Random Thought of the Day

[ajoe]

NOT AGAIN! ARGHGHGH, who invented the saxophone? I'd like to meet him so I could kill him. :mad::mad::mad:

[Shore Dude]

Jester went and got mail for the library :P Jester sees that classes may be boring and offered no usefull information to anthropology and instead has been focusing on gathering sleep since insomnia struck again last night. jester is desperatly tired but if sleeps now she'll be up all night like last night which is not good but bound to happen becuase writing makes her hyper and overactive and wide awake despite having lain in bed for two hours after the story first took shape. Anyone else suffers from hyperactivity caused by writing like Jester? Make her think she should write in the monrin instead of the evening but that's when she gets the urge to write....

(third person is so wierd...)

aLl wOrK aNd NO pLAy MakEs jEStEr a DuLl gIrL
AlL wORk AnD nO PlaY mAkEs JeSTer a dUlL GIrl
alL WOrk aND no PLAy MAkeS JEsTeR A DulL gIRl
aLl woRk aND No plaY maKeS jEsteR a duLl GIrL

[imthefoolonthehill]

ajoe... i think i know what you are talking about... the lizard was a better idea.... but i have never heard such extensive advertiseing campaigns by non-politicians

[papayahed]

arrr it all started with a bunch a punk ninjas, they won the poll an we went into hiding, now the pirates be back to claim the ... everything.


wow I remember that poll from when I first got here. I feel like an old timer now.

[papayahed]

aLl wOrK aNd NO pLAy MakEs jEStEr a DuLl gIrL
AlL wORk AnD nO PlaY mAkEs JeSTer a dUlL GIrl
alL WOrk aND no PLAy MAkeS JEsTeR A DulL gIRl
aLl woRk aND No plaY maKeS jEsteR a duLl GIrL


Heeeerrrrrrrrreeeeeeesssss Jester.

[Stanislaw]

http://www.ishop.co.uk/ishop/images/982/ha39_out.jpg

here be a present.

[Taliesin]

NOT AGAIN! ARGHGHGH, who invented the saxophone? I'd like to meet him so I could kill him. :mad::mad::mad:

We believe that the gentleman is called A. Sax but We are afraid that he is dead already.

Don't blame him. If he hadn't invented that marvellous instrument, then your neighbour might be playing tuba.

[Stanislaw]

or an acordian!!!!

[amuse]

i just had this horrible revelation today: if you divide 22 by 7 you get 3.14, specifically 3.142857, with the 142857 repeated endlessly. my instructor confirmed this and asked me where i got 3.14159. well, grampa was a math teacher. he was like, "22/7 is pi. It is 3.14" i know this. but 3.142857 is not pi, so where did 3.14159 etc. come from??? *bewildered emoticon.* you see how i spend class time? :D

[Taliesin]

Well, you cannot express pi as q/p, where q and p are full numbers. 22/7 is about pi.

3,141...... you can get it from a lots of places.

For example, draw straight parallel lines at a paper with the distance between two lines is 2n. Take needle which's length is n. Drop it on the paper manymany times. The relationship between the times when the needle touches a line and when it does not, should be pi.

Also there was somewhere smth like (1-1/3+1/5-1/7....)*4=pi

We don't remember if the things are accurate, but they're something like that.

[Stanislaw]

http://www.mit.edu/people/darviso/images/cool/homer-pi-lisa.jpg

mmmmm, 3.14

[papayahed]

pi - the ratio of a circle's circumference to it's diameter.

[Scheherazade]

pi - the ratio of a circle's circumference to it's diameter.

I concur........

[Jester]

no math no math no math, jester not have to think about math for another month utnil winter courses began. Don't remind jester that math is integral part of world, she be stuck to her neck in projects allready...

Ture true, Jester'll admits she's a dull girl.... too much time lookin at the computer screen writin to the wee rays of early mornin only to find she has twenty minutes to class and must hurry and once there suffer from pangs of hunger and drift to sleep on lectures about autonomy of the incompetant... but jester ain't complainin, much better then wakin to a yellin mother, "You're still in bed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" with a red angry face stickin her head through th door at a snoozing jester...

lIfe is better, more time to do what jester wants. :banana:

[amuse]

hey, i just read that needle thing! right here. http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/58288.html (am going to send it to my prof.)
your dull life sounds magnificent. :D i wish i was there already! 5 more weeks. or is it 6...
thanks for your help. i fell asleep in high school trig (right after lunch, you see) and here i am years later back at the beginning. ergh. but i love math again. all's well that end's well.

and a lovely little shakespeare segue - whoo-hooh, am tickled! back to lit.

[imthefoolonthehill]

SPEAKING OF PI... Oh boy in math today... we ... like x^3 + x^2 +5x + 3 =f(x).... or something close to that... and on (0, infinity) and then....

we swung it around 360 degrees... and found the area of that shape... (there was an assymptote it approached at 0) anyways... the answer was pi units cubed.

it was cool.

... yes... i just said that math was cool. don't shoot me. I usually get headaches at around 8:30 because of my morning Calculus class.

[ajoe]

Oh, I thought that was Precalculus.
Calculus in general just sucks. I know how to do the stuff but I'm never gonna know how to use it in real life.

[papayahed]

Oh, I thought that was Precalculus.
Calculus in general just sucks. I know how to do the stuff but I'm never gonna know how to use it in real life.



AHHHHHHHHH!!!! I love Math. You have a formula and a couple of rules and you can solve anything. It's black and white, there's nothing to dispute. It's simple in it's elegance.

[ajoe]

You mean Math or Calculus?

[papayahed]

All of it, Math and everything that falls under it: Calc, Trig, Linear Alg, Diff Eq, Algrebra.....

Your talking to the person who has a "Math a Day" calender.

[Scheherazade]

All of it, Math and everything that falls under it: Calc, Trig, Linear Alg, Diff Eq, Algrebra.....

Your talking to the person who has a "Math a Day" calender.

Ah, anoher fellow geek! :D
What do you do, Papaya? :)

[papayahed]

Ah, anoher fellow geek! :D
What do you do, Papaya? :)

Yeah!! :wave: :nod:
I'm a Chemical Engineer.

And You, Scheherazade?

