sport?

[Nightshade]

whats a Jehovah's witness??


:)

[lhaeber]

I would love to write down my random thoughts for today, but I am too too too busy trying to catch up to all of the schtuff that's here on the forum for the last few months I've been away...

[Darlin]

My fear of flying is kind of fading - I wonder why?

[Nightshade]

Pumpkin pie
:brow:

[Koa]

I dont want to grow up
http://enfant.free.fr/Coloriages/peter%20pan/1/peter.gif

http://efraimstochter.de/images/weltweit/italien.jpg

[Koa]

ehy how cool you can find all names of Pippi Longstocking in all languages, and if you click on some you can read the first chapter in any language!!! This kinda made my day...
http://efraimstochter.de/sprachendieserwelt/namen_sammelseite.shtml

[Nightshade]

whose pippi longstocking??

[Koa]

:eek: nighty? what did you read as a child??? no time, google it and you'll know :)

[Nightshade]

well Ive had an unusal day a deaf man called the libaray to renew his books but I could tell him what went wrong or to repeat his number because he couldnt hear me it was ver confusing!

[Nightshade]

:eek: nighty? what did you read as a child??? no time, google it and you'll know :)
Me I didnt read hated reading till I was 8 then read Malory towers then anything I could get my hands on. By the time I was 10 I started adult books Colin forbes Dick francis etc then when I was 11 I discovered the classicshttp://www.websmileys.com/sm/love/663.gif
and family sagas then we moved and I couldnt get real books that didnt cost the earth so I read anything I could find on the internet and at one time I would have sworn that Gutemberg project were keeping tabs on what I was reading if I read anything on another site it turned up on theirs a week later ( this is when I was reading 3 or 4 digital books a day) :D
And that is my childhood... so now Im older I reading childrens books isnt the world confusing:D

[Ess]

gee nightshade, thats really rich. wonder how you finally go the message across. i am trying to enroll for my semester in school but i cant seem to be able to. annoying beyond!

[Ess]

By the time I was 10 I started adult books
yeah? i also started on adult books when i was real young. my first book was "Pelican brief". my ma really freaked out when she found me reading it whe i was real young. she went about pleading with me to read children books for ages.

[Nightshade]

no my mum gave me the book
anyway my point is..
Ive jut discovered who it was who invented exams
1792 in cambrige university a Chemistry proffessor by the name of Fairsh
:flare:

[samercury]

I don't really like my history teacher this year :( (SSSSRRRRRREEEEEAAAAAMMMMMMM)

[querida]

I miss mono!
Has anyone heard anything from him since he left?

[Nightshade]

wow you really do see stars if your head hurts enough

[querida]

For those who care... I will be absenting myself for 2 1/2 weeks. I'll be in Madrid... anyone live there?
Maybe I'll post some pictures somewhere or something!
Will miss you all and I'm sure I'll have a lot of catching up to do on my return!

Much love!

[baddad]

It is only when we are humble, and humble is a very difficult plateau to reach, that we can finally see the realities of our human lives. Tragedy's job is to make us cry, tragedy's job is to clear the dirt and dust from our eyes so that we truly see. The smart one's among us never forget the sight but are enlightened.......

*another heavy sigh*

[Koa]

I am quite satisfied (not to use the word 'happy' which I dislike ;)) because the teacher who's been following me in my writing of my final paper repeated a few times that it was well done and well written, and that I managed to make a good job of using the sources and relating them to each other... :) I'm glad I did well... I think I want to write more essay kinda thingies...but now my studies are over...oops... Well if I start again I'll make sure to do it in a country were essay writing is contemplated not only as the final task...

[Bongitybongbong]

I need to find some people that like to play D&D in my school or I will be terribly bored.

[kilted exile]

If cats always land on their feet and toast lands butter side down, what happens if I butter the back of a cat?

[poetictragedy]

maybe it would fall on the butter then bounce onto its feet. or maybe it would die. lets find out...

[Taliesin]

Dragons cannot be created or destroyed, they just convert from one form to another, the so called law of conservation of dragons.

[lhaeber]

I bought a giant pez dispenser today, darth vader...all the IT guys wanted it, what power!!

