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AmericanEagle

10-18-2009, 05:18 PM

Do we just shower praises on him whenever he makes a brilliant post?

That could be one option.

Or how about enumerate his wonderful characteristics? :rolleyes:

Again, that could be another option. I'm sure he has wonderful characteristics :).

How about interviewing him? Grill him about his personal life?

Hmmm, that's a good idea. Now we just have to think of questions to ask him ;).

Haunted

10-19-2009, 01:52 AM

Hmmm, that's a good idea. Now we just have to think of questions to ask him ;).

I got one...when is his next rock concert? :D

AmericanEagle

10-19-2009, 02:00 AM

Here are three questions that JBI has answered:

1. What is/are your favourite thread(s)?
I like the Classical Chinese poetry thread, or the idea of it at least, but alas, it has essentially died because of lack of interest :(.

2. Do you have a LitNet crush?
I'll say yes, but I won't say who.

3. Do you have a GF?
Not at the current moment :(.

crystalmoonshin

10-19-2009, 08:36 AM

3. Do you have a GF?
Not at the current moment :(.

Kyaaa~ We JBI fans still have a chance!!! :banana:

AmericanEagle

10-19-2009, 09:26 PM

2. Do you have a LitNet crush?
I'll say yes, but I won't say who.

Hmmm, I wonder who this could be.

qimissung

10-19-2009, 10:24 PM

Do you guys like him because of his persuasive skills? :)

Does anyone just want to slap him?

Virgil

10-19-2009, 10:54 PM

Do you guys like him because of his persuasive skills? :)

Does anyone just want to slap him?

:lol: :lol: :lol: That had me doubled over in laughter. :lol: :lol: :lol:

AmericanEagle

10-19-2009, 11:01 PM

Do you guys like him because of his persuasive skills? :)

Does anyone just want to slap him?

LOL, is this all JBI is known for?

Seriously, though, he does have more positive attributes :).

Haunted

10-19-2009, 11:16 PM

LOL, is this all JBI is known for?

Seriously, though, he does have more positive attributes :).

:argue:

Do you guys like him because of his persuasive skills? :)

Does anyone just want to slap him?

:smash:

AmericanEagle

10-19-2009, 11:23 PM

I asked JBI about his LitNet crush, and this is what he said:

Alright, it's definitely a girl, and definitely someone close to my age.

If I just come right out and say it though, it'll spoil all the fun.

crystalmoonshin

10-20-2009, 09:03 AM

Seriously, though, he does have more positive attributes :).

Yeah. For one, he helps his brother write essays...

Scheherazade

10-20-2009, 12:18 PM

So, AE is JBI's PR person?

Does anyone else get the feeling that she will soon start marketing JBI dolls and signed photos to make a little fortune for herself?

:p

Haunted

10-20-2009, 01:04 PM

better yet, a JBI reality show ;)

Scheherazade

10-20-2009, 01:06 PM

"What JBI Did Next..." or "JBI: The Next Episode"?

:D

Haunted

10-20-2009, 01:12 PM

the first episode will feature him in his own weather balloon with CNN in pursuit :D

qimissung

10-20-2009, 04:45 PM

Or it could be "JBI: The Movie", with a plot that is similar to "The Bachelor" with Chris O'Donnell, and that has JBI running from a hundred women in wedding dresses.

He couldn't possibly argue with that, could he? :D

Haunted

10-20-2009, 04:55 PM

Great story line! But he might still argue over the ending of the movie :D

rimbaud

10-20-2009, 05:11 PM

JBI is like some kind of rock star in here, right?
Like a Beatle or a Rolling Stone :D

Virgil

10-20-2009, 08:31 PM

better yet, a JBI reality show ;)

Oh no. That would make him too similar to "american trash."

stlukesguild

10-20-2009, 09:10 PM

Does anyone just want to slap him?

Take a number.

AmericanEagle

10-20-2009, 10:25 PM

So, AE is JBI's PR person?

No, I'm his friend :). I'd tell you more about his good qualities, but I don't want to ruin the reputation that he has as an argumentative and angstful guy. You'd be surprised as to how different he is when he's not on LitNet ;).

Does anyone else get the feeling that she will soon start marketing JBI dolls and signed photos to make a little fortune for herself?

:p

Haha, no.

better yet, a JBI reality show ;)

He'd never go for it because he tells me that he doesn't like reality TV, or any TV show for that matter. I asked if he watched "So You Think You Can Dance Canada" or "Degrassi: The Next Generation" (both shows are Canadian), but he said no. But perhaps he'd change his mind if he were the star.

I'm still trying to figure out who his LitNet crush is. He refuses to tell.

Janine

10-20-2009, 11:42 PM

I don't know JBI that well but I would like to slap him too! :lol:

AmericanEagle

10-20-2009, 11:45 PM

LOL, what is it with all you people wanting to slap him?

Virgil

10-20-2009, 11:48 PM

LOL, what is it with all you people wanting to slap him?

How well do you actually know JBI? :D

DanielBenoit

10-20-2009, 11:49 PM

LOL, what is it with all you people wanting to slap him?

I wonder :rolleyes:

On the other hand, everyone is who they are and we should learn to accept and appretiate everyone's idiosyncracies.

No slapping from me :)

AmericanEagle

10-20-2009, 11:54 PM

How well do you actually know JBI? :D

I know him well enough to know that he's not as bad as you all make him out to be ;).

JBI

10-21-2009, 01:05 AM

I know him well enough to know that he's not as bad as you all make him out to be ;).

You are right, he is far, far worse.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG5NhkxQJQc

Lets be honest, I'm not going to defend myself - either you accept that I am annoyingly right enough of the time as to warrant people wanting to slap me, or just join the wave - we have free pizza and smoothies on Wednesdays.

I would present cheek widespread to such slap-savvy killeraggio, but instead I will merely let cheek be cheek and turn another.

The fact that I have so many fans wanting to slap me means I'm at least doing something right.

AmericanEagle

10-21-2009, 01:18 AM

Lets be honest, I'm not going to defend myself - either you accept that I am annoyingly right enough of the time as to warrant people wanting to slap me, or just join the wave - we have free pizza and smoothies on Wednesdays.

LOL, you want me to join the wave? Hmmm, I might just take you up on that offer. I know where you'll be on Wednesdays, so don't be surprised when I pay you a visit.

Haunted

10-21-2009, 01:30 AM

The fact that I have so many fans wanting to slap me means I'm at least doing something right.

Finally, something that everyone can agree on :D

AmericanEagle

10-21-2009, 01:41 AM

Finally, something that everyone can agree on :D

He's suddenly being so agreeable, LOL.

Haunted

10-21-2009, 09:05 AM

He's suddenly being so agreeable, LOL.

Maybe he got food poisoning and not quite himself. Don't worry too much, I'm sure it's just temporary :D

Virgil

10-21-2009, 09:11 AM

You are right, he is far, far worse.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG5NhkxQJQc

Lets be honest, I'm not going to defend myself - either you accept that I am annoyingly right enough of the time as to warrant people wanting to slap me, or just join the wave - we have free pizza and smoothies on Wednesdays.

I would present cheek widespread to such slap-savvy killeraggio, but instead I will merely let cheek be cheek and turn another.

The fact that I have so many fans wanting to slap me means I'm at least doing something right.

:lol: :lol: :lol: I don't really want to slap you JB. But God you can get on people's nerves. ;)

Haunted

10-21-2009, 09:28 AM

:lol: :lol: :lol: I don't really want to slap you JB. But God you can get on people's nerves. ;)

Sounds like the fan club is off to a really good start :D :D

Paulclem

10-21-2009, 12:27 PM

Reality Show celebrities are out. Virtual reality show celebrities are in.

JBI

10-21-2009, 01:11 PM

Reality Show celebrities are out. Virtual reality show celebrities are in.

I would be up for it, but I'd first need to develop a coke problem.

Paulclem

10-21-2009, 01:18 PM

...and exhibitionist tendencies, or does that go with the coke problem?

papayahed

10-21-2009, 10:02 PM

http://blogs.laweekly.com/style_council/fan-731210.jpg

I couldn't find a JBI fan but i brought my Alsaka fan, Can I still join?

DanielBenoit

10-21-2009, 10:04 PM

^:lol::lol::lol:

AmericanEagle

10-21-2009, 10:25 PM

Maybe he got food poisoning and not quite himself. Don't worry too much, I'm sure it's just temporary :D

Haha, I'm sure that his agreeableness won't last too much longer.

By the way, JBI, I'm going to have to take a rain check on that free pizza and smoothie.

