Random Thought of the Day [Archive] - Page 11

Scheherazade

11-10-2005, 01:12 PM

Police are putting unruly youngsters through their paces on an eight-week "knight school", to teach them some of the ways of medieval knights. The Lincolnshire scheme has been hailed a success in improving behaviour, so what kind of lessons could knights teach youngsters today?

Knights of old were either virtuous and honest men who lived according to a code of chivalry, or a bunch of marauding looters who were lucky to get a good write up in the history books.

Whatever the reality, are there some values associated with chivalry which could be applied today? We canvassed opinion among medieval experts.

1. Generosity was important. Even though knights were of a certain status in society, with servants and followers, they were expected to be generous in handing out rewards. For example, in battle a knight may take quite a lot of booty but would be expected to distribute that to followers in recognition of their service to him.

Lesson for children today - Share.

2. Mercy is one of the key concepts of chivalry. Fighting with another knight, if one offers defeat then the other should exercise mercy and be gracious in victory. The whole concept of ransoming was based on this. A knight would honour and respect a fellow knight when fighting him or when holding him captive.

Lesson for today - If you get in a tussle and win, go easy on the other kid.

3. Loyalty to the king or the nobles was absolutely crucial. That would mean abiding by the rules and recognising that there's a superior authority and in order to be chivalrous you have to be loyal to the person above you.

Lesson for today - Respect your elders.

4. Exercise power responsibly. They didn't get rid of violence but they tried to limit it to justified causes.

Lesson for children today - Just because you're the biggest in the class, don't throw your weight around.

5. Protect the weak. There's also a sense that the strong should protect the weak who are unable to look after themselves.

Lesson for today - Stand up to bullies and gangs who pick on other children.

6. Justice. Seek always the path of "right", unencumbered by bias or personal interest. Recognize that the sword of justice can be a terrible thing, so it must be tempered by humanity and mercy.

Lesson for today - Fight for what's right.

7. Humility. Value first the contributions of others; do not boast of your own accomplishments, let others do this for you. Tell the deeds of others before your own, according them the renown rightfully earned through virtuous deeds.

Lesson for today - Give credit to your pals.

And a few lessons not to learn...

8. Crusading, which is about fighting for the faith and against those who believe in Islam.

Lesson for today - Respect other religions.

9. Wielding a very sharp implement.

Lesson for today: Don't carry knives.

10. Courtly love, between champions and ladies, which is rather inapplicable to the modern world.

Lesson for today - Don't think the girls will be impressed.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4424496.stm

Bongitybongbong

11-10-2005, 02:32 PM

Like a riddle or something? Feats of strength? tests of willpower?
anything cuz i have some time to spare but I'm thinkinabout Stan's invitation into piracy.

Stanislaw

11-10-2005, 03:22 PM

http://www.xi-online.nl/i/archief/cutthr96.jpg
http://www.sdreader.com/published/2005-05-05/shepherd-1.jpg

What could be more fun?

Bongitybongbong

11-10-2005, 03:25 PM

I can't think of anything more enjoyable.

AimusSage

11-10-2005, 04:56 PM

A groundhog and a prarie hound were having a tea party.

kilted exile

11-10-2005, 06:53 PM

Why do people always want to have meetings to discuss things, when they would be better suited handing over the problem and letting someone fix it.

verybaddmom

11-10-2005, 07:13 PM

i had an argument with a co-worker today because he made a comment that i called racist. he said that we should hire a *insert random visible minority here* applicant because he would work harder than the average canadian, because he would want to prove himself because he was from a minority group.
is it racist to stereotype and categorize people, even if its in a positive manner? isnt racism harmful? so was his comment harmful?
i argued..but im not sure.
i hate that.
i like to argue when im sure.
i need to go get sure....
be right back.
maybe....if i still have a job

papayahed

11-10-2005, 07:22 PM

Why do people always want to have meetings to discuss things, when they would be better suited handing over the problem and letting someone fix it.

That's exactly what I'm wondering!!!! Why spend an hour (or more) in a meeting just delegate.

Dailen

11-11-2005, 09:13 PM

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Shea

11-12-2005, 12:27 AM

I've known that about my husband for a while now.

Okay! Splenda cookies in the oven, husband snoozing (for the moment), maybe I can read some posts now.

lhaeber

11-12-2005, 01:18 AM

Scheherazade

11-12-2005, 05:15 AM

http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/umedia/20051112/cp.34263670645a712a3bf30f5b2ec6f758

Dailen

11-12-2005, 05:57 AM

Last week we moved into another house.

(Last night, we shared a conversation that reinforces an
appreciation for something I once took for granted,
that is until ..We went without it.)
__________________________________________

Mr.Dailen - "Hey, Woman..Where you at?"

Dailen - "I'm in the Bedroom, With.... the..... HEAT!"
__________________________________________

*For two years, we've had nothing but a wood stove.

~God Bless Electricity~

baddad

11-12-2005, 06:20 AM

Question:
is it racist to stereotype and categorize people, even if its in a positive manner? isnt racism harmful? so was his comment harmful?

Well, I would find it harmful if I was (insert choice here) with that kind of comment being said in front of me. I mean, would he say it in front of a person of the race of which he was speaking? I respond to that kind of thing immediately too, speak now think later. But damn, it makes me mad too.
I attacked (verbally only) a young guy in the bar on Halloween who was dressed up like a KKK member, gave him a big speech and made him give me the pillow case he wore on his head. Great for the moment, I felt silly afterwards, I mean, calm down a little, right? Wrong? I never understand, how much do you tolerate as the observer without making people around you scared to speak.

To feel deeply where intolerance is concerned is no sin my friend!! Social 'faux paus' , enforcing a need to say nothing in unlightened company, lessens not the burden bourn (look that word up in the dictionsary my fellows) by the informed......free the world my friend!!! Kudos for your assertive actions!! Intolerance, like gravity, sucks, and is nothing to laugh about.........................

Nightshade

11-12-2005, 01:27 PM

People can be very very annoying but Yet again I find reason to be thankful for my mum.

Dailen

11-12-2005, 03:13 PM

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

Nightshade

11-12-2005, 09:04 PM

2 things
I need to learn to listen or in some cases read and sht up or stop typing long enough for the other person to speak :brickwall :brickwall
and
I have to stop 'pestering' 'catching' and 'stalking' people :blush: :blush:
or Ill be all alone soon and stuck back in the same state of life and mind as I was when I wrote alone in a crowd. (http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13434&highlight=crowd)
now that is a scary thought.........

Bongitybongbong

11-12-2005, 09:55 PM

bored am I even though i was just at a baby shower for my cousin

subterranean

11-13-2005, 04:18 AM

People sent PM and askin for inputs for their papers. I helped some, I ignore some. Maybe I should put charge on this homework thingy.

AimusSage

11-13-2005, 09:29 AM

A secret is only a secret as long as it is kept a secret. And do I have a lot of secrets. Maybe I should stop hoarding them as much as I do.

Then again, what good is a secret if it is not kept as one?

Nightshade

11-13-2005, 11:05 AM

Well just a quick word to say Im not going to be around for a while. Ive found out some home truths baout myself this last week or so That I need to think about objectivly and Im afraid I just cant do trhat with Nightshade and smilies jumping around in my head and all you nice people distracting me.