[rachel]

that is so beautiful and true baddad. querida of course i care and have a great time you little traveller.
If you butter the back of a cat you'll most like spend three hours in surgery.
I bought a pez too but it was an elvis 'pezly' one and i totally regretted doing it. nothing against elvis (i just wanted some pezes) but people lost respect for me somehow, think i am one of those hokey people who make pilgrimages to graceland. so I will stick to a mars bar in the future.

[starrwriter]

If cats always land on their feet and toast lands butter side down, what happens if I butter the back of a cat?
But first you have to put them in a microwave oven to MELT the butter.

[Halloween]

Spanning Aquitaine Lowlands to Southern Toulouse
Giver becomes the taker when the Earth rumbles with fire
Vanity thrown to the bed as neighbors argue
Ludlum reflections abound.

[rachel]

starr,
oh you must be the most daredevil person around. while i agree you should melt the butter first i have a feeling later on when you take a glass of cool water to quench your thirst from the effort you just might leak like the proverbial sieve.

[Koa]

If cats always land on their feet and toast lands butter side down, what happens if I butter the back of a cat?

go and ask my brother's cat, who fell on his face from the 3rd floor... :rolleyes:
(the cat, not the brother ;))

[subterranean]

hope there's no serious injury

Something's wrong with my eyes, they feel ithcy since yesterday...

[confused1]

hi!
...*thinking*

i am soo tired all the time and i don't know why..this forum IS addicting...i should really do my hw..but OOhhh soO boring...darn!

another note_ if you're happy and you know it clap your hands *clap Clap* . if you're happy and you know it clap your hands *clap clap* if you're happy and you know it and you really want to show it clap your hands *clap clap*

~some things should never change~ ^_^

[rachel]

suddenly itching eyes is usually a sign of a slight allergic reaction to:
dust mites. if you don't vacuum regularly those little critters multiply like crazy. or you are fatigued and are low in vitamin c. i take one thousand milligrams of it when my eyes itch and it goes away within half an hour. vitamin c which is used instead of antibiotics in Mount Sinai children's hospital for the most part(except deadly things of course) is used in large amounts as an anti biotic and to lower histamines which build up during an allergic reaction to something. but if you take large amounts to combat something it is a good idea to slowly lessen the amount until you take what you normally would or wouldn't. check with your doctor of course if you don't normally take vitamin c.

[B-Mental]

Rachel is showing signs of OCD:lol:

Oh wait, I see now it was in response to SubT's post...nevermind

[Scheherazade]

http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/umedia/20051101/cp.da053e5bacd4f9e58a7e1a37a410c9a6

[Koa]

LOL Scher, that one is brilliant :D

[Bianca Fransen]

I am quite satisfied (not to use the word 'happy' which I dislike ;)) because the teacher who's been following me in my writing of my final paper repeated a few times that it was well done and well written, and that I managed to make a good job of using the sources and relating them to each other... :) I'm glad I did well... I think I want to write more essay kinda thingies...but now my studies are over...oops... Well if I start again I'll make sure to do it in a country were essay writing is contemplated not only as the final task...

Ah, congrats with the compliments! And come to Holland ;)

[Basil]

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/6747/scan110aj.jpg

[Taliesin]

Ah!
Basil has got a new cruel, vicious profile name.
It is really horrible how it can be said so publicly.

[Stanislaw]

Ah!
Basil has got a new cruel, vicious profile name.
It is really horrible how it can be said so publicly.

http://www.randomnity.com/images/av-88.jpg

Ahem, we be humbly requesting a shrubbery.

[Koa]

Ah, congrats with the compliments! And come to Holland ;)

:wave: Bianca! Hello! Long time no see!!!

[rachel]

since B-mental is gone for a while can someone tell me what he meant by OCD followed by hysterical laughing face?
I am not, I confess very good, rather slender witted in fact at figuring out what all you mean by these letters. For instance I confessed on the sleepy hollow live chat that until one of my family explained it to me I thought lol was something pirates said at one time and didn't know what it stood for.
Okay perhaps i will start a thread about how slender witted I am and I am JUST SURE i will have thousands of hits and at least four hundred replies by saturday. WHICH IS MORE THAN THE ZERO REPLIES I HAVE ON MY POOR JULIUS AND FRIENDS thread. Julius and friends is the most FUN online cartoon ever. And no one not one person has taken pity on me and actually logged on and watched the tiny little cartoons and then answered me as to which character he or she is like NOT ONE. It has shaken me to the core. I stay at home now and just peek thru the windows and wonder how many others don't want to do any fun things i suggest. It is totally sad and depressing.