Haunted

10-21-2009, 11:00 PM

By the way, JBI, I'm going to have to take a rain check on that free pizza and smoothie.

You guys can't even agree on free pizza and smoothie? whew. Who could have seen that coming! :argue:

Jozanny

10-22-2009, 05:04 AM

the first episode will feature him in his own weather balloon with CNN in pursuit :D

Balloon boy is a conspiracy. The father wants JBI to become Secretary General of the UN so that NYC secedes to Canada:cool:

Haunted

10-22-2009, 10:37 AM

Balloon boy is a conspiracy. The father wants JBI to become Secretary General of the UN so that NYC secedes to Canada:cool:

...And along with his distinguished argumentative quality and disagreeing disposition, he'll go on to winning the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. :D

(If NYC seceded to Canada, that'd put me in JBI territory...yikes LOL)

JBI

10-22-2009, 01:42 PM

...And along with his distinguished argumentative quality and disagreeing disposition, he'll go on to winning the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. :D

(If NYC seceded to Canada, that'd put me in JBI territory...yikes LOL)

Yes, but you would get cheaper education and free health care :), there's always that advantage. Though I don't think I would want to take New York, with all the debt and Americans and all - I think I'd just settle for the artwork.

Niamh

10-22-2009, 02:11 PM

http://blogs.laweekly.com/style_council/fan-731210.jpg

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
I couldn't find a JBI fan but i brought my Alsaka fan, Can I still join?

Yes, but you would get cheaper education and free health care :), there's always that advantage. Though I don't think I would want to take New York, with all the debt and Americans and all - I think I'd just settle for the artwork.

Could always take over the city and tell the residents that as american citizens they need to under go visa applications to live and work in Canada and have them all apply and denied and therefore made to leave so the city is all yours! :D

AmericanEagle

10-22-2009, 02:21 PM

(If NYC seceded to Canada, that'd put me in JBI territory...yikes LOL)

Then you'd know how I feel.

Haunted

10-22-2009, 06:54 PM

^ oh dear, I feel your pain :D

AmericanEagle

10-22-2009, 06:56 PM

JBI has just annoyed me so much that I was contemplating whether to go find him and slap him today.

Sorry, JBI. Even I'm annoyed with you now.

Haunted

10-22-2009, 09:51 PM

Yes, but you would get cheaper education and free health care :), there's always that advantage. Though I don't think I would want to take New York, with all the debt and Americans and all - I think I'd just settle for the artwork.

wow, free healthcare...just that is enough to persuade me to cross the border :) BUT not to spoil it for you by being so agreeable, let me get this in:

• cheap doesn't mean better

• free can be expensive...you may pay for it later in ways other than money

:D

Now if you'd keep your rebuttal to under 50,000 words... I have to be up early in the morning ;)

JBI

10-23-2009, 01:05 AM

JBI has just annoyed me so much that I was contemplating whether to go find him and slap him today.

Sorry, JBI. Even I'm annoyed with you now.

She's just angry because I refused to tell her who my litnet crush is, and then refused again after her "You won't even tell me" speech.

wow, free healthcare...just that is enough to persuade me to cross the border :) BUT not to spoil it for you by being so agreeable, let me get this in:

• cheap doesn't mean better

• free can be expensive...you may pay for it later in ways other than money

:D

Now if you'd keep your rebuttal to under 50,000 words... I have to be up early in the morning ;)

Alright - you guys pay higher taxes, and more for education. As for quality of health care, I bet ours is just as good technologically speaking, and free in this case isn't a problem - so in the end, perhaps Canada isn't so bad, if you don't mind living in an Igloo.

AmericanEagle

10-23-2009, 01:28 AM

She's just angry because I refused to tell her who my litnet crush is, and then refused again after her "You won't even tell me" speech.

Ah, you know me so well.

Seriously, though, is this any way to treat your only supporter? I can always cross the floor and join the majority, you know.

perhaps Canada isn't so bad, if you don't mind living in an Igloo.

Hmmm, I would prefer a multi-million dollar home in Rosedale, wouldn't you?

JBI

10-23-2009, 01:34 AM

Ah, you know me so well.

Seriously, though, is this any way to treat your only supporter? I can always cross the floor and join the majority, you know.

Hmmm, I would prefer a multi-million dollar home in Rosedale, wouldn't you?

If by multi-million dollar home you mean Ice-palace, then yes - but lets be honest, we all are stuck in our ice-shacks and mobile igloos - we can only dream. And with all the tax we pay to support our socialist economy it's a wonder we can even afford those!

AmericanEagle

10-23-2009, 02:34 PM

She's just angry because I refused to tell her who my litnet crush is, and then refused again after her "You won't even tell me" speech.

Your refusal to tell me suggests that you don't really have a crush. You're probably too in love with your own mind :p.

But God you can get on people's nerves. ;)

I didn't agree with this before, but I totally agree with it now.

Haunted

10-23-2009, 03:35 PM

hmmmm...drama in Slapsville :D

Scheherazade

10-23-2009, 04:46 PM

I couldn't find a JBI fan but i brought my Alsaka fan, Can I still join?That fan looks cool and handy to me...

So I can't see why you shouldn't be able to join. :p
Your refusal to tell me suggests that you don't really have a crush. You're probably too in love with your own mind Don't be so harsh with him; I think he is trying to spare your feelings as a friend... When you find out who his crush is, you and all his other "fans" might feel rejected and disappointed since it is, in all likelihood, someone who has not graced this thread yet.

As a side note, after this "fan club" debacle, the only fan JBI will have is a "hand-held" one :p

http://www.promotional-items-stress-balls.co.uk/stress-balls-promotional-items-images/Corporate_gifts_Handheld_Fan.jpg

AmericanEagle

10-23-2009, 04:55 PM

When you find out who his crush is, you and all his other "fans" might feel rejected and disappointed since it is, in all likelihood, someone who has not graced this thread yet.

Do you know something I don't?

Scheherazade

10-23-2009, 05:23 PM

Do you know something I don't?Phew!

I hardly know what I know so will not even speculate what you might or might not know!

:p

Haunted

10-24-2009, 12:13 AM

Time out! Stop disagreeing (wonder where that came from ;))

Let's have a group hug and show JBI some love :ladysman:

AmericanEagle

10-24-2009, 01:02 AM

Alright, the group hug session is over.

Now, let me just say that despite what I said earlier, I still believe that his many positive traits outweigh his few negative traits. It's just that he can really get on your nerves sometimes. But that still doesn't negate his more wonderful qualities.

So don't worry, JBI, I'm still a fan :).

Scheherazade

10-25-2009, 06:53 PM

Now, let me just say that despite what I said earlier, I still believe that his many positive traits outweigh his few negative traits.
I think JBI has offered AE a bigger share from the photo and doll sales...

;)

Virgil

10-25-2009, 07:33 PM

I think JBI has offered AE a bigger share from the photo and doll sales...

;)

You mean a voodoo doll to stick pins in. :lol:

http://www.paulickreport.com/wp-content/uploads/image/voodoo%20doll.jpg

Haunted

10-25-2009, 09:04 PM

WOW...this JBI doll — is it anatomically accurate? I pictured our idol as being scholarly, charming, handsome...I had no idea he's this drop-dead gorgeous ;)

AmericanEagle

10-26-2009, 01:26 AM

I pictured our idol as being scholarly, charming, handsome...

Scholarly? check

Charming? check

Handsome? hmmm, I'm not telling ;)

billl

10-26-2009, 02:36 AM

I wouldn't recommend his tailor.

crystalmoonshin

10-26-2009, 08:03 AM

Scholarly? check

Charming? check

Handsome? hmmm, I'm not telling ;)

Since you're the only one here on Litnet who's seen him in person, would you mind describing him for us? ;)

Virgil

10-26-2009, 07:00 PM

Since you're the only one here on Litnet who's seen him in person, would you mind describing him for us? ;)

I found his picture in the lit net archives. :p :p

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gow33iGwH5A/SbSAhpxyjkI/AAAAAAAAEWY/FGhqolxjmqs/s400/ugly_girl.jpg

Haunted

10-26-2009, 10:26 PM

what a heartthrob! :flare:
:ladysman:

AmericanEagle

10-26-2009, 10:44 PM

Since you're the only one here on Litnet who's seen him in person, would you mind describing him for us? ;)

Nah, he prefers to remain mysterious ;).

JBI

10-26-2009, 11:54 PM

Nah, he prefers to remain mysterious ;).

I don't mind as long as we stick to how gorgeous I am - just tell them the truth about how good looking I am, and we will have no problems.

