Is today today or tomorrow yesterday?

[wenwilder]

If tomorrow never comes does that mean that today never ends? If today never ends than how can I lose Tuesday every week? Wouldn't today still be Tuesday even though it's Wednesday? How can we have a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, etc. if tomorrow never comes? And if today never ends then how can we have a yesterday? Yesterday is just today in reverse, right? And since today never ends there can never be a tomorrow or yesterday. Just because the lights go out doesn't mean that the day is over. If that was the case then everytime the electricity went out a new day would start, right?

And if a new day starts when the lights go on, would a new day start when you have a bright idea or when you finally 'get' a new concept? I see a lot of sunrises but very few sunsets and the lights are always on in my office, so....needless to say the lights never go out around here. And don't get me started on time , it's just an illusion like tomorrow and the number system it's based on.

And...if tomorrow never comes then everyday is our birthday and we never get any older because we were born today. (the next time you are asked if you were born today, say yes and completely confuse people!) So Happy Birthday everyone! You never get any older because you were born today, isn't that great? No more lying about your age gals!

And yes, I do think to much! ;)


but it is all meant in good fun, care to confuse the confused? :)

[matauri]

Your today is my today for only about half a day, then it becomes my yesterday, and I become your tomorrow.

So while I post this, you are in my yesterday & I am in your tomorrow :-)


Cindy

[carju1]

Wen,

Either you need to switch to decaf or I need a lot more coffee this morning :)


Julian

[mikmik]

Would that be this morning here or this morning there?
And you can't have your coffee and drink it to. According to matauri, you already drank it.

[Greyhawk]

If tomorrow never comes, and this post was not here yesterday, and I am still in today, is this post realy here and am I typing this reply?

Greyhawk

[matauri]

First off...congrats on new status Mik !

And, because you made that coffee yesterday, it would be cold by today...so think I will pass :-)



Cindy

[rocky1]

This thread thus far reminds me much of an old rant I encountered in the days when I waited on folks hand and foot at the local garage ~

"Of course I want it yesterday; if I wanted it today, I'd have have brought it in tomorrow!


Rocky

[wenwilder]

Someone once told me that: "Great minds......think to much" I wonder if that's true? (could be, considering the great minds replying) :)

I don't drink coffee so caffiene isn't the culprit here - and if you think this is bad you should hear my theory about jello and ghosts. Maybe I'll tell ya'll about it, tomorrow. :)

[matauri]

hmmm...Jello & Ghosts hey? That could be one of your wilder ones ;-) I can hardly wait! :-)


Cindy

[sparky_t]

I'd like to hear about it too, but you posted yesterday, which means I'm already in tommorow, so if you never leave today, I won't read what you write tommorow because I've already passed the weekend, and am back at work. (It must have been a good weekend though)

I think I need a beer.

[wenwilder]

I'm posting this today so you should get it today, unless tomorrows today is yesterday, in which case you'll get it next week like everything else you should of gotten yesterday. ;)

Well ya'll know that jello has the same EEG as the human brain, right? If ya don't, it does, isn't that sad? ;) Well, in my way of thinking, if Jello has our brain pattern then it must think - or else we don't and I don't buy that, at least not yet. :)

My problem with Jello is, if it thinks then why won't it tell me what flavor it is? Orange tastes like orange, the fake orange, but orange all the same. Cherry takes like......cherry, I think. And strawberry tastes like.......cherry. It's that whole, everything tastes like chicken concept only with Jello. Now, if Jello thinks - i.e. has the same EEG as we do - then why won't it tell me what flavor it is? I don't want much, just a hint. :) (And yes, I know Jello don't have vocal cords, but what would be the fun in admitting that while thinking to much?) Tomorrow we talk ghosts! Gotta keep ya in suspense some how. :)

*Boy do I write unprofessionally when I'm having to much fun. :)

[rocky1]

I'm not sure but methinks we need to revisit that blonde thread we had going there awhile back! }:~)

Wen... you sure you aren't drugs girl? LMAO


Rocky

[rocky1]

If you and your Jello are done conversin' Wen, we're still waiting on the Ghost story!

Rocky

[wenwilder]

Isn't one wacky mind rant enough for the week? :)

[minstrel]

I'm posting this today so you should get it today, unless tomorrows today is yesterday, in which case you'll get it next week like everything else you should of gotten yesterday.

(mental note: increase her dosage of Prozac first thing Monday)


Well ya'll know that jello has the same EEG as the human brain, right? If ya don't, it does, isn't that sad? ;) Well, in my way of thinking, if Jello has our brain pattern then it must think - or else we don't and I don't buy that, at least not yet.

Hmmm... I'm not sure who gave you this information, Wen, but I assure you that Jello has no EEG at all (in fact, even some human beings don't show any EEG - although most of them are politicians or basketball players). Now, I am open to the possibility that it is theoretically possible that this may vary on a geographical basis (e.g., Nebrasqua, Arkansas), but I am highly sceptical of that possibility (well, okay... except for Newfoundland).


My problem with Jello is, if it thinks then why won't it tell me what flavor it is? Orange tastes like orange, the fake orange, but orange all the same. Cherry takes like......cherry, I think. And strawberry tastes like.......cherry. It's that whole, everything tastes like chicken concept only with Jello.

Are you telling us they sell chicken flavored Jello in Nebrasqua? Yikes!

Seriously, dudette... you have GOT to lay off the cough syrup... I mean it... we're worried about you...

[wenwilder]

Seriously, dudette... we're worried about you...

This should really worry you then ;)

Okay, a ghost story...after this there won't be any doubt in anyone's mind that I'm a bit off kilter. :)

Now, take a deep breath because this is going to be fun!

People say that they do not believe in ghosts, yet I do not know one person who doesn't believe in ghosts. We use numbers and letters, and believe in gravity. The laws of physics and logic...these are all ghosts! Yet everyday we use them and believe in them, and we don't think twice about it. To us they seem real.

The question is, did any of these things exist before they were discovered? Did gravity truly exist before the 17th century when Isaac Newton discovered it? If you say yes, gravity existed before then, then answer me this.....If it did exist before the sun, moon, stars, earth, etc. and was just sitting there. Having no mass of it's own, no energy and in no one's mind because there wasn't anyone, and just sitting out in space - before there was space - did it truly exist?

If it did exist then how would you define nonexistance? There is every reason to believe that it was nonexistant and no reason to think that it did exist, yet it's common sense to believe that it did exist. The law of gravity exists no where but in your head, that's the only logical conclusion! Thus it's a ghost!

To quote a rather good book: "Laws of nature are human inventions, like ghosts. Laws of logic, of mathematics are also human inventions. like ghosts. The whole blessed thing is a human invention, including the idea that it isn't a human invention. The world has no existence whatsoever outside them human imagination. It's all a ghost, and in antiquity was so recognized as a ghost, the whole blessed world we live in. It's run by ghosts. Your common sense is nothing more than the voices of thousands and thousands of ghost. Ghosts and more ghosts."

[minstrel]

Seriously, dudette... we're worried about you...

This should really worry you then ;)

(mental note: okay... clearly the prozac is just not strong enough - consider one of the newer antipsychotics)


Okay, a ghost story...after this there won't be any doubt in anyone's mind that I'm a bit off kilter. :)

actually, there already isn't any doubt of that, WW :-)


Did gravity truly exist before the 17th century when Isaac Newton discovered it? If you say yes, gravity existed before then, then answer me this.....If it did exist before the sun, moon, stars, earth, etc. and was just sitting there. Having no mass of it's own, no energy and in no one's mind because there wasn't anyone, and just sitting out in space - before there was space - did it truly exist?

If it did exist then how would you define nonexistance? There is every reason to believe that it was nonexistant and no reason to think that it did exist, yet it's common sense to believe that it did exist. The law of gravity exists no where but in your head, that's the only logical conclusion! Thus it's a ghost!

errr... not really, Wen... where are you right now? are your feet touching the floor? or are you just floating around like a helium balloon...

(mental note: maybe zyprexa?)


To quote a rather good book: "Laws of nature are human inventions, like ghosts. Laws of logic, of mathematics are also human inventions. like ghosts. The whole blessed thing is a human invention, including the idea that it isn't a human invention. The world has no existence whatsoever outside them human imagination. It's all a ghost, and in antiquity was so recognized as a ghost, the whole blessed world we live in. It's run by ghosts. Your common sense is nothing more than the voices of thousands and thousands of ghost. Ghosts and more ghosts."

Seriously, dudette... cancel your subscription to Oprah Magazine... it's gonna break your hold on reality... have a look at http://www.behavenet.com/capsules/disorders/dsm4tr.htm under "loss of contact with reality"... and stop drinking grapefruit juice... it's known to interfere with several common medications...

We're all very concerned, WW... people are talking... lots of people... words like intervention are popping up...

(I'm beginning to be convinced that she is one of my sisters)

[wenwilder]

(mental note: okay... clearly the prozac is just not strong enough - consider one of the newer antipsychotics)

(mental note: maybe zyprexa?)


Zyprexa? Some patients have suffered serious
side effects including diabetes or hyperglycemia.

So what you're trying to say is you think I'm psychotic/schizophrenic, right? awwww that is sooo sweet :) And here I thought I was 'different.' Am I finally going to get one of those nifty white coats, where you hug yourself, that they keep promising me? ;)

[minstrel]

So what you're trying to say is you think I'm psychotic/schizophrenic, right? awwww that is sooo sweet :) And here I thought I was 'different.' Am I finally going to get one of those nifty white coats, where you hug yourself, that they keep promising me?

Have you ever been in one of those? Years ago, at a party where I had had a bit too much to drink, the rest of the party decided I was being too rowdy and, since for reasons never fully disclosed, the host had a strait-jacket on site, they wrapped me up in one. My prime reaction was, "wow! this is so cozy!", although even under the influence I recall thinking, "what if I wasn't drunk enough to not be able to be itchy? this would really suck..."

[rocky1]

Well....


...after this there won't be any doubt in anyone's mind that I'm a bit off kilter. :)

I might almost have to agree with Minstrel on this one! };~0


Now, take a deep breath because this is going to be fun!

I did, but I had to exhale 'cause the room was spinning, I was startin to see funny colors, and all that nonsense about ghosts was beginning to make sense!


We use numbers and letters, and believe in gravity. The laws of physics and logic...these are all ghosts!

That part in particular! And, that's almost spooky in itself.


Did gravity truly exist before the 17th century when Isaac Newton discovered it? If you say yes, gravity existed before then, then answer me this.....If it did exist before the sun, moon, stars, earth, etc. and was just sitting there. Having no mass of it's own, no energy and in no one's mind because there wasn't anyone, and just sitting out in space - before there was space - did it truly exist?

Of course! If it hadn't, Newton wouldn't have got hit on the noggin, and thus woulda had no clue to look for the law to begin with. That one was simple logic my Dear Wen!

And, answering you this ~ Yes... it truly existed. It was sitting out there occupying space, talking to the Jello with the same EEG as the human brain, about what flavor it was supposed to be! That conversation started tomorrow and will end yesterday, which is in fact today until just a few minutes from now unless you're reading this later, wherein it transpired a bit longer ago than that. And, unless of course you're in Australia in which case it started yesterday, and will end tomorrow not encountering today at all because that is only briefly there to begin with!


It's that whole, everything tastes like chicken concept only with Jello.

Sounds to me like you grabbed the bouillion jar by mistake! Clean your cupboards.


Now, if Jello thinks - i.e. has the same EEG as we do - then why won't it tell me what flavor it is?