"GOOD GRIEF!" POOR CHARLIE BROWN, MY SOUL MATE.

[Scheherazade]

Rachel,

I think B-Mental's comment was made before he realised that you were responding to someone else's post. Sometimes on the net, it is difficult to express ourselves clearly and understand others' meanings without the luxury of audio-visual aids; not to mention the simple differences between our personalities and sense of humour. The fast developing internet lingo makes things even more complicated for us all. I am sure if he were here, B-Mental would apologise for the confusion and any upset he caused.

I am sorry that there has been no replies to the thread about "Julius and His Friends". Maybe providing the link for their site would help because other members may not be familiar with them.

[rachel]

thank you oh strawberry jam and toast woman so full of wisdom. Dearest people of the forum just give poor monkey julius one chance, and worry bear, and sheree l. bandit and .... //http:juliusandfriends.com/

I still don't understand whatOCD means. come on i can take it. :blush:

[starrwriter]

I still don't understand whatOCD means. come on i can take it.
OCD=obsessive/compulsive disorder=anal (in today's vernacular)

[Basil]

http://img364.imageshack.us/img364/5509/scan1000210cg.jpg

[Koa]

:(:(:( @ Basil

[Basil]

Koa, I'm okay!! Seriously!! I just got my scanner working today, and I'm scanning a lot of old comic strips. I was sharing that particular strip because I thought it was fascinating how much pathos Schultz was willing to put in his comic strips. No encoded messages, I swear!

Are you familiar with the comic strip Peanuts in Italy? I know Eco wrote the introduction to the first Peanuts book printed in Italian, but I don't know if they are printed over there regularly . . .

http://img485.imageshack.us/img485/1412/scan10005110nt.jpg

[Pensive]

They are coming..........................

It is going to be a very busy day.

[Taliesin]

http://www.randomnity.com/images/av-88.jpg

Ahem, we be humbly requesting a shrubbery.

Here you are:
http://www.dvd.net.au/movies/m/07808-5.jpg

[Psycheinaboat]

I wish I was doing this right now...

http://www.staceysstuff.com/images/dungeonsdragons.jpg

[Koa]

for all those who love bunnies, and those like me who started loving them after seeing this:

http://paginas.terra.com.br/arte/ReinodoCaos/bunny/b1.htm

http://paginas.terra.com.br/arte/ReinodoCaos/bunny/b2.htm


http://paginas.terra.com.br/arte/ReinodoCaos/bunny/bs1/1_40.jpg

[Stanislaw]

for all those who love bunnies, and those like me who started loving them after seeing this:

http://paginas.terra.com.br/arte/ReinodoCaos/bunny/b1.htm

http://paginas.terra.com.br/arte/ReinodoCaos/bunny/b2.htm


http://paginas.terra.com.br/arte/ReinodoCaos/bunny/bs1/1_40.jpg

ahhh, refreshingly disgusting. :D

[rachel]

thanks Starr and Scher,

Well...... I did work in a hospital and i did work with battered and at risk children when they were removed, or rather their parents were removed from the home. i lived in and had to keep everything spotless to keep children's ashthma under control. dust mites cause havoc. And I did grow up in a home where vacuuming three times a day was normal. and well i do sort of wish i had shares in the javex bleach company.....
I see that i am quite challenged at understanding all these letters thrown together and understood by the entire world.....excepting me. are there any books on them. I am so grateful to know now that lol is not some wierd way of laughing pirates had and it doesn't aggravate me now. it sounded so ....well ....arghhhhhhh
i can just see Starr's wheels turning....."and she was an editor of a newspaper?" yes well i was a naive editor...I did have the big guns to watch over me and yell at me constantly"where's the descriptive words?- get rid of the descriptive words, make it tighter...yadayadayada

[Scheherazade]

A new report has confirmed what us women have all known for ages - that men are far more likely to interpret a bit of a sniffle as a life-threatening illness. Almost one in three men said they had taken time off work because of flu or colds, compared with one in five women questioned. The research is being heralded as proof of the existence of 'man flu'.

Jakki Stubbington, of Benenden Healthcare, which carried out the study, said: "All women know that 'man flu' exists and now here is official proof. Women have all seen men making a meal of a sniffle and claiming a bit of a cold is the latest, deadly flu virus.