AmericanEagle

10-27-2009, 12:34 AM

I don't mind as long as we stick to how gorgeous I am - just tell them the truth about how good looking I am, and we will have no problems.

So you want me to agree with you and say that you're good looking?

But didn't you say that agreement is just soo boring?

crystalmoonshin

10-27-2009, 08:27 AM

I found his picture in the lit net archives. :p :p

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gow33iGwH5A/SbSAhpxyjkI/AAAAAAAAEWY/FGhqolxjmqs/s400/ugly_girl.jpg

:lol: That's one funny pic, Mr. Virgil! :lol:

I don't mind as long as we stick to how gorgeous I am - just tell them the truth about how good looking I am, and we will have no problems.

He's pretty arrogant, isn't he?

So you want me to agree with you and say that you're good looking?

But didn't you say that agreement is just soo boring?

Nice one, AE! :lol:

JBI

10-27-2009, 10:23 AM

So you want me to agree with you and say that you're good looking?

But didn't you say that agreement is just soo boring?

Yes, but I find myself just so agreeable, wouldn't you agree?

Virgil

10-27-2009, 08:14 PM

:lol: That's one funny pic, Mr. Virgil! :lol:

:D Glad you liked it.

AmericanEagle

10-27-2009, 10:35 PM

Yes, but I find myself just so agreeable, wouldn't you agree?

At the risk of sounding disagreeable, I'd have to say no.

JBI

10-27-2009, 11:11 PM

At the risk of sounding disagreeable, I'd have to say no.

She called me ugly! No fair; ad hominem - that's a personal attack! Ban her!:flare::flare::flare::ladysman::ladysman: :ladysman:

AmericanEagle

10-28-2009, 10:09 PM

She called me ugly!

Oh, chill out. I did not call you ugly. ;)

JBI

10-28-2009, 10:15 PM

Oh, chill out. I did not call you ugly. ;)

Yes you did - disagreeable and ugly are the same thing.

AmericanEagle

10-28-2009, 10:24 PM

Yes you did - disagreeable and ugly are the same thing.

How are disagreeable and ugly the same thing?

JBI

10-28-2009, 11:01 PM

How are disagreeable and ugly the same thing?

The same way agreeable and good looking are the same thing. I thought the pun was rather obvious...

Not in accordance with one’s taste or liking; exciting displeasure or disgust; unpleasing, unpleasant, offensive.

OED

AmericanEagle

10-28-2009, 11:09 PM

^ I don't use the word "disagreeable" to describe someone's appearance. I tend to use it to describe someone's personality.

I guess we can't even agree on "disagreeable."

Haunted

10-28-2009, 11:37 PM

disagreeable and ugly are the same thing.

How are disagreeable and ugly the same thing?

The same way agreeable and good looking are the same thing.

I guess we can't even agree on "disagreeable."

This is a good sign: they just agreed to be disagreeable. :rage:

JBI

10-28-2009, 11:39 PM

I found his picture in the lit net archives. :p :p

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gow33iGwH5A/SbSAhpxyjkI/AAAAAAAAEWY/FGhqolxjmqs/s400/ugly_girl.jpg

I don't think the camera does my pigtails justice!

Seriously though, you should see me on a bad day!

AmericanEagle

10-29-2009, 01:12 AM

To clarify my previous post, JBI, I don't think you're unpleasant, offensive, repugnant, or detestable.

papayahed

10-29-2009, 07:29 AM

... I don't think you're unpleasant, offensive, repugnant, or detestable.

:lol:Is that the club motto?:lol::lol:

AmericanEagle

10-29-2009, 02:34 PM

:lol:Is that the club motto?:lol::lol:

We haven't agreed on a motto yet.

Haunted

10-29-2009, 02:53 PM

We haven't agreed on a motto yet.

i think "Agree to Disagree" will be a good one ;)

AmericanEagle

10-30-2009, 12:10 AM

Haunted

10-30-2009, 12:20 AM

I have to agree. JBI having a Litnet crush is like going to the circus to see an elephant fly.

AmericanEagle

10-30-2009, 12:22 AM

^ LOL

But perhaps he can prove us wrong by giving us her name.

qimissung

10-30-2009, 11:01 PM

Does JBI really have a Litnet crush? I can't recall any conversations that he's had with a girl that would make me think that he would have a crush on her. I'm convinced that he's making this up to attract attention.

If it isn't YOU, it should be, since you're the one who believes in him, and even started his own fan club for him. What more could any guy ask for? :D

Yes, but you would get cheaper education and free health care :), there's always that advantage. Though I don't think I would want to take New York, with all the debt and Americans and all - I think I'd just settle for the artwork.

My son always says Canada is a better America. :lol:

Haunted

11-01-2009, 03:11 AM

My son always says Canada is a better America. :lol:

He's a genius LOL. Hey, why not make Canada the 52nd state then? :idea: But JBI may object. *sigh* Just a thought....

billl

11-01-2009, 03:25 AM

I don't think you're unpleasant, offensive, repugnant, or detestable.

This is an impressive piece of unambitious praise, with the phrase "I don't think" adding a tasteful amount of hedging.

AmericanEagle

11-01-2009, 04:54 PM

This is an impressive piece of unambitious praise, with the phrase "I don't think" adding a tasteful amount of hedging.

Alright.

JBI, you are one of the nicest and most genuine people that I have ever met (it's true, you really are). :)

Is this ambitious enough?

qimissung

11-01-2009, 11:38 PM

He's a genius LOL. Hey, why not make Canada the 52nd state then? :idea: But JBI may object. *sigh* Just a thought....

:lol:

AmericanEagle

11-04-2009, 11:31 PM

I don't think that there are enough JBI fans to sustain this thread, LOL.

Haunted

11-05-2009, 12:38 AM

maybe you should hold a JBI fan drive :wave:

AmericanEagle

11-05-2009, 03:04 AM

I don't think that there is anyone on LitNet who would be willing to say that they're a JBI fan, unless I pay them $1 million...

Haunted

11-05-2009, 03:57 PM

Sounds great! So what's the catch? :goof: :brow:

JBI

11-06-2009, 09:57 AM

I don't think that there is anyone on LitNet who would be willing to say that they're a JBI fan, unless I pay them $1 million...

I will I will!

AmericanEagle

11-07-2009, 01:24 AM

You know the fan club is dead when the only person willing to say that they're a JBI fan is JBI!

I will I will!

You would take money from a friend? How do you sleep at night? ;)

Haunted

11-07-2009, 01:40 AM

You know the fan club is dead when the only person willing to say that they're a JBI fan is JBI!

You're wrong, they're coming in droves. They weren't here yet because their bus broke down. :brow:

AmericanEagle

11-07-2009, 01:55 AM

You're wrong, they're coming in droves. They weren't here yet because their bus broke down. :brow:

Well, let's hope they get here soon. :D

By the way, are his fans taking Toronto transit? I know from personal experience that it's not the most reliable form of transportation. Though JBI seems to think that Toronto transit is awesome.

Haunted

11-07-2009, 02:03 AM

By the way, are his fans taking Toronto transit? I know from personal experience that it's not the most reliable form of transportation. Though JBI seems to think that Toronto transit is awesome.

I'm sure after they get here, there'll be plenty of time to argue that.

on arrival :wave:

an hour later :argue:

AmericanEagle

11-07-2009, 02:19 AM

I'm sure after they get here, there'll be plenty of time to argue that.

Since JBI and his fans aren't here, let me just get my $0.02 in.

As far as I know, JBI is the only Torontonian who has defended the TTC. In general, most other Torontonians loathe the TTC, but have no choice but to take it.

However, I do give him credit for being willing to go against the grain, because in other instances, going against popular thought is not always a negative thing.

Petrarch's Love

11-08-2009, 10:27 AM

Scheherazade

11-16-2009, 05:56 PM

Bump!

If you don't keep the thread going, the share prices might plummet.

JBI

11-16-2009, 08:52 PM

Good heavens. I go away for a couple months and when I return I find that JBI has amassed a fan club...or should I say that he's amassing followers. Watch out lit. net! I think he's plotting a move to be declared President Dictator of these free forums. Just another crazy Canadian plot to instigate a Marxist takeover...and we all know where that leads:

http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/index.jsp?cid=115978

Hmm...at least there seems to be a slap happy group of resistance fighters, though. Act with alacrity mes amies, for history tells us what happens if we allow the President Dictator to slap first:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uM01v_vVnbg

Easy there, play nice and there may just be a fief in it for you.

Well, let's hope they get here soon. :D

By the way, are his fans taking Toronto transit? I know from personal experience that it's not the most reliable form of transportation. Though JBI seems to think that Toronto transit is awesome.