Because it's out next to the planet Ork, conversin with next week's shipment of gravity. The stuff you buy at the store was put into a state of suspended animation for the long journey through space and they don't wake it or the jello aisle would be to dang noisy with all the Jello talking to blondes walking by!

Must be the Lexapro Doc! She's startin to make sense!!! Minstrel I don't suppose you make housecalls to ND by chance?


Rocky

[minstrel]

Must be the Lexapro Doc! She's startin to make sense!!! Minstrel I don't suppose you make housecalls to ND by chance?

North Dakota... Nebrasqua... hell, if you buy the plane ticket and cover expenses, I'll make housecalls any where you want :-)

[rocky1]

North Dakota... Nebrasqua... hell, if you buy the plane ticket and cover expenses, I'll make housecalls any where you want :-)

I'll keep that in mind, and if these feelings of severe blondeness don't begin to subside in a few days, which should put us at about day before yesterday, I'll let you know! };-)

[wenwilder]

Now now! Remember you asked me to tell you! :) So I guess you could say: You asked for it!

By the way Minstrel I just got off the phone with my shrink and she say's we're getting better...oops I mean I am getting better. And next week when she get's out of the psych ward we're going to go out for ice cream and get her a balloon cause I promised I would. They did tell me that I couldn't discuss Jello, ghosts, or todays today or tomorrows yesterday with her, she kinda acts funny when I do. :)

[rocky1]

Yes Maam.... I did ask for it! Didn't I?

And, it was worth every minute of it!!! }:~)

Rocky

[rocky1]

Yes Maam.... I did ask for it! Didn't I?

And, it was worth every minute of it!!! }:~)

I posted this one twice to make sure it was there when ever you get around to reading it Wen!


Rocky[/i]

[minstrel]

They did tell me that I couldn't discuss Jello, ghosts, or todays today or tomorrows yesterday with her, she kinda acts funny when I do

pfffttt... what do shrinks know?


"La foi consiste a' croire ce que la raison ne croit pas..Il ne suffit pas qu'une chose soit possible pour la croire."

How did someone in Nebraska learn to speak French?

[wenwilder]

How did someone in Nebraska learn to speak French?

The same way I learned to speak latin, understand Shakespeare, and appreciate Monet. One today at a time. :)

[matauri]

Don't listen to them Wen...they are the unconverted !

I'm with ya all the way.....cept maybe with the jello ! Tho..I must concede, that at times my mind feels like jello :-)

As for your ghosts, do I have to start running now if I say I have experienced a couple? Yeah, yeah...dont laff fellas !

If you go back to your enviro basics, you will remember that energy stays in a system. Life is energy, so it must stay in the system. If you die, the energy is released (dont ask me to where either!). So why is it so far fetched that an energy force would remain after we die...i.e. ghosts.

As Wen said....until we could prove there was gravity...there wasn't any ;-)

You go girl !! :-)


Cindy

[minstrel]

As for your ghosts, do I have to start running now if I say I have experienced a couple? Yeah, yeah...

Now, I didn't say there weren't ghosts, or at least something that can exist at times between this world and the next that we can sometimes experience - in fact, I too have had a few such experiences... plus, I saw Ghostbusters a LOT when my children were younger (Part I AND II)...

But gravity was there even before we were there to notice it... if a tree falls in the forest and there is no one around to hear it, dos it still make a sound? if a man is in the forest and there is no woman around, is he still wrong? :-)

and as for the jello thing, well... like I said, maybe more or different medication can help.

[Greyhawk]

I would like to ask "What the heck are you people smoking?" Cuase I am sure it didn't come from BC and everyone knows that Jello Pudding is the smartest thing known to man, and the only thing worth believing in is my lucky astrology mood watch.

Greyhawk

[matauri]

if a man is in the forest and there is no woman around, is he still wrong? :-)

Now thats a silly question ;-)

Of course he is :-)



Cindy

[minstrel]

if a man is in the forest and there is no woman around, is he still wrong? :-)

Now thats a silly question - Of course he is :-)

Cindy

You're not, by any chance, the author of that recent book on relationships, "Women Are From Venus, Men Are Wrong", are you?

[rocky1]

Matauri
Life is energy, so it must stay in the system. If you die, the energy is released (dont ask me to where either!).

It goes out to converse with Gravity and the Jello that isn't suspended or animated yet!

Matauri
As Wen said....until we could prove there was gravity...there wasn't any ;-)

But, again.... Of course there was gravity before Newton discovered! If it hadn't been there, Newton wouldn't have got hit on the noggin, and thus woulda had no clue to look for gravity to begin with.

Minstrel
and as for the jello thing, well... like I said, maybe more or different medication can help.

It's only spooky when it starts talking back Minstrel!

GreyHawk
What are you people smoking?!

Wish you wouldn't have mentioned that GreyHawk, I was already having thoughts that the last time my mind wandered in such delusional deviations as these, was long ago under the influence of too much Bud, and too much bud, if you know what I mean!


Rocky

[wenwilder]

But gravity was there even before we were there to notice it...

So the disembodied words of Isaac Newton were just sitting around, for billions of years - in the middle of nowhere - waiting for the time he was born and could speak them or 'discover' them? They were there, even when they didn't apply to anything? This word (gravity) is what formed the world but before the world was formed this word still pertained to it.

Logic is in the mind and of the mind, just as science is in the mind and of the mind. The mind didn't exist until it was born, if it did - it was a ghost! Ghosts exist only in the mind, according to science. So, alot of our world is based on ghosts, right?


if a man is in the forest and there is no woman around, is he still wrong? :-)

Matuari in her true intellienge is correct, IMHO. Even if there IS a woman around, a man is still wrong! A man who is 'right' is a ghost and only exists in a mans mind. :)


and as for the jello thing, well... like I said, maybe more or different medication can help.

awwwwww now, would you really prefer me 'normal'? We all have to let our hair down and be a bit crazy now and then, it keeps us from going truly insane. :)

I can't really say this thread is what I'd call professional - perhaps professional in the sense that it's been implied that I need professional help :) - but I have to say thanks everyone for keeping it clean. Fun is more fun when cleaner. It is appreciated by many! :)

[matauri]

A man who is 'right' is a ghost and only exists in a mans mind. :)

In reference to jello again? ;-)



awwwwww now, would you really prefer me 'normal'?

NEVER !!!! Anyway.... I heard that only a crazy person can describe someone as normal because they have reference to draw from. A 'normal' person has no reference to call from, so they are wrong in actually classifying themselves as normal ;-)


Getting back to the jello tho... I wonder which flavour would be more intelligent? Would different flavours have different EEG's? Men all have the same EEG..so maybe all jellos do too ;-)

Straight jackets checked at the door please ! :-)


Cindy

[minstrel]

But gravity was there even before we were there to notice it...

So the disembodied words of Isaac Newton were just sitting around, for billions of years - in the middle of nowhere - waiting for the time he was born and could speak them or 'discover' them? They were there, even when they didn't apply to anything? This word (gravity) is what formed the world but before the world was formed this word still pertained to it.

Not exactly... just because we haven't yet named something or don't understand a phenomenon doesn't mean it didn't exist - as someone pointed out earlier in this thread, gravity was working before the apple fell out of the tree and bonked poor Isaac on the conk - before he or anyone else (assuming history is correct) had yet named the phenomenon.

Similarly with ghosts and other "supernatural" phenomena - even the words "supernatural" and "paranormal" are interesting, because they don't really mean "outside the realm of normal experience or nature" but rather "outside the limits of our (current) understanding of what nature is all about".



if a man is in the forest and there is no woman around, is he still wrong? :-)

Matuari in her true intellienge is correct, IMHO. Even if there ISN'T a woman around, a man is still wrong! A man who is 'right' is a ghost and only exists in a mans mind. :)

Passage corrected to translate for non-blondes :-)



and as for the jello thing, well... like I said, maybe more or different medication can help.

awwwwww now, would you really prefer me 'normal'? We all have to let our hair down and be a bit crazy now and then, it keeps us from going truly insane. :)

probably not... besides, it's the nature of the feminine species, part of what allows them to believe that men are always wrong :-)

[mikmik]

probably not... besides, it's the nature of the feminine species, part of what allows them to believe that men are always wrong :-)

when in fact by their own admission it is the words that have been around for billions of years waiting to be 'discovered' that are wrong. We are merely relaying what the ghosts said already, and they are female ghosts at that because the male ghosts aren't allowed to talk.

(added in retrospect:)
That's what jello is, frustrated male ghosts incarnate - if you don't believe me, watch 'Ghostbusters'

[matauri]

That's what jello is, frustrated male ghosts incarnate - if you don't believe me, watch 'Ghostbusters'

Evil in it's purest form hey? LOL ;-)



Cindy

[minstrel]

That's what jello is, frustrated male ghosts incarnate - if you don't believe me, watch 'Ghostbusters'

What was the name of that green ghost? Dan Aykroyd called him "an evil little spud" or something similar...


Janine Melnitz: "Do you believe in UFOs, astral projections, mental telepathy, ESP, clairvoyance, spirit photography, telekinetic movement, full-trance mediums, the Loch Ness monster, and the theory of Atlantis?"

Winston Zeddemore: "If there's a steady paycheck in it, I'll believe anything you want."

- Ghost Busters

[matauri]

I dont know why I keep thinking jello & mens EEG... I wonder ! Hubby informs me that the green ghost is Slimer :-) See..there it goes again...I keep thinking JELLO! ;-)


Cindy

[mikmik]

Maybe this will help:
Green jello = lime
(S)lime(r) is the color green

[wenwilder]

You guys crack me up! At least I'm no longer the only one thinking about Jello, EEG's and ghosts! :)

What was that Minstrel? Increase my prozac? Maybe my psychosis is catchy!?!?! :)

WAIT!!! I don't take prozac! :)

[minstrel]

What was that Minstrel? Increase my prozac? Maybe my psychosis is catchy!?!?! :)

WAIT!!! I don't take prozac! :)

The defense rests... ;-)

[wenwilder]

The defense rests huh? To quote one who knows:



pfffttt... what do shrinks know?


One has to wonder what we know some days, I'm just hoping that tomorrow I'll know more than Jello. :)

[esiegel]

.....The law of gravity exists no where but in your head, that's the only logical conclusion! Thus it's a ghost!....

I had enough trouble with the tree falling in the forest....this is way to much for me!

[minstrel]

The defense rests huh? To quote one who knows:



pfffttt... what do shrinks know?


hmpf... that's what you get when you don't edit your posts :-(

Maybe I should add this to the Suggestions forum: how do we go back and delete a post when we want to make a new argument or comment that contradicts something we said just a few days ago?

[rocky1]

.... I'm just hoping that tomorrow I'll know more than Jello. :)

I can see her, head in the freezer, talking to the lime sherbert already Minstrel! Why... I bet she could really get spun up conversin' with a half gallon of neopolitan ice cream. She'd be trying to diagnose multiple personality disorders there, what with three different flavors in one box and all!

Rocky

[minstrel]

.... I'm just hoping that tomorrow I'll know more than Jello. :)

I can see her, head in the freezer, talking to the lime sherbert already

LOL... that's quite an image... raises the question of whose EEG would go flat first as the temperature falls... :-)

[minstrel]

...now there's a credible source...


"This is my motto: 'It's a man's world but women run it.'" - Robert Downey, Jr.

[matauri]

"This is my motto: 'It's a man's world but women run it.'" - Robert Downey, Jr.

I knew there was a reason I thought he was hot ;-)


Maybe I should add this to the Suggestions forum: how do we go back and delete a post when we want to make a new argument or comment that contradicts something we said just a few days ago?.