"It is not, however, entirely a laughing matter. Unfortunately, there is no cure for the common cold and the symptoms can be very unpleasant and can make it hard to concentrate at work.

"Colds also have a nasty habit of working their way around the workplace, so it is important that staff take time off when they are suffering to reduce the chances of passing it on to their colleagues."

The research revealed that Britain is a nation blighted by the sniffles with colds and flu the most common causes of sick leave in the past year. Some 30 per cent of men said they had taken time off in the past year because of colds and flu, compared with just 22 per cent of womenResearchers estimate that the numbers taking days off work because of colds and flu adds up to 3.6 million people a year, or one in eight of the working population.
The second most common reason for time off was sickness and stomach bugs, with women almost twice as likely to give digestive problems as a reason for being absent from work.

Accidents, infections, family bereavements and headaches were also among the more common reasons not to turn up at work.
Some 4 per cent of absences were caused by backaches, with only 1 per cent of respondents admitting that they had taken time off work because of stress.

Two per cent of those questioned confessed to having a day off because they had a hangover, which the researchers estimate translates to 225,000 lost working days each year.

As well as these common conditions, over 1.16 million people had to take time off to have or recover from an operation, whilst 8% or around one million people were off after being injured in an accident. More concerning is that 225,000 people admitted to taking time off work due to the knock-on effects of alcohol from the night before.

The research also found that workers in Britain have collectively taken off around 78 million working days in the last 12 months, with some 13.9 million people having taken at least one day off work due to sickness.

http://www.msn.co.uk/health/manflu/

[starrwriter]

http://www.msn.co.uk/health/manflu/
Is this a swipe at my bird flu thread? If so, it's very funny. Manflu! I love it!

(PS: When a human vaccine is developed for bird flu, women shall be prohibited from receiving shots. This will thin out the herd.)

[Koa]

ahhh, refreshingly disgusting. :D

Isn't it! :) I find it hilariously lovely. Or lovelyly (???:D) hilarious.

And starr, this last one was really bad! :lol:

Btw it's true, my father is the most hypocondriac person ever, and I've seen so many men complain for a headache or a cold like they were about to die, while I've seen many women bear it with just little complaints...

[starrwriter]

And starr, this last one was really bad! Btw it's true, my father is the most hypocondriac person ever, and I've seen so many men complain for a headache or a cold like they were about to die, while I've seen many women bear it with just little complaints...
Oh my God! I think I'm coming down with a case of the Koa flu. Dizziness, nausea, chills and fever. I'm calling my doctor to make an appointment -- my MALE doctor. Maybe he can give me a shot of forgetfulness to make the Koa flu go away.

[rachel]

wow somebody who can freak out the unfreakable Starr. Can I borrow you Koa, say two weeks from today for a small convention of men who think we women are one sandwhich short of a picnic.
You have risen to hero status in my eyes.

[starrwriter]

wow somebody who can freak out the unfreakable Starr.
I'm freakable but not stirable, like a weird James Bond. And tighten up your copy!

[Scheherazade]

By Megan Lane
BBC News Magazine

Four hundred years ago the gunpowder plotters hoped to change the world by blowing up Parliament and killing the king. Had they succeeded, what effect would this have had - and would today's UK be any different?

With 36 barrels of gunpowder stacked directly beneath the King's throne, a group of young, disaffected Catholics planned to attack during the State Opening of Parliament in 1605. But Guy Fawkes, the explosives expert charged with lighting the slow match "therewith... to give fire", was caught just hours beforehand.

Had he succeeded and Westminster been blown sky-high, the country would have been in chaos. The whole of the establishment, including King James I and the aristocracy, would have died in the blast, leaving the conspirators ready to seize the kingdom.

"There would have been a complete power vacuum at the centre of English government; the blast would have killed the king, his direct heir [eldest son Henry], the Privy Council, the law lords, the bishops," says historian Alice Hogge, the presenter of a BBC Timewatch documentary on the plot.

The conspirators planned to kidnap the king's daughter, Princess Elizabeth, from her Warwickshire residence and start an armed rebellion there which would sweep the country. With Elizabeth as puppet queen, a new government would be formed - of whom is not known, as the plotters left no definitive blueprint.

"But Elizabeth was an incredibly feisty girl who swore there was no way she would have worn the crown under those circumstances, so they would have had their work cut out," says Ms Hogge.

