If "we" cannot talk about religion, I know a man who can.
Check out the T.E.D site and search for "militant atheism" by Richard Dawkins
Brilliant
Check out the T.E.D site and search for "militant atheism" by Richard Dawkins
Brilliant
As Jackinni pointed out , many words come from latin and a direct understanding of what's behind a language should always be investigated.
It would certainly reduce the number of mind-numbing battles over words like 'history'. It doesn't mean 'his story'.
It was really, really, really not pretty.
It wasn't supposed to be pretty.
it will get even uglier if someone polices the latin.
sophomores in high school -- had they spent as much time studying geometry as trying to implement off-color latin puns -- well I guess we would have gotten to the moon about 6 years earlier. we had the stuff scrawled on the walls of our high school! that's what happens when you mix religion and education.
i once had a young guy working for me -- and he was an English major from Yale -- he made the mistake of calling a steel mini-mill a "continuous castor". She musta been really busy.
sophomores in high school -- had they spent as much time studying geometry as trying to implement off-color latin puns -- well I guess we would have gotten to the moon about 6 years earlier. we had the stuff scrawled on the walls of our high school! that's what happens when you mix religion and education.
i once had a young guy working for me -- and he was an English major from Yale -- he made the mistake of calling a steel mini-mill a "continuous castor". She musta been really busy.
The avatar is pretty ugly. It's for the mods who closed the thread.
Why thank you Stalker. Does this mean I shouldn't wait by the door at Christmas time?
Oh, and not trying to point out the obvious but why didn't you start a new thread with an appropriate title and content? Too busy with this thread here?
I'm ready to smoke the peace pipe with you Cal, no hard feelings. Just having a little fun, that's all.
It was really, really, really not pretty.
Not as unpretty as USENET. My last run in with it was when Arny Kruger's son dropped dead at 16 from an undiscovered heart defect (if I remember correctly) and the usual subjectivists just kept pouring it on him.
those of us with no urge to quit drinking when the movie starts are also catered for.
For those wishing to carry their drinks in with them, the barman is always ready to unceremoniously dump your beverage of choice into a disposable plastic cup (No glasses allowed in the theater itself).
You damned degenerate - I bet you watch them films with writing along the bottom too.
Yours not ever going to see Avatar, not even for free whisky.
😀You damned degenerate - I bet you watch them films with writing along the bottom too.
Avatar? Wazzat - They made a movie about forums now? Good grief, what won't somebody think of next?!Yours not ever going to see Avatar, not even for free whisky.
edit: OK, I looked it up - something to do with weirdos from another planet in search of unobtanium.
Hmm... Sounds a lot like certain areas of this forum after all 🙄
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OK, I looked it up - something to do with weirdos from another planet in search of unobtanium.
Hmm... Sounds a lot like certain areas of this forum after all 🙄
James Cameron movies are like being shouted at for two hours. Why subject yourself? Oddly, one of my favourite movies of all time isTarkovsky's "Stalker" - no doubt our forum colleague took his nom de plume in honour of this estimable work.
one of my favourite movies of all time is Tarkovsky's "Stalker" - no doubt our forum colleague took his nom de plume in honour of this estimable work.
I congratulate you on your excellent taste.
I've watched the movie again. Lol, I'm no Stalker anymore, I've grown old. I resemble now the writer: all wasted. 😀
Ten years change a man.
Ten years change a man.
Don't worry, another ten years will change you again . Just avoid the "grumpy" default setting. A rigorous programme of single malt and fine music appreciation often helps.
A rigorous programme of single malt and fine music appreciation often helps.
I'm already on that diet and I'm only 39. Gardening has also been explored.
I might get myself a woman, despite the known formula.
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Don't forget - you can have Money but no Time, or Time but no Money. Time and Money cannot exist together. Where this leaves you with regard to Women, I would suggest in the wrong.
I recently discovered a single malt called "Jura" from the island of Jura off the west coast of Scotland..........very smooth and absolutely delicious........you will never be happy with just one shot. Most likely you will send another shot down to see what happened to the first and then another because you have not had a report back from the second and then a third shot to see that there now is quite a party going on down there!..................... Hic!
Since these subjects can't be touched, history and philosophy must also be avoided. Should we talk about the weather?
I say no to threads about politics or religion (people lose their heads) but come on... a little flexibility here.
Mods it's OK if you lock boring threads but don't... damn I was having fun reading the latest posts in the Moon Landing thread.
I liked the moon landing thread too. Mods should reopen it😡
Second that with the Jura. The island malts seem to retain the tastes of the peat and the sea, without the technicolour biff that the Islay malts like Lagavulin go for. Either is of course perfect for discussing moon landings; preferably while viewing said celestial orb while listening to Chris Kenner's "Rocket to the Moon" and other lunar friendly tunes.
Second that with the Jura.
Single malt drinking is a religion, and discussion of which is best has no place here.
Don't forget - you can have Money but no Time, or Time but no Money. Time and Money cannot exist together. Where this leaves you with regard to Women, I would suggest in the wrong.
Yeah, the formula is seriously flawed. Neither money is the root of all problems nor evil... all funny things are seriously flawed cause life ain't funny, is it?
That was probably the work of a teenager, it stopped being funny pretty soon.
I liked the moon landing thread too. Mods should reopen it
Lol, too late I'm afraid.
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