That would be no good, coz at least here we can prove that a man changes his mind more often than a woman ;-)


She'd be trying to diagnose multiple personality disorders there, what with three different flavors in one box and all!

And I bet she would succeed too ! :-)



Cindy

[minstrel]

"This is my motto: 'It's a man's world but women run it.'" - Robert Downey, Jr.

I knew there was a reason I thought he was hot ;-)

I'm not sure that "hot" is the correct word to use in describing Robert Downey, Jr. "Fried" might be more accurate - he's been in and out of rehab more often than the laundry service guy...



Maybe I should add this to the Suggestions forum: how do we go back and delete a post when we want to make a new argument or comment that contradicts something we said just a few days ago?.

That would be no good, coz at least here we can prove that a man changes his mind more often than a woman ;-)

see? there you go... exaggerating... "just like a woman", as Bob Dylan said in that song... all that has in fact been demonstrated is that a man can change his mind... gender wasn't a variable in this experiment :-)

[rocky1]

I don't know Minstrel... I haven't seen Wen in here tonight... You don't suppose she stuck her tongue to the wall of the freezer whilst she was in there conversin' with the sherbert, tryin to to get know something other than jello, do you?

Rocky

[wenwilder]

I'm always here, I just can't always get the frigerator to lean close enough to the keyboard to type! ;)

[mikmik]

Good. I thought you might say something about more intelligent conversation going on with the desserts in the freezer. But that would've been cold...

Speeking of temperature,
I'm not sure that "hot" is the correct word to use in describing Robert Downey, Jr. "Fried" might be more accurate - he's been in and out of rehab more often than the laundry service guy... . You may be on to something, minstrel. Other than the jello's and such, I do wonder about the credibility of some of the girl's sources.

[rocky1]

Gotta buy yourself a wireless keyboard and mouse, then the frigerator don't have to move, eh!

Rocky

[minstrel]

Gotta buy yourself a wireless keyboard and mouse, then the frigerator don't have to move, eh!

But even so... having your tongue frozen to a package of fish sticks which in turn has been there so long it is welded to the permafrost on the inside of the freezer door has got to qualify as a handicap...

[rocky1]

But even so... having your tongue frozen to a package of fish sticks which in turn has been there so long it is welded to the permafrost on the inside of the freezer door has got to qualify as a handicap...


Nawww Minstrel.... I heard that in Canada, as long as you got a bottle of schnapps nearby that experience qualifies as Ice Fishing, eh! }:~[

Rocky

[minstrel]

I heard that in Canada, as long as you got a bottle of schnapps nearby that experience qualifies as Ice Fishing, eh! }:~[

LOL...

except it's beer (or possibly rye whiskey), not Schnapps... ;-)

[rocky1]

Favorite Fishing Refreshment - Budweiser
Favorite non-Fishing Refreshment - Wild Turkey & 7-Up
Rocky - http://www.rtfi.us/webmaster.htm

Close enough Minstrel! I'm up for it, eh! Headed for the freezer!!! Wit my tongue stuck out. }:~D

Rocky

[matauri]

And you dareth to poke fun at us of the feminine persuasion !

We want what you're smokin guys ! ;-)


Cindy

[rocky1]

Don't know if I could handle this thread were I smokin, I spend too much time laughin at it the way it is! }:~)

[wenwilder]

"If I were a man of means,
And I mean more means than dreams,
then things would be just as they seem.
Only I am not a man of means,
I am a WOMAN who achieves my dreams!"

There's no smokin' here, didn't you see the sign? ;) But maybe these will help.

Insanity -- a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world.
--R. D. Lang
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
--Albert Einstein

My Favorite---> There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.
--Oscar Levant

The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they are okay, then it's you.
--Rita Mae Brown

[mikmik]

I count five of us on this page but it is entirely possible that there are lies, damn lies, and stishtics *hic# oh, excuse me stistics. I think FDR said that statistics.
Insanity -- a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world.
--R. D. Laing

This person has a very similar name to mine...

Okay, wen has already confessed, so that leaves four of us (he drawls slowly as they circle around eyeing each other with suspicion and fear)

[mikmik]

The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they are okay, then it's you.
--Rita Mae Brown

Look at that, minstrel, I just called us americans!

[matauri]

You'll be drawn & quartered for that booboo Mik ;-)

But then.... minus another....coz I'm not an american either :-)

<<< eyes Wyn & Rocky >>> ;-)


Cindy

[rocky1]

My therapist insists I'm only slightly out of balance! Little does he know!!!

Whole problem started as an infant, I climbed out the van window and landed on my head in the parking lot! Might have grew out of it, but at about 15 I suffered a pretty serious head trauma again, playing football at a halloween party. A year or so after that, I crashed a motorcycle, head first into the ditch bank, and wandered around with a concussion again for awhile.

Once attaining adulthood, I tried to outdrink production at several major breweries for many years, but finally gave up on that upon realizing they were importing it from Canada to keep up! And, I'm suure I toasted more than a few brain cells in the battle!

Likewise, through it all, there were very few who would suggest I was sane! And, I have come to be inclined to agree with the vast majority that implied otherwise!

Rocky

[minstrel]

I am a WOMAN who achieves my dreams!"
"Pfffttt! What do women know about spending money?" - Homer Simpson (adapted)


Insanity -- a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world. -- R.D. Laing
Well, R.D. Laing was an interesting man. He was also a serious alcoholic who suffered what were probably psychotic breaks or alcohol dementia - so he likely wasn't the most objective writer when it came to suggesting that the insane weren't really insane.


Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. -- Albert Einstein
Try telling this to teenagers playing video games :-)


The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they are okay, then it's you. -- Rita Mae Brown
Similarly, apparently 1 in 5 people in the world is Chinese. And since there were more than 5 children in my family, it must be that at least one of us is Chinese. I'm pretty sure it's not me, so I figure it has to be either my sister, Heather, my sister, Sherry, my brother, Colin, or my adopted sister, Jen-Li Chang.

Personally, I think it's Colin...

[rocky1]

wenwilder wrote:
I am a WOMAN who achieves my dreams!"

Gadzooks! You don't suppose that means her jello finally talked back?

Rocky

[wenwilder]

wenwilder wrote:
I am a WOMAN who achieves my dreams!"

Gadzooks! You don't suppose that means her jello finally talked back?

Rocky

I don't get near Jello - Live off of it for a month and then see if you ever want to get near it again! ;)

[minstrel]

I don't get near Jello - Live off of it for a month and then see if you ever want to get near it again!

You lived off Jello for a month? Was this in one of those reality TV shows like "Jello Island"? Or did you lose some sort of bet?

[rocky1]

I wasn't going to touch that one Minstrel! It's no wonder the poor girl has these strange visions and all after living off jello for a month. That'd be enough to send anyone over the edge!

Rocky

[minstrel]

I wasn't going to touch that one Minstrel! It's no wonder the poor girl has these strange visions and all after living off jello for a month. That'd be enough to send anyone over the edge!

Yes... it would also explain why sticking her head into a freezer to lick the fish sticks box doesn't strike her as unusual... :-)

[wenwilder]

It was the puree'd mixed vegetables that sent me over the edge :)

You two keep it up and I'm going to start calling you meanie's LOL

[Greyhawk]

I found this on a Molson Canadian add somewhere, and i now dedicate it to Mikmik

"Our Lager,
Which art in barrels,
Hallowed br thy drink.
Thy will be drunk (or I will be drunk),
At home as in the tavern.
Give us this day,
Our foamy head,
And forgive us our spillages,
As we forgive those that spill against us.
And lead us not into incarceration,
But deliver us from hangovers.
For thine is the beer,
The bitter and the lager,
For ever and ever.
Barmen.

Greyhawk

[rocky1]

OMG! I came to the startling realization last night that Wen is saner than we think! Or, at least she's got allot of company on the dark side if not, anyhow. And thus, this appeared the perfect place to vent this rant!

I was lying in bed watching Television in my usual state of insomnia, when a Television commercial (one trying to sell me a TV, eh), came on Television. Now usually I ignore such realizing the irony, not to mention the sheer stupidity of advertising such, in such fashion, but.... having just left here, and having nothing better to think about, my mind began to wander. (I think it came back this morning, I'm not sure though!)

But, anyhow... one truly has to wonder about anyone that would advertise their TV on your TV. They boast what a fabulous picture their high quality product has, yet I found the picture on the 27 inch high definition, high priced unit they were advertising, oddly enough was no better than the picture on my sale priced $89, 19-inch! And, I thought to my self, "You know Self, that's odd!"

My self started to explain that it really wasn't odd that it was rationalized by the fact that quality on their set was limited too quality on my set, before I interjected that I wasn't referring to that, I was instead referring to the fact that all of those college educated advertising geniuses hadn't figured it out. I mean really, if you're going to advertise a TV shouldn't you be hauling it from door to door showing off how good the picture is.

Realistically if you advertise a TV on TV it is entirely limited by the quality of the TV upon which the commercial of your TV is aired. I mean, who do they think they're fooling here... "Our $2500 plasma screen with 8 speaker surround sound offers the highest definition video and audio quality imaginable, why just look what a picture it has! And, that sound... why it's just like you're sitting in the crowd at the symphony."

Not only does it look just like the picture on my $89 sale priced TV, it fits inside of the same 19 screen! Not only that but the surround sound, sounds just like those 2 cheap little inch and a half diameter speakers on my $89 TV too. They really haven't impressed me! None! Not even a little! I mean wouldn't it be bad advertising to advertise on a bad TV, "Why just look at the quality of that picture!" when it looks like $#!+

Then there is the Bose Acoustic Wave Radio commercials, or whatever their latest design is. Hell, it always sounded just like the same old $9, rained on the speaker a dozen times, bounced around in the back of the truck with the tools, jobsite radio we listened too everday at lunch, when Paul Harvey was playing those ads. Why would I want to spend a $100 on it!

And, thus one has to wonder if Wen isn't maybe on a little more even plain than was initially anticipated here, because not to mention those that produce these commercials, there are those out there in the world that buy these commercials, and in turn buy these products, when by virtue of the nature of advertising, they are no better than the products they already own!

Who was it said, "A fool and his money are soon parted." anyhow?

Sorta makes you wonder what those folks try to talk too in their cupboads, don't it Minstrel?

Rocky

[minstrel]

OMG! I came to the startling realization last night that Wen is saner than we think!
You really have to lay off the cough syrup, dude...


Sorta makes you wonder what those folks try to talk too in their cupboads, don't it Minstrel?
Actually, it makes me wonder more just how long you've been standing out there in that river... :-)

"Boy left standing in river by parents rescued after 19 years"

But... you are right about those commercials...

[matauri]

only 1 in 5 hey? hmmmmm...its a bit of a worry! ;-)

Worse yet, in a very odd kind of way (and I stress ODD!), you can see an 'element' of logic in it. About as much as "if you break your leg, dont coming running to me for help".

Now Rocky me mate ....been slippin into that moonshine hey? ;-)

And Wen !! To think they picked on you ! ;-)


Cindy

[rocky1]

Unfortunately it cannot be blamed upon drink, nor smoke! And, I gave up on the mind altering drugs my physician pushed upon me, as they made me feel worse than not sleeping at night. Thus it can only be blamed upon insanity by association! And, guess where I'm associatin' most!!!

Rocky

[Greyhawk]

Unfortunately it cannot be blamed upon drink, nor smoke! And, I gave up on the mind altering drugs my physician pushed upon me, as they made me feel worse than not sleeping at night. Thus it can only be blamed upon insanity by association! And, guess where I'm associatin' most!!!