[Scheherazade]

I am a humble teacher (lucky for the Science of Chemistry, I don't teach that subject :D).

[papayahed]

I don't think humble belongs in front of teacher.

What subject(s)?

[Scheherazade]

English, Maths and IT. Adults.

[papayahed]

Sounds pretty cool.

[Jay]

shhhhh, people are getting inferiority complexes *points at self* around brainy people *points at you two... and all around actually* lol :p

[Scheherazade]

*looks around to see the brainy people*
Ah I see, you are refering to Papaya :nod:

[Jay]

Well, if Papaya's went all 'we' as well... or maybe Papaya and Hed?
Nah... hey, don't ruin my opinion about teachers, they're supposed to be brainy ;), wouldn't be able to look at the wackos (no offense :)) the same way as before :p

[Scheherazade]

*changes the subject*
So hows the weather over there? :p

[Jay]

*pouts* ;)
It was a bit chilly this week... though it was a bit warmer today, lol

[ajoe]

I just realized that about a year ago I never once lol-ed. When did I change and why, I wonder.

[Jay]

Well, before I get to know internet communities I had no idea such a thing as lol existed, took me about ... amonth? maybe, getting used to using it.

[Jay]

Oh yeah, I lol nowaydays a bit too often... even when I'm not typing. Scary. ... though... not really

[Scheherazade]

Talking of 'haha'... What's the difference is between a 'haha' and a 'hehe' (apart from vowels)? Last night a friend and I discussed this for about an hour. :rolleyes: I know, I know... We need to get a life.
See my wish for Christmas: http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3366

[ajoe]

haha = "Whoa, that's funny stuff!"
hehe = "Funny stuff."
hoho = evil laugh (strangely it's also Santa Claus's)

[Scheherazade]

To me:
haha = LOL
hehe = chuckle
hoho = sarcastic pretend laugh (not evil though)
muhahaha = evil laugh

[Jay]

Well, know a lass who 'ihihi's ;), don't care as long as I can understand it's a sound of laughter and not someone going all alien

[ajoe]

Come to think of it, I hoho sometimes. That's kind of my chuckle. My pretend polite laugh sounds more like hahah, while my genuine laugh is HAHAHAAH.

[ajoe]

Well, know a lass who 'ihihi's ;), don't care as long as I can understand it's a sound of laughter and not someone going all alien

I don't know why, but when I read this I bursted out ihihihiing.

[Scheherazade]

hihi reminds of old women giggling...

[Jay]

*bows* at your servise ajoe :D

can't really see a difference if people haha, hehe, hihi, hoho, huhu, hrhrhr... whatever

Schez: hihi... giggling... ? see what I mean or I'm the alien here now? :p (hinty, there seems to be something the i's are doing...)

[ajoe]

Which reminds me, there are people who laugh kekeke. That one doesn't follow the trend.
Hey, maybe I should do that just so I be kind of almost unique. ;)

[Jay]

LOL, changing one's way of laughing is the most... silly thing to do! lol
And in my opinion it's not really possible :)

[ajoe]

I think we actually have a whole page discussing how to laugh.

A thought: I just checked my hotmail account and am shocked that it went from 2 MB to 250 MB. Cool, I don't have to keep deleting junk mails from now on. Kekekke...

[Jay]

REALLY??? *checks own hotmail account*...
*edit*
AWWWWWWWWWWWWWW, mean things, still on 2 megs *pouts*

[ajoe]

Kekkeke (<-- I'm getting used to this already :p), the other account where I signed up saying I live in some other country still has only 2 MB. Maybe that's the case with yours? ;)

[Jay]

Well, I think I'd keep just this one as being on one MSNM is enough ;), Yahell 100MB inbox is enough ... for now ;)
Thanks for the tip though :)

[ajoe]

Yahell? Do you mean Yahoo?
And what's Thstnks? Are you trying to start a new thtyle here? :p

Geez, I have too many e-mail accounts, but it's too late and I can't delete them. :D

[Jay]

Ahem, sue me, I can't type... but I have an excuse, it's 4am! lol, I'm allowed to be sleep-typing ;)

[amuse]

bit late here, but in one of george macdonald's fairy tales - "The Light Princess" - a witch (i believe) went through all the haha's, hehe's, hihi's, hoho's, huhu's. very weird and creepy yet funny. must check which tale that was at some point.

[imthefoolonthehill]

i just realized that of the 5 or 6 women that i've hated at some point in my life 3 have become really good friends.... i should start hating more women or something....

...or maybe not.

[Jester]

anybody know any remedies for insomia that doesn't involve milk or alcohol... cant have either... :yawnb:

[Shore Dude]

Have you tried counting sheep?

[imthefoolonthehill]

when i can't sleep, i... don't sleep. lol...

try listening to music and pushups... i try to make myself tired pushups and punching bag.... works about half the time... and the other half of the time... i feel less stressed.

[papayahed]

Why are radio stations playing Christmas music already????? A station around here has already gone to an all Christmas format. What about thanksgiving????? Where's the thanksgiving music???

[Jester]

dont think that kinda music exists.... what would it sound like????

[amuse]

jester you're at 333, make a wish!!! fast! :)

[Jester]

not anymore im not..... but jsut in case made a wish???? wow thre thre three, i've only been on teh forum for a month

[Jay]

Wonder how long it's gonna take for us to say:
Az, it's your post no 3.333! Make a wish! Fast! :D

[papayahed]

Well, I know two Thanks giving songs: Alice's Restaurant and Adam Sandlers Turkey song. There has to be more doesn't there? Maybe something like "The Pilgrim Rock" or "We three Pilgrims" or "O Cornucopia"......

[imthefoolonthehill]

A turkey for you, and a turkey for me, lets go eat turkey in a tree... DIG IT!

[papayahed]

You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant, excepting Alice.

[Shore Dude]

Wasn't the Copa Cabana about Thanksgiving?

[Scheherazade]

When is Thanks Giving anyway? :rolleyes:

[Jessika]

And what is it for? i mean, what do you celebrate that day?
i like to know about traditions :)

[papayahed]

Wasn't the Copa Cabana about Thanksgiving?

The great indian princess Lola, with yellow feathers in her hair......