I don't think it's awesome, but I think Toronto is a car city, and until that changes, there really isn't much a point of extending the TTC, especially the rail system - as it is, nobody uses the newest line they just put in, and it only cost billions - maybe if people stopped clogging the roads, and took the subway, then there would be a point in improving the TTC - as it is, it does what is required of it.

AmericanEagle

11-16-2009, 09:07 PM

I don't think it's awesome, but I think Toronto is a car city, and until that changes, there really isn't much a point of extending the TTC, especially the rail system

That's easy for you to say. You don't have to wait 30 minutes in the cold for the bus.

as it is, nobody uses the newest line they just put in, and it only cost billions

I've taken that line exactly 2 times.

maybe if people stopped clogging the roads, and took the subway, then there would be a point in improving the TTC - as it is, it does what is required of it.

Yes, that's why they're increasing the fares again. :rolleyes:

Quick, hoard the tokens before they run out!

JBI

11-16-2009, 09:40 PM

That's easy for you to say. You don't have to wait 30 minutes in the cold for the bus.

I've taken that line exactly 2 times.

Yes, that's why they're increasing the fares again. :rolleyes:

Quick, hoard the tokens before they run out!

I don't know - I use a monthly pass - besides which, the public transport system is much cheaper than some countries - one needs to pay 2 Euros to take the transit for an hour in Rome for example, and it various European city to city. I think Japan is probably the most expensive though - though supposedly their trains are super fast.

As it is, it isn't perfect, and not the best in the world, but it does the job. I'm not about to complain about it right now, now that they are about to stick another 6% on everything.

AmericanEagle

11-16-2009, 10:07 PM

I'm not about to complain about it right now, now that they are about to stick another 6% on everything.

Are you talking about the HST? Because that would be another 8%, not 6%. As if we're not being taxed enough already. But that's what happens when we live in a socialist economy!

Haunted

11-16-2009, 10:18 PM

Are you talking about the HST? Because that would be another 8%, not 6%. As if we're not being taxed enough already. But that's what happens when we live in a socialist economy!

so I guess the free healthcare is not so free afterall ;)

JBI

11-16-2009, 10:53 PM

Are you talking about the HST? Because that would be another 8%, not 6%. As if we're not being taxed enough already. But that's what happens when we live in a socialist economy!

6% - it flat rates everything at 13 and then removes the GST exemptions for businesses and for certain products. (and you are looking at someone who takes things seriously, and lines up at Tim Horton's twice for the sake of saving the fat tax on purchases under 4$).

The sad thing is though we don't live in a socialist economy - we're busy wasting money on things like other people's wars, and bailing out business mismanaged by our neighbors. It's a shame to, though lets not get into politics - I may get banned.

OrphanPip

11-16-2009, 11:06 PM

Geez, the PST in Quebec is 7.5% and that's calculated after the application of the GST. I'm just glad there's no provincial sales tax on books in Quebec.

AmericanEagle

11-16-2009, 11:14 PM

6% - it flat rates everything at 13 and then removes the GST exemptions for businesses and for certain products.

Where did you get the 6% from? It's an extra 8% (the PST portion).

(and you are looking at someone who takes things seriously, and lines up at Tim Horton's twice for the sake of saving the fat tax on purchases under 4$).

Haha, you're not the only one.

The sad thing is though we don't live in a socialist economy - we're busy wasting money on things like other people's wars, and bailing out business mismanaged by our neighbors. It's a shame to, though lets not get into politics - I may get banned.

I won't comment on this because I know how riled up you get whenever the USA is mentioned. ;)

AmericanEagle

11-21-2009, 10:50 PM

JBI, I asked you where you got that 6% from. You haven't answered me. Is it because you know you're wrong?

JBI

11-22-2009, 01:06 AM

JBI, I asked you where you got that 6% from. You haven't answered me. Is it because you know you're wrong?

Oh, of course, I figured it was implied that I was wrong.

*Bows to the master*

Scheherazade

11-22-2009, 06:26 PM

Oh, of course, I figured it was implied that I was wrong."Implied" won't do.

We all need to hear you say "I am wrong and you are right, AE."

papayahed

11-22-2009, 07:11 PM

Hey, Where's my fan club T-shirt? I ordered it like three months ago.

Virgil

11-22-2009, 08:40 PM

Hey, Where's my fan club T-shirt? I ordered it like three months ago.

Here you go. :lol:

http://a675.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/51/l_27b457162704e591cc57590853058dfa.jpg

[For the record, I don't think JBI is a buffoon. Pompous and full of self importance, well that's another story. ;)]

Haunted

11-22-2009, 09:56 PM

[For the record, I don't think JBI is a buffoon. Pompous and full of self importance, well that's another story. ;)]

ditto that :lol:

papayahed

11-22-2009, 10:48 PM

Thanks Virgie but I ordered mine in light blue.

Scheherazade

11-23-2009, 02:13 PM

Here you go. :lol: That wouldn't be you in the photo, would it?

Mrs Virgil's Christmas gift 2008?

:D

Virgil

11-23-2009, 09:32 PM

That wouldn't be you in the photo, would it?

Mrs Virgil's Christmas gift 2008?

:D

:lol: It does have a striking resemblance, though I don't have a double chin. No that's not me. ;)

Haunted

11-26-2009, 02:06 AM

I heard they're selling the fan club t-shirts at the mall on Black Friday. :banana:

Papaya, they have your color!

I'll set up camp outside the mall right after my Thanksgiving dinner :D

AmericanEagle

11-26-2009, 02:30 AM

They're selling the fan club t-shirts in the US? They're not even available in Canada yet. I think you guys are getting knock-offs.

qimissung

11-26-2009, 08:04 PM

:lol: You are funny Virgil!

papayahed

11-26-2009, 10:28 PM

They're selling the fan club t-shirts in the US? They're not even available in Canada yet.

That's because the US is faster, smarter, and all around better then Canada. ;)

AmericanEagle

11-26-2009, 11:11 PM

That's because the US is faster, smarter, and all around better then Canada. ;)

At the risk of sounding like JBI, I have to say that I disagree. ;)

JBI

11-26-2009, 11:19 PM

That's because the US is faster, smarter, and all around better then Canada. ;)

Faster? Given the obesity rates I would hate to see the scales.

Haunted

11-26-2009, 11:24 PM

Faster? Given the obesity rates I would hate to see the scales.

We may not move faster, but we think faster.

JBI

11-26-2009, 11:49 PM

We may not move faster, but we think faster.

...Insects hum of autumn by the gold brim of the well;
A thin frost glistens like little mirrors on my cold mat;
The high lantern flickers; and. deeper grows my longing.
I lift the shade and, with many a sigh, gaze upon the moon,
Single as a flower, centred from the clouds.
Above, I see the blueness and deepness of sky.
Below, I see the greenness and the restlessness of water....
Heaven is high, earth wide; bitter between them flies my sorrow.
Can I dream through the gateway, over the mountain?
Endless longing
Breaks my heart.

Li Bai, tr. Bynner

Or let me try again:

Because I oft in darke abstracted guise,
Seeme most alone in greatest companie
With dearth of words, or answers quite awrie,
To them that would make speech of speech arise,
They deeme, and of their doome the rumour flies,
That poyson foule of bubling pride doth lie
So in my swelling breast that onely I
Fawne on me selfe, and others do despise:
Yet pride I thinke doth not my soule possesse,
Which lookes too oft in his vnflattring glasse:
But one worse fault Ambition I confesse,
That makes me oft my best friends ouer-passe,
Vnseene, vnheard, while thought to highest place
Bends all his powers, euen vnto Stellas [God Bless America, etc.] grace.

AmericanEagle

11-27-2009, 12:03 AM

We may not move faster, but we think faster.

Americans think faster?

Miss Teen USA South Carolina 2007 on the question of why so many American students are so poor at geography:

"I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uhmmm, some people out there in our nation don't have maps and uh, I believe that our, I, education like such as uh, South Africa, and uh, the Iraq, everywhere like such as, and I believe that they should, uhhh, our education over here in the US should help the US, uh, should help South Africa, it should help the Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future, for us."

Haunted

11-27-2009, 12:13 AM

Americans think faster?

Miss Teen USA South Carolina 2007 on the question of why so many American students are so poor at geography:

"I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uhmmm, some people out there in our nation don't have maps and uh, I believe that our, I, education like such as uh, South Africa, and uh, the Iraq, everywhere like such as, and I believe that they should, uhhh, our education over here in the US should help the US, uh, should help South Africa, it should help the Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future, for us."