Thus the king's younger son, Charles, might have acceded to the throne at four rather than 24. This in itself may have changed the course of history. His personality as a politician was shaped by a difficult relationship with his parents, and his mismanagement and repeated clashes with Parliament culminated in civil war and his execution for treason in 1649.

Historian Ronald Hutton, of Bristol University, says losing his parents would probably have made Charles I a more popular and secure monarch. He would have revered their memory (rather than being determined to ditch his father's policies) and nursed a hatred of Catholicism. "This would have made him much more popular in both England and Scotland than the Anglo-Catholic policies that he adopted instead."

Great fire

The planned blast would have been powerful enough to destroy Westminster Hall and Abbey; explosives experts believe that Guy Fawkes used 25 times the amount of gunpowder needed to kill those in the chamber above.

The death toll would have extended beyond the great and the good, as Westminster was a ramshackle complex of pubs, houses and brothels sitting cheek-by-jowl with the powers-that-be. Those nearby who escaped death or injury in the blast would probably have perished in the resulting inferno.

"A huge fire would have swept through Westminster, taking out shopkeepers, pub owners and householders," says Ms Hogge.

"It would have caused many deaths and injuries, and widespread damage. Some have suggested it would have looked like Ground Zero after 9/11, it would have had that degree of devastation. That's quite a good analogy."

Religious backlash

Such a brutal attack would have fuelled anti-Catholic feeling at a time when those faithful to Rome were already persecuted.

As it was, those planning to kidnap Elizabeth acted as though their plan had worked, telling their friends that James I was dead. Yet they only managed to recruit a handful of supporters, and their small band was hunted down by Protestant vigilantes.

Murder on such a massive scale may also have alienated the Catholic community and any foreign powers that might otherwise have welcomed a Catholic England, says Professor Hutton.

"Arguably Great Britain might not have existed as it was James's idea," says Ms Hogge. "He was king of Scotland when he came down to rule after Elizabeth's death. His first parliament was centred on his efforts to try and establish this notion of Great Britain. It was his pet project."

But she doubts the conspirators' hoped-for regime change would have lasted. "You probably would have seen a backlash within 10 or 20 years, maybe even sooner. In the course of history, any time someone took over forcefully, once the dust had settled, you saw attempts to unseat that ruler."

For even in the face of upheaval, society reasserts itself. "A crown with such violence, can it ever prosper? I don't know that it can." http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4398844.stm

[Koa]

Oh my God! I think I'm coming down with a case of the Koa flu. Dizziness, nausea, chills and fever. I'm calling my doctor to make an appointment -- my MALE doctor. Maybe he can give me a shot of forgetfulness to make the Koa flu go away.

Wow, I think I have something new for the "What's the best thing ever said to you" thread! Yay! :D


wow somebody who can freak out the unfreakable Starr. Can I borrow you Koa, say two weeks from today for a small convention of men who think we women are one sandwhich short of a picnic.
You have risen to hero status in my eyes.

Me? :confused: For so little? For having sarcastically been called a flu after a sarcastic comment I made about another sarcastic comment?
Oh I've been a female hero before, but for much more than this :D
Btw what does that sandwich metaphor mean?
I'd love to be at a convention where I can beat men down with words... wait, is the audience made entirely of men? Any possibility of finding young (but nott much) good-looking rich ones??? :D And the wonder of wonders, clever ones? ;)

Thinking about starr's MALE doctor...is he young and single? ;)

Omg I'm having too much fun... :lol: :lol: :lol:

And now I forgot my random thought...mmm...oh yes, here it is:
These days are weird... Now darkness comes at 5 in the afternoon... and so by 6 it feels so late that you think it's like 8 ...but it's 6...so you have a lot of time left before the day is over... even before dinner (yeah I'm no scandinavian ;)). It takes a few days to get used I guess.

and a GRRRRRRRRRRR at the rule of not putting too many smiles in messages!