By a while Im not sure how long it will take an hour, a day hopefuly no more than a week. If you are thinking what I am thinking and that that is hardly anything and this post is unnesserray, that is true. Except that, a) my counting skills are too bad for me to dissapear for a week thn count all the nominations that should turn up in that time so JAko can you please keep the count upto date in The CRier , Id be greatful thanks. And b) the stories with holes errr well Im not sure what to do about that Ill answer whats up now but then Im off I hope you all dont mind too much.

Rachy dont you dare dissapear again before I get back!
err yupp I think that about covers it Be seeing you again soon

Err oh yes the Xmas live read thats not really live looks like it will be O henry and I will Be back ( if for no other reason than Im addicted to this place)
The Real person behind Nightshade.

Koa

11-13-2005, 11:27 AM

:eek2: :eek: :eek2: Night!!! OMG!!! I'm kinda shocked... I hope everything is fine and don't you dare stay away too long cos this place just can't be the same without you! :bawling:

Helga

11-13-2005, 01:44 PM

My random thought of the day is how I have missed you guys.
There is no internet connection at my new apartment so I hardly ever go online.
I just realized that sometimes I can't stand kids, but other times I adore them. I hope I won't have that problem with my kid.... this might suprise those of you who know me but I'm pregnant so good luck to me...

well that's my random thought.

Scheherazade

11-13-2005, 02:25 PM

Congratulations and good luck, Helga! :)

starrwriter

11-13-2005, 02:48 PM

I just realized that sometimes I can't stand kids, but other times I adore them. I hope I won't have that problem with my kid.... this might suprise those of you who know me but I'm pregnant so good luck to me...
Congratulations, Helga!

Often, when I was your age, I couldn't stand kids. I changed my mind when I helped my wife raise two of our own. Then it was only other people's kids who got on my nerves. Ha!

By the way, your parents didn't ask to be born, either. Nobody does.

Pensive

11-13-2005, 02:49 PM

Well, Congratulations, May you have a healthy kid!

baddad

11-13-2005, 09:02 PM

Holy ******!! NIghtshade leaving???!!!! HELGA PREGGERS???!!!

......a damn well named thread........melodrama indeed!!!

Best wishes to the mighty Nighty....................come back soon........

And Helga, I think you may be our first member to share such fantastic news. I've been pregnant three times myself.........no........wait!!........That was my wives.......but my point is this; The power weilded by parents has the potential to change the universe. The ripples in the fabric of existence created by a new birth extend much farther than any can imagine. YOu go girl, I know that as a parent you will make us all proud...........have care friend.......

P. S. Oh, and Helga? What is the baby's screen name............?

Bongitybongbong

11-14-2005, 07:18 AM

my schools teaching through propaganda

Shea

11-14-2005, 09:26 AM

The power weilded by parents has the potential to change the universe. The ripples in the fabric of existence created by a new birth extend much farther than any can imagine.

Well said!

Good luck, Helga! I'm sure you'll make a great mom. I'd give you some advice, but I don't have children myself yet! I know what you mean by good kids and bad kids. They come through my store everyday. I've tried to be very observant of the different parents and why their kids behave the way they do. But I guess I won't really know anything until I have my own.

Nightshade, we wait, standing by the window, pushing back the curtain, anticipating your return! :D

papayahed

11-14-2005, 02:28 PM

I love Squash!!! Every Fall I remember how much.

starrwriter

11-14-2005, 02:51 PM

I love Squash!!! Every Fall I remember how much.
I eat zuchini squash every week and occasionally yellow summer squash, but today I bought butternut squash for the first time in decades. When I cut it open, I discovered it is mainly a mass of inedible seeds and gunk. The cooking instruction printed on the label was written for aliens from Pluto. How do I cook this damn thing -- or did I buy an ornamental gourd?

papayahed

11-14-2005, 03:13 PM

I eat zuchini squash every week and occasionally yellow summer squash, but today I bought butternut squash for the first time in decades. When I cut it open, I discovered it is mainly a mass of inedible seeds and gunk. The cooking instruction printed on the label was written for aliens from Pluto. How do I cook this damn thing -- or did I buy an ornamental gourd?

HA! Beats Me. I tried making Butternut squash Risotto once and it was a complete disaster. I usually get acorn squash and microwave it. But I do have a recipe that says to half the squash, put it in a cssarole dish face down, put in about a 1/4 - 1/2 inch of water, mix some butter, and brown sugar in the water first and cook. I'm guesing 375? until soft?

Note: I just checked foodnetwork.com and Juan Carlos Cruz says you can microwave for butternut for 10 minutes.

starrwriter

11-14-2005, 03:48 PM

I just checked foodnetwork.com and Juan Carlos Cruz says you can microwave for butternut for 10 minutes.
Haven't owned a microwave in ages. Ever since I nuked some food wrapped in aluminum foil and went back in time.

Guess I'll try the regular oven, even though baking doesn't work with zuchini. Turns extremely bitter for some strange reason. Must fry or boil it.

papayahed

11-14-2005, 05:17 PM

Guess I'll try the regular oven, even though baking doesn't work with zuchini. Turns extremely bitter for some strange reason. Must fry or boil it.

Really? I've never tried baking zucchini, I generally grill mine, ok its really frying but I pretend because I have one of those pans with the bumps to simulate grilling. Let me know how it turns out......I'm intrigued and I may want to revisit the Butternut Squash risotto debacle. Vengence will be mine!

Psycheinaboat

11-14-2005, 05:24 PM

I eat zuchini squash every week and occasionally yellow summer squash, but today I bought butternut squash for the first time in decades. When I cut it open, I discovered it is mainly a mass of inedible seeds and gunk. The cooking instruction printed on the label was written for aliens from Pluto. How do I cook this damn thing -- or did I buy an ornamental gourd?

Starr, I bake my Butternut squash at about 350 for about 45 minutes with butter and brown sugar sprinkled liberally on top. the size of the squash will affect cooking time, so check it a few times.

Oh, and of course, scoop out all the seeds before cooking. ;)

Logos

11-14-2005, 05:34 PM

Mmmmmm zucchini bread (http://www.mrbreakfast.com/superdisplay.asp?recipeid=1490) .. :D

Bongitybongbong

11-14-2005, 06:28 PM

I love Squash!!! Every Fall I remember how much.
Every fall I have some apple cider, the greatest drink in the world. Ambrosia is apple cider.

Shea

11-14-2005, 09:30 PM

I love Squash!!! Every Fall I remember how much.

I don't need a calendar to tell me when fall is here (as the temp. won't). My husband starts getting glassy-eyed and I hear the word "eggnog" mentioned about 5 times a day.

Bongitybongbong

11-15-2005, 07:33 AM

I'm really in the mood for apple cider the only problem is I can't find any in the house. :bawling:

Shea

11-15-2005, 09:26 AM

I know what you mean, I love apple cider too, but if I bring some home, I have to resign myself to the fact that I'll only get one cup before it's gone.

Hope you get your cider Bong!

smilingtearz

11-15-2005, 12:17 PM

I suddenly find Purple a very romantic color!

Koa

11-15-2005, 08:05 PM

Purple rules!!!

Scheherazade

11-15-2005, 08:32 PM

Just finished reading The Colour Purple by Alice Walker.

Bongitybongbong

11-15-2005, 08:56 PM

The color purple in the color dictionary is the color of royalty.

Outlander

11-16-2005, 06:05 AM

I knew a Buick that smelled like Purple crayons.

Shea

11-16-2005, 09:08 AM

Purple crayons smell differently than the others? How do the other colors smell?