You watched Miss Teen USA? tsk tsk tsk

...Insects hum of autumn by the gold brim of the well;
A thin frost glistens like little mirrors on my cold mat;
The high lantern flickers; and. deeper grows my longing.
I lift the shade and, with many a sigh, gaze upon the moon,
Single as a flower, centred from the clouds.
Above, I see the blueness and deepness of sky.
Below, I see the greenness and the restlessness of water....
Heaven is high, earth wide; bitter between them flies my sorrow.
Can I dream through the gateway, over the mountain?
Endless longing
Breaks my heart.

Li Bai, tr. Bynner

Or let me try again:

Because I oft in darke abstracted guise,
Seeme most alone in greatest companie
With dearth of words, or answers quite awrie,
To them that would make speech of speech arise,
They deeme, and of their doome the rumour flies,
That poyson foule of bubling pride doth lie
So in my swelling breast that onely I
Fawne on me selfe, and others do despise:
Yet pride I thinke doth not my soule possesse,
Which lookes too oft in his vnflattring glasse:
But one worse fault Ambition I confesse,
That makes me oft my best friends ouer-passe,
Vnseene, vnheard, while thought to highest place
Bends all his powers, euen vnto Stellas [God Bless America, etc.] grace.

to reply to my 9 words, you have to use 219 words?

Not fast enough.

Quality. Not quantity.

qimissung

11-27-2009, 12:28 AM

Well, it's well known that people from the South move slower, ergo they think slower, too. :D

Haunted

11-27-2009, 12:31 AM

Well, it's well known that people from the South move slower, ergo they think slower, too. :D

I'm sure even if it's true that they think slower, they think better ;)

Nietzsche

11-27-2009, 12:32 AM

Canada? America?

come on guys, we both know Germany is the best ;)

Well, it's well known that people from the South move slower, ergo they think slower, too.

I can back that up, haha. I live here in SC. And to the comment on Miss Teen South Carolina, it's pretty sad I knew several girls like that in my area haha. The upstate of this state is particularly nutty. At least in my city; i'm not saying all southerners are dumb. I'm here, after all.

Haunted

11-27-2009, 12:38 AM

Canada? America?

come on guys, we both know Germany is the best ;)

Nein! ;)

Nietzsche

11-27-2009, 12:58 AM

Nein! ;)

Ach, du weißt daß, Deutschland die beste ist. Deutschland hat viele intelligent Menschen. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/germany.shtml

JBI

11-27-2009, 01:05 AM

Canada? America?

come on guys, we both know Germany is the best ;)

I can back that up, haha. I live here in SC. And to the comment on Miss Teen South Carolina, it's pretty sad I knew several girls like that in my area haha. The upstate of this state is particularly nutty. At least in my city; i'm not saying all southerners are dumb. I'm here, after all.

This isn't about who is the best, though some Americans may see it that way.

As for the above post about 219 words - I could have answered in fewer words, true, but as you say, quality over quantity - I think Li Bai, or Bynner's Li Bai at any rate, speaks in a more qualitative manner than, lets say, "I don't even think I aught to answer such a ridiculous statement." Though perhaps short and snappy may have done the trick.

Lets be honest; Americans think faster? Does any country think faster than another? I thought the rate at which people process things is a more or less equal thing across all nations - though perhaps the inbreeding in some places (cough, Bible Belt, cough) may have slowed things down a bit.

Of course, I will grant Americans are more likely to act rashly with more risks, whereas Canadians seem more cautious, and less ambitious. That seems ingrained, at least on some levels, from what I see in culture. But, then again, perhaps that isn't such a bad thing.

Nietzsche

11-27-2009, 01:10 AM

This isn't about who is the best, though some Americans may see it that way.

National character is only another name for the particular form which the littleness, perversity and baseness of mankind take in every country. Every nation mocks at other nations, and all are right. -- Arthur Schopenhauer

I know it isn't about who's best. I was jesting.

JuniperWoolf

11-27-2009, 01:12 AM

I know it isn't about who's best. I was jesting.

If you did, you wouldn't deserve to call yourself "Nietzsche." ;)

Nietzsche

11-27-2009, 01:18 AM

If you did, you wouldn't deserve to call yourself "Nietzsche." ;)

My sarcastic nature has had many of my writings misinterpreted.

JuniperWoolf

11-27-2009, 01:28 AM

My sarcastic nature has had many of my writings misinterpreted.

Mine too. I wish that they had an obvious "I'm being sarcastic" emoticon.

Nietzsche

11-27-2009, 01:33 AM

Mine too. I wish that they had an obvious "I'm being sarcastic" emoticon.

I don't know who all watches the big bang theory, but if you do you will get this picture. Notice the sarcasm sign.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_S-FffMgnmzE/SSR-bYM4M3I/AAAAAAAAASo/ytNyPkGw4tI/s320/BBT+sarcasm+sign+2.jpg

Haunted

11-27-2009, 01:55 AM

Lets be honest; Americans think faster? Does any country think faster than another? I thought the rate at which people process things is a more or less equal thing across all nations - though perhaps the inbreeding in some places (cough, Bible Belt, cough) may have slowed things down a bit.

Ever heard of a New York minute? It's measured faster than a regular minute.

This is how it works. Everything happens in a New York minute in certain parts of the US, namely the NY Metro, so you have to think on your feet. The key is to think fast, act fast, then figure out how to fix it later.

Now Down South, they got rocking chairs, which slow thoughts down dramatically. In fact, my brain actually rolls backwards along the South Carolina shores.

Ach, du weißt daß, Deutschland die beste ist. Deutschland hat viele intelligent Menschen. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/germany.shtml

Schäferhund sind intelligenter. ;)

AmericanEagle

11-27-2009, 05:49 PM

Ever heard of a New York minute? It's measured faster than a regular minute.

This is how it works. Everything happens in a New York minute in certain parts of the US, namely the NY Metro, so you have to think on your feet. The key is to think fast, act fast, then figure out how to fix it later.

Well, there is a saying that Toronto is like New York run by the Swiss, so perhaps Torontonians emphasize efficiency over speed.

Nietzsche

11-27-2009, 07:04 PM

Well, there is a saying that Toronto is like New York run by the Swiss, so perhaps Torontonians emphasize efficiency over speed.

Hell is a place where:
The lovers are Swiss
The cooks are English
The mechanics are French
The police are German
The government is run by the Italians

Heaven is a place where:
The lovers are Italian
The cooks are French
The mechanics are German
The police are English
The government is run by the Swiss

Haunted

11-27-2009, 07:22 PM

Hell is a place where:
The lovers are Swiss
The cooks are English
The mechanics are French
The police are German
The government is run by the Italians

Heaven is a place where:
The lovers are Italian
The cooks are French
The mechanics are German
The police are English
The government is run by the Swiss

Why isn't Canada mentioned here? Not fair to Canadians that they're left out in the cold.

here's what hell is really like:

Hell is a place where:
The lovers are Swiss
The cooks are English
The mechanics are French
The police are German
The government is run by the Italians
The arguers are Canadians
:argue:

Nietzsche

11-27-2009, 07:33 PM

Why isn't Canada mentioned here? Not fair to Canadians that they're left out in the cold.

here's what hell is really like:

Hell is a place where:
The lovers are Swiss
The cooks are English
The mechanics are French
The police are German
The government is run by the Italians
The arguers are Canadians
:argue:

Because they are not located on the continent of europe.

Here's a REAL Hell

The lovers are chinese
the cooks are amazonian savages (mmmmm, human)
The mechanics are Amish
The police are German
The government is run by Americans
And the arguers are Fascists.

Real Heaven

The lovers are German/Swiss/Swedish
The Cooks are italian
the mechanics are German
The police are English
The government is run by yours truly.

AmericanEagle

11-28-2009, 02:01 AM

here's what hell is really like:

The arguers are Canadians
:argue:

Canadians don't argue. We're peacekeepers. :D

crystalmoonshin

11-28-2009, 02:43 AM

Canadians don't argue. We're peacekeepers. :D

By saying that, aren't you arguing that Canadians don't argue? ;)

papayahed

11-28-2009, 11:08 AM

Canadians don't argue. We're peacekeepers. :D

erm.. Have you met JBI?:lol:

AmericanEagle

11-28-2009, 10:06 PM

erm.. Have you met JBI?:lol:

Yes, but JBI is not representative of the entire country.

papayahed

11-29-2009, 01:00 PM

Final Reminder:

Please do not discuss each other but the topic at hand.

Further personal comments will be deleted and/or might lead to thread closure.

AmericanEagle

12-01-2009, 01:08 AM

JBI, I honestly don't know how you can major in English. Dangling modifiers, empty verbs, diction, passive tense, comma splice, ugh!

