Game: Ask the Person Below You

The old lady inherited a parrot. The parrot however, wouldn’t say a word. Her friend, captain of an oil freighter, said he’d take the parrot with him and he would guarantee the parrot would come back talking. As the freighter pulled out of the harbor, two clumsy sailors fell overboard. The Captain yelled:

“Man overboard! Throw ‘em a rope!”
The

The Parrot echoed “Throw ‘em a rope!”

“Move it now! Helm, let ‘er sail!”

“Tweet! Let ‘er sail!”

On the return trip the ship struck an iceberg. The Captain asked for a damage report.

“Hit a big ‘un, Cap’n, but no damage!”

“Tweet! Hit a big ‘un! No damage!”

The parrot was returned to the old lady who took the bird to church on Sunday. The Minister asked in a loud voice: “Anyone want to go to Heaven!?”

“Tweet! Throw ‘em a rope! Tweet!”

The Minister asked the lady to make her parrot be still, but it kept repeating the phrase.
“I’ll bean you with a songbook if you don’t shut up!”

“Tweet! Let ‘er sail! Tweet!”

The Minster flung the songbook, which the parrot ducked. It struck a very large man square in the face.

“Tweet! Hit a big ‘un, Cap’n! No damage! Tweet!” :lol:

What is your ideal car?

I like fast driving, so any car that can zip-zap-zoom :D

What are the essential items that you always keep in your bag or purse etc.?

K... so this is weird. I have pens or pencils at all times, usually paper or a notebook, lip balm for chapped lips.... and a...erm... weapon, of sorts. Sorry, but tiny little Miss Caroline doesn't always have a line of protection... so...

Same question...:blush:

50 cents for a phone call, just in case my cell phone (also in there) isn't working . . . the odd band-aid, some chapstick, ID, housekey, gum . . . 's 'bout it.

Same q, but maybe a guy can say what he always carries around.

Heh, not a guy, but the thing I always carry around in my purse is a book. Other things too, but as long as I have a book, I can survive anything!!

What is your favourite quote?

I have a lot. The one that's going through my head right now is one that is used by one of my favorite authors, Dorothy L. Sayers, actually quoting Dickens,
"all is gas and gaiters"

Many. A good one is from Ambrose Birece's The Devil's Dictionary, which for all of you good people out there is NOT Satanic in any way:

"History: An account, mostly false, of events unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools. "

Same question.

Hmm... there are far too many good ones. However, one I am rather fond of is
"If you're going to do a job, why waste the time you could have been doing it right, wrong?"

A wise word from a very wise person in my life.

Same question...

In Spanish:
"Las verdaderas revoluciones se hicieron de traje y corbata"
Translation:
"The real revolutions were brought about by men in suits and ties" The meaning was translated.
This is something my father told me some time ago.
There's a quote forum for this so im changing the question, but to keep the quote thing going my question is taken from Frank Zappa:
"What is the ugliest part of your body?"

Its got to be vertical striped shirt I have on:D

What's your birth name?

Niall Shonnie Neill Mor 'an Neill Ealasaid Murch' an t shaighdear

Why was ten afraid of seven?

Oops wrong forum.

What is the book that you first read as a child that gripped you and gave you lift off into loving literature?

Hmm... Mr. Brown Can Moo by Dr. Seuss. I was 1 and I constantly asked my mom to read it to me. By two, I could read very well and was on the road to loving the written language. I owe it all to the good doctor... ^_^

If you went to heaven, what would it be like?

I guess, seeing as I dont believe in heaven, my "ideal" or perfect world so to speak would be filled with everything and everyone i love. But i like things being flawed as well.....tricky question.

ill pass it on to the next person, same Q

I went to heaven, -
'Twas a small town,
Lit with a ruby,
Lathed with down.
Stiller than the fields
At the full dew,
Beautiful as pictures
No man drew.
People like the moth,
Of mechlin, frames,
Duties of gossamer,
And eider names.
Almost contented
I could be
'Mong such unique
Society.

I share some of the thoughts as Ms. Dickinson did.

Same question

I do believe in heaven and an afterlife, but I would be more than content without mansions, streets of gold, and the usuals. To be completely free from mortal illness, young again, and have a little old cabin in the mountains near a lake would be plenty, and far more than I deserve.

Same question.

My reading of Revelations sometimes makes me feel that it would be cold, a city of glass. Sometimes makes me feel as if that completely happy multitude focussed only on the Lamb and content like the angels to be singing praises for eternity would be excruciatingly boring. Where there is neither marriage nor giving in marriage, where no one is special it would be blasphemous to be bothered whether those you had once loved so imperfectly here were actually there with you. Indeed the concept of 'you' - of individual identity would have ceased to exist. Help, the more the images pile in the more I feel justified in feeling that I'll just concentrate on the here and now - knowing it is temporary should give the fleeting moments a bitter-sweet taste if nothing else.