[papayahed]

Thanskgiving falls on the last Thursday in November. The pilgrims celebrated the first Thanksgiving:

The Pilgrims were not in good condition. They were
living in dirt-covered shelters, there was a shortage of
food, and nearly half of them had died during the winter.
They obviously needed help and the two men were a welcome
sight. Squanto, who probably knew more English than any
other Indian in North America at that time, decided to stay
with the Pilgrims for the next few months and teach them
how to survive in this new place. He brought them deer meat
and beaver skins. He taught them how to cultivate corn and
other new vegetables and how to build Indian-style houses.
He pointed out poisonous plants and showed how other plants
could be used as medicine. He explained how to dig and cook
clams, how to get sap from the maple trees, use fish for
fertilizer, and dozens of other skills needed for their
survival.

By the time fall arrived things were going much better
for the Pilgrims, thanks to the help they had received. The
corn they planted had grown well. There was enough food to
last the winter. They were living comfortably in their
Indian-style wigwams and had also managed to build one
European-style building out of squared logs. This was their
church. They were now in better health, and they knew more
about surviving in this new land. The Pilgrims decided to
have a thanksgiving feast to celebrate their good fortune.
They had observed thanksgiving feasts in November as
religious obligations in England for many years before
coming to the New World.

[Scheherazade]

Thanks for the info Papaya :)
Do you know why is it especially on the last Thursday?

[Jessika]

Thanks :)
But, one more question, isn't there any controversy in Thanksgiving day? I have seen some ironic comments on that in some tv and radio programms, but i'm not sure. It's like the 12th of october here in spain (día de la hispanidad, hispanity day?). i dont like celebrating it because the spanish murdered a lot of native people in south america.. is there any paralelism? i mean, it's like celebrating colonialism to me.. or am i wrong?

Thanks for answering :)

[Jessika]

By the way, do you know where does the name Lola come from? *wonders if someone would be interested in that question* .. well, anyway lol i'll tell you: it comes from Dolores (=pain, grief, sorrow), a woman's name in spanish.

[Stanislaw]

Wow, I was gone for four days and you guys filled up three + pages. good work my padawans. :D

[imthefoolonthehill]

some things have lives of their own, diamterically opposed to any condescending methods of spelling. You just never know when out of the blue that stupid i before e rule will come up behind you with a chainsaw and hack off your shoulder blades... with a saw blades... then use the other blades to sharpen your nose.

[papayahed]

Thanks :)
But, one more question, isn't there any controversy in Thanksgiving day? I have seen some ironic comments on that in some tv and radio programms, but i'm not sure. It's like the 12th of october here in spain (día de la hispanidad, hispanity day?). i dont like celebrating it because the spanish murdered a lot of native people in south america.. is there any paralelism? i mean, it's like celebrating colonialism to me.. or am i wrong?

Thanks for answering :)

Thanksgiving has become more about being thankful for the good things in your life than a celebration of the pilgrims coming here. Sometimes there is the ironic comments but not many. But I can't really speak for the native American point of view.

[Jester]

what.... thanksgiving is about thanks.... oh i always assumed it was about turkey and cranberry and several different kind of potatoes ;)
http://www.blackdog.net/postcards/images/thanksgiving/th3c.jpg

[Stanislaw]

Ironically potatoes are not a european invention... they actually come from peru, something I learned today!

[subterranean]

is it just me or anyone else also noticed that Fool always posted interesting words


some things have lives of their own, diamterically opposed to any condescending methods of spelling. You just never know when out of the blue that stupid i before e rule will come up behind you with a chainsaw and hack off your shoulder blades... with a saw blades... then use the other blades to sharpen your nose.

[ajoe]

As according to the prophecy.

[imthefoolonthehill]

I'm flattened with flattery.

[subterranean]

just don't be cocky

[imthefoolonthehill]

its just gratifying to find a space, ramble, and know that at least one person reads it. Because even if what you say doesn't make sense to you, or anyone... it feels good to say it.

I'm reminded of that old soldier in One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest... who used to say that butter Is America, the Acorn is the U.S. Flag, the table, the chair, those are Mexico... etc..

[subterranean]

well yea, i do think we need to be irational sometimes..rambling on freely just for the sake of letting go what's inside your head

[Jay]

I was irrational only once... my whole life ;):p

[amuse]

Scheherazade, you should be able to replace "registered user" with a custom user title - if you're interested. :)

[papayahed]

I was irrational only once... my whole life ;):p


I was rational once. :goof:

[Scheherazade]

Scheherazade, you should be able to replace "registered user" with a custom user title - if you're interested. :)

Thanks!

How do I go aboud id? :goof:

[Jester]

I'm more on papaya's line of thought... rationality eludes me.

[amuse]

Thanks!

How do I go aboud id? :goof:
when you click on "User CP" up top, you'll see "Edit Profile."
"Custom User Title" is the first area where you can input optional info.

[imthefoolonthehill]

why are people so cautious when it comes to caution? The caution signs clearly dictate when they have to yeild, but no... they always have to take it so literally.

[subterranean]

so how do they suppose to take it Fool?

[papayahed]

Scheherazade, you should be able to replace "registered user" with a custom user title - if you're interested. :)

I've been racking my brain trying to come up with something to replace "registered user" but can't think of anything. Any ideas? Anybody?

[Jay]

you
I'm scared of the unknown.

Oh wow, didn't know I couldn't only quote as a post...

[Jester]

what.... oh.... random thought of the day..... where's the sun?

[subterranean]

I've been racking my brain trying to come up with something to replace "registered user" but can't think of anything. Any ideas? Anybody?


mortigi tempo...?!


just an idea ;)

[Basil]

I've been racking my brain trying to come up with something to replace "registered user" but can't think of anything. Any ideas? Anybody?

Here's one I was considering, but you can have it:

"Registered Loser"

But perhaps it has already been used . . .?

[subterranean]

Basil, who's that old lady in your avatar?

Just Curious

[imthefoolonthehill]

I think she's your stalker, sub.

[Basil]

Basil, who's that old lady in your avatar?


I think she's your stalker, sub.

Sub is being stalked by Eudora Welty?

[Taliesin]

Perhaps:

Free from Imagination

or

Any Suggestions?