JBI

12-01-2009, 01:45 AM

JBI, I honestly don't know how you can major in English. Dangling modifiers, empty verbs, diction, passive tense, comma splice, ugh!

I don't edit my posts, I generally write them straight without even thinking about a general topic before hand - my argument just flows. Lets be honest, this isn't academic writing here - more than anything I am penning a sort of stream of consciousness, in emulation of an actual conversation.

AmericanEagle

12-01-2009, 01:52 AM

I don't edit my posts, I generally write them straight without even thinking about a general topic before hand - my argument just flows. Lets be honest, this isn't academic writing here - more than anything I am penning a sort of stream of consciousness, in emulation of an actual conversation.

No, I was talking about taking English courses at U of T. The prof handed back our essays today, and she was complaining about our horrible grammar and punctuation, and says she will dock marks on subsequent essays if there are any technical errors. She's an English professor.

By the way, I got an 84 on the essay. I was so happy!

JBI

12-01-2009, 01:57 AM

No, I was talking about taking English courses at U of T. The prof handed back our essays today, and she was complaining about our horrible grammar and punctuation, and says she will dock marks on subsequent essays if there are any technical errors. She's an English professor.

By the way, I got an 84 on the essay. I was so happy!

That's good to hear - when I formally write, I make very few mistakes if any - but that comes with hours of proofreading to find the perfect word and such - I don't know, essays have been going well so far this year except one, which I am unpleasantly awaiting the return of. Departments have different standards - I have gotten As on mediocre papers, simply because everybody else's were worse.

Which English professor was it?

AmericanEagle

12-01-2009, 02:06 AM

That's good to hear - when I formally write, I make very few mistakes if any - but that comes with hours of proofreading to find the perfect word and such - I don't know, essays have been going well so far this year except one, which I am unpleasantly awaiting the return of. Departments have different standards - I have gotten As on mediocre papers, simply because everybody else's were worse.

Getting essays back is so nerve-wracking. It doesn't help when the prof says that some people failed.

I was not looking forward to getting my other essay back because I didn't think I did a good job on it. I was shocked when I got an 80.

Which English professor was it?

Suzack.

JBI

12-04-2009, 12:28 AM

Getting essays back is so nerve-wracking. It doesn't help when the prof says that some people failed.

I was not looking forward to getting my other essay back because I didn't think I did a good job on it. I was shocked when I got an 80.

Suzack.

Seriously though, do you really have that much trouble with grammar? Shouldn't you, for formal writing, use proper grammar anyway? Either way though, from what I know about Suzack, she takes herself very seriously. What was that for, a course on Aboriginal literature?

AmericanEagle

12-04-2009, 01:11 AM

You only come back here after stlukesguild makes fun of you and your fan club. :rolleyes:

stlukesguild

12-04-2009, 01:17 AM

He's looking for moral support.:nod:

Why did I know he'd be here?:confused::rolleyes:

AmericanEagle

12-04-2009, 01:24 AM

JBI

12-04-2009, 09:46 AM

Well, he's not going to get any support from me. He abandons this thread for two days (and ignores me in the process), and only comes back after other people make fun of him. Come on, JBI, you know better than to do something like this.

True, to an extent, I didn't respond (in part because I couldn't think of what to say, and in part because I couldn't find the text on the bottom of the site) but I did not come back because St. Lukes took a shot at me, I came back because he started a reply, and as I waited on and on for him to finish it, hoping to at least be able to comment on it that night, directly after it was posted, I found myself replying to this thread. As it so happens, he didn't quite finish his post.

So alas, we are here again, he with the cheap cracks (as he zealously rifles through my thread to get the latest JBI gossip, tisk tisk), and me with my "needing moral support", and "leave Britney/JBI alone"s. It's a wonder I don't fall over and die - oh my god, I was called a snob for telling people they should use Pinyin instead of Wade-Giles - Oh no, somebody perhaps completely ignorant on the subject insulted me. I think I better leave these boards and just head to the washroom and open some veins.

AmericanEagle

12-04-2009, 03:06 PM

True, to an extent, I didn't respond (in part because I couldn't think of what to say, and in part because I couldn't find the text on the bottom of the site) but I did not come back because St. Lukes took a shot at me, I came back because he started a reply, and as I waited on and on for him to finish it, hoping to at least be able to comment on it that night, directly after it was posted, I found myself replying to this thread. As it so happens, he didn't quite finish his post.

So you really wanted to respond to stlukesguild, but he didn't give a fast enough reply, and so you settled for responding to me. Such kind consideration you have given me. Just keep in mind who started your fan club because I don't think it was stlukesguild.

gbrekken

12-04-2009, 03:34 PM

Narcissism anyone?

JBI

12-05-2009, 12:28 PM

So you really wanted to respond to stlukesguild, but he didn't give a fast enough reply, and so you settled for responding to me. Such kind consideration you have given me. Just keep in mind who started your fan club because I don't think it was stlukesguild.

Yes, but you do see the dilemma I have here - on one hand, I could post and keep this thread at the top, yet on the other hand, I can realize that it is a tad bit depressing to be my own biggest fan, and one of the most communicative members of my own fan club - how then am I to negotiate the two evils - one being being polite to you, as you evidently deserve, yet on the other hand...

AmericanEagle

12-05-2009, 11:14 PM

Yes, but you do see the dilemma I have here - on one hand, I could post and keep this thread at the top, yet on the other hand, I can realize that it is a tad bit depressing to be my own biggest fan, and one of the most communicative members of my own fan club - how then am I to negotiate the two evils - one being being polite to you, as you evidently deserve, yet on the other hand...

The fact that you would even consider this to be a dilemma implies that stroking your ego is more important to you than being polite to me. If that's the case, then I'm no longer a fan, which would decrease your fan count to zero.

JBI

12-05-2009, 11:30 PM

The fact that you would even consider this to be a dilemma implies that stroking your ego is more important to you than being polite to me. If that's the case, then I'm no longer a fan, which would decrease your fan count to zero.

You are the one who accused me of being rude, we must note, in that I didn't reply fast enough (the fact that I was essentially away from the boards for a day and didn't reply to anyone doesn't factor in), but we'll leave it at that. Had you but sent a private message, for instance, you can assure yourself based on past experience, that I would have replied promptly, but, you remove contexts.

Think about it - you get offended that I responded to St. Lukes first, but doesn't that imply that I took more time to respond to you? Wouldn't one think that is a gesture of esteem rather than anything else.

But alas, seeing how this is a fan club of one now, I aught not to reply anyway, as, ironically, as I had hinted at earlier, this has turned into a one man show, and I am non Onanist enough to warrant my own self-obsessiveness, so I guess the thread can now fold over and die.

It makes no difference anyway - anyone can see that I barely post on these boards anymore anyway, and that my posts are all distracted and whatnot. Either I get attacked for being too Canadian, or too "controversial, or too "current", or too "academic", or whatnot, or I get yelled at for being negligent and not posting - either way it is a barrage of killeraggio - a verbal debasement - as is want recently with everything I post, and is the only response I get anyway (usually along the lines of "you are Canadian shut up") so, at any rate, having no fans, having one fan, having a million fans, no matter what I type I am going to get yelled at somewhere for - all this is hinting at is I should just not bother posting anymore.

AmericanEagle

12-06-2009, 12:11 AM

Wow, I struck a nerve. Guess that politeness thing has gone out the window.

You are the one who accused me of being rude, we must note, in that I didn't reply fast enough (the fact that I was essentially away from the boards for a day and didn't reply to anyone doesn't factor in)

I'm sorry for not being aware of your daily schedule. However, you did post during the evening of December 1, the morning of December 2, and the morning and evening of December 3.

Think about it - you get offended that I responded to St. Lukes first, but doesn't that imply that I took more time to respond to you? Wouldn't one think that is a gesture of esteem rather than anything else.

You said that you responded to me while you were anxiously awaiting stlukesguild's reply. I don't know how that constitutes a gesture of esteem.

But alas, seeing how this is a fan club of one now, I aught not to reply anyway, as, ironically, as I had hinted at earlier, this has turned into a one man show, and I am non Onanist enough to warrant my own self-obsessiveness, so I guess the thread can now fold over and die.

No, the person that has been keeping this thread alive is me. Now that I am no longer a fan, I guess this thread has no purpose.