Outlander

11-16-2005, 09:18 AM

You can't smell color?

Can you feel color?

Outlander

11-16-2005, 09:22 AM

*
Dark colors have a heavy scent
Light colors are more like fermented fruit.
* ;)

Stanislaw

11-16-2005, 11:59 AM

scented crayons have fragrence.

Write now I am sitting in the cafiteria, wondering what I should eat... each food item is less appetizing than the others, but I am really hungry, and don't feel like walking 30 min to the nearest resteraunt...
Choices be:
-nasty waffles
-nasty egg muffin
-nasty unidentifiable rasin breadlike thing
-Nasty cininamon bun (well, I hope thats what it is)
or...
-Nasty ancient as god cereal...with no milk.

I'm thinking I'll wait to lunch. :sick:

Bongitybongbong

11-16-2005, 08:31 PM

You can't smell color?

Can you feel color?
I know people who can smell and taste and touch color. Yes it is what you think.

samercury

11-16-2005, 10:10 PM

You can't smell color?

Can you feel color?

Smelling colors is fun......:D

Each color feels different too.....I wonder why.....:confused:

.....What's with all the purple talk...hey look the confused smilie is purple :eek2:..........strange...:lol:

baddad

11-16-2005, 11:10 PM

I FEEL purple today. I've loved someone for 25 years, and it is reciprocated. But we've never done anything about it, except to spend time together once a year. Sounds romantic, but it sucks. We spent the weekend together. And now I feel purple, dark, smokey purple......

mono

11-17-2005, 01:53 AM

Though I have lurked around the forum a few times, I thought to peep my ID in really quickly after receiving a report of a private message someone e-mailed me (which I know I have a few e-mails to reply - I apologize :p).
Thank you all so much for your pleasant wishes, and I certainly miss you all.
I remain in improved health, good status in nursing school, and hoping to begin a procrastinated play relatively soon. Meanwhile, you all remain in my thoughts, and I hope to return fully in approaching time, as I have read a plethora of excellent books that I cannot wait to discuss, including A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold (on a good recommendation from shortysweetp), The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, Critique Of Practical Reason by Immanuel Kant (Kant's shortest and most challenging 'critique'), and I just started Love In The Time Of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
Many regards and hugs to you all, and a special wink for baddad, subterranean, amuse, Scher, Koa, Aurora Ariel, Helga, Logos, Darlin, and shortysweetp. I will see you all soon. :)

Kaltrina

11-17-2005, 08:53 AM

what a beautiful surprise to see a post by you Mono. and I see you've been reading a lot... :D hope to see you soon again the forum...we miss you... :D

Pensive

11-17-2005, 10:43 AM

Good to see old mono!

Bongitybongbong

11-17-2005, 06:08 PM

"Such a lonely day shouldn't exist a day that I'll never miss such a lonely day and its mine the most loneliest day of my life...Such a lonely day and its mine
a day that I'm glad I survived"- System of a Down (Lonely Day). I'm rocking out to this and the rest of the new album.

Stanislaw

11-17-2005, 06:27 PM

smeg, ever have one o those days? :crash:

Bongitybongbong

11-17-2005, 06:46 PM

once or twice but the song is something I rock out too

Logos

11-17-2005, 07:19 PM

Happy thoughts going out to mono :)

rachel

11-17-2005, 09:03 PM

hullo,
just snuck a peek today and thought i should answer Starr. I had to leave because I lost someone to death and was facing four more imminent deaths and I could not cope. I am still exhausted and simply did not have the strength or the means to even share or talk. slowly I am getting better but I didn't know if i would ever come back.
I will try around Christmas, for now just getting all the gifts for my street ministry ready and finishing two childrens books for review by a house is all the strength tht i have for the moment. but i promise that not one of you is away from my thoughts for more than an hour or so.
one thing, i noticed there is a something or other of the year. I am grieved at this for the one thing i love about this forum is the fact that each person is treasured for whatever contribution he or she makes. Voting for someone seems like a popularity contest and makes me think that one now has to strive to be bigger, deeper and loftier in posting than before in order just to keep up., I would have to vote for everyone on this forum and mean it. it is just a thought
love you all, hopefully talk to you all around Christmas.

Nightshade

11-18-2005, 06:12 AM

You can't smell color?

Can you feel color?

sure you can smell colours and tast them and ghea them its caled synstesia I think , its the way some peoples minds work I for example see people in colours Im very bad at lnking names and faces but People to me are name = shape and color= face :D
Isnt music different colours for you?

anywaqy SO Im back Ive decided You cant run from problems You have to face them and smile so now Ive decided that I can sort out the tangle Ive let my life get into http://www.websmileys.com/sm/sad/666.gif

Taliesin

11-18-2005, 07:55 AM

Welcome back, Mono.

papayahed

11-18-2005, 10:31 AM

AimusSage

11-18-2005, 11:08 AM

I am at times what people commonly refer to as 'an idiot'. :D

Stanislaw

11-18-2005, 12:00 PM

The one with BYOB?
bring your own :banana:

smilingtearz

11-18-2005, 01:34 PM

L- Love I- Is F- For E- Eternity...
thaz what life stands for...

Bongitybongbong

11-18-2005, 04:30 PM

The one with BYOB?
That was their last one. I'm listening to Hypnotize, which hasn't come out yet. (No it's not bootleg, I found out it's on mtv's leak.)

papayahed

11-18-2005, 05:49 PM

That was their last one. I'm listening to Hypnotize, which hasn't come out yet. (No it's not bootleg, I found out it's on mtv's leak.)

Another one? Already? Didn't Mesmorize (that's the name of it right?) Just come out?

Anybody like Mudvayne?

Bongitybongbong

11-18-2005, 11:07 PM

They made the two albums at the same time, but they decided to release one a few months after the other.

Scheherazade

11-19-2005, 01:01 AM

Outlander

11-19-2005, 12:41 PM

I'm not sure it it's a bad thing that I was amused by the movie
Student Bodys.
I can no longer look at a rubberband the same way, or a paperclip
or a rubber chicken. Highschool, however...

Nightshade

11-19-2005, 12:47 PM

this balancing meals thing is a pain I dont fancy either beans or meat with my dinner tonight :(

Scheherazade

11-19-2005, 01:40 PM

http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/umedia/20051118/cp.88aa72bdac24d266a5f80c0b57f62498

Bongitybongbong

11-19-2005, 05:55 PM

I wish I had something to get the blood flowing today.

starrwriter

11-19-2005, 07:29 PM

I wish I had something to get the blood flowing today.
Mechanical heart pump+tequila injected directly into a vein=Eeeha!

Outlander

11-19-2005, 07:36 PM

God left facial hair on men,
so when the women kick
them out in the winter time
they are protected.

What I can't figure out is why women have leg hair?

starrwriter

11-19-2005, 07:43 PM

God left facial hair on men,
so when the women kick
them out in the winter time
they are protected.

What I can't figure out is why women have leg hair?
Because they don't shave their legs?

I don't mind leg hair on women. It's braided armpit hair that really gets to me.

Bongitybongbong

11-19-2005, 11:10 PM

I don't mind leg hair on women. It's braided armpit hair that really gets to me.
*shivers* ehhhhhhh....I didn't need the image.

