It is true that we are weak and sick and ugly and quarrelsome but if that is all we ever were, we would millenniums ago have disappeared from the face of the earth. ~ John Steimbeck
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It is true that we are weak and sick and ugly and quarrelsome but if that is all we ever were, we would millenniums ago have disappeared from the face of the earth. ~ John Steimbeck
Presently, my sig line. Reason for liking it is self-explanatory.
''to the seed its wheat and to the wheat the leap the weather may sweep to pastures for sweets''
''never say nowhere you're always somewhere''
Cacian is improving? LOL Noooooo!!
"Can you not say the 'n-word' or 'mf' word?"
"N***a, you mean mother****er?" - Eddie Griffin
"Who's gonna crush my grapes, make my wine, hm?? That wasn't nuttin but one man with a stick! Y'all had sticks! Y'all need to be wearin' them little skirts y'all got on." - Eddie Griffin
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself" - FDR
Mother****er is norepresentative because the actual sount is mofar. But that's ok.
FDR got that one from Herbert Hoover and made it part of the New Deal. He beat Hoover with Hoover's own thoughts. But that was also ok and needed.
Some people use "nothing" and "no thing" as if they meant the same. But nothing is the absence of any thing, while no thing refers to the presence of any thing. ~ C A Cafolini
- Brock's Dub of Jenna Rose videoQuote:
'I feel very uncomfortable watching this. How old are these...*pause*...things?'
'I believe they are 13, sir.'
'Good? God!'
- Same videoQuote:
'Are we allowed to slap these parents? Perhaps with a phone book? Or a FISH?
''poetry says read it and reading says see it that just about sums it up writing says''
''sitting down clenches and standing up wrenches a bit of both and it's moving satiety is groovy''
"I felt it shelter to speak to you." ~ Emily Dickinson
I like this because of it's overwhelming affirmation of faith in another person. How lucky it would be to find such a person!
Hi aliengirl what does actually the saying mean?Quote:
Originally Posted by aliengirl
Ironically, the only wisdom that shines brightly through your diatribe of lunacy is the Einstein 'quote'= Politics is everchanging, while an equation is eternal. Not to blatantly accuse you of anti-Semitism, but the vast majority of critics who discredit Einstein are Neo-Nazis and people who think Calculus is the hardest subject math has to offer.Quote:
Originally Posted by cafolini
Oh... you were just kidding!? Allow me to guffaw in private.
What did you stay away from the forum for five years for? To turn five years more ignorant. Who gave you this impossible job? You, underground? ROFLMAO!Quote:
Originally Posted by Adolescent09
Oh, cafolini, please do continue to "ROFLMAO" (return this useless acronym to the elementary school child, from whom you borrowed it, K? Thanks :)) at the gibberish you write that is completely devoid of thought, humor and insight. You "diss" one of the greatest physicists of the 20th century by making a comment based purely on spite, supported by absolutely NO argument. Oddly enough, the only thing remotely humorous about you is that you quote yourself! You, the oh so opinionated God of the world wide web of LitNet, please be merciful when smiting my young buns with your wiener of hardboiled facts! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by cafolini
Will your highness permit me to humbly quote a small product of your ingenious mind?:
(1) I'm assuming you were aiming for self-parody since you use the word, 'ignorant', which is easily the most blatantly misused word in the English language (no exception here). Thus, the reason I rarely, if ever, use it.Quote:
To turn five years more ignorant
(2) The first textbook definition for the word, "ignorant", is to lack knowledge or awareness in general. We all generally lack knowledge and awareness about many things that are general so to use this definition is analogous to accusing someone of being alive. So yes, I am alive, and doing quite well, thank-you for asking :D.
(3) The second textbook definition for "ignorant" follows directly from the first: "Lacking knowledge, information, or awareness about something in particular". This one is subject to the periodically correct use of literary grammarians and the rampant misuse of nearly everyone else. Contrary to popular belief, it does not mean stupid, that which suggests a lack of knowledge about everything. It means: "to not know something". We can logically link the broad definition in (2) with the the specific definition in (1). In other words, if a block of wood is comprised of splinters, then the block is as much a composition of splinters as it is a piece of wood. Notice how all three entities are not literally the same, but come together to form the same thing. To avoid deviating from the topic thread, allow me to quote Joe Pesci:
You are saying that I am alive, again! Gee, didn't I tell you? I am alive, and doing fine! Thank-you so much for your incessant concern! :DQuote:
It makes sense, don't it?
(4) You deem me 'ignorant' through a group of words that are not a sentence.
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(198,283,489). Read (1) again.
Hi cacian,Quote:
Originally Posted by cacian
The sentence I quoted is from Emily Dickinson's letter to her friend. She wants to say that it feels very good to speak to him because it offers her protection and warmth like a shelter. It is admirable that she had such faith in him.