Rocky
That's OK Rocky we all know that you are associatin' with the rest of the USA, we just thought that you may have actually been the exception to the rule.


Greyhawk
Ducks for cover from Wen

[rocky1]

Well Greyhawk... I'm close enough to the border that I could relate to the Moulson Prayer, even if it were dedicated to MikMik!

And, I don't know who to point fingers at here as far as associating, because the score card reads 3 Canadians, 2 Americans, and 1 Australian who's lived all three places, so that we can't really determine where she might have inherited the traits found in this thread!

It would however appear insanity in advertising is globally unilateral!

Rocky

[wenwilder]

It would however appear insanity in advertising is globally unilateral!

Rocky

A lot of advertising is based on Psychological triggers - just makes you wonder who's psycho, who's sane and which side of the screen the psycho's are really on. :)

"Let us consider that we are all partially insane. It will explain us to each other; it will unriddle many riddles; it will make clear and simple many things which are involved in hauting and harassing difficulties and obscurities now." - Mark Twain

Makes you wonder if insanity is catchy? ;)

[rocky1]

"Let us consider that we are all partially insane. It will explain us to each other; it will unriddle many riddles; it will make clear and simple many things which are involved in hauting and harassing difficulties and obscurities now." - Mark Twain

Sounds more like a WenWilder quote to me! I wonder if old Mark talked to his Jello too?!


Makes you wonder if insanity is catchy? ;)

Well I'd like to think I was reasonable sane before entering this thread!

Rocky

[wenwilder]

Well I'd like to think I was reasonable sane before entering this thread!

Rocky

But.......you keep coming back!?!?!?!

The definition of insanity is repeating the same action over and over expecting different results. Perhaps there was a touch of insanity BEFORE? ;)

[rocky1]

But I feel so safe and warm in here with all the other nuts!

Rocky

[minstrel]

But I feel so safe and warm in here with all the other nuts!

...and dry.

19 years in a river up to your little armpits and then finally making it into a dry room isn't going to encourage you to leave... even if you do find your grasp on reality weakening... or start to actually understand how a woman can live on Jello for a month and still think the stuff has brainwaves... :-)

[rocky1]

You know I just came to the realization that I haven't seen MikMik in here in a while, you don't suppose they mistook him for cured and let him out do you?

[rocky1]

Wen's been pretty quiet too. I think we're gonna have to start feedin' her material Menstril. Heres a few things for you think about Wen!

* If heat rises, how come its so cold in space?

* How do they get deer to cross at those little yellow signs?

* Why do noses run and feet smell?

* The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong.

* The things that come to those who wait are usually the things left over by the ones who got there first.

* A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.

* If you're really good, and go to work eight hours every day, you may eventually become a manager and get to work twelve hours a day.


Rocky

[wenwilder]

You give me a hard time about what I do think, after asking me to tell you what I think, and now you want me to think more? Either you're a glutton for punishment are I really have driven you crazy! :p

[minstrel]

You know I just came to the realization that I haven't seen MikMik in here in a while, you don't suppose they mistook him for cured and let him out do you?

That probably means that he's finally figured out how to do what it is he was in here while he was trying to figure out how to do it and is now off doing it.

Either that, or he has a date :-)

[minstrel]

You give me a hard time about what I do think, after asking me to tell you what I think, and now you want me to think more? Either you're a glutton for punishment are I really have driven you crazy! :p

Wen has a point, Rocky - if we want her to stick around so we can tease her, we'll have to pace ourselves... and (yeah I know this part will be tough) say something nice once a month or so :-)

(sounds sort of like a marriage when put like that, doesn't it?)

[janeth]

After seeing this post over and over I finally read it.

You people scare me!!!!

[minstrel]

After seeing this post over and over I finally read it. You people scare me!!!!

"Yes... I'm scared too kids..." - Homer Simpson, when his family finally realized he'd been right for a change (the Armageddon episode).

[matauri]

Rocky darlin....your a worry! :-) Your beginning to outdo Wen ! :-)

Has it occured to anyone that the same people are posting? Maybe we make up the 1 in 5 & everyone else at webpro is sane? Noooooo...too scary a thought ;-)

(BTW...congrats Minstrel!!)


Cindy

[rocky1]

Either you're a glutton for punishment are I really have driven you crazy! :p

I'll reserve comment on that, on the grounds it may incriminate myself!



That probably means that he's finally figured out how to do what it is he was in here while he was trying to figure out how to do it and is now off doing it.

Either that, or he has a date :-)

Regarding the first line above, you been hangin with Wen to long too my friend! As for the second...... We won't go there, except to say she obviously does not attend WPW, with the previous mug shot he had up!



Wen has a point, Rocky - if we want her to stick around so we can tease her, we'll have to pace ourselves... and (yeah I know this part will be tough) say something nice once a month or so :-)

(sounds sort of like a marriage when put like that, doesn't it?)

I thought I fulfilled my blissful obligations in inferring she might be saner than we thought, after watching TV commercials on TV?

And, yes... or at least portions thereof!



After seeing this post over and over I finally read it.

You people scare me!!!!

HELP! HELP! I'm being held hostage here and they won't let me out!

Actually I've been thinking we should maybe post a warning on this thread ~ "Warning - Entering this thread may cause serious psychological damage!" But then I guess, having a resident therapist on the thread might have been a clue!

Run for your life Janeth!



Rocky darlin....your a worry! :-) Your beginning to outdo Wen ! :-)

Has it occured to anyone that the same people are posting? Maybe we make up the 1 in 5 & everyone else at webpro is sane? Noooooo...too scary a thought ;-)

(BTW...congrats Minstrel!!)


On line one ~ Methinks she is only catching her breath! I live in fear that one morning I'm going to wake up and find she has done such, and reentered this game with such ferocity that no man shall be able to stand up to her! Gotta get my two cents in while she's restin!

Yep... the same thing had occured to me! Likewise it occured to me that maybe we are the sane ones, and everyone else is depressed from staring at their monitors too long!

Did Minstrel give birth?

Rocky

[paulhiles]

Did Minstrel give birth?

LOL!! No Rocky... minstrel has just been appointed a WPW Moderator, so he's a MOD, not a MOM.
Just to clear up any confusion there!! Okay... you carry on now as if nothing had happened!! :c)

Paul

[mikmik]

rocky1 astutely observed:
You know I just came to the realization that I haven't seen MikMik in here in a while, you don't suppose they mistook him for cured and let him out do you?

and minstrel astutely surmised:
That probably means that he's finally figured out how to do what it is he was in here while he was trying to figure out how to do it and is now off doing it.

Either that, or he has a date :-)

Correct! The first part(!)
I have been trying to get some work done on this thread as well, and I have even started replies but I take so long to type, plus the fact that I have been exploring the uncharted, but highly interesting, regions of my freezer chest and therefore am not of sound mind, or chinese descent, and after about half an hour 'lost ' my train of thought to the point of sounding lucid and decided not to submit.

I would like to make one quick observation before I get back to 'work' ( and I use the term with the gravest of wide interpretations ) , rOCKY1!, not so obvious, man, tou're sounding too intelligently twisted - people are beginning to catch on to your Canadian citezenship - don't blow your cover!!

I have a problem. I want to develope it into a full fledged pathology so will be back soon!
Matauri, I feel really embarassed that I didn't point out " I called us american!" to minstrel and didn't include you as well! It just seemed the Irony applied to 'presently active' canucks most, as it is a very deep seated and 'not to be spoken of in polite company' fear.

"I am not an animal, I am a human being... well I guess yes, technically I AM an animal, but only biologically, figuratively, and literally speaking..."

[rocky1]

LOL!! No Rocky... minstrel has just been appointed a WPW Moderator, so he's a MOD, not a MOM.

Just to clear up any confusion there!! Okay... you carry on now as if nothing had happened!! :c)

Paul

That's good, was beginning to worry there was something he wasn't divulging to the rest of us! I missed the MOD tag next to his smiling face. Would comment further only to say... that's what you get for hanging out at the playground too long Minstrel, now they went and appointed you chaperone for a bunch of loonies!



.... rOCKY1!, not so obvious, man, you're sounding too intelligently twisted - people are beginning to catch on to your Canadian citezenship - don't blow your cover!!

I am deeply flattered!

Rocky

[rocky1]

There truly is no escaping this thread! Was in the midst of watching Jeopardy and one of the contestants stated she had been too, of all places, the Jello Museum, in Leroy, NY. Home of none other than... Jello!

Had to do a search and thus offer the following URL for your viewing pleasure Wen ~~> http://www.jellomuseum.com/

I didn't see any links on there about Jello and EEGs however!

Rocky

[wenwilder]

There truly is no escaping this thread! Was in the midst of watching Jeopardy and one of the contestants stated she had been too, of all places, the Jello Museum, in Leroy, NY. Home of none other than... Jello!

Had to do a search and thus offer the following URL for your viewing pleasure Wen ~~> http://www.jellomuseum.com/

I didn't see any links on there about Jello and EEGs however!

Rocky

They have a Jello mold of a Brain isn't that enough proof? :) It never occured to me to search for a Jello Museum, that is just to funny!

[matauri]

Matauri, I feel really embarassed that I didn't point out " I called us american!" to minstrel and didn't include you as well! It just seemed the Irony applied to 'presently active' canucks most, as it is a very deep seated and 'not to be spoken of in polite company' fear.

Thats ok Mik...accents my 'indiviuality' ;-)
BTW Mik...Back to JELLLO ! .... did you know it was a Canadian scientist that conduct the EEG experiment! I can understand your 'fear' ;-)


THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR MODERN MEDICINE . . . OR IS THERE? Dr. Adrian Upton, professor of neurology at MacMasters University in Hamilton, Ontario, recently rigged a brain wave machine, artificial respirators, and intravenous feeding equipment to a bowl of lime jello about the size of a human brain, and—gasp!—recorded readings typical of those emitted by a living person. In fact, the good doctor noted, the results of the electronic analysis would not have qualified the dessert as sufficiently "dead" to have the life-sustaining plugs pulled under existing legal guidelines!


And for the record, this isn't urban folklore. Several years ago, the Smithsonian did a symposium on Jell-O (yes, the Smithsonian!). And they concur: It's the result of a study performed in 1993 by technicians at St. Jerome hospital in Batavia, NY, to confirm an earlier test by Dr. Adrian Upton. Hey, who knew?!?

No wonder some of the latest medical break thrus have come from Oz...LOL...they are too busy with jello over there ;-)



Just to clear up any confusion there!! Okay... you carry on now as if nothing had happened!! :c)

Confusion? In here ? Never!!!! It's the rest that are confused ;-)

<blinks> Did something happen? ;-)


You give me a hard time about what I do think, after asking me to tell you what I think, and now you want me to think more? Either you're a glutton for punishment are I really have driven you crazy! :p

After his last few posts, did he really need to be driven too far? ;-)

"One of the definitions of sanity is the ability to tell real from unreal. Soon we'll need a new definition." - Alvin Toffler


Cindy

[rocky1]

It never occured to me to search for a Jello Museum, that is just to funny!

Yeah, I about fell off the couch when she layed that one on everyone, it was like, OMG, you've got to be kidding me! I knew you'd love it!!! My sweetheart was thinking strangely of me as I sat there giggling about it however!