Same question

I think that it would be the most pleasant for a place you had to spend all of eternity. I hope I don't get bored, hope it's not things I don't care to do. I hope there are no heights or spiders involved, for instance. But, I'm not exactly sure what it will be like. And, I think it might say somewhere in the Bible that "no man can comprehend," or something to that effect. So, how am I supposed to know now, if I can't comprehend it? I s'pose I'll have to wait and see if I make it that far. :)

Why is it easy to want to "dance the night away?" I just recently experienced that, and I don't get it. :idea:

Because sometimes the rhythm strikes you and the only way to get rid of it is by dancing it away


Whose opinion do you respect the most on this earth?

My mother and father's. Without a doubt, they have got o be the wisest people I know.

Random math time! What's 123 to the 7th power?

What my Trig Prof used to call a "hellacious number". :lol:

What was the purpose of the former question? :p

To belittle the ignorant.

Have you ever watched the sun rising and sun setting in one day?

Many times in summertime.

If a barber says he'll shave every man that does not shave himself (and only those men), who shaves the barber?

The barber's wife, because she goes for bald men.

If Batman died, would the Joker be happy?

Maybe, but he would have something to make bad jokes about. :)

Where's the best place to buy big band or jazz music?

At a big band and jazz music store, duh!

Wanna play football?

nope, footballs sucks!

Who's the best character out of thomas the tank engine?

Thomas....
Why do designers always seem shallow or stupid????

Because they have "higher taste" than everyone else? Might be.

What do you think about predictions for the future?

I knew you were going to ask that.

I eat to live long enough to be hungry again: is that a Zen thing?

that's certainly a not-gonna-gain-extra-weight thing. It's easy to snack, if one doesn't watch oneself. :sick:

I get songs stuck in my head for days at a time. Who else does that?

I know that happens to me a lot...I actually have Blondies" The Tide is High" stuck in my head right now....

Why does pressing the snooze button feel so good in the morning?

Because you WIN! You've got technology beat, if you press the snooze, and get a few more minutes of sleep.
Domer, is it because you saw the Song thread? That's a good one. I've got "String of Pearls" stuck in my head.

Why do we say "You've got," if it really means, you have got? The grammar doesn't seem right there, but if you SAY "You've got (whatever)" out loud, it works.

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Originally Posted by zanna

Because you WIN! You've got technology beat, if you press the snooze, and get a few more minutes of sleep.
Domer, is it because you saw the Song thread? That's a good one. I've got "String of Pearls" stuck in my head.

Why do we say "You've got," if it really means, you have got? The grammar doesn't seem right there, but if you SAY "You've got (whatever)" out loud, it works.

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Yeah...actually...I saw the tide is high and it got stuck...haha

Because it is easier....two words instead of three...

Why do people care about the stars??? I mean what is it to us of Brittany Spears is on her second or third marriage???

Maybe because they wish they could "be like that," so they have to know what is going on in their lives . . . "She got divorced again, what's wrong with her? I wouldn't have divorced the first guy!" Celebrities are easy targets to cut down, but sometimes we cheer them on, too. Isn't it cool if someone puts on a benefit concert, and sends all the money to people in need? 'S better than if they kept it for themselves, like usual.

I guess I meant, why don't we say, "You have it," or "You got it," instead of "You've got it"? The third is unneccessary -- we could just use one or the other. Explainations, anyone?

You got it. That what we always say. Abbot and Costello used to say "Now you got it." To which Costello would cry "Now I got it? I don't even know what I'm talkin' about!"

Knowing that in the Three Stooges short films, the Howard Brothers and Larry Fine actually did hit each other with various implements which lead to the deaths of brothers Jerry (Curley) and Sherman (Shemp), does that make the slapstick less funny for you?

Really???? hmmmmm you're suppossing that I found it funny in the first place... umm but yeah some of it is still funny.


What is you favorite TV show?

(I did some research - Shemp died of a heart attack at 60, Curly died of a stroke - could have been brought on by slapstick, Larry died at 72, Moe lived to 77, Joe was 80 when he kicked it).

The Simpsons (should I have posted under a pseudonym for that?)


Why are the Blues "blue" instead of another color?

The music came from the songs sung by slaves in the cotton fields. The blues is supposed to be sad music.

If you find yourself on the losing end of an argument, can you withdraw gracefully or metaphorically speaking, sling dirt all the way?

I dont have arguing capability, but if at all I am in such a situation I will withdraw gracefully.

Same Q.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Pendragon

If you find yourself on the losing end of an argument, can you withdraw gracefully or metaphorically speaking, sling dirt all the way?

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Dirt? Is that what they call it these days? I always called it "sailor talk" and you bet I sling all the way!


Q: If a line could see in two dimensions, it would perceive the plane. If a plane could see in three dimensions, it would perceive the universe. If a universe could see in four dimensions, it would perceive time. What do you suppose we might perceive if we could see in five dimensions?