It makes no difference anyway - anyone can see that I barely post on these boards anymore anyway, and that my posts are all distracted and whatnot. Either I get attacked for being too Canadian, or too "controversial, or too "current", or too "academic", or whatnot, or I get yelled at for being negligent and not posting - either way it is a barrage of killeraggio - a verbal debasement - as is want recently with everything I post, and is the only response I get anyway (usually along the lines of "you are Canadian shut up") so, at any rate, having no fans, having one fan, having a million fans, no matter what I type I am going to get yelled at somewhere for - all this is hinting at is I should just not bother posting anymore.

Whatever. It's up to you.

JBI

12-06-2009, 12:17 AM

It was no dream: I lay broad waking.
But all is turned thorough my gentleness
Into a strange fashion of forsaking;
And I have leave to go of her goodness,
And she also, to use newfangleness.
But since that I so kindly am served
I would fain know what she hath deserved.

Or would that you prefer

And this is why I sojourn here
Alone and palely loitering,
Though the sedge is wither’d from the lake,
And no birds sing.

stlukesguild

12-06-2009, 12:26 AM

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4004/4162196126_d8619480c4_o.gif

AmericanEagle

12-06-2009, 12:27 AM

Or would that you prefer

What have I ever done to you that would make you compare me to these women? Besides, if you are going to use poems to respond, I prefer original poetry.

JBI

12-06-2009, 12:34 AM

What have I ever done to you that would make you compare me to these women? Besides, if you are going to use poems to respond, I prefer original poetry.

Oh nothing - I just found the contrast between the personalities of the poems worth noting in the situation - for instance, in the Wyatt, you have the speaker left in an aporia, in which he doesn't know exactly how he should act, and what his "abandonment" means - it gestures to a sense of betrayal, but also, of fondness, which is rather unclear.

As for the second, the contrast is in the way the "belle" would have the narrator act, as if, the whole thing is merely a game in a ploy in which rebuke and rejection are done for aesthetic purposes.

either way it doesn't matter, if you want original work, I could pen a couplet or two, a quatrain, satire, Ballade, Sestina, etc. etc. but to what purpose - as you said, you aren't a fan anyway, why should I be as presumptive as to think you aught to read it - should I sit there in question, or through the wither'd sedge go a-trotting, yclad in my own helplessness?

AmericanEagle

12-06-2009, 12:46 AM

either way it doesn't matter, if you want original work, I could pen a couplet or two, a quatrain, satire, Ballade, Sestina, etc. etc. but to what purpose - as you said, you aren't a fan anyway, why should I be as presumptive as to think you aught to read it - should I sit there in question, or through the wither'd sedge go a-trotting, yclad in my own helplessness?

On second thought, I don't want any more poems from you. I remember the last one didn't exactly sing my praises.

Virgil

12-06-2009, 01:10 AM

Let me confess, when JBI is not being a snot, I am a fan. :D

JBI

12-06-2009, 01:11 AM

On second thought, I don't want any more poems from you. I remember the last one didn't exactly sing my praises.

Poetry isn't about singing praises - even the most Petrarchan of verses only sing the poet's praise - everybody knows that. Pastoral has nothing to do with the Shepherdess - the whole poetic genre has only to do with the vehicle of subject as is relates to the poet.

On that note, shall I then around the forest go, with your name, my verse, onto the tree-bark throw?

As it is, I am yet from you to get said lyric, so though my own efforts maybe faulty, as of now... Even so though, I make no excuses - as you say, you would that I would rather not write, than to write what you would rather not read.

As if, by some delay, in that, though I read the post, I did not reply to it immediately (ironically, my reply itself had no significance at any rate anyway), I somehow like a Hector, have slain some Patroklus, thus I, by the poniard thrust of your words, am made as if to be cut down, mutilated, and behind your chariot dragged.

In that sense, would you rather I not have replied?

*resists urge to paste Yeats's No Second Troy.*

billl

12-06-2009, 01:19 AM

Shhhhh, Virgil. Don't let them know we're watching

AmericanEagle

12-06-2009, 01:35 AM

Poetry isn't about singing praises - even the most Petrarchan of verses only sing the poet's praise - everybody knows that. Pastoral has nothing to do with the Shepherdess - the whole poetic genre has only to do with the vehicle of subject as is relates to the poet.

You called me brash, rash, coy, and cold. I wasn't too thrilled about that.

On that note, shall I then around the forest go, with your name, my verse, onto the tree-bark throw?

As it is, I am yet from you to get said lyric, so though my own efforts maybe faulty, as of now... Even so though, I make no excuses - as you say, you would that I would rather not write, than to write what you would rather not read.

As if, by some delay, in that, though I read the post, I did not reply to it immediately (ironically, my reply itself had no significance at any rate anyway), I somehow like a Hector, have slain some Patroklus, thus I, by the poniard thrust of your words, am made as if to be cut down, mutilated, and behind your chariot dragged.

In that sense, would you rather I not have replied?

Nice poem. It's better than the last one.

*resists urge to paste Yeats's No Second Troy.*

Don't you dare. Besides, I already said I prefer original poetry.

JBI

12-06-2009, 01:51 AM

You ask me why it is,
I, stare at the barren,
decaying roads,
watching the leaves fall
I pause and I answer,
why does this so vex you?
As the birds have grown fewer,
why not stop
when forward only means tempest?

AmericanEagle

12-06-2009, 02:16 AM

JBI

12-06-2009, 02:18 AM

Arguing with you is exhausting, so I think I'll stop.

Alright, lets settle it - I fold, you win. You are right, I aught to have responded sooner, but alas...

If it is any consolation, the only reason why I responded to other posts firsts was simply because they are at the top of the page, and I read the forums in 3 minute bursts, so, quite simply, I got to them first.

AmericanEagle

12-06-2009, 02:36 AM

Alright, lets settle it - I fold, you win. You are right, I aught to have responded sooner, but alas...

If it is any consolation, the only reason why I responded to other posts firsts was simply because they are at the top of the page, and I read the forums in 3 minute bursts, so, quite simply, I got to them first.

You conceded defeat. That's good enough for me. And yes, I'll accept your explanation.

That "folding" comment reminds me that the finale of the Amazing Race will be in Las Vegas. I remember telling you to watch the premiere (but you didn't watch it). Now it's the finale. Time really flies. If you did watch it, though, you'd probably scream at racers because they don't know anything about literature.

For instance, unscramble COHKEHV. It is the name of a famous Russian playwright. You'd be surprised how many racers struggled.

In the second instance, unscramble RZFNA. The racers are in Prague, and the task is called Kafkaesque. Nearly every racer struggled, and one even quit the task.

Can you unscramble these? I recall that you weren't too great at unscrambling words. ;)

JBI

12-06-2009, 02:40 AM

Chekhov is easy, though Franz is perhaps a little more confusing given the nz combo isn't particularly common in English. Though, as you know, crosswords and jumbles give me great difficulty.

AmericanEagle

12-06-2009, 03:00 AM

Chekhov is easy, though Franz is perhaps a little more confusing given the nz combo isn't particularly common in English. Though, as you know, crosswords and jumbles give me great difficulty.

Only one racer got CHEKHOV immediately. He said, "Who doesn't know Chekhov?" Well, apparently a lot of people don't know Chekhov.

But then again, TAR racers:

think that the Persian Gulf is a country
don't know that the world's tallest freestanding structure is in Dubai (I grieved for the CN Tower)
thought that Jackie Kennedy was Queen Elizabeth
think that Namibia and Zambia are the same country
think that hydroelectric dams are built by beavers
thought that Lenin built the aforementioned dam
can't pronounce Taipei

JBI

12-06-2009, 03:05 AM

Well, 99.9% of the world or more are likely to just read it Tie as in clothes tie, and pei as in pay. I think it would be a very rare occurrence to find somebody who pronounces it properly, as bei - and even then, it would still be an estimate as tie-bay.

And, ironically, people like that come onto these very boards, and yell at me that I am elitist for insisting people spell things with Pinyin instead of Wade-Giles.

As for the others, well, that is just plain stupid.

AmericanEagle

12-06-2009, 03:15 AM

JBI

12-06-2009, 03:16 AM

They pronounced it Ta-pie.

Would you have excused them if they pronounced it Tie- Pay?

AmericanEagle

12-06-2009, 03:26 AM

Would you have excused them if they pronounced it Tie- Pay?

Yes, because Tie-Pay looks similar to Taipei.

To answer your previous questions, no, I don't really have that much trouble with grammar, and the course is Aboriginal Studies.

JBI

12-06-2009, 03:33 AM

Yes, because Tie-Pay looks similar to Taipei.

To answer your previous questions, no, I don't really have that much trouble with grammar, and the course is Aboriginal Studies.

That's like referring to Beijing as Peking, or Guangzhou as Canton.