No wonder some of the latest medical break thrus have come from Oz...LOL...they are too busy with jello over there ;-)


Jell-O Trivia
February 5, 1981, in Brisbane Australia, Paul Squires and Geoff Ross created the world's largest Jell-O. It was 7,700 gallons ($14,000 worth) of pink Jell-O and was set in a tank donated by Poolfab.(From the Guiness Book of Records)

I'd be careful what I said down there under! There are always those little known Jello facts that come back to haunt one!!! What was that you said earlier about ghosts? (Whilst he chokes back fits of laughter!)

[rocky1]

Jell-O Trivia
March 17, 1993, technicians at St. Jerome hospital in Batavia test a bowl of lime Jell-O with an EEG machine and confirm the earlier testing by Dr. Adrian Upton that a bowl of wiggly Jell-O has brain waves identical to those of adult men and women.


Uh-oh......I eat my words about not finding comments on Jello and EEG on the site Wen! Not only has it been proven once it has been proven twice!!

Rocky

[wenwilder]

OMG! Now that is WAYYYYYY to funny! ROTF

Guess I'm not the only one who has wondered about Jello - but at least I only wondered, I never tested!

Well, that's two down, one to go! Jello now has a website to back me up, 'ghosts' originated in a book I read and just made me think more - that only leaves one subject unsupported!

And to think it only took four pages to prove that women are never crazy and they are never wrong! (Sits back and waits to see the responses on this one) :)

[minstrel]

BTW Mik...Back to JELLLO ! .... did you know it was a Canadian scientist that conduct the EEG experiment! I can understand your 'fear' ;-)


THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR MODERN MEDICINE . . . OR IS THERE? Dr. Adrian Upton, professor of neurology at MacMasters University in Hamilton, Ontario, recently rigged a brain wave machine, artificial respirators, and intravenous feeding equipment to a bowl of lime jello about the size of a human brain, and—gasp!—recorded readings typical of those emitted by a living person. In fact, the good doctor noted, the results of the electronic analysis would not have qualified the dessert as sufficiently "dead" to have the life-sustaining plugs pulled under existing legal guidelines!


Ahhh... that clears up a lot - Hamilton, right next door to Toronto - the Big Smoke. Those two cities combined can't field a good hockey or football team - although I always liked the Blue Jays. I wonder who was his comparison human subject for the jello EEG: Ex-Premier Mike Harris? I have met humans, especially politicians, bureaucrats, many postal employees, and most extremists of any political bent, who probably don't qualify to have the life-sustaining plugs left in even when they are walking around doing whatever it is they do.

Boy... you go to work one day and you sure do miss a lot in this thread :-)

[minstrel]

And to think it only took four pages to prove that women are never crazy and they are never wrong! (Sits back and waits to see the responses on this one) :)

(cough) I'm almost afraid to mention this...

Driving to my office earlier today, I heard a news report about a recent Harris poll stating that 40% of their sample believed in reincarnation. Of those, the majority of women wanted to come back as women in their next lives. Incredibly, apparently 60% if men who believed in reincarnation also wanted to come back as women.

I wonder if these are the same men who were in the Jello EEG comparison group...

[janeth]

Hi minstrel,
I think the Bible talks about Heaven on Earth. So I could understand according to your poll that would be 100% women on Earth.

So that would line up with the Bible talking about Heaven on Earth.

[carbonize]

I'd like to come back as a woman as it seems to me that all "adult" toys are firmly aimed at them and I'm feeling left out.

That and the fact it would be nice to be always right instead of always wrong.

[Greyhawk]

Ahhh... that clears up a lot - Hamilton, right next door to Toronto - the Big Smoke. Those two cities combined can't field a good hockey or football team - although I always liked the Blue Jays.


He hem I noticed that The Toronto Argos are in the CFL Eastern final against Montreal after beating the BC Lions (a western team that couldn't beat any of the teams in the west to make it to the Grey Cup) and I have already stated that the Toronto Maple Leafs are the only team worth watching in the NHL, the teams in Ottawa are much like the politicians there, over paid and underworked.


I wonder who was his comparison human subject for the jello EEG: Ex-Premier Mike Harris? I have met humans, especially politicians, bureaucrats, many postal employees, and most extremists of any political bent, who probably don't qualify to have the life-sustaining plugs left in even when they are walking around doing whatever it is they do.


I noticed that you did not use the term Postal worker. Which is a good thing as that is an oxymoron. Personally I once heard of Ottawa referd to as Canadas version of Australia...where we send our criminals and insane. lol

Sorry Cindy


I'd like to come back as a woman as it seems to me that all "adult" toys are firmly aimed at them and I'm feeling left out.
That and the fact it would be nice to be always right instead of always wrong.


You see I have the best Girlfreind ever she always tells me I am right ( as long as I listen to her) and I am totally in charge...and have her permission to say so.

Greyhawk

P.S. If this makes no sense blame it on Demerol

[minstrel]

I think the Bible talks about Heaven on Earth. So I could understand according to your poll that would be 100% women on Earth.
But if everyone on Earth was female, who would be wrong? :-)

[wenwilder]

But if everyone on Earth was female, who would be wrong? :-)

The Jello of course?!?!?! ;)

[tertius]

And if one of those females was walking alone in the woods talking to herself, who would lose the argument???

[matauri]

The Jello Museum Website wrote:
Jell-O Trivia
February 5, 1981, in Brisbane Australia, Paul Squires and Geoff Ross created the world's largest Jell-O. It was 7,700 gallons ($14,000 worth) of pink Jell-O and was set in a tank donated by Poolfab.(From the Guiness Book of Records)

LOL....OK..I admit defeat! But..in my defence...I never said we were sane down here ;-)

I wonder if it was used for jello wrestling afterwards??? ;-) A popular past time in Queensland (Brisbane's state).


I noticed that you did not use the term Postal worker. Which is a good thing as that is an oxymoron. Personally I once heard of Ottawa referd to as Canadas version of Australia...where we send our criminals and insane. lol

eeeeekkkk... I lived in Ottawa....nooo way!!!! That comes close to blasphemy ! ;-)


I'd like to come back as a woman as it seems to me that all "adult" toys are firmly aimed at them and I'm feeling left out.
I think it's more of a worry that it is men that mainly design them ! Maybe men don't 'need' them ;-)


Driving to my office earlier today, I heard a news report about a recent Harris poll stating that 40% of their sample believed in reincarnation. Of those, the majority of women wanted to come back as women in their next lives. Incredibly, apparently 60% if men who believed in reincarnation also wanted to come back as women.
Until they have to work twice as hard to get what a man has! Watch them whimper & run then ;-)


Cindy

[janeth]

I just wanted to make sure evryone saw what Cindy said and I
quote

Minstrel wrote:
Driving to my office earlier today, I heard a news report about a recent Harris poll stating that 40% of their sample believed in reincarnation. Of those, the majority of women wanted to come back as women in their next lives. Incredibly, apparently 60% if men who believed in reincarnation also wanted to come back as women.

Until they have to work twice as hard to get what a man has! Watch them whimper & run then ;-)

[rocky1]

LOL....OK..I admit defeat! But..in my defence...I never said we were sane down here ;-)


Gotcha! Hee Hee Hee!!! You know, you just sorta stepped into that one with both feet! What colour is your toenail polish when you're knee deep in Lime Jello anyhow? And, I'll reserve comment on that Jello wrestling theory, given thoughts surrounding the toenails. But, I'd be willing to bet there was something too that effect involved, given that I can't imagine them letting $14,000 worth of Jello go to waste.


P.S. If this makes no sense blame it on Demerol

It has been scientifically proven by a renowned psychologist in Ottawa, that two or more visits to this place will cause such delusional behavior as well. The drugs are off the hook on this one!


I think the Bible talks about Heaven on Earth. So I could understand according to your poll that would be 100% women on Earth.

If there would be 100% women on earth, who'd be here to enjoy their company? As we all know entirely too well, you'd never get that many women to agree to anything and get along! UNLESS... of course they elected Wen their leader, in which case they'd be so busy talking to Jello, searching for ghosts, and trying to figure out why their feet were still on the ground when gravity exists only in their minds, that they wouldn't have time to disagree.


And if one of those females was walking alone in the woods talking to herself, who would lose the argument???

I know it's not polite to answer a quote with a quote but....


The Jello of course?!?!?! ;)

Well.... Maybe!


Driving to my office earlier today, I heard a news report about a recent Harris poll stating that 40% of their sample believed in reincarnation. Of those, the majority of women wanted to come back as women in their next lives. Incredibly, apparently 60% if men who believed in reincarnation also wanted to come back as women.

I wonder if these are the same men who were in the Jello EEG comparison group...

...I wonder who was his comparison human subject for the jello EEG: Ex-Premier Mike Harris?

I wonder if this Harris group conducting studies, was in any way affiliated with that Docotr that was so bored that he hooked life support up to a bowl of Jello? Harris Group ~ Mike Harris ~ HMMMMM?


And to think it only took four pages to prove that women are never crazy and they are never wrong!

We proved only that Doctors in Hamilton, Ontario, CA have too much time on their hands, and Wen has played one too many games of Trivial Pursuit!


Rocky

[rocky1]

Having now found answers to the aged questions on Jello and EEG's, it's about time to submit more for Wen to think about again!


* If we stopped idiot-proofing the world, wouldn't we eventually run out of idiots.

* Sanity has never been proven to have any survival value.

* Never say never, cause to never say never you've done said never twice.

* There are two theories to arguing with women, neither one works.

* Even the greatest of whales is screwed when in the middle of the desert.

* If a fly had no wings, would it be called a walk?

* When I was born, I was supposed to be twins. That's why I look so much alike.


Rocky

[carbonize]

What is it with Canucks doing weird experiments? Apparently Canadian scientists have discovered that herrings talk to each other using high pitched sounds emitted from their anuses. They said they realised this when they noticerd bubbles coming from that area that coincided with the sounds. They have called them Fast Repetitive Tick (I think they worked from the acronym backwards there).

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/animals/newsid_3244000/3244993.stm

[minstrel]

Incredibly, apparently 60% if men who believed in reincarnation also wanted to come back as women.
Until they have to work twice as hard to get what a man has! Watch them whimper & run then ;-)


In that same radio report, the announcer quoted Charlotte Whitton, former mayor of Ottawa, as once having said, "In order to get half the respect a man gets, a woman has to be twice as intelligent (or maybe talented). Fortunately, that's not a difficult task."

[mikmik]

This mis-statement whas expelled via one of Charotte Whitton's two GI orifices:
In order to get half the respect a man gets, a woman has to be twice as intelligent (or maybe talented). Fortunately, that's not a difficult task.I object, Your Honour!

carbonize, this is cutting edge stuff:
What is it with Canucks doing weird experiments? Apparently Canadian scientists have discovered that herrings talk to each other using high pitched sounds emitted from their anuses. They said they realised this when they noticerd bubbles coming from that area that coincided with the sounds. They have called them Fast Repetitive Tick (I think they worked from the acronym backwards there).
I thought the scientific term was "Flatulence Anal Region Transport"

(Okay man, I'm gonna say it) Seems to be something fishy going on here; does anybody else notice the virtually identical nature of our discussions here at the 'break from reality room' and Canadian scientific research? I mean, come on, the whole EEG of jello = people's (Ahem ladies!) is just to obvious for this forensic logician (didn't I mention that? Sorry!) too ignore. I therefore conclude that either a) we have a spy amongst us and we better get a cut if they(scientists) try to patent any of our idea's, or b) we have a spy amongst them as some sort of wry attempt at bolstering our credibility with cutting edge topics, or c) we are the same people posing as two distinct groups of intellectuals, or maybe even d) maybe this is just another example of great minds thinking alik!(sic)

Man, I've had a tough day - having a problem all day with signing in to participate in the discussions - every time I clicked 'post a reply',I would have to sign in (of course) and then when I hit "LOG IN" it would just keep returning to the 'LOG IN" page. If that wasn't bad enough, after a while I noticed at the bottom that it was showing me as one of the 'members currently logged in' but it was'nt letting me post! I was trying to do research with minstrel but couldn't report in!