[Stanislaw]

Any possibility of finding young (but nott much) good-looking rich ones??? :D And the wonder of wonders, clever ones? ;)

:ladysman: :brow:

:D lol

[Koa]

Yeah, lol :D

[rachel]

Even Scandanavians I am sure like some sunlight. My brother and my sister went to work far far up north because they had certain skills and the pay was fabulous. Both had mild mental breakdowns before they came back. They both indicated that the lack of sun caused a lot of drinking and rather wierd behaviour.
As for the convention I think if you are looking for really handsome nice men, this is a good place to come to.It seems I really cannot remember in the last couple of years at least meeting any guys that were not physically beautiful. I wonder why that is?
And kidding aside most are nice on a one on one. Obviously their anti women behaviour when they are in a 'pack situation' might be corporate i don't know. But ifyou came and got married here I sure would be up on the deal, now wouldn't I? To have you here I mean.
I am thinking about my street ministry and hoping I can get a certain number of gifts ready and paid for out of our family pocket and the absolute joy when two nights before Christmas we go out and give them away.And also if anyone on the street needs to buy groceries we give until we can't give anymore. And then our Christmas is so full of peace and fellowship, no matter what we have been thru on a personal basis

[rachel]

Scher.
that is very sobering and sad and but for this or that the thing would have happened.How strange life can be. But for bending down a man might have been shot, but for missing the bus a person doesn't get blown up by a suicide bomber.
My friend Eric felt depressed while in England and left the day before the bombing and some of his friends are gone now. He still is upset when he thinks about it.

[Stanislaw]

fate, there is not much to be done about it, no one can predict the future, with any degree of acuracy.

Don't dwell on past sorrowfull events, look towards the future, and live in the moment.

[Nightshade]

He was born in the summer of his 27th year
Comin’ home to a place he’d never been before
He left yesterday behind him, you might say he was born again
You might say he found a key for every door

When he first came to the mountains his life was far away
On the road and hangin’ by a song
But the string’s already broken and he doesn’t really care
It keeps changin’ fast and it don’t last for long

But the colorado rocky mountain high
I’ve seen it rainin’ fire in the sky
The shadow from the starlight is softer than a lullabye
Rocky mountain high (high colorado) rocky mountain high (high colorado)

He climbed cathedral mountains, he saw silver clouds below
He saw everything as far as you can see
And they say he got crazy once, and he tried to touch the sun
And he lost a friend but kept his memory

Now he walks in quiet solitude the forests and the streams
Seeking grace in every step he takes
His sight has turned inside himself to try and understand
The serenity of a clear blue mountain lake

And the colorado rocky mountain high
I’ve seen it rainin’ fire in the sky
You can talk to God and listen to the casual reply
Rocky mountain high (high colorado) rocky mountain high (high colorado)

Now his life is full of wonder but his heart still knows some fear
Of a simple thing he cannot comprehend
Why they try to tear the mountains down to bring in a couple more
More people, more scars upon the land

And the colorado rocky mountain high
I’ve seen it rainin’ fire in the sky
I know he’d be a poorer man if he never saw an eagle fly
Rocky mountain high

It’s a colorado rocky mountain high
I’ve seen it rainin’ fire in the sky
Friends around the campfire and everybody’s high
Rocky mountain high (high colorado) rocky mountain high (high colorado)
Rocky mountain high (high colorado) rocky mountain high do de do

I swear I was listening to that with my eyes closed and saw whoppi Goldberg!! wonder if there is a film that uses that as background song??

[imaditzyreader]

Kinda a random thinger here, but thats what this thread is about right??

Aaaanywhoo...

After school i work answering the phone for a company downtown (that is called NYPRO). (lol that is where i come on this site) I answer the phone "NYRPO, can I help you?" more than once people have answered me "Hello NYPRO, could you connectme to _____"

I find that i bit disconcerting don't you??

[Koa]

LOL Nypro, I mean imaditzyreader ;), well that's funny and I think not uncommon... lol...



Even Scandanavians I am sure like some sunlight.
Sure, but I was referring to Scandinavians' early dinners... meaning that at 6 I think oh damn there's plenty of things I can do before dinner, while a scandinavian would be at the table already I think (I sometimes found my Norwegian flatmate, oops rommate for you Americans, having dinner at like 5:30 pm when I was coming home from lessons...).


As for the convention I think if you are looking for really handsome nice men, this is a good place to come to.It seems I really cannot remember in the last couple of years at least meeting any guys that were not physically beautiful. I wonder why that is?
And kidding aside most are nice on a one on one. Obviously their anti women behaviour when they are in a 'pack situation' might be corporate i don't know. But ifyou came and got married here I sure would be up on the deal, now wouldn't I? To have you here I mean.