[papayahed]

Here's one I was considering, but you can have it:

"Registered Loser"

But perhaps it has already been used . . .?


Are you calling me a loser??? hehehe

[papayahed]

Perhaps:

Free from Imagination

or

Any Suggestions?

You've given me an idea, how about "Space for rent"?

[Scheherazade]

What is the going rate for a place like that? :p

[papayahed]

:lol: Lot's , that's a high rent district!!

[Stanislaw]

How about: King K.Rule?

[Basil]

Are you calling me a loser??? hehehe

No, no . . . I was calling myself one--you could only use the term in the ironic sense, with quotation marks around it . . .

. . . and congrats on turning 500!

[Jester]

how about........... hmmmm.... . nevermind

[imthefoolonthehill]

so do ice cubes melt faster in 1000000001 degree heat than they do in 1000000000 degree heat?

[ajoe]

What will happen if you eat dry ice?

[baddad]

random thought for today......Re:imthefoolonthehill......yes. Re:ajoe.......burns.

[Scheherazade]

random thought for today......Re:imthefoolonthehill......yes. Re:ajoe.......burns.

burns what?

or what burns?

*gets silly*

Mr Burns?? :D

[Taliesin]

*gets silly*

What do you mean by GET? I was thinking by the quality of your posts that one cannot get more sillier but perhaps I am wrong.
After all, when some of your previous posts weren't considered silly, then what is silly? *is afraid* :eek:

But I think that baddad ment that if you eat dry ice you will get burns.

[Scheherazade]

After all, when some of your previous posts weren't considered silly, then what is silly? *is afraid* :eek:



Believe me, you don't wanna know... :p

And afraid you should be!

[imthefoolonthehill]

audioslave reminds me of three doors down... do they share any band members?

[papayahed]

audioslave reminds me of three doors down... do they share any band members?


What? I think you mean that three doors down reminds you of Audioslave. :mad:

[Jester]

love three doors down... missed the chance to see them in concert, didn't want to pay but so should have.

[imthefoolonthehill]

papayahead... they are listed alphabetically on my windows media player... thats all.

[subterranean]

audioslave reminds me of three doors down... do they share any band members?


not at all. the lead vocalist, chris cornell, was a former member of soundgarden. The drummer, bass and guitar players (kinda forgot their names ..Tom Morrelo..and 2 others) used to play in Rage Against The Machine.

Rage was an awesome band, genuine lyrics, great music, and high sense of social and political awareness.

[subterranean]

love three doors down... missed the chance to see them in concert, didn't want to pay but so should have.


eh...didn't want to pay ...huh?! ;)

[papayahed]

love three doors down... missed the chance to see them in concert, didn't want to pay but so should have.

I learned my lesson - I'm still mad I missed the first Loolapalooza!!!

[Jester]

yeah that and it was two hours from home, my brohter went and raved about it afterward... it was when lifehouse was playing thier intro band for them.

[Stanislaw]

Yeah, I missed weird al here in edmonton, I still sulk about that one!

[imthefoolonthehill]

I missed the Chilly Peppers in Frankfurt by like a week... i had to come home. :-(

[subterranean]

WHY SHOULD POST WITH SWEARINGS, INSULTS, BAD WORDS....HAVE TO BE DELETED..? C'MON FACE THE REALITY!!! WE'RE NO ANGELS, EVEN IF THIS IS A VIRTUAL WORLD, WE CAN'T PRETEND TO BE ONES.


Shhh..

[imthefoolonthehill]

subs a **** *************** ********** ********* ********** ********** *********** ***** *** ** ** * * **********

Shift + 8 is a great thing. :-D

[subterranean]

********************** ?????

Fool, you're so strange

[imthefoolonthehill]

:-) I try... no one can say I don't.

[Stanislaw]

WHY SHOULD POST WITH SWEARINGS, INSULTS, BAD WORDS....HAVE TO BE DELETED..? C'MON FACE THE REALITY!!! WE'RE NO ANGELS, EVEN IF THIS IS A VIRTUAL WORLD, WE CAN'T PRETEND TO BE ONES.


Shhh..

don't spaek out the thought police will get you.

[den]

Stanislaw and subterranean, and a few others ... I think you are being quite disrespectful and irrational at this point, with your distasteful siglines and sensationalising tactics to disrupt the harmony of these forums.

I hope it's not turning any newbies off when they first join.

I'm glad I'm not the only one here who has *no* issue whatsoever with the moderation of these forums.

Why don't you start your own forum?

Have no rules whatsoever, let people post whatever they want, let them run havoc through threads, flooding, hikacking and basically running things their own way.

Of course you will let them do that right? ;)

I guarantee you, that someone, somewhere, at some point, somehow, will end up pissing you off. You can't please everyone all the time.

I have yet to come across a forum of any signifigant traffic that does *not* have Mods or an Administrator who oversees and controls things to some extent.

I'm sorry you're so upset about all of this, does it also have anything to do with your quest to get a `Homework Requests' thread? because those bother you so much too?

Maybe it's time for some to step away from the comp and go outside and get a breath of fresh air :D




Quote:
Originally Posted by subterranean
WHY SHOULD POST WITH SWEARINGS, INSULTS, BAD WORDS....HAVE TO BE DELETED..? C'MON FACE THE REALITY!!! WE'RE NO ANGELS, EVEN IF THIS IS A VIRTUAL WORLD, WE CAN'T PRETEND TO BE ONES.

Quote: Stanislaw
Shhh..

don't spaek out the thought police will get you.
__________________
Logos, I am calling you. Why do you ban us, and lock our threads? Why do you shut us down and censor our thoughts. Why are you causing this place to be bled. Let us live and post our posts, this is an informal place, where no such militancy existed before. So let us go back to those carefree days, and do your job. Don't be power hungry because admin is gone. Respect us and we shall you.

My Blog!

[den]

Hmmm and I suppose this thread may be closed now too...

[imthefoolonthehill]

I hope not... I rather enjoy this thread.

I hope that we can restrict our complaints to Private Messages, be they valid or not, until desperate action needs to be taken... and so far... i see no need for desperate action...

I don't honestly care whether or not you guys have valid complaints or not... all i know is that its not too terribly important to everyone right now.... and i'm sure that a lot of us will appreciate it, me included, if we kept those complaints to the appropriate places.