Koa

11-20-2005, 09:56 AM

Hairshaving aside ;), I'm about to enter my last week as student :eek: Weird... It's possibly goign to be a busy week with the last preparations (oops...my speech is far from being ready, as graduation here is some kind of exam where I have to talk of the paper I wrote) and with some cultural events going around in the city which I want to attend (African movie festival, I love to get the rare chance to see movies that are not boringly usual Hollywood stuff!). Who knows, I might not be back on the forums until I'm a graduated woman :D (or in other words, an unemplyed who doesnt know what to do of her freedom ;)). Or I might be back here tomorrow or even later today to entertain you with my randomness ;)
Whatver, I was just feeling random :):):)

Noce to see that Nighty is back!!! :)

Pensive

11-20-2005, 10:06 AM

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire..............................*can't wait to see the movie*

Nightshade

11-20-2005, 12:29 PM

THE EDITOR is dead *sniff* well ah only because I cant get at the computer and so am timed and no music how am I supposed to kill people or count without a catchy tune?

papayahed

11-20-2005, 12:38 PM

I'm not sure it it's a bad thing that I was amused by the movie
Student Bodys.
I can no longer look at a rubberband the same way, or a paperclip
or a rubber chicken. Highschool, however...

HA!!! What about Horsehead bookends?

samercury

11-20-2005, 12:52 PM

....Now I see how this project might take 40 pages to complete.......:rolleyes:

smilingtearz

11-20-2005, 02:10 PM

I'm feel great to be writing my 101st post on my 10th day of joining!!

starrwriter

11-20-2005, 02:33 PM

LoL. Well, I think the word "chicks" went through the same phase as the word "hoe" is now. Which some people use to describe all women. Which isn't nice. But I guess that's why "chick" is a traditionally guy thing to say. I think with the whole beat/rock'n'roll scene it started to mean just "girl."
Oh, come on. Chick never meant whore. It started in the beatknik era, like cool and hip. Later on many hippy girls called themselves chicks. It's as innocent as the Beatles calling girls birds. I can't stand the word hoe. It was funny when Eddie Murphy first used it on Saturday Night Live comedy skits, but it's not funny anymore.

samercury

11-20-2005, 03:12 PM

:singing: hold on we're halfway there.
.............not really.... :sigh: T_T

papayahed

11-20-2005, 10:53 PM

Oh, come on. Chick never meant whore. It started in the beatknik era, like cool and hip. Later on many hippy girls called themselves chicks. It's as innocent as the Beatles calling girls birds. I can't stand the word hoe. It was funny when Eddie Murphy first used it on Saturday Night Live comedy skits, but it's not funny anymore.

Yeah, I've never associated "chick" with "Hoe", especially since I often use the term "Chick". I'm thinking I might switch gears and start a 1 woman campaign to bring back the term "Dame" or "Board" or even "Skirt", I'm not sure which, I'm leaning towards "Skirt" though.

Outlander

11-21-2005, 04:26 AM

Originally Posted by : Papayahed
HA!!! What about Horsehead bookends?

Yes! Yes! Thank you Papaya

How could I have forgotten the horsehead bookends?

I guess I've been too busy putting elastics on my chicken.

Bongitybongbong

11-21-2005, 07:14 AM

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire..............................*can't wait to see the movie*
Voldemort looks kind of like Gollum. I truly think Peter Jackson is going to sue because they look so similar.

papayahed

11-21-2005, 12:03 PM

Near work there is a large bakery. So, quite often throughout the day the smell for bread baking fills the outside air. I imagine fluffy coissants, nice hearty breads, crusty italian bread ....Today I find out the bakery is attached to a McDonalds distribution center - all the bakery does is make those crap hamburger buns!! OK, and the english muffins but that's not really any consolation.

Stanislaw

11-21-2005, 12:36 PM

that is sad, atleast near me office, there is a nice little italien bakery! with the best bread products in the whole city.

starrwriter

11-21-2005, 01:11 PM

I guess I've been too busy putting elastics on my chicken.
Is that anything like choking your chicken?

smilingtearz

11-21-2005, 02:12 PM

lolz...choking the chicken!
smoke in the kitchen, choked the chicken!!

AimusSage

11-21-2005, 05:12 PM

I am lost on the ground. Where do I land?

smilingtearz

11-22-2005, 05:35 AM

you still land on the ground...where ur lost...with a smoky choked chicken !

Logos

11-22-2005, 05:48 AM

Speakin' a chickens..

http://www.subservientchicken.com/

Kaltrina

11-22-2005, 06:53 AM

I hate people who are not careful with anything, they drop things or don't listen to people, or they don't listen to someone who is giving instructions, and when they make a mess it's like "oops wasn't I suppose to do that?" duuhhh of you weren't, I hate careless people....

Bongitybongbong

11-22-2005, 07:26 AM

I wonder if the rain stopped last night. I might still be able to play ultimate frisbee.

Outlander

11-22-2005, 08:52 AM

Logos - Thank you! What a riot!

With some elastics, he would be The "chicken" of the month!

smilingtearz

11-22-2005, 01:40 PM

Speakin' a chickens..

http://www.subservientchicken.com/

tha was awesome!!

AimusSage

11-22-2005, 02:23 PM

Jumping of the cliff, into the sea,
I fall flat on my face, you see,
it was just the edge of the sidewalk.

smilingtearz

11-22-2005, 02:31 PM

you have to be free from worries to be happy...
Why worry so much...does worry solve problems?

starrwriter

11-22-2005, 02:41 PM

you have to be free from worries to be happy...
Why worry so much...does worry solve problems?
For many people worrying is not a matter of choice. It's more like a reflex action or personality trait. Of course it doesn't solve a problem in and of itself, but neither does not worrying.

NNoah3

11-22-2005, 03:23 PM

For many people worrying is not a matter of choice. It's more like a reflex action or personality trait. Of course it doesn't solve a problem in and of itself, but neither does not worrying.

That remind me a mexican saying: "Si tiene solución para que se preocupa y si no tiene solución para que se preocupa".

Is like: If it could be solve for what to worry and if it couldn't be solve for what to worry also.

Koa

11-22-2005, 04:29 PM

I was exactly wondering whether I really do want to do a postgraduate course in the Uk or is it another stupid ideas of mine... but then if I dont try I'll feel that I should have tried... but then maybe I try and it's not what I really want...

Oh I am that kind of person who worries about anything...

Nightshade

11-22-2005, 05:27 PM

The only thing I will NOT tolerate is intolerance!

adilyoussef

11-22-2005, 08:21 PM

Yesterday when I was coming home, I walked under the rain. It was a cool day with little drops of rain. I felt so happy and so merry. If I have but one wish in my life and that wish could be realized, it would be that that moment would last forever.

NNoah3

11-22-2005, 08:31 PM

So beautiful Adilyoussef!!!!
I love these days also, walking under the rain, 'sighs'. Feeling the drops of water caring my face and the smell of wet soil.

Bongitybongbong

11-23-2005, 04:51 PM

Today my school had a pep rally and the freshmen were bashed at the rally. (not fist bashing but more of a chant) I even joined in even though I am a freshmen. Anyways, after the rally when I was talking to people, this guy said that we should have chanted back 1 and 7 because some football players started the chant, so chanting back last years record would be amusing.

Darlin

11-23-2005, 05:48 PM

November is a very exhausting month - ugh! I need sleep!

papayahed

11-23-2005, 07:05 PM

They'll be playing Alice's Restaurant on the radio tomorrow (Thanksgiving in the US), I'll have to remember to listen for it.

samercury

11-23-2005, 07:21 PM

November is a very exhausting month - ugh! I need sleep!