[wenwilder]

I'm not having the login problem - instead I can read a thread and it still shows me that I haven't read it. So I guess I'm here but not here today. Or maybe I'm still stuck in yesterday and just haven't moved forward yet? Either that or my computer has been taken over by ghosts or Jello.

So I'm reading what I haven't read and replying to what I have read even though I haven't read it yet. Maybe it's the sites way of telling us that we need a new topic? :)

[paulhiles]

I've been looking at posts that I've apparently read already according to the flag... but yet I have no recollection of seeing them before!

I tells ya, some days it's just one long struggle keepin up with yourself! ;-) A question though... do any of the Site Admin have one of those Space / Time Continuum Controllers (operated by some large ship's wheel perhaps!?)

Just a thought! :c)

[minstrel]

Man, I've had a tough day - having a problem all day with signing in to participate in the discussions - every time I clicked 'post a reply',I would have to sign in (of course) and then when I hit "LOG IN" it would just keep returning to the 'LOG IN" page. If that wasn't bad enough, after a while I noticed at the bottom that it was showing me as one of the 'members currently logged in' but it wasn't letting me post! I was trying to do research with minstrel but couldn't report in!

I'm having the same problem... very frustrating...

:-(

[minstrel]

I've been looking at posts that I've apparently read already according to the flag... but yet I have no recollection of seeing them before!

That may not be WPW... it happens to me a lot. You're not a parent, by any chance, are you?

[matauri]

I tells ya, some days it's just one long struggle keepin up with yourself! ;-) A question though... do any of the Site Admin have one of those Space / Time Continuum Controllers (operated by some large ship's wheel perhaps!?)

Maybe they use a Stargate ;-)


I'm not having the login problem - instead I can read a thread and it still shows me that I haven't read it. So I guess I'm here but not here today. Or maybe I'm still stuck in yesterday and just haven't moved forward yet? Either that or my computer has been taken over by ghosts or Jello.

So I'm reading what I haven't read and replying to what I have read even though I haven't read it yet. Maybe it's the sites way of telling us that we need a new topic? :)

Seee.....Wen has the right idea....accept the inevitable ! ;-)


Cindy

[minstrel]

I guess I'm here but not here today. Or maybe I'm still stuck in yesterday and just haven't moved forward yet? Either that or my computer has been taken over by ghosts or Jello.

Seee.....Wen has the right idea....accept the inevitable ! ;-)

Hmmmm (stroking beard in best Siggy Freud style): If by "accept the inevitable" you mean "surrender to the ghosts and Jello", Matauri, I don't know if I can in all conscience go along with that...

(mental note: maybe zyprexa?)

[matauri]

My dear Watson, there we come into those realms of conjecture where the most logical mind may be at fault.

When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth? ;-)

(Sherlock Holmes)

:-)


Cindy

[minstrel]

"Once you have eliminated the impossible, move on to the improbable. Once you have eliminated that, the answer is somewhere in the pile of whatever's left."

David Baxter

;-)

[matauri]

"Once you have eliminated the impossible, move on to the improbable. Once you have eliminated that, the answer is somewhere in the pile of whatever's left."

JELLO & GHOSTS !! LOL


Cindy

[minstrel]

"Once you have eliminated the impossible, move on to the improbable. Once you have eliminated that, the answer is somewhere in the pile of whatever's left."

JELLO & GHOSTS !! LOL

Cindy

When I was in grade 6, a teacher told me I was incorrigible (I had to wait until I got home to find out what it meant because I refused to admit to him that I didn't understand). The time has come to pass the Incorrigible Crown to you, Matauri...

Rise, Lady Incorrigible :-)

[matauri]

I go back to my earlier post..... accept the inevitable LOL ;-)



Cindy

[minstrel]

Actually, now that I've given it away (and once I found out what it meant), I realize I was kinda proud of being Incorrigible...

Any chance I can get it back? :-)

[rocky1]

Well now that incorrigable is somewhere between Ottawa and Australia. I'm having loads of trouble here today too. I'm receiving e-mail updates on the threads about every 10th. one, if at all. And, the last four threads I posted on, it marked as I hadn't read them!

I'm beginning to feel like Wen here! Not sure if I'm here, or if I already been here, or if I'm not going to be here till tomorrow, or what, and that's scary y'all!

Rocky

[matauri]

Any chance I can get it back? :-)
You have only ever had it on loan dear :-) It's back to it's rightful owner ;-)


Well now that incorrigable is somewhere between Ottawa and Australia. I'm having loads of trouble here today too. I'm receiving e-mail updates on the threads about every 10th. one, if at all. And, the last four threads I posted on, it marked as I hadn't read them!


You should know by now Rocky...you have to be on the ball with this thread ! ;-)


Cindy

[tertius]

My dear Watson, there we come into those realms of conjecture where the most logical mind may be at fault.

When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth? ;-)

(Sherlock Holmes)

:-)


Cindy

I'll see your "Sherlock" and raise with a "Mycroft" response, pointing out the common misconception of "scientific methodology"....

To the layman, science "proves" things, when in reality (whatever that is--at least in this thread!<grin>) the scientific method can only disprove postulates and theorems. Thus one is rarely able to fully recognize--much less eliminate--the impossible, in which case what remains is both that which is recognizable and that which is not recognized as relevant nor remaining. (In which case, which "must be the truth": what is recognized as remaining, or what is so unreal it is overlooked or not recognized as remaining--a query fitting nicely the line of this thread!!!)

Hmmm....(ponders deeply while contemplating the mechanics of seeing a shadow in space and whether the upcoming lunar eclipse this weekend is an actuality, or if its true existence is a function of the Heisenberg principle and thus affected by the act of an observer's observation!)

- . .-. - .. ..- ...

[matauri]

I'll see your "Sherlock" and raise with a "Mycroft" response, pointing out the common misconception of "scientific methodology"....

To the layman, science "proves" things, when in reality (whatever that is--at least in this thread!<grin>) the scientific method can only disprove postulates and theorems. Thus one is rarely able to fully recognize--much less eliminate--the impossible, in which case what remains is both that which is recognizable and that which is not recognized as relevant nor remaining. (In which case, which "must be the truth": what is recognized as remaining, or what is so unreal it is overlooked or not recognized as remaining--a query fitting nicely the line of this thread!!!)

Hmmm....(ponders deeply while contemplating the mechanics of seeing a shadow in space and whether the upcoming lunar eclipse this weekend is an actuality, or if its true existence is a function of the Heisenberg principle and thus affected by the act of an observer's observation!)

ahhh...quantam mechanics :-)

The concepts of classical physics do not depend on their being observed by somebody. If it doesn't appear to be happening, is it actually happening? But based on Einstein & the Copenhagen's interpretation of external reality, the basic physical theory represents the real external situation. Such encounters constitute the only actual evidence of a time-space nature with which we meet in the physical. ;-)

:-)

(Aust wont see an eclipse, but we hear a great comet skyshow is on its way!)


Cindy

[Greyhawk]

OWWWWWWWWWwwwwwwwwwwwww My brain hurts from having to log in three times, just to read all the posts with the big words. Could some one please translate from super-geek to english for me. I must be spending too much time with my American freinds, words with more the two sylables confuse me now.

Greyhawk

[rocky1]

I'll see your "Sherlock" and raise with a "Mycroft" response, pointing out the common misconception of "scientific methodology"....

To the layman, science "proves" things, when in reality (whatever that is--at least in this thread!<grin>) the scientific method can only disprove postulates and theorems. Thus one is rarely able to fully recognize--much less eliminate--the impossible, in which case what remains is both that which is recognizable and that which is not recognized as relevant nor remaining. (In which case, which "must be the truth": what is recognized as remaining, or what is so unreal it is overlooked or not recognized as remaining--a query fitting nicely the line of this thread!!!)

You was conversin with your jello earlier this evening weren't you? I can tell! Sounds just like WenWilder!!!



Hmmm....(ponders deeply while contemplating the mechanics of seeing a shadow in space and whether the upcoming lunar eclipse this weekend is an actuality, or if its true existence is a function of the Heisenberg principle and thus affected by the act of an observer's observation!)
- . .-. - .. ..- ...

Neither it is the reflection of next week's gravity and the unsuspended Jello out by Ork!


You should know by now Rocky...you have to be on the ball with this thread ! ;-)

Can't write quick enough to keep up! I write in and when I leave it says "~~> rocky1" beside the thread. Read my own post four times before I figured out it was me!

Rocky

[matauri]

Could some one please translate from super-geek to english for me.

LOL...translation.... Everything 'can' be an actuality, but also 'can' be open to interpretation. In other words, if you can find 2 theologens, physisists, philosophers, etc,etc, to agree on something...be afraid....be VERY afraid! ;-)


Cindy

[paulhiles]

I've been looking at posts that I've apparently read already according to the flag... but yet I have no recollection of seeing them before!

That may not be WPW... it happens to me a lot. You're not a parent, by any chance, are you?
Oh oh, now I'm really worried.. not only do I see posts that I don't recall... but now I've got kids I never even knew about!! LOL!! there's definitely been some kind of shift in the whole Space/Time Continuum!
Apologies to Greyhawk for the return to multi-syllabic mode... and bows in dutiful respect to the rightful owner of the incorrigible crown, matauri!

Paul

[matauri]

and bows in dutiful respect to the rightful owner of the incorrigible crown, matauri!

You can bow now ;-)


Cindy

[carju1]

Oh oh, now I'm really worried.. not only do I see posts that I don't recall... but now I've got kids I never even knew about!! LOL!! there's definitely been some kind of shift in the whole Space/Time Continuum!

Paul haven't you worked out yet that this thread actually only exists in a probability parallel universe the only occurs if today is tomorrow and yesterday but never today.

The proof is that as I post this today, for Matauri its tomorrow but her last post today was yesterday for Minstrel.

Julian

[matauri]

Time for any given object begins from the time that object comes into existence and ends when that object ceases to exist in that form. To the third dimensional being, these posts traverse the time continuum indefinately. So, yesterday & today will always be a given, whereas, tomorrow will never come. If tomorrow never comes...I'm not really here & you will always be in the past.

So it looks like I will never get that cuppa!

BTW....the Aussies & the NZ'ers kicked butt yesterday, today. I wonder if that means the game never actually finished? ;-)


Cindy

[rocky1]

In that it would appear we are now back to discussion of content in the initial post, does this mean we have to go through the whole Jello and Ghosts routine again too? As that would definitely mean that tomorrow or yesterday never truly occurred, and that we are most definitely locked into only today!

Not to mention, I'm not sure Wen's up to it!

Rocky

[minstrel]

does this mean we have to go through the whole Jello and Ghosts routine again too? As that would definitely mean that tomorrow or yesterday never truly occurred, and that we are most definitely locked into only today!

"my brain hurts..."

[rocky1]

"my brain hurts..."

My sentiments exactly!


Rocky

[wenwilder]

In that it would appear we are now back to discussion of content in the initial post, does this mean we have to go through the whole Jello and Ghosts routine again too? As that would definitely mean that tomorrow or yesterday never truly occurred, and that we are most definitely locked into only today!

Not to mention, I'm not sure Wen's up to it!