Ok so...when are we leaving? :D
(only one correction: no marriage please :D)
*packs her suitcase to go on a man hunting expedition with rachel somewhere far* ;););)

[rachel]

Three Saturdays from this one I shall be waiting for you at the airport. I'll try to hold the guys back while you scan the scene. After that well it's up to you. And okay on the marriage thing, I think they think the same thing. But my money is on you, you've got beauty , brains and .,........A PLAN (right?)

[Koa]

Do I? :eek2: :D

[Nightshade]

soory to be the one to point this out but if one of these men you are off to hunt reads this they will be forewarned and forearmed and on the look out ;) :D


actually today was apparntly the official opening of hunting season so because theyve banned foxes are they hunting men now???;)

[Stanislaw]

:brow: err hunting??? :eek2:

:cold:

hehehe :D


soory to be the one to point this out but if one of these men you are off to hunt reads this they will be forewarned and forearmed and on the look out ;) :D


actually today was apparntly the official opening of hunting season so because theyve banned foxes are they hunting men now???;)

[rachel]

so Stanislaw what do you look like and didn't you say you are Canadian. Perhaps he is closer Koa in which case we could both meet at his house. Much simpler. You know him....sort of. You trust him right....a little. And he is terribly witty and look he is using an ice cube. Now you don't see one of those babies every day of the week. Still I think you would love it here and the guys would definitely love you. And added to all your charms you are terribly insightful and literary. Yep, you'll have to beat them off with the old proverbial baseball bat.

[rachel]

I was thinking that I agree with Starr, I truly could see him as a sort of James Bond.It works for me. Now about lending me your lear jet followed by the keys to one of your eight time share condos in the French Riviera, followed by.......

[starrwriter]

I was thinking that I agree with Starr, I truly could see him as a sort of James Bond. It works for me.
Sean Connery's Bond, not those later girly men who played the character. I really do share something in common with 007: we're both pigs for *****!


Now about lending me your lear jet followed by the keys to one of your eight time share condos in the French Riviera, followed by.......
Hey, I actually do have a friend who lives on the French Riviera -- a Scot named Neil. He published one of my short stories in a book anthology he edited. I plan to visit him (meaning have him and his wife give me their guest room, feed me, buy the wine, etc. for a month or three. They don't know I'm coming yet.) Can't you picture me on the Cote d'Azur? All those horny topless women to choose from on the beach!

[jakobin]

Hey, I just realized the Spanish word for girls is "chicas." Is that where the slang "chicks" derived from?

i actually know the answer to this question.

One of the English kings of old (from ages ago) used to like to endulge in prostitutes every now and then because, well, he had money, and he was a guy. which does not go to say that all guys with money endulge in prostitutes, but anyway, on with the story.

He ofcourse, did not want anyone to know of his endulgences, especially his wife, but it was very difficult to cover it up, as alot of his money went to these women, and left a large hole in his accounting books.

He then agreed with his accountant to write down the money he spent on these women in the books as Harrogate Birds, so that his wife, nor anyone else for that matter, would notice. that is why alot of the time women are refered to as 'Birds', or 'chicks'.

hope that answered your question ajoe.

[Nightshade]

@jakobin coool well thats one top add to the where did that phrase come from thread :banana:

Apples that have been nuked taste odd...
oh yes and

http://homepage.mac.com/jholbo/nutwork/images/Muttley.jpg

[starrwriter]

Apples that have been nuked taste odd...
But they glow in the dark, which comes in handy on moonless nights walking in the woods.

[jakobin]

untill you keel over and die

[rachel]

S T A R R !!!!!!

sigh.......yes I can imagine you and I did mean only Sean Connery, I really didn't think the others were that great somehow.
And those poor ladies......

[jakobin]

sorry to be the lost one but WHAT? did i miss something here??

[Nightshade]

Starr is a james bond but the Sean Connary one not any of the other wimps its posted somwhere n this thread ah yes post #2477 is a good one to look at !
:D
Ok then random thought How did that cat get outside at 5 in the morning?!!!
:flare:

[papayahed]

Hey SubT, I like your new avatar - very cute.