[subterranean]

Den, i was just a little upset dats all..

Oh i think i should go the bath room now and weep

[Shea]

Ok, new random thought before I go, while vainly trying to respond to sub's quiz a while back (I forgot to copy and paste before I hit send and was bumped off), I was reminded of my Froggy Christmas CD (the most embarassing one I have). I put it on today for fun because it's rather cute, especially with the frogs singing Blue Christmas. My birds went crazy! They loved it! Now I feel I dug a hole, that I'll have to put that CD on every once in a while to make them happy. All I wanted was a mindless study break! :santasmil :p

[Stanislaw]

Lets not let a little strife rip us apart yall, lets live like the forum family we are. ;)

[amuse]

i was wondering today how much we actually see when we're awake and our eyes are "open"? because of the blinking.

and all of a sudden - it was so cool :D - i looked around and everyone was blinking.
and i wanted to tell them all, and have them pay attention but i refrained. it was so hard!!! :p

[Dunpeal]

ostracize: (coming from the Greek word ostrakon) to banish from a group, society, etc.

from Webster's New World Dictionary


"After 488 B.C., the Athenians began to make use of an instrument devised to protect the citizenry against overly ambitious politicians. Called ostracism, this practice enabled the members of the assembly to write on a broken pottery fragment (ostrakon) the name of the person they most disliked or considered most harmful to the polis. Frequently, this was a person whose policy, approved at first by the assembly, had failed. A person who received a majority (if at least six thousand votes were cast) was exiled for ten years, although the practical Athenians often recalled a man from exile if they needed him."

from Jackson J. Spielvogel's Western Civilization, Fifth Edition (volume A: to 1500)

[subterranean]

At the moment, i'm wondering about what is the most effective way to wipe someone out of your memory..:rolleyes:

[Scheherazade]

At the moment, i'm wondering about what is the most effective way to wipe someone out of your memory..:rolleyes:

If someone has hurt you or you dislike them enough to wish to erase them from your memory, it will actually be very difficult to do so. Simply because they affect you strongly and strong feelings and people who cause them are hard to ignore.

Good luck!

[subterranean]

Yea...maybe the only possible way is to drugged me off and brainwashed my head

Kitkat, why cant i pm you?

[Scheherazade]

Yea...maybe the only possible way is to drugged me off and brainwashed my head

Kitkat, why cant i pm you?

Prepare an audio cassette saying how much you didn't like the person and that you should forget him/her. And listen to it at nights while you are asleep.

PS:I dont know if this method works. Let me know if it does! It might use it too! :D

PPS: Hmm, dont know why you cant PM me... Maybe you can try refreshing the Forum page?

[subterranean]

Wow...your method sounds like that one in clockwork orange ..

Ps. No, the v-bulletin message said, you choose not to receieve PM..maybe u should check your settings in your user cp

[Jay]

As far as I know Scher's settings does allow receiving PMs :)

[Scheherazade]

You got it right, Camper! ;)

[Jay]

Oh yeah, several dozens of times at least :p

[Scheherazade]

Oh stop it! People will think I am popular or something! ;) :D

[Jay]

:-# Yes ma'am :-#
*shutting up smiley ^*

[Scheherazade]

Dont you miss MSN smilies at times? :D

[Jay]

Oh yeah, ALL the time :^) ;)

[Taliesin]

On the minus side: Tomorrow, at 18:00 is the scales prelim.
We have practiced and practiced and yet We have not yet managed to practice the inversions of the dominantseptaccords and diminished 7th septaccords.
Twelve of them. One of Us. Aaarghh :flare:
And We are so tired from all that flute practicing. We are feeling dizzy and so on.

On the plus side: We think We found an interesting and promising diatonic melody during the practice-break.


Tired.

[Jester]

hmmm didn't write in my journal last night and i had an interesting day yesterday... the weather in this area of the world refused to cooperate and made me three hours later than expected on a bus... good new i finished one book, but still eleven yet to read.... hmmm :rolleyes:

[ajoe]

I say, whoa what's going on???

[subterranean]

Oh Shut up... :smash:

;)


Oh stop it! People will think I am popular or something! ;) :D

[subterranean]

I say, whoa what's going on???

Nothing special Ajoe...is just us, some interupted people, babling to each other :)

[Jay]

I do not babble ;) :p... oh yeah, AS IF!! :D hehe

[Jessika]

random thought of my day:

i want to have a rest. i would like the world to stop for a moment (and everyone could have his/her rest also.. pretending that we are all stopped or 'paused')
bosses, then, would become more like normal human beings (lol, hope there are no many bosses round here :goof: ) and we could take care of our feelings for one short moment, dont worrying by trivial things like 'i have to correct these exams, or i have to write the analysis for the customer..'

then, current life will go on as was going to.

i want this 'secret pause' for my life, lol

[Jester]

funny, i make the world stop for me ;)... many people i know get carried away with stress and anxiety (soemtimes me too but never stress) and i simply tell them, sit down with a book... one that you can't put down, fantasy or feel good... something that takes you out of this world... the most recent book that did that for me was "the Fairy Godmother" by Merceded LAckey.... got in the airport, they usually have science fiction of fantasy

[Stanislaw]

I would like to live in a world like that reboot tv show, too funny.

[subterranean]

random thought of my day:i want to have a rest. i would like the world to stop for a moment (and everyone could have his/her rest also.. pretending that we are all stopped or 'paused')

i read a story once about this man who could make the world stop for afew minutes..and the resullt is tottaly chaos..it's horrible..forgot the story, a scific story from 100 years of science fiction.


Random thought: I love Morrisey :D

[Jay]

hehe, like a few of their songs... blaming Koa for that ;)

[Jessika]

i read a story once about this man who could make the world stop for afew minutes..and the resullt is tottaly chaos..it's horrible..forgot the story, a scific story from 100 years of science fiction.