Rocky

I'm always up to it, it's just more fun watching all of you. And here I thought this thread would never get replies because it was 'off the wall'

So now.....I have to ask.....does this thread know what it contains? Everything that is written in a book makes up that book, but does the book really know the information? Maybe books do know all that they contain, and we just think someone wrote them. But really there is a factory in a far away land where books make books and they really do have all the answers. You can never be sure that what you are reading is actually what was written. (Considering the way wpw has been acting the last day or two - where you read what was written but you find out you haven't read it yet.)

The same theory works when it comes to what is said (and men prove this all the time :) What is said isn't always what is heard but is it always a matter of not listening, or hearing only what we want to hear? We read books for information, but everyone perceives that book in different ways, what if that book truly is giving them different information? What if what we read isn't what they read? Yesterday the book said one thing, today it says another? Kinda makes you think huh?

I'll let you think about that for a while ;)

[rocky1]

....We read books for information, but everyone perceives that book in different ways, what if that book truly is giving them different information? What if what we read isn't what they read? Yesterday the book said one thing, today it says another? Kinda makes you think huh?


Okay... I thought about it a while...

Given the original context herein, that being that tomorrow never comes, and thus it is always today, and therefore there can be no yesterday.... The content of the book would remain eternally in today and thus never change!

Rocky

[matauri]

The same theory works when it comes to what is said (and men prove this all the time :) What is said isn't always what is heard but is it always a matter of not listening, or hearing only what we want to hear?

Not our men here at WPW surely! ;-)


And here I thought this thread would never get replies because it was 'off the wall'

Haven't you notice the more off the wall the MORE it gets read? It msut be that creative streak in all of us. We need to be a little off the wall to do what we do ;-)


(Considering the way wpw has been acting the last day or two - where you read what was written but you find out you haven't read it yet.)

Or that what was written hadn't in fact even been written at all, because you weren't here to begin with. Your presence here was purely a conjecture of your own imagination....now log in again please! ;-)



Cindy

[carbonize]

I think the problem is that the WPW server is located near a wormhole and occasionally stray bubbles of temporal distortion engulf it. While this may be a bad thing at present I'm just waiting for the time one of those bubbles makes the server start sending out pages from the future. I'm going to start a thread where I'm going to post the lottery numbers so I can cash in when this event happens.

I wonder where the event horizon is?

Maybe the WPW server tech dude is actually the cat in the hat?

Remember, a Jabberwocky is for life, not just the winter solstice.

Why are straight jackets called straight jackets? whats straight about them?

Do mice steal our elastic bands for bungee jumping?

[minstrel]

So now.....I have to ask.....does this thread know what it contains? Everything that is written in a book makes up that book, but does the book really know the information? Maybe books do know all that they contain, and we just think someone wrote them.

"Make it stop! In the name of all that's holy, make it stop!!!"

[minstrel]

Why are straight jackets called straight jackets? whats straight about them?
(errr.... I think that's actually "strait jacket", like "dire straits"...)


Do mice steal our elastic bands for bungee jumping?
yes.

[mikmik]

corbonize (a.k.a. a diamond in the making?) entered the realm of gravitational cosmology by inquiring:
I wonder where the event horizon is?, and alas, although I've heard speculation amongst the lads down at the soup line that it is the boundary surrounding an area of intense space-time-curvature at which the distortion is so pronounced that the escape velocity becomes unattainable (the speed of light, but you knew that) and the laws of physics break down and information becomes unkowable. Only women live there. But as 'Stinky' (I told you It was at the soup kitchen) pointed out, it is all speculation and can never be proved.

[rocky1]

Haven't you notice the more off the wall the MORE it gets read? It msut be that creative streak in all of us. We need to be a little off the wall to do what we do ;-)

Yep... likewise noticed a great many people visit zoos, to watch the animals on display pace back in forth in their cages there also!


I think the problem is that the WPW server is located near a wormhole and occasionally stray bubbles of temporal distortion engulf it. While this may be a bad thing at present I'm just waiting for the time one of those bubbles makes the server start sending out pages from the future. I'm going to start a thread where I'm going to post the lottery numbers so I can cash in when this event happens.

I wonder where the event horizon is?

Maybe the WPW server tech dude is actually the cat in the hat?

Remember, a Jabberwocky is for life, not just the winter solstice.

Why are straight jackets called straight jackets? whats straight about them?

Do mice steal our elastic bands for bungee jumping?

Methinks Carbonize has spent one too many evenings wrapped up in the today's tomorrow, not yesterday, Jello, Ghosts thread with us! Shhhhhhhh..... But, we won't tell him yet!

Rocky

[carbonize]

Four posts since mine and not a single email about it. I think they must be dining in the restaurant at the end of the universe.

Wonder if I'll get 42 emails all at once??

Lobster anyone?

[mikmik]

wen sayeth:
The same theory works when it comes to what is said (and men prove this all the time :) What is said isn't always what is heard(1) but is it always a matter of not listening, or hearing only what we want to hear? We read books for information, but everyone perceives that book in different ways, what if that book truly is giving them different information? What if what we read isn't what they read? Yesterday the book said one thing, today it says another(2)? Kinda makes you think huh? Yes it makes me think that although the book clearly, to even the most casual and uncritical of observers , clearly has not changed in the slightest fraction of a way, THROUGH NO ACTION OR INTENTION OF IT'S OWN it is not only accused of saying one thing and meaning another, it's very existense is proof of that fact, and indicates only one thing, that it is a woman yet again making the simplest and most innocent object the cause of her frustration at not being understood because the book has suddenly become an 'insensitive' scoundrel LOL
Yes, it makes me think that I'm glad that I'n not a book and actually transport myself down to the library and have a pint with all of the 'books'.


Footnotes to referenses in quote:
(1) My point exactly
(2) Being responsible for my own actions, I can not blame the book for my difference of perspective, only can I be grateful that the book is profound and provides me with insight relevant to my changing experience and viewpoint.[o;

I'll thus take that as an apology, and I accept.

[carju1]

The WPW server has definately been reading this thread as it either now knows five minutes before I log on that I'm going to log on or theres a second me in a parallel universe that is logging on and the WPW server is shifting universes!!

Since yesterday when I log on (not automatic either since yesterday) it tells me I last logged on five minutes earlier and that there are no new posts.

I think the WPW server is learning, it knows my habits and pre-logs me on. I think I'll have to get up at 4am and see if I can surprise it

Julian

[rocky1]

Since yesterday when I log on (not automatic either since yesterday) it tells me I last logged on five minutes earlier and that there are no new posts.

I think the WPW server is learning, it knows my habits and pre-logs me on. I think I'll have to get up at 4am and see if I can surprise it

Maybe MikMik found your cookies too when he was searching for his and he's logging on for you, before you Carju!



...But as 'Stinky' (I told you It was at the soup kitchen) pointed out, it is all speculation and can never be proved.

Almost missed this one... Me wonders if MikMik refers to the cooks hygiene or implies the menu might be condusive to the aforementioned but slightly bent quotes on herring communication?

Ref: Carbonize and MikMik - Page 5, 11/7/03, Is Today Today or Tomorrow Yesterday? ~


"They have called them Fast Repetitive Tick (I think they worked from the acronym backwards there)."


"I thought the scientific term was "Flatulence Anal Region Transport"

Rocky

[matauri]

What is the record for the longest thread about conjecture? ;-)


Have we hit it yet????

:-)


Cindy

[carbonize]

In front of me is one of the calendar type thingies that has a saying for each day. I think todays is usually quite relevant for this forum but this thread is the exception.


Think before you ink.

And for the egotists out there


People who are always full of themselves ought to go on a diet.

Slap my top because nighttime is the right time.

[rocky1]

What is the record for the longest thread about conjecture? ;-)

Have we hit it yet????

:-)

Cindy

Was wondering the same thing the other day, I did notice we're growing ever closer to the tally on the chatroom too!

It's slowing down a bit however, as Wen has been slacking here of late, since finding the answers to the Jello question.

Rocky

[minstrel]

It's slowing down a bit however, as Wen has been slacking here of late, since finding the answers to the Jello question.
Poor, Wen - all she really wanted to do when all this started was find out what day it was... next thing you know it's Jello jokes...

[wenwilder]

Poor, Wen - all she really wanted to do when all this started was find out what day it was... next thing you know it's Jello jokes...

At least I didn't lose Tuesday last week, and if I'm lucky I won't lose it this week either! ;) Maybe it's the Jello's fault?

[mikmik]

She's BA-ack..
Hi wen. Whatcha bin up ta?
Kinda missed ya, hey ya know?...

(meanwhile, wen recalls favorite quote for situations like this(getting hit on by a idiot!):
Homer: I'm not normally a religious man, but if you're up there, save me, Superman!

then,mikmik"Hey! What the?!" Calls out as he disappears skyward, "Hey! I'll see ya around, Oh Kaaaayyy....?)

Above fictional scenario inspired by rocky1:
It's slowing down a bit however, as Wen has been slacking here of late, since finding the answers to the Jello question.

[wenwilder]

Since the Jello debate hasn't been finalized I thought I'd throw this little "joke" in and see what happens next :)

Here's a delightful treat someone once made for an office Christmas party:

A gelatin mold should be filled with Knox Unflavored Gelatin and red food coloring. One would think that a flavorless food would not be at all difficult to swallow, but believe me, from the looks of people who inserted cold masses of gelatinous glop into a mouth that was expecting sweets, the experience is unexplainably horrifying! It made some sick, while other just politely finished their spoonful.


You don't stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing.
Michael Pritchard

[matauri]

After a few beer(s) they wouldn't know the diff Wen :-)


You don't stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing.

Then after this thread I feel 18 again ! ;-)


Cindy

[minstrel]

Here's a delightful treat someone once made for an office Christmas party:
"someone"? (cough)


A gelatin mold should be filled with Knox Unflavored Gelatin and red food coloring. One would think that a flavorless food would not be at all difficult to swallow, but believe me, from the looks of people who inserted cold masses of gelatinous glop into a mouth that was expecting sweets, the experience is unexplainably horrifying! It made some sick, while other just politely finished their spoonful.

All this is, of course, pure assumption on the part of WW the First (not to be confused with WWI or WWII) - it's not as if she was actually there to witness the reactions...

[rocky1]

A gelatin mold should be filled with Knox Unflavored Gelatin and red food coloring. One would think that a flavorless food would not be at all difficult to swallow, but believe me, from the looks of people who inserted cold masses of gelatinous glop into a mouth that was expecting sweets, the experience is unexplainably horrifying! It made some sick, while other just politely finished their spoonful.


Seems to me the original cause for discussion of the Jello routine was... that Cherry and Strawberry all tasted the same, and that Jello was supposed to be able to talk so it could tell you what flavor it was.

Now mysteriously we learn the reason is, because Wen having hauled the left overs home from the Christmas party, awoke the next morning looking for something to ease the churning in her stomach and the throbbing in her head, and finding the Cherry or Strawberry or what ever flavor Jello that was she had mixed up in the course of getting fortified and tuned up for the Christmas Party, in fact found that it was impossible to tell what flavor it was. (Because it had no flavor!) And, thus the last 6 pages of conjecture herein, have been the result of a Wen Wilder practical joke gone awry!!!

You don't suppose do you?

I bet she wouldn't tell us the truth either!

Rocky

[wenwilder]

Here's a delightful treat someone once made for an office Christmas party:
"someone"? (cough)


A gelatin mold should be filled with Knox Unflavored Gelatin and red food coloring. One would think that a flavorless food would not be at all difficult to swallow, but believe me, from the looks of people who inserted cold masses of gelatinous glop into a mouth that was expecting sweets, the experience is unexplainably horrifying! It made some sick, while other just politely finished their spoonful.