[rachel]

Well,
I suppose that this is as good a place as any to say what I must say.
With tears in my eyes I tell you that this will be my last post except perhaps, if I am able, one at Christmas.
I want to thank you all, you were all super novas in my life. Some so bright I needed glasses to come online.
I pray for all of you the deepest desires of your heart to come true, the good ones Starr, and for each of you to find perfect peace and joy as you have given me joy. Bright stars in a dark place.
God bless each and everyone of you.
shalom
rachel

[NNoah3]

Oh, nooooo :bawling: :bawling:

[jakobin]

why is it the last post? :'(

[starrwriter]

Well, I suppose that this is as good a place as any to say what I must say. With tears in my eyes I tell you that this will be my last post except perhaps, if I am able, one at Christmas. I want to thank you all, you were all super novas in my life. Some so bright I needed glasses to come online. I pray for all of you the deepest desires of your heart to come true, the good ones Starr, and for each of you to find perfect peace and joy as you have given me joy. Bright stars in a dark place. God bless each and everyone of you. shalom

Rachel, you can't do this to me. You're my favorite target, er, lady at this forum.

Seriously, though, why are you leaving the forum? I hope I haven't said anything to chase you away. You know I was only teasing you.

Please send me a PM if you would rather not talk about your decision in the forum. Your post was rather alarming what with the tears and everything. I didn't even know you a few weeks ago and now I'm worried about you. See what you've done to me?

Guillermo

[Nightshade]

Oh no not again someone else is leaving :bawling::bawling:
i

[jakobin]

theres no need to leave, unless you are going somewhere where there is no internet. just have the occasional post.

[Koa]

Well,
I suppose that this is as good a place as any to say what I must say.
With tears in my eyes I tell you that this will be my last post except perhaps, if I am able, one at Christmas.
I want to thank you all, you were all super novas in my life. Some so bright I needed glasses to come online.
I pray for all of you the deepest desires of your heart to come true, the good ones Starr, and for each of you to find perfect peace and joy as you have given me joy. Bright stars in a dark place.
God bless each and everyone of you.
shalom
rachel

whaaat's happening??? :bawling: I suppose you are just too busy to hang out at this crazy place for longer???
:bawling: We had to go men hunting together to that meeting...:(:(:(

[underground]

physics should be banned; it has increased the violent tendency in a normally-mellow human being.

doggone it.

[starrwriter]

physics should be banned; it has increased the violent tendency in a normally-mellow human being.
I know exactly how you can rid yourself of the violent tendencies caused by physics. A little experiment to experience one law of physics first-hand:
(1)Stand barefoot in metal tub of salty water.
(2)Jam nail into one slot of electric socket.
(3)Jam second nail into other slot of electric socket.

When you regain consciousness, you will have a working knowledge that electricity always follows the path of least resistance. Never mind about the fried brain cells. It was worth it.

[jakobin]

this is why gollum has very little hair...we takes starr seriously.

[Shea]

why does a package of luncheon meat say "water added"? What does that mean? Was the animal drowned?

[jakobin]

yes, thats what it means...

(smeagol knows not what to think of this comment....)

[underground]

why, i'm feelin' quite dashin' right now. :D
after all, why shouldn't i be? i'm only about to skip sleep for the eleventh time this quarter.

i'm lookin' forward to this thursday. physics test, and then an early start on the weekend.

this really will be my last physics-related comment. promise.

[Pensive]

Heidi, Heidi, Heidi and then Heidi!!!

[Nightshade]

If you sit on your feet for long enough your toes go to sleep


:D

[Dailen]

I wish I were an Ostrich.

[Dailen]

But I was born a turkey....and the hunters are comming.

[Kaltrina]

so much work to do, so little time to study and very few days till my exam... it sucks... :eek2:

[Shea]

But I was born a turkey....and the hunters are comming.

Make sure they don't drown you! :p

[Stanislaw]

hmm what floats besides ducks?

well, there be no dish finer then grainfinished poultry in mushroom sauce that has been drowned!

:D

[Scheherazade]

Some genuine website names on the net:

Who Represents? a database for agencies to the rich and famous:

www.whorepresents.com

Experts Exchange, a knowledge base where programmers can exchange advice and views:

www.expertsexchange.com

Looking for a pen? Look no further than Pen Island:

www.penisland.net

Need a therapist?

www.therapistfinder.com

Mole Station Native Nursery, based in New South Wales:

www.molestationnursery.com

New to Milan and you need electric light? Why not sign up on-line with Power-Gen?

www.powergenitalia.com

[starrwriter]

If you sit on your feet for long enough your toes go to sleep.
"My arm fell asleep today. Now it will be up all night."
-- Steven Wright