I agree with you 100% :yawnb:

We had a pep rally at our school today to.
...Thanksgiving is coming up ^0^

jakobin

11-23-2005, 09:36 PM

for those who enjoyed the Subservient Chicken, try the Subservient President http://www.subservientpresident.net/

starrwriter

11-24-2005, 03:34 AM

for those who enjoyed the Subservient Chicken, try the Subservient President http://www.subservientpresident.net/
Uh-oh. Expect to be chastised by Admin for making a political post. (Not that I disagree with the point of the website -- quite the contrary.)

Nightshade

11-24-2005, 07:22 AM

I had a random thought I really really did but not anymore!

AimusSage

11-24-2005, 09:52 AM

Waking up before the alarm makes the alarm quite redundant when it goes off.

Darlin

11-24-2005, 09:53 AM

I should be writing my 2,000 + words this morning before the festivities begin but I’m goofing off here. Mercy me!

kilted exile

11-24-2005, 07:59 PM

I am effectively paying my own salary

Scheherazade

11-24-2005, 09:02 PM

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)

French (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4338028.stm)

History (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4378648.stm)

Charles Dickens Quiz (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4399744.stm)

Classical Music Quiz (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4440236.stm) Shakespeare Test (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4462964.stm)

emily655321

11-24-2005, 09:55 PM

English: 20/20
Math: 15/20
Physics: 5/12
French: 6/12 :(
History: 6/12
Charles Dickens: 9/12
Classical Music: 6/10
Shakespeare: 7/10

Nightshade

11-25-2005, 06:24 AM

Shakespeare Test (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4462964.stm)
Alas only six out of 10
:D

starrwriter

11-25-2005, 12:55 PM

Shakespeare Test (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4462964.stm)
I got a perfect score on every test. I swear.

Can you spell G-E-N-I-U-S?

smilingtearz

11-25-2005, 01:20 PM

chicken rolls are really yummy...anyone here ever tried indian food??

NNoah3

11-25-2005, 02:42 PM

I would wish, I could transport me to where my thoughts are, instead of being sitting in front of the computer at work. :)

samercury

11-25-2005, 05:33 PM

Life is funny :lol:

Bongitybongbong

11-25-2005, 06:24 PM

No one like my idea of quad jousting. :(

jakobin

11-25-2005, 06:27 PM

haha quad jousting, lovely.

its raining and i have to cook a BBQ later on.....

samercury

11-26-2005, 04:11 PM

Why are smilies soooo fascinating? :D :nod: :eek: :eek2: :) ;) :yawnb: :p

papayahed

11-26-2005, 07:31 PM

I wasn't going to go shopping the day after Thanksgiving, but my mom was in town so we decided to go...I was planning on hating every minute of it. But, boy was that fun!!!! The sales were great and the crowds weren't bad. Next year I'm going to be way more prepared. Comfy shoes, less cumbersome clothing, smaller purse...

Koa

11-27-2005, 12:00 PM

took History test... 5/12 :eek: *not so prepared on British history* ;)

Pensive

11-27-2005, 12:29 PM

Curiousity....

mono

11-27-2005, 03:12 PM

The weather gets so depressing without Daylight Saving's Time, while the sun sets so early. I never considered myself much of a night-person anyway. :(

Nightshade

11-27-2005, 05:01 PM

what is the roots of the word romance and romantic, and what do they actually mean. I mean at one point it meant to tell a story etc. Then we had ROmantic as in the romantic age with byron keats etc etc so what does the word itself literally mean without the afixed meaning? Submarine literally means below sea sub terrain below earth so romance, anyone?

Taliesin

11-28-2005, 12:29 PM

Romance is an old world for novel. (you know, in Estonian, there novel is called "romaan" and short story "novell" which often causes trouble to people)

We think it has something to do with the fact that they started writing books in their native tongues - and the most books at that time were written in countries where Romance languages where the native tongues. (french, italian, spanish, portuguese are the most well-known Romance languages)

Scheherazade

11-28-2005, 12:36 PM

http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/umedia/20051128/cp.d8a65f2c5b9c6df94e5bf0091ce9ad06

AimusSage

11-28-2005, 12:41 PM

In spain no one can hear me sing, since I am not there. That is a good thing, since I am a really bad singer.

smilingtearz

11-28-2005, 01:18 PM

Red the color of passion
Pink the color for joy
Green for prosperity
Yellow for friendship
White for peace!

Nightshade

11-28-2005, 02:01 PM

mono

11-28-2005, 06:07 PM

An impression of simple, applied mathematics for the day:

Empty stomach + too much coffee = stomach ache, hyperactivity, and rambling. :rolleyes:

samercury

11-28-2005, 09:12 PM

:bawling:......

Shea

11-28-2005, 09:13 PM

I'm getting really tired of wearing sandals all the time and no jacket, when all I see around me is Holiday stuff. When is it going to get cold and stay that way! :(

starrwriter

11-28-2005, 10:43 PM

Empty stomach + too much coffee = stomach ache, hyperactivity, and rambling.
Coffee is the bane of America. It causes verbal (and bodily) diarrhea, anxiety>paranoia, and delusions of sleepless grandeur. I quit drinking coffee 25 years ago. Now I have ONE cup of English Breakfast Tea in the morning and I feel so much more sane.

Nightshade

11-29-2005, 01:48 AM

:bawling:......

Oh no cheerup please:D:D:D

I have to quit sharing a room with my little sister so I can switch the heating off and sleep a whole night.-- Or I could give her 2, or 3 more blankets.

Koa

11-29-2005, 11:20 AM

Romance is an old world for novel. (you know, in Estonian, there novel is called "romaan" and short story "novell" which often causes trouble to people)

Same here:
novel = romanzo
short story = novella

**********************************

Since yesterday, I am a graduate (who doesnt want to grow up). And with the highest grade :D:D:D Which I hope will help me getting through some door a bit more easily, but that has to be proven yet...:rolleyes:

Pensive

11-29-2005, 11:45 AM

In Urdu, it is:

Novel = Navel

Short Story = Choti Kahani

Kaltrina

11-29-2005, 11:52 AM

Romance is an old world for novel. (you know, in Estonian, there novel is called "romaan" and short story "novell" which often causes trouble to people)

it's the same in Albanian.
Novel : Roman
Short story: Novel

smilingtearz

11-29-2005, 02:35 PM

here's an arabic word..AKIK...could anyone tell me the meaning?

papayahed

11-29-2005, 07:34 PM

Holy carp! How did I get 2100 posts??

baddad

11-29-2005, 07:43 PM

Holy carp! How did I get 2100 posts??

......your.......hmmm.....what word, what word.....oh, yes! Your old........

samercury

11-29-2005, 09:40 PM

This is not my idea .........

Mortis Anarchy

11-29-2005, 11:07 PM

....empty space...

baddad

11-30-2005, 03:05 AM

I miss the Foolonthehill. He was always good for a great laugh. Sometimes a good laugh is all we need.....

smilingtearz

11-30-2005, 07:50 AM

laughter's the best medicine :lol: :lol: :lol:
i want to LAUGH!!