All this is, of course, pure assumption on the part of WW the First (not to be confused with WWI or WWII) - it's not as if she was actually there to witness the reactions...

It has to be true! I heard it from a friend of a friend who heard it from a friend of a friend who KNEW a friend of a friend who attended a friends Christmas party where this was done! Now how can you doubt the validity of that? ;)

If it wasn't for a friend of a friend we'd never know what we never knew we didn't know, ya know? ;)

[wenwilder]

Seems to me the original cause for discussion of the Jello routine was... that Cherry and Strawberry all tasted the same, and that Jello was supposed to be able to talk so it could tell you what flavor it was.

Now mysteriously we learn the reason is, because Wen having hauled the left overs home from the Christmas party, awoke the next morning looking for something to ease the churning in her stomach and the throbbing in her head, and finding the Cherry or Strawberry or what ever flavor Jello that was she had mixed up in the course of getting fortified and tuned up for the Christmas Party, in fact found that it was impossible to tell what flavor it was. (Because it had no flavor!) And, thus the last 6 pages of conjecture herein, have been the result of a Wen Wilder practical joke gone awry!!!

You don't suppose do you?

I bet she wouldn't tell us the truth either!

Rocky

Now now Rocky, haven't you learned anything from this thread? Oh wait, maybe it was another thread? hmmmm

Anyway....I'm naturally anti-meat, anti-alcohol, and anti-social. :) Although I sometimes wonder if Mt. Dew should be considered a non-alcoholic alcoholic beverage, simply for the fact that, when introduced early in the morning to a semi-conscious person, it can have the same affect as a proverbial "night on the town." My personal drink of choice 'Diet Vanilla coke!' When I need a stiff drink THEN I reach for the Mt. Dew, but SssssssHhhhhhh don't tell! ;)

[minstrel]

My personal drink of choice 'Diet Vanilla coke!
Ewwwwwww.... isn't "vanilla coke" an oxymoron?

"The guy who invented non-alcoholic beer musta been REALLY drunk." - source forgotten.

[rocky1]

My personal drink of choice 'Diet Vanilla coke!

Having done that designated driver thing once, I can tell you without a doubt, that you are only soberer the night of the happening! You feel just as bad if not worse the next day from all that damned cola they give you at the bars for forfeiting your evening. And, assuming one was to drink that which you refer too, for the entire evening, you would certainly be a bit on the queezy side come morning. And, therefore the scenario suggested is still possible!


Friend of a friend of an aunt's sister's third cousin's brother's uncle's next neighbor my ....... foot!

Rocky

[wenwilder]

You feel just as bad if not worse the next day from all that cola they give you at the bars for forfeiting your evening. And, assuming one was to drink that which you refer too, for the entire evening, you would certainly be a bit on the queezy side come morning. And, therefore the scenario suggested is still possible!


Rocky anyone ever tell you that you have a bit of a pessimistic view of things? :) I don't go to bars, I'm not old enough! :p Ya right, if you believe that I bet I kind find allllll sorts of things to sell you, like bridges and ocean front property. :)

Only weird people go to bars. :)

[matauri]

Only weird people go to bars. :)

I dunno about that Wen...LOL...have met some pretty wierd people on here ;-)
(looks around inconspicuously)

:-)


Cindy

[minstrel]

Only weird people go to bars. :)

Looking around, thinking, "Hey, she's right! Everyone else in here IS weird!"

[matauri]

Great minds think alike hey Dave ;-)

Beat ya to the post by a mere 2 mins :-)


Cindy

[minstrel]

You probably have high speed/broadband or whatever it's called in Ozland... Out here, it's dial-up on lines and junction boxes that I suspect go back to when we were still a colony... :-)

[tertius]

It has to be true! I heard it from a friend of a friend who heard it from a friend of a friend who KNEW a friend of a friend who attended a friends Christmas party where this was done! Now how can you doubt the validity of that? ;)

If it wasn't for a friend of a friend we'd never know what we never knew we didn't know, ya know? ;)


And thus Wilder, Wen supplies more empirical evidence supporting the theory of six degrees of separation--and now discovers she was invited to the party where this was done, but being naturally anti-meat, anti-alcohol, and anti-social, she missed out on the firsthand experience. (Unless she knew the day before what the particular tomorrow would bring, having decided the day after that she had no need to attend, already knowing that a friend of a friend who heard it from a friend of a friend who knew a friend of a friend who attended a friends Christmas party where this was done would inform the known friend who passed it on to a friend with a friend who would tell it to a friend who had a friend who would repeat such a momentous experiment in tastelessness to our very own Wilder, Wen!)

[minstrel]

And thus Wilder, Wen supplies more empirical evidence supporting the theory of six degrees of separation--and now discovers she was invited to the party where this was done, but being naturally anti-meat, anti-alcohol, and anti-social, she missed out on the firsthand experience. (Unless she knew the day before what the particular tomorrow would bring, having decided the day after that she had no need to attend, already knowing that a friend of a friend who heard it from a friend of a friend who knew a friend of a friend who attended a friends Christmas party where this was done would inform the known friend who passed it on to a friend with a friend who would tell it to a friend who had a friend who would repeat such a momentous experiment in tastelessness to our very own Wilder, Wen!)

Is this keyword stuffing?

"Seriously, dude, you need to lay off the cough syrup" - Eric Cartman

Now you've gone and got Matauri making mental again...

[matauri]

I want what he takes (pointing to Tertius) !!!

He's been travelling too many worm holes ;-)


<< makes 'sane' - must remind Dave he is going to be buried under 2m of snow again soon ;-)


Cindy

[rocky1]

<< makes 'sane' - must remind Dave he is going to be buried under 2m of snow again soon ;-)

Make note to adjust your monitor, that big pink spot is ND on the Weather Channel map, not Ottawa!



Rocky anyone ever tell you that you have a bit of a pessimistic view of things? :) I don't go to bars, I'm not old enough! :p Ya right, if you believe that I bet I kind find allllll sorts of things to sell you, like bridges and ocean front property. :)

Only weird people go to bars. :)


I heard stories about you in the bars clear up here girl! Where'd I put that now, seems to recall something about Dancing, and Table Tops.... Or was that MikMik? I don't know... but I ain't believing all of that other non-sense no how!

As for the "Only weird people go to bars" line, you won't get any argument on that one out of me. You want to find out how weird they are, just quit going to bars and drinking, then stop in and visit one when you really aren't in the mood to party some night! You talk about some weird people, eh! I just thought that was all messed up when I used to drink allot! Now that I don't, it really is all messed up!!!

Talk about Irony - Left my wife for a bartender, then I quit drinking! Well almost anyhow....

Rocky

[minstrel]

<< makes 'sane' - must remind Dave he is going to be buried under 2m of snow again soon ;-)

growl... :-(

I know... we've already had a day of freezing rain and another of mixed snow and rain... I am not a fan of winter any more... not since I stopped building snow men...

[carbonize]

Speak for yourselves. I am an island of sanity in the sea of madness known as WPW.

[minstrel]

I am an island of sanity...

Ha! Here in Ottawa, there is a radio talk-show host named Lowell Green who calls his show "The Island of Sanity" and has claimed responsibility for raising the average IQ of the Ottawa Valley. Sometimes what he says does make sense (he is a right-wing conservative) but other times his show sounds more like "The Island of the Old and Grumpy".

[Greyhawk]

Ha! Here in Ottawa, there is a radio talk-show host named Lowell Green who calls his show "The Island of Sanity" and has claimed responsibility for raising the average IQ of the Ottawa Valley. Sometimes what he says does make sense (he is a right-wing conservative) but other times his show sounds more like "The Island of the Old and Grumpy".

Wow that must bring the average IQ of the Ottawa Valley up to a whole 2 points.

Minstrel what crime did you commit to be sentenced to live in Ottawa? And how much longer is there left on your sentence?

I am still wondering what I did to be sentenced to Tofino. Oh yeah that's right it was the girlfreind and I am guilty by association. I at least get to visit civilizeation from time to time.

Greyhawk

[minstrel]

Minstrel what crime did you commit to be sentenced to live in Ottawa? And how much longer is there left on your sentence?

Being a parent? okay, no... but that's why I have to stay... :-)

I actually like many things Ottawa - the canal, the size, the greenbelts, it's access to other towns and cities... but to be honest I live out in the country about 45 minutes south, though my office is in Ottawa.

[matauri]

Ha! Here in Ottawa, there is a radio talk-show host named Lowell Green who calls his show "The Island of Sanity" and has claimed responsibility for raising the average IQ of the Ottawa Valley. Sometimes what he says does make sense (he is a right-wing conservative) but other times his show sounds more like "The Island of the Old and Grumpy".

WOW...what a coincidence ! I am chatting with Lowell's producer Murph at the moment :-)



Cindy

[matauri]

Dave...message from Murph...

Wow! What are the odds? :) He should be careful! I'll track him down!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)


:-)

Cindy

[paulhiles]

Speak for yourselves. I am an island of sanity in the sea of madness known as WPW.
To paraphrase John Donne:

No man is an island, entire of itself...any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
We worry for you Carbonise... we really do! minstrel has already expressed fears (http://www.webproworld.com/viewtopic.php?p=38825&highlight=carbonise+liver#38825) for the health of your liver (due to an apparent excess of cynicism!) ;-) We're all here for you.. just reach out! :c)

Paul

[minstrel]

Dave...message from Murph...

Wow! What are the odds? :) He should be careful! I'll track him down!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
Cindy

LOL... next time you're talking to him, tell him that I'm not always Lowell Green's biggest fan - sometimes he reminds me of that Grumpy Old Man ventriloquist act, or the two grumpy old men from the Muppets, or Walter Mathau in almost anything... :-)

[tertius]

ahhh...quantam mechanics :-)

The concepts of classical physics do not depend on their being observed by somebody. If it doesn't appear to be happening, is it actually happening? But based on Einstein & the Copenhagen's interpretation of external reality, the basic physical theory represents the real external situation. Such encounters constitute the only actual evidence of a time-space nature with which we meet in the physical. ;-)

:-)

Cindy

Quantum mechanics: The dreams stuff is made of.

-Tertius

[matauri]

LOL... next time you're talking to him, tell him that I'm not always Lowell Green's biggest fan - sometimes he reminds me of that Grumpy Old Man ventriloquist act, or the two grumpy old men from the Muppets, or Walter Mathau in almost anything... :-)

I keep waiting for him to blow a valve :) I got hooked on him I was in Ottawa, reminded me a bit of a talkback host here John Laws. I listen to Lowell online sometimes too...it's good for a laff ! He used to have a chatroom that used to be fun to visit, but the station closed it. Murph & some of the regulars from there migrated over to my WW3 chatroom to chat while show is on. Tho I hear that CFRA might be starting their chatroom back up later this year maybe, which will be good. Some good debates go on there.




Quantum mechanics: The dreams stuff is made of.
A Stephen Wright quote...he's cool :-)

If a person with multiple personalities threatens suicide, is that considered a hostage situation?

:-)

Cindy

[rocky1]

If a person with multiple personalities threatens suicide, is that considered a hostage situation? :-)

Cindy

That is totally dependant upon 3 things -

1.) Whether the Jello is making the ransom demands, or is the hostage negotiator!

2.) Whether there are ghosts in the room holding down the gravity so they don't all float away, in which case they really shouldn't be considered hostages