Random Thought of the Day

Are English-speaking people that egocentrical that they feel they need to capitalize "I"?

I've been spending way too much time here. WHy??!?

You have been sucked into the vortex of time wasting.

Hmm... but I registered much, much earlier than you did and yet you have more posts than me...

Oh, the 2004 members here are craaaaazy posters. Don't even try to match us. :p We're a new race of cyborg-like posting machines.

I just learned that "rule of thumb" came from the Patriarchal idea that a husband could lawfully beat his wife so long as what he used was no wider than his thumb.

I was wondering, where did "stiff upper lip" come from?

Yeah I knew about the rule of thumb. I think that used to be part of American law too, until the 19th c. or something.

It means you look serious; your lip isn't bent in a smile or a frown. I believe.

Oh! That makes sense. I've always heard it used to describe a degree of toughness. I thought fighters had to keep their lips stiff for some reason! :p (obviously I'm not a fighter.)

This may seem like a stupid question, but is everybody here literature majors or doing something in that field?

That's a good question. I'm gonna go for visual art of some kind, but if the school had majors/minors, I'd say I'm minoring in literature. I find it to be more interesting, but art just happens to come most easily. Even if I'm uninspired I can pick something from life. Not many people would pay just to read a description of a street scene or something.

I am majoring in Greek and Roman Studies, an oh so useful major when applied to job searching after graduation.

Wow, when did I become a Bibliophile instead of a Book Worm?

historically.... who were the death heads brigaide??? I keep on hearing about these guys in computer games set in WWII... but never learned about them on hist. channel or in class. Does anyone know?

ajoe -- when you hit 200. You can make up a status now. :D

Fool, I'll ask my dad. He plays an MMO WWII game all the time. And he's also ammassed a formidable amount of knowledge on Nazi Germany, so he may have heard of them in that context.

Great. Look at me, I'm FOB of the board! (And darn proud of it!)