Nightshade

11-30-2005, 08:52 AM

here's an arabic word..AKIK...could anyone tell me the meaning?
depends what kind of a and what kind of k it is but what it sounds like to me is the egyptien common /slang verb for mess jumble for example when my dad dfecides to mix spinach and peas in whit his pasta everyone starts to look for somthing else to cook because he is auking ( which i s not a really word since Im adding the engklish ing tothe end of an arabic word) or bee-akik which is just to say hes making a messor a muddle of somthing.

I bet doesnt make sense anyway it could have another meaning in Proper/ classic arabic that Im not aware of.

For instance Lawn means colour in classic arabic but in some dilects asking whats your color means how are you.

:D

Nightshade

11-30-2005, 02:52 PM

I think this needs a bit of backwords looking.. anyway so I had to do this paper on the color purple and Richardson's Pamela, last year.
so I google while I was researching pamela anderson among other things and well I didnt get the pamela I was thinking of I got the ahh other one. Anyway so she was on the tv recently and it suddely occured to me do you think the names delibrate? I mean considering the scandal the book caused and Pamela's (richardson's that is) ahh what the word Im looking for charms? and then of course there was Shamela???
just a thought......

quite random really
:D

Scheherazade

11-30-2005, 10:33 PM

http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/umedia/20051130/cp.a5c2cc11f8429c25193e0dbf683b5462

Stanislaw

12-01-2005, 05:26 PM

I miss the Foolonthehill. He was always good for a great laugh. Sometimes a good laugh is all we need.....

ai, so do I. He was a good chap!

adilyoussef

12-01-2005, 08:25 PM

Sometimes I feal like being cursed forever, sometimes never. I feal death approaching. Shall I ever be in peace. Shall I ever rest in peace. Here I'm now, but tomorrow who will know. Darkness is all around me that I cry. All the doors are locked. HOPE! That all I'm left with.

Nightshade

12-02-2005, 11:10 AM

I was just going through my sonnets a day (15 unread :eek: ) btw did I ever say thanks Chris??
Anyway so Im looking at this soonet
XXIX.

When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,
I all alone beweep my outcast state
And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries
And look upon myself and curse my fate,
Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
Featured like him, like him with friends possess'd,
Desiring this man's art and that man's scope,
With what I most enjoy contented least;
Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,
Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
Like to the lark at break of day arising
From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate;
For thy sweet love remember'd such wealth brings
That then I scorn to change my state with kings.
And it made me think of Oscar wilde
-----------just a random thought!-------

AimusSage

12-02-2005, 01:52 PM

When the night comes down and the lights go out, I move around on my sled, 'till the darkness and I have met.

Pensive

12-02-2005, 02:02 PM

Memory Remains...

Does it?

Shea

12-02-2005, 08:27 PM

I'm so happy that its finally somewhat cold here. I love snuggling inside when it's cold outside! I wish fireplaces were more common here.

starrwriter

12-02-2005, 09:38 PM

I'm so happy that its finally somewhat cold here. I love snuggling inside when it's cold outside!
I'm huddling inside under the air conditioner because it's still hot and humid in Honolulu. We have two seasons in Hawaii: summer and two weeks around late January/early February when the overnight low temp gets all the way down to 68.

Basil

12-02-2005, 10:08 PM

Oh, do you live in Hawaii?

starrwriter

12-02-2005, 10:15 PM

Oh, do you live in Hawaii?
Ever since 1972, but I spent most of my years in a rainforest which is much cooler than a big city like Honolulu.

samercury

12-02-2005, 11:18 PM

It's finally Friday! crying with happiness

Shea

12-03-2005, 10:34 AM

I'm huddling inside under the air conditioner because it's still hot and humid in Honolulu. We have two seasons in Hawaii: summer and two weeks around late January/early February when the overnight low temp gets all the way down to 68.

Boy, that's worse than Florida! I don't think anyone will ever catch me desiring to visit Hawaii. :p

Pensive

12-03-2005, 10:39 AM

Bang Bang.........Bang Bang..............Bang Bang.............Bang Bang...

samercury

12-03-2005, 12:52 PM

hehehehehehehehehehehehe :(

starrwriter

12-03-2005, 01:07 PM

Boy, that's worse than Florida! I don't think anyone will ever catch me desiring to visit Hawaii.
South Florida summers were hotter than Hawaii. The highest temp ever recorded in Honolulu was 92. Tradewinds prevent the heat from rising any higher.

Nightshade

12-03-2005, 01:32 PM

radishes are neat :D

starrwriter

12-03-2005, 02:33 PM

radishes are neat.
Radishes look neat, but they're horse food. (Horse radish, get it?) They give me heartburn if I eat them.

Nightshade

12-03-2005, 04:02 PM

I LOVE horseradish sauce on toast with brussel sprouts (my dinner tonight) with potatos , yorkshire puddings, burgers, hotdogs, anything really

:D

starrwriter

12-03-2005, 04:11 PM

I LOVE horseradish sauce on toast with brussel sprouts (my dinner tonight)
Oh my God. Are you sure you won't need your stomach pumped?

To my taste buds, British cuisine is the worst in the world. I once ate a steak and kidney pie that lodged in my bowels for days. The only edible British food is fish and chips.

Nightshade

12-03-2005, 04:14 PM

Well Ive never had steak and kidney pie I refuse to eat an organ that stores and filters body waste. Liver is good though
and no I have an Egyptien stomach witch means among other things Im immune to salomnela and unless its actually got fur and startinng to move food poisning
:D

kilted exile

12-03-2005, 04:14 PM

To my taste buds, British cuisine is the worst in the world. I once ate a steak and kidney pie that lodged in my bowels for days. The only edible British food is fish and chips.

Sacriledge. British food is excellent. Toad in the hole, yorkshire pudding, Bangers and mash with onion gravy - all superb.

Nightshade

12-03-2005, 04:20 PM

Sacriledge. British food is excellent. Toad in the hole, yorkshire pudding, Bangers and mash with onion gravy - all superb.
Sttttttttop it now! Dieter here and youre killing me !!!!!!!!
hey do you like sprouts and full sunday roasts?? I love cooking roasts with mash and roast parsnips and roast potatos swede sprouts, yorkshire pudd, gravey *dilbratly pilling it on in revenge here* carrots, sweet corn, peas

starrwriter

12-03-2005, 04:35 PM

hey do you like sprouts and full sunday roasts?? I love cooking roasts with mash and roast parsnips and roast potatos swede sprouts, yorkshire pudd, gravey *dilbratly pilling it on in revenge here* carrots, sweet corn, peas
Gah! Don't you ever eat traditional Egyptian cuisine? I've never tried North African desert food, but there must be some delicious dishes. Scrambled camel eggs with kif garnish or something?

starrwriter

12-03-2005, 04:38 PM

Sacriledge. British food is excellent. Toad in the hole, yorkshire pudding, Bangers and mash with onion gravy - all superb.
Okay, I'll bite. What is toad in the hole? (I know what Scottish bangers are -- mystery meat/slaughterhouse floor droppings soaked in saturated fat.)

Nightshade

12-03-2005, 04:44 PM

Gah! Don't you ever eat traditional Egyptian cuisine? I've never tried North African desert food, but there must be some delicious dishes. Scrambled camel eggs with kif garnish or something?
sure I do Mahshee ( stuffed vegtables) humus, 'bird tounge' soup (its a type of pasta) rice and vermichelli
spoicy chicken *eyes glaze* stuffed pigeon, kofta, shawarmma
okra, baked abgiens
asyedey which is a fish dish....................