Of course, one could go the other way, but these are all sounds available in English, whereas other languages have barriers of phonetic sounds being unavailable. I just find it a little annoying.

How is aboriginal studies? I was considering taking the 100 level course as a distribution requirement but didn't end up going through with it.

AmericanEagle

12-06-2009, 03:40 AM

That's like referring to Beijing as Peking, or Guangzhou as Canton.

Of course, one could go the other way, but these are all sounds available in English, whereas other languages have barriers of phonetic sounds being unavailable. I just find it a little annoying.

Generally, I pronounce them the Cantonese way, so I don't know if that makes a difference.

How is aboriginal studies? I was considering taking the 100 level course as a distribution requirement but didn't end up going through with it.

It's OK. Just lots of reading and doing critical analyses.

JBI

12-06-2009, 11:56 PM

Generally, I pronounce them the Cantonese way, so I don't know if that makes a difference.

It's OK. Just lots of reading and doing critical analyses.

Is it going well - this year for some reason is both five times busier than last, yet five times easier come mark time for me.

AmericanEagle

12-07-2009, 06:18 PM

Is it going well - this year for some reason is both five times busier than last, yet five times easier come mark time for me.

It's going well. My workload and marks this year have been pretty much the same as the years before.

By the way, you're not looking forward to the snow? How un-Canadian of you.

JBI

12-07-2009, 06:37 PM

It's going well. My workload and marks this year have been pretty much the same as the years before.

By the way, you're not looking forward to the snow? How un-Canadian of you.

I disagree - I think "How Canadian of me." Most people seem to think snow is merely a romantic family atmosphere setting, in which the spirit of the holiday season is highlighted by bright flakes falling softly. They don't realize that it's more like tick gusts of blizzard blowing at your face and freezing you to the bone, or a metre of poundage in front of your doorway come morning that you need to plow through so that your parents can get their cars out of the driveway (all this around 6:00, or earlier on a major dumping of course). To the average person, I think, snow is merely a concept - I don't think many people realize that it is actually cold, and wet, and heavy, and continuous, and, unfortunately, abundant.

AmericanEagle

12-07-2009, 07:14 PM

To the average person, I think, snow is merely a concept - I don't think many people realize that it is actually cold, and wet, and heavy, and continuous, and, unfortunately, abundant.

I agree that the blizzards, slush, and salt are unpleasant. I'm not going to say that I love the snow, but it's part of Canadian life, so you just have to embrace it.

However, I really don't think that Canadian winters are THAT cold. Though, yes, I will complain when the wind chill makes it feel like -40 degrees and I have to wait for the bus. But for the most part, if you're properly dressed, it's fine. Then again, you were saying that 7 degrees was cold.

JBI

12-07-2009, 07:34 PM

I agree that the blizzards, slush, and salt are unpleasant. I'm not going to say that I love the snow, but it's part of Canadian life, so you just have to embrace it.

However, I really don't think that Canadian winters are THAT cold. Though, yes, I will complain when the wind chill makes it feel like -40 degrees and I have to wait for the bus. But for the most part, if you're properly dressed, it's fine. Then again, you were saying that 7 degrees was cold.

You also must note that Toronto is mild Canada. Try Edmonton or Calgary and well, freezing! I don't know - I used to spend much of the winter in the countryside, but now I see that as useless - the winter there is enough to trap you on the roads - city winter is unpleasant, but country winter is hell.

Of course, we all pretend that it isn't so bad - but I wager, given the chance, everybody wouldn't mind sitting on a beach somewhere.

The haunting thing about it though, is that the wilderness and blizzard of winter has a sort of aesthetic appeal -as if the barren wilderness that traditionally characterizes Canada as a motif was both "Cain's land", yet at the same time, unbelievably beautiful.

AmericanEagle

12-08-2009, 05:52 PM

I still think you're un-Canadian for disliking the cold. Have you seen those "You Know You're Canadian When..." lists?

JuniperWoolf

12-08-2009, 09:31 PM

It's kind of funny that you mention that, actually. I've been thinking that with all of the posts by JBI that I've read, he really seems like the most un-Canadian man in the entire world.

stlukesguild

12-08-2009, 10:07 PM

The Official Canadian Temperature Conversion Chart

50° Fahrenheit (10° C)
Californians shiver uncontrollably.
Canadians plant gardens.

35° Fahrenheit (1.6° C)
Italian Cars won't start
Canadians drive with the windows down

32° Fahrenheit (0° C)
American water freezes
Canadian water gets thicker.

0° Fahrenheit (-17.9° C)
New York City landlords finally turn on the heat.
Canadians have the last cookout of the season.

-60° Fahrenheit (-51° C)
Santa Claus abandons the North Pole.
Canadian Girl Guides sell cookies door-to-door.

-109.9° Fahrenheit (-78.5° C)
Carbon dioxide freezes makes dry ice.
Canadians pull down their earflaps.

-173° Fahrenheit (-114° C)
Ethyl alcohol freezes.
Canadians get frustrated when they can't thaw the keg

-459.67° Fahrenheit (-273.15° C)
Absolute zero; all atomic motion stops.
Canadians start saying "cold, eh?"

-500° Fahrenheit (-295° C)
Hell freezes over.
The Toronto Maple Leafs win the Stanley Cup

:banana::brow::smash::rolleyes:

JuniperWoolf

12-08-2009, 10:17 PM

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
I love it!

JBI

12-08-2009, 10:43 PM

It's kind of funny that you mention that, actually. I've been thinking that with all of the posts by JBI that I've read, he really seems like the most un-Canadian man in the entire world.

And what exactly is the "most Canadian man" in the entire world like? Are you saying that I am too agonistic/antagonistic? as Linda Hutcheon is found of quoting, I am as "Canadian as possible under the circumstances." Simply put, I drink the same Tim Hortons as everybody else (the fact that I think Tim Hortons is kind of meh, and brew my own Turkish coffee 95% of the time doesn't matter).

As for St. Lukes, and the Leafs winning the Stanley - I don't think it will happen before hell freezes over. Luckily, I am not a sportsfan, and don't watch, so at least I don't waste three hours to see a bunch of overpaid jocks lose night after night.

Then again, a Vancouver ad for Coors was advertising the beer as "colder than most people from Toronto," so there may be that element as well.

JuniperWoolf

12-08-2009, 11:05 PM

And what exactly is the "most Canadian man" in the entire world like? Are you saying that I am too agonistic/antagonistic? as Linda Hutcheon is found of quoting, I am as "Canadian as possible under the circumstances." Simply put, I drink the same Tim Hortons as everybody else (the fact that I think Tim Hortons is kind of meh, and brew my own Turkish coffee 95% of the time doesn't matter).

See, there's your non-Canadianism right there. You just need to chill out! You take yourself too seriously. How can anyone be so stuffy when we've got all of this niiice wide open space all to ourselves!

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=763&pictureid=5806

But really...

As for St. Lukes, and the Leafs winning the Stanley - I don't think it will happen before hell freezes over. Luckily, I am not a sportsfan, and don't watch, so at least I don't waste three hours to see a bunch of overpaid jocks lose night after night.

Come on, man! What Canadian doesn't like hockey? Are you telling me that your heart doesn't melt with national pride when you see this:

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=763&pictureid=5808

OrphanPip

12-08-2009, 11:39 PM

The only thing that keeps me going some days is that the Leafs are doing worse than the Canadiens.

AmericanEagle

12-09-2009, 12:17 AM

JBI, as soon as I call you un-Canadian, there has been new activity in this thread. See? I told you that I was the one keeping this thread alive. Granted, the people posting here aren't fans of yours, but any publicity is good publicity, right?

Though I admit that I'm not a hockey fan, either.

JBI

12-09-2009, 12:28 AM

OrphanPip

12-09-2009, 12:32 AM

Yes, but how would you feel if I called you Un-Canadian? That's the problem.

In Quebec it's a compliment of the highest order anyway. Unfortunately, disliking hockey is un-quebecois as well.

AmericanEagle

12-09-2009, 12:54 AM

Yes, but how would you feel if I called you Un-Canadian? That's the problem.

If you are offended, then I will apologize.

But the cold and snow are as much a part of Canadian identity as multiculturalism.

JBI

12-09-2009, 01:06 AM

If you are offended, then I will apologize.

But the cold and snow are as much a part of Canadian identity as multiculturalism.

I don't think people "like" it though - If you read, for instance, Prairie Fiction, it seems riddled with an ambivalence - As For me and My House by Sinclair Ross, for instance, seems to treat the Prairie winter as a desolate void - a sort of hell.

I get the feeling from reading that the "romantic" aspects of winter are merely just a show, and people generally do not like snow.