Oh, well, but as i hope it, there would not be chaos :P hehe
Do you mind telling me the title of that book? :)

hey Jester, i will try reading the Fairy Godmother :) (the problem is that i have not really much time.. working now a lot of hours/day in order to be able to buy a flat :( that's why i would like to stop the world for some minutes or hours, to do things that i really want to do :)

anyway.. my random thought of today:

dont you think that being the dancing banana :banana: would be much stressing and tired? dancing all the day.. without being able to stop!! :eek2: that reminds me of a tale i read when i was a child.. yes.. a girl with non-stop-dancing-red-shoes lol, have you ever heard about that tale?

[Jay]

Hey, the banana DOES stop dancing... if you're on the forums long enough ;), I think it doesn't dance in an infinite loop but more like... you know, several thousand times ;)

[Shore Dude]

I'm a pretty easy going guy. I like people. I'd like to consider myself fun-loving; a nice dude to be around.

But when I get some breakfast at the cafeteria, and I am enjoying my food, is it really necessary to walk into my cubicle to ask what I am having, while you lean over my shoulder and smell what I am eating?

…Like you've never seen or smelt a sausage, egg and cheese sandwich before.

C'mon people. Have some manners. It's just not polite.

This happens to me quite frequently. Next time it does occur, I am going to start barking. Rabid-like. Ferociously. I am going to crouch in a fetal position on my chair, with my sandwich in hand and egg yolk running down my chin. And I am going to bark and snap at anyone who comes close.

And the people around my office will begin to call me Cro-Magnon Man! And I will be satisfied.

[Stanislaw]

Have you tried the ole: "so whatcha eating" "uncle mark, want some??"

Works for me.

[papayahed]

I'm a pretty easy going guy. I like people. I'd like to consider myself fun-loving; a nice dude to be around.

But when I get some breakfast at the cafeteria, and I am enjoying my food, is it really necessary to walk into my cubicle to ask what I am having, while you lean over my shoulder and smell what I am eating?

…Like you've never seen or smelt a sausage, egg and cheese sandwich before.

C'mon people. Have some manners. It's just not polite.

This happens to me quite frequently. Next time it does occur, I am going to start barking. Rabid-like. Ferociously. I am going to crouch in a fetal position on my chair, with my sandwich in hand and egg yolk running down my chin. And I am going to bark and snap at anyone who comes close.

And the people around my office will begin to call me Cro-Magnon Man! And I will be satisfied.

Maybe you should just get non-smelling bland oatmeal. :sick:

[Shore Dude]

...And a feeding bag.

[den]

I find comments from people, and them staring whilst I'm eating very annoying too Shore Dude ...

an' speaking of food, how come hot chocolate packets come in pairs? Why are they attached? What's up with that???

:idea:

[baddad]

Hey, the banana DOES stop dancing... if you're on the forums long enough ;), I think it doesn't dance in an infinite loop but more like... you know, several thousand times ;)

hooo....boy!! I LOVE the dancing bananas and fervently wish they never stop. I mean, what could be less stressful than a couple of dancing bananas?

Peopole annoying you while you eat? Just face them with your mouth full of masticated food and hanging open.....

[papayahed]

oh, how about talking to them with your mouth full!!!!! A chick at work used to do that all the time and i avoided her like the plaque especially around lunch time.

[Jester]

my dad got me this stress ball from veneuzuala and it popped open and white podery stuff came out :eek: all over my jeans, and that was my last pair of jeans so i had to wash my jeans (walking around in knit work out pants and its snowing out, and these too tight around butt) but i need socks, this morning i had none so i dug through the hamper to find soem, but with no quarters left i cant wash whites, very very annoying.... must eat dinner and bring back quarters, must wiat and hour for pants to dry... arrrgh....

[subterranean]

Oh, well, but as i hope it, there would not be chaos :P hehe
Do you mind telling me the title of that book? :)

I forgot, but it's one of the short story in this anthology of scific called 100 Years of Science Ficition, edited by Damon Knight. It also includes stories from Rudyard Kippling and HG Wells

anyway.. my random thought of today:


dont you think that being the dancing banana :banana: would be much stressing and tired? dancing all the day.. without being able to stop!! :eek2: that reminds me of a tale i read when i was a child.. yes.. a girl with non-stop-dancing-red-shoes lol, have you ever heard about that tale?

Hey don't you notice that eyes (:eek2:)..poking all the times? Don't you think it's tiring also..
And how bout this one :brow: or this one :lol: (non stop laughing) or this one :bawling:...
Every emoticon has its own burden you know :D (even this one)

[Jester]

hmmmm no comment

jerky = good, very good

where's my bag of jolly ranchers?????? :confused:

[Jester]

found it, yea

[papayahed]

I know my dog gets an upset stomach because she refunds her food and I know she dreams because her little paws move and sometimes she'll bark in her sleep, so do dogs get headaches? Also, if humans only use 10% of their brain power does that apply to other mammals as well?

[Jester]

probably but my dog gets the hiccups... hes funny like that :goof:

[Isagel]

Tomorrow is the midvinterday. The darkest day of the year here. The sun rises at 8:37 and sunset is at 14:48. But after that it will start to get brighter again! If you are not in Keinovuopio, our most northern village. They are in for 6 weeks of night.

That´s my random thought for today. Things could always look darker. You could be in Keinovuopio.

[Shore Dude]

I know my dog gets an upset stomach because she refunds her food and I know she dreams because her little paws move and sometimes she'll bark in her sleep, so do dogs get headaches?
Well papaya, I am guessing they do get headaches.

Otherwise, explain this...

http://shoredude.250free.com/AdvilPuppy.JPG

[papayahed]

hmmmm, I hope they're mailman flavored.

[Jay]

lmao!!! :D:D:D

[Spite]

Random thought:

"If I sit next to Chewbacca, does that make me Han solo?"

[Scheherazade]

And this is my 1000th post on the forum...


Here I am writing post after post,
Adding up to a thousand.
The amount of time wasted on the net
Surely totally irrelevant!


.

[Taliesin]

Heh, Sche, one night/post more and the sultan or whatever shall grant you freedom.

Btw. We have always wandered if Sche had had writers block when telling those stories. It could have been very exciting.

[Scheherazade]

Haha Tal! I am not sure if it is Scheherazade who is gaining her freedom or the Sultan losing his after the 1001th night!

I guess if she had had the writer's block, there she wouldn't have been around to see it through the 1001 nights;it is hard to tell stories when your body and head are seperated, you see...

[Taliesin]

Yes, but it is so sweet to imagine. Perhaps she had writers block like from 8.00 till 19.00 and then *whoa* inspiration.

*imagines how Sche is in panic because it is 18.30 and she hasn't got a single idea for a story*

[Dyrwen]

Random Thought: I've probably seen the movie Fight Club more than 50 times by now, easily, and more than 5 with the commentaries. I must be addicted.

[Scheherazade]

Yes, but it is so sweet to imagine. Perhaps she had writers block like from 8.00 till 19.00 and then *whoa* inspiration.

*imagines how Sche is in panic because it is 18.30 and she hasn't got a single idea for a story*

Yes, actually, come to think of it that might explain the sudden appearances of fairies and what not in the stories..

Dyrwen> yes, you are addicted!

[Dyrwen]

Well, to be fair I'm actually addicted to the author Chuck Palahniuk whom wrote the book the movie was based on, but the movie was my gateway drug into his world of work. So if ever I'm too tired to pick up his books and read a few pages, I just watch the movie again. hehe

[Shore Dude]

Great movie. I never read the book, but I think I have it.

[den]

Dyrwen! :D How the heck are ya? Long time no posteeee!



Well, to be fair I'm actually addicted to the author Chuck Palahniuk whom wrote the book the movie was based on, but the movie was my gateway drug into his world of work. So if ever I'm too tired to pick up his books and read a few pages, I just watch the movie again. hehe

[Shore Dude]

On a related note.

The moment before I die, I pray to God someone just made me a sausage, egg and cheese sandwich on a soft roll. I could face any kind of judgment day with one of those in my tummy. My God, my God. Thank you for inventing sausage, egg and cheese sandwiches. (And coffee.)

[den]

You must be a `morning' person then ;)



On a related note.

The moment before I die, I pray to God someone just made me a sausage, egg and cheese sandwich on a soft roll. I could face any kind of judgement day with one of those in my tummy. My God, my God. Thank you for inventing sausage, egg and cheese sandwiches. (And coffee.)

[Dyrwen]

Howdeh Den, I'm alive, which is always a useful thing to be.

Mm.. I could die happy with a sausage mcmuffin in my stomach, long as I got one of them hash browns too. So.. unhealthy, for fast food, but so... good.

[Scheherazade]

Just had a bowl of olives. Don't even know why.

*ponders*

I will blame AP for this... :D (re. winter blues)

[atiguhya padma]

Hope you saved one for me. On second thoughts, maybe you could just save the stone and grow it in my cemetery so that I could eat olives through the summer.

[Scheherazade]

I have always fancied a willow tree overlooking my tomb... Olive tree never crossed my mind.

[Taliesin]

We are depressed.
There are so many little things that depress a bit so that together they make up a frustration.
First, We cannot go to countryside for winter solstice/christmas. Grandma broke her hip and is therefore in the city with us and We cannot go to the countryside. No forests. No knee-deep snow. No silent snow-covered meadows. City.
Second, this awful plastic shopping holiday which you feel extremely intensely when you're in the city.
Third, We have grown up. We do not believe in Christmas anymore. No anxiousness. Just tediousity, knowledge and pain.
Fourth, We are telling this stuff here like a stupid whining six-year-old.

[amuse]

...it is okay to whine like a six-year old, Taliesin. do it anytime if it helps.


i just saw the most sublime thing in my monitor, which acts as a mirror of sorts: a bit of motion behind me (have never noticed this before) and a tiny bird hopping on my window sill - this from behind a window screen (or in front, whichever way you consider the outdoors to be located), which happily enough have tree branches silhouetted on them. what a splendid little movie for my Christmas morning. okay, i am going to leave now or i won't be ready when my ride comes.

Season's Best to Everyone.

[Shore Dude]

So I stopped using hair gel like a couple of years ago. But I was recently informed that my hair is thin, and that I do not need to use conditioner because it makes it look flat. So I started using this really nice hair cream that Santa brought me a few Xmas'es back. I have been putting a little in my hair after each shower, instead of using conditioner. It moisturizes and strengthens my hair. Well, this morning, I used the last of this hair cream, which I have had for years. And I do not know where to buy some more.

This sad chain of events calls for an emoticon... :'(

[Dyrwen]

Can't you just Google the name of the product and see if any stores are nearby?

[Shore Dude]

Dyrwen, that is probably a very good idea. Thanks. Meanwhile, you're gonna send me to some hair stylist that has seven ladies getting their hair done as I walk up to the counter and ask for styling cream. And if there's a good looking girl in there, Dyrwen, you're in big trouble.

[Dyrwen]

Eyyy, I've been getting my hair done by women for the past 8 years. They appreciate a man willing to put some thought into his hairstyle. heh

[Jay]

hehehehe, if you don't mind me asking... what does your hair look like? ie what's your hairstyle? :p

[Shore Dude]

http://www.stonecrop.demon.co.uk/DodgyBlondeGit.jpg

It's kind of like this.

But my hair is parted on one side and really falls kind of flat to my head. It's also a few inches longer. And brown.

[Scheherazade]

OK, in short, your hair doesnt look anything like 'this' ;) Who is the fella in the photo then?

[papayahed]

That's what I'm wondering???????

[Shore Dude]

I'm such a wiseguy. Sorry.

[den]

Jay! check out Dyrwens' website link on his profile, he's got pics on it and he's a real cutie ;)



hehehehe, if you don't mind me asking... what does your hair look like? ie what's your hairstyle? :p

[den]

Yes some of us do ;) and seeing that a guy takes care of his hair and that it's in good condition too :D



Eyyy, I've been getting my hair done by women for the past 8 years. They appreciate a man willing to put some thought into his hairstyle. heh

[Dyrwen]

Well, I do what I can.

Random thought:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v259/Dyrwen/bscap004.jpg

[Dyrwen]

Well, I couldn't very well let Den call me a cutie without foiling the preconceived notion of me in people's minds. heh

[Shore Dude]

Drywen, has also has created some sweet* looking drawings.









* cool

[Jay]

The drawings are anything but sweet :). I like the eye drawing a lot, it's cool.

[Dyrwen]

Glad ya like em. Though I have to give the credit to Escher for that eye, heh, all I did was add thumbs and redraw his work large.

[Jay]

Even the redrawing part is cool, I mean... it means you 'draw' it yourself just used someone else's idea.

[Dyrwen]

Well, thanks. I try to do the unconventional with charcoal because no one else seems to. heh.. tends to give me a sign that what I'm doing is right: when I find nothing else like it.

[Scheherazade]

*yaaaaawwwnnnn*
*yawn, yawn, yawn*

[Dyrwen]

Ditto.

I nearly woke up at the crack of midnight.

[papayahed]

Why is it that people go out on New Years Eve and party so they can feel rotten the first day of the new year? The first should be considered a non-day and the second should be the first so people can start their resolutions then.

[Basil]

http://www.snoopy.com/comics/peanuts/archive/images/peanuts2004112205231.gif

[Dyrwen]

Why is it that people go out on New Years Eve and party so they can feel rotten the first day of the new year? The first should be considered a non-day and the second should be the first so people can start their resolutions then.
Rhetorical, I know, but.

One may feel bad the first day of the new year, but at the end of the year they'll feel great again after the next party, only to feel bad the next year. Only to continue the cycle.

Though I've personally yet to experience any useful new years celebrations. heh

[Snukes]

What qualifies a new year celebration (or any celebration, really) as useful?

[imthefoolonthehill]

hey since when have their been similar threads... how do the similar threads work? Do they search for keywords or what?

[subterranean]

Jay! check out Dyrwens' website link on his profile, he's got pics on it and he's a real cutie ;)

Dyrwen is a HE....I'll be damned!! :crash:

[Taliesin]

Biology of love (http://members.ozemail.com.au/~jcull/articles/bol.htm)
Quite a nice article We found.

Soppy us, we know.


...Love is our natural condition...

[subterranean]

Why are u talking in plural..?

[imthefoolonthehill]

why aren't you?

[den]

Why am I not sleeping right now? :mad:

<insomnia sucks>

[Jay]

Oh yeah, indeed. Especially when you get tired and sleepy during sitting an exam for example, now that's not a good time for getting rid of one's insomnia.

[subterranean]

why aren't you?


why should i?

[imthefoolonthehill]

why shouldn't you?

[Jay]

*gets popcorn and pepsi...* now this looks interesting *stuffs some popcorn into mouth*

[imthefoolonthehill]

it looks nothing of the sort, you just wanted an extra post, didn't you? fess up... come on... you done it!

[subterranean]

don't you want extra posts?

[imthefoolonthehill]

i stopped doing that before Abdo left.

[Scheherazade]

Today it is going to be around 10 C here...

*edit*

It is actually 14 C... In case you are wondering...

[papayahed]

Today it is going to be around 10 C here...

*edit*

It is actually 14 C... In case you are wondering...

That's 50 F!! its -2C here.

[Shore Dude]

I'm taking care of my buddy's dog while he's away. It's a little pug named Chloe. She's so cute, and so sweet. One acquiantance of mine asked if the name pug orginated from a combo of the words, pup and pig. I thought it sounded right on. Can anyone verify this?

Anyway, my random thought of the day is this...

When dogs are kind of relaxing, and they hear funny noises, I love how they let out like this muffled, under-the-breath bark. It's not a full bark, and they sense something odd is taking place, but it's like they don't have the energy to go nuts.

Also, I let Chloe sleep in my bed, although that is not usually what she is allowed to do. Don't tell!

[Stanislaw]

ahh pugs are the cutest dogs around!

an to stick with the weather thing -22 C yay, so cold, not as cold as last week, -34 C, it was bloody cold over christmas.

[Scheherazade]

I'm taking care of my buddy's dog while he's away. It's a little pug named Chloe. She's so cute, and so sweet. One acquiantance of mine asked if the name pug orginated from a combo of the words, pup and pig. I thought it sounded right on. Can anyone verify this?



"The Pug is stubby and muscular with a wide chest, straight, very strong front legs and well-muscled hind legs. They receive their name "Pug" from the Latin word that means "clenched fist". To communicate with humans Pugs make a grunting nasal noise, somewhat like a pig. Being snuggled down at your feet snoring or being close to you, but unobtrusive, are some of Pugs' favorite activities. Pugs are a dog who tends to make people smile because they are convinced of their own importance. Pugs are adaptable, sociable and good-natured. "

source: http://www.puppydogweb.com/caninebreeds/pugs.htm

[Shore Dude]

Pugs look like some freak accident from the Island of Doctor Moreau.

Totally cute, though.

[Shore Dude]

I was sick this week. There seems to be a viral infection running amock.

Hope you have a speedy recovery.

[Jay]

We have flu here as well, lol, a friend is down with it

[subterranean]

Well I got my second bed rest this week..whooohoo... so long work!!!

[Scheherazade]

I want to sleep.

[papayahed]

perchance to dream?

[Scheherazade]

Being a daydreamer I would harldy notice the difference but yeah, why not?? :)

[Bongitybongbong]

My dreams aren't fun cuz they make me think I'm awake because they're similar to real life.

[Stanislaw]

Last night I dreamt I was a terrorist assasin assasinating the prez of some country, who also turned out to be me... I was two seperate unrelated characters in one dream...it was really odd, oh btw...sick to!!!

[subterranean]

You got involved in a violent acts against yourself ? Why I'm not suprise?

If you dreamed that you're a farmer planting flowers, that would shocked me to death :D

[Monica]

The exams are closer and closer and the only thing I've been doing recently is larning. Pholosophy, theory of literature, English literature, English history and culture... The worst of all, however, are weird words we need to learn: marsupial, hypotenuse, shallot... Where will I use words like that?

[amuse]

the cooks julienned the shallots and cut the potatoes into right triangles, then on the hypotenuse (a hypotenuse cut? - lol) as the guests (who were waiting very patiently for their first course - leek potato soup) gathered at the door to see the noisy kitty outside, only to find that they were staring at a marsupial. many of course thought that it was a huge mouse, when in reality it was an opossum.
:p

[Shore Dude]

If you dreamed that you're a farmer planting flowers, that would shocked me to death :D
Or how about a dream where Stan is a farmer planting himself.

Whoa, trippy.