Shea

12-03-2005, 06:36 PM

I tried haggis when I was in Scotland. I'd probably get it again but I would have to share it with someone. I had a difficult time eating the whole thing because it was so heavily spiced. I met a woman there from Canada but who was Scottish. Her family did the Burns Supper every January. She was a big Burns fan and could quote a lot of his poetry. Including this one which of course is a ritual for the Burns Supper. You're actually supposed to talk to the haggis while reciting this.

Address to a Haggis by Robert Burns

Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face,
Great chieftain o' the puddin'-race!
Aboon them a' ye tak yer place,
Painch, tripe, or thairm:
Weel are ye wordy o' a grace
As lang's my airm.

The groaning trencher there ye fill,
Your hurdies like a distant hill,
Your pin wad help to mend a mill
In time o need,
While thro your pores the dews distil
Like amber bead.

His knife see rustic Labour dicht,
An cut you up wi ready slicht,
Trenching your gushing entrails bricht,
Like onie ditch;
And then, Oh what a glorious sicht,
Warm-reekin, rich!

Then, horn for horn, they stretch an strive:
Deil tak the hindmaist, on they drive,
Till a' their weel-swall'd kytes belyve
Are bent like drums;
Then auld Guidman, maist like to rive,
'Bethankit' hums.

Is there that ower his French ragout,
Or olio that wad staw a sow,
Or fricassee wad mak her spew
Wi perfect sconner,
Looks down wi' sneering, scornfu view
On sic a dinner?

Poor devil! see him ower his trash,
As feckless as a wither'd rash,
His spindle shank a guid whip-lash,
His nieve a nit:
Thro bloody flood or field to dash,
Oh how unfit!

But mark the Rustic, haggis-fed,
The trembling earth resounds his tread,
Clap in his wallie nieve a blade,
He'll make it whissle;
An legs an arms, an heads will sned,
Like taps o thrissle.

Ye Pow'rs, wha mak mankind your care,
And dish them out their bill o fare,
Auld Scotland wants nae skinking ware
That jaups in luggies:
But, if ye wish her gratefu prayer,
Gie her a Haggis!

Retrieved from "http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Address_to_a_Haggis"

Shea

12-03-2005, 07:04 PM

My husband's so funny! He's been working on a christmas village complete with mountain range and roads (it's his seasonal hobby). The funny part is that there is a set of 'people' figures that my mom gave me, and there is a new set that he bought to scale for the buildings. I told him that his people look like hobbits and mine look like the race of men! :lol:

papayahed

12-03-2005, 07:37 PM

I have a Chistmas Village I usually put up, I bust out the Christmas Tunes and a little vino and decorate. This year I really have no place to put it, so I guess I'll skip the decorating and do everything else...

On a brigther note a vendor sent a small christmas tree to the guy in the office next to mine. Shopping today I found some small Star Wars ornaments that will be perfect for that tree!!!

Scheherazade

12-03-2005, 11:46 PM

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)

French (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4338028.stm)

History (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4378648.stm)

Charles Dickens Quiz (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4399744.stm)

Classical Music Quiz (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4440236.stm)

Shakespeare Quiz (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4462964.stm) For all the Chemistry Lovers out there! (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4483212.stm)

baddad

12-04-2005, 12:03 AM

...Rock'n rythme and blues baby, thats the real ticket........life is good..........

Koa

12-04-2005, 12:14 PM

For all the Chemistry Lovers out there! (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4483212.stm)

I'll definitely pass on this one... :sick:

papayahed

12-04-2005, 12:17 PM

For all the Chemistry Lovers out there! (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4483212.stm)

AHHHH!!!! Where do I turn in my "I Love Chemistry" pin? I got 5 out of 10. I'm so ashamed. :bawling: :blush: :brickwall :confused:

Koa

12-04-2005, 02:26 PM

This forum is so slow sometimes...

AimusSage

12-04-2005, 05:36 PM

9/10 those were some hard questions though, good thing I used to pay attention in class.

samercury

12-04-2005, 06:17 PM

Results:.....7/10 :(

Those questions were hard.....

emily655321

12-04-2005, 06:21 PM

4/10. I always hated Chemistry ... it's like math, only worse. :lol:

Shea

12-04-2005, 09:00 PM

3/10 for music, believe it or not. I've been focusing more on folk tunes and I tend to play by ear.

Nightshade

12-04-2005, 10:05 PM

no matter how home like it feels the internet is NOT home!!!

*have to rember that*

samercury

12-04-2005, 11:14 PM

It's NOT!!!! :eek2:

Nightshade

12-05-2005, 05:19 AM

ts not not home? or its not home *shock*??

B-Mental

12-05-2005, 07:05 AM

a sauce is made from the ink of the octopus and then served over it. Turns your teeth blue for hours.

Themis

12-05-2005, 07:44 AM

It's strange that there isn't a "Code for everyday-situations" because that would prove really useful sometimes. AND I could add an entry that goes like this "When you're about to take a shower and you see the cleaning lady standing next to the "shower compartments" with a big machine next to -her- and the only thing you understand from what she says is"Don't be afraid, please" - get suspicious!!

B-Mental

12-05-2005, 07:48 AM

lol....I can't believe that was written on a Monday.

Darlin

12-05-2005, 07:10 PM

This site has been incredibly slow lately. It’s a bit annoying. Wonder what’s up!

samercury

12-05-2005, 09:31 PM

Where did Dreaming Illusions go?

Nightshade

12-06-2005, 06:53 AM

CHoclate I want choclate!!!!!!!!!!

Nightshade

12-06-2005, 06:59 AM

Hey wheres kaltrina is she too sick to go to work today??

*worried smilie when I find one*

Taliesin

12-06-2005, 01:29 PM

http://www.landoverbaptist.org/ps2side.jpg

Here (http://www.landoverbaptist.org/news0104/ps2.html)

Riesa

12-06-2005, 01:43 PM

I can't believe I stepped in the cats canned food. Now it's all over my shoe and sock. I guess I better change them before I get cat food juice all over the house.

amuse

12-06-2005, 02:56 PM

ooh, tasty! ;)

who here ate cat food when they were little? the dry stuff, i mean.

(i did of course, when i wasn't eating cheese.)

Riesa

12-06-2005, 03:25 PM

hey amuse,
yes I'm guilty of eating cat food, it was salty. I also ate the horse food, it was pretty good. Sweet and Oaty. or should I say, full of oats. oh, yeah, and the alfalfa pellets weren't bad either.

papayahed

12-06-2005, 03:34 PM

I've eaten dog bones, the milk bone kind.

imaditzyreader

12-06-2005, 04:26 PM

hhmmmmm I have never had any of that. my whole family is alergic to all of that stuff... (i mean the animals, not the food)

a rather random thing that for me isnt really random- did y'all know that the quintessencial (yipes, is that right?) random # is 47. they even have a college dedicated to it, and a web site for it (47.net (i think))

oh ya...and why is it that wearing a cowboy hat makes the plainest men good looking??...teeheehee

Themis

12-06-2005, 05:19 PM

ooh, tasty! ;)

who here ate cat food when they were little? the dry stuff, i mean.

:blush: Only once though. *g* I wanted to know how it tasted.

Scheherazade

12-07-2005, 08:25 PM

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)

French (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4338028.stm)

History (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4378648.stm)

Charles Dickens Quiz (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4399744.stm)

Classical Music Quiz (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4440236.stm)

Shakespeare Quiz (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4462964.stm)

Chemistry (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4483212.stm)

Do you know your religions? (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4506562.stm)

Stanislaw

12-07-2005, 08:32 PM

Holy, those are tough quizes, only got a 7 on the religion one.

Nightshade

12-08-2005, 06:30 AM

CSI miami??
anyway random thought my roof is the meeting place for enemy cat gangs (on day I will post a picture....)

Pensive

12-08-2005, 08:41 AM

..........Cake..........

Shea

12-08-2005, 08:54 AM

My husband spiked some old potporri with 100% peppermint essential oil and put it in a glass in my car's cup holder. Now every time I go somewhere my sinuses are cleared!

smilingtearz

12-08-2005, 09:15 AM

blue and purple makes a wierd combination

Logos

12-08-2005, 09:24 AM

My husband spiked some old potporri with 100% peppermint essential oil and put it in a glass in my car's cup holder. Now every time I go somewhere my sinuses are cleared!

An excellent idea :D my cup holder is right in front of an air vent.

Shea

12-08-2005, 09:28 AM

If you use strong enough oil, trust me, you won't need a vent! :p Would have been nice if he'd warned me the first time I got back into my car! :eek2:

papayahed

12-08-2005, 03:34 PM

ack!! Why aren't we using teleportation like in Star Trek yet?? I took my car in today and it will cost a crap ton to get it fixed.

Nightshade

12-08-2005, 04:02 PM

I knew I should have gone to town and bought boots today now rain and no boots!
boooooooooooooo

samercury

12-08-2005, 11:22 PM

This is getting really annoying.....+_+

Shea

12-09-2005, 11:48 AM

My birds are so funny! When I give them fresh food and water, they "help" me by grabing hold of the dish and backing it back into the cage. :lol:

michela

12-09-2005, 12:08 PM

I know in usa it is used to refer to girls as something like "hot chicken" which is absolutely offensive to me anywau i must say that this horrible definition is used also in italy when "porks boys"say "pollastrelle" derived by POLLO which is in english chicken.
Anyway i'm quite sure it has nothing to do with the spanish chicas which just means girls.In spanish there's another word to refer to girls in that way but i can't remember which one is at the momnt, 'cause spanish is full of that kind of words...a really amazing language believe me!!

starrwriter

12-09-2005, 01:21 PM

I know in usa it is used to refer to girls as something like "hot chicken" which is absolutely offensive to me anywau i must say that this horrible definition is used also in italy when "porks boys"say "pollastrelle" derived by POLLO which is in english chicken.
I see we are back to the origin of the English slang chick for girl.

In American slang there are many other nicknames for women you might find equally offensive: babe, hoochee mama, wet dream, broad, hog (as in trolling for hogs), bimbo, bimbette (young bimbo), baby factory, etc. Guys are hunks, boy toys, muscle heads, walking paychecks, testosterone junkies, etc.

The war between the sexes (as writer James Thurber called it) is revealed in slang language.

papayahed

12-11-2005, 07:44 PM

Three definitions of the term chick:

Definition:
A young woman, particularly an attractive young woman.

Example:
1) I like Holly -- she's a cool chick!

Etymology:
A 'chick' is literally a young chicken or any baby bird. The use of 'chick' to refer to a young woman comes from 1920s African-American slang.

chick

(Zoology) A young bird.
(specifically) A young chicken.
(slang) A (beautiful) woman.

chick n 1. a female. The term is considered offensive by many females, but is used by other females to describe themselves (e.g. "biker chicks.") female

Something else I learned that I found quite interesting is the fact that "biddy" is also a chicken. As in that old "biddy" ought to mind her own business.

papayahed

12-11-2005, 07:49 PM

but I digress.

Does anyone else find it funny that the banner add says: "Don't Read"? I know it's an add for audio something - but still it's very doric. :lol:

So does anyone else have a problem with the term "chick"? Do I need to consider changing my thing up there? It took me this long to get one... :brickwall

Nightshade

12-11-2005, 07:59 PM

ibsen

12-11-2005, 07:59 PM

i wish a worled without the bush's cruel capitalism

starrwriter

12-11-2005, 09:29 PM

Three definitions of the term chick ...
You mean a chick can't be uggo? Biker chicks usually are.

Virgil

12-11-2005, 09:40 PM

Shea

12-12-2005, 01:22 AM

Why I am very very happy today!
a) I dropped at least 2 shirt sizes in 5 weeks and I now have a niceish waist :D
B) I HAVE new BOOTS!!! the first I ever earned my self
c) tommorow Im getting cheese cake and going out with grownupos as a grown up :eek:
d) Tommorow Im getting to eat Potatoes

Life is good

:D :nod:

Congrats on your weight loss! :nod: I need to lose about 20 pounds myself! :rolleyes:

Are potatoes rare where you come from? or are you rewarding yourself for a successful diet?

Nightshade

12-12-2005, 07:53 AM

Potatoes are banned on the diet and I do love them.
No Im going out to a retersaut for dinner with the people from work.

:D
and diets not over yet still have 7 weeks to go.

papayahed

12-12-2005, 10:41 AM

You mean a chick can't be uggo? Biker chicks usually are.

I just gave 3 definitions, I did say they were all the definitions.

AimusSage

12-12-2005, 04:34 PM

Potatoes are banned on the diet and I do love them.
No Im going out to a retersaut for dinner with the people from work.

:D
and diets not over yet still have 7 weeks to go.

You know, regular exercise is the best and healtiest way to loose weight, and you can still eat the food you like. A temporary diet is usually of little use. When the diet is over the weight often comes back because old eating habbits are taken up again, amongst other reasons.

Regular exercise on the other hand raises the metabolic rate and thus increases the burning of energy. You'll also feel more energetic during the day by doing this. But I am sure you know all of this.

Anyway, temporary diet = bad, regular exercise = good.

A combination of a good (permanent)diet and regular exercise is the best.

Koa

12-12-2005, 04:38 PM

. Guys are [...] walking paychecks

LOL love this one :D

Well I actually thought that chick comes from the Spanish chica... but it got a different meaning in English as chica is neutral I suppose, as michela said... you know, semantic sliding or whatever it's called in English (slittamento semantico ;))

The one I've always found too funny is 'bimbo'. That is a word for 'child' in Italian, even a quite sweet one in some contexts. I think I'll never be able to prononuce that in the English sense ;)

AimusSage

12-12-2005, 04:49 PM

Just remember when you eat an egg that it could have been a chick if the chicken had been seeing a ****. A rooster then (what sillyness) Well pooh, I can't say that word for male chicken?

Scheherazade

12-12-2005, 09:12 PM

http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/umedia/20051211/cp.292b30f49396592a54933765472c59a0

Nightshade

12-13-2005, 06:02 AM

You know, regular exercise is the best and healtiest way to loose weight, and you can still eat the food you like. A temporary diet is usually of little use. When the diet is over the weight often comes back because old eating habbits are taken up again, amongst other reasons.

Regular exercise on the other hand raises the metabolic rate and thus increases the burning of energy. You'll also feel more energetic during the day by doing this. But I am sure you know all of this.

Anyway, temporary diet = bad, regular exercise = good.

A combination of a good (permanent)diet and regular exercise is the best.
Yeah I know the diet involves excersise everyday, then goes off on a diet for life with excersises.
thing is Ive never done excersises in my life so the real purpose in the diet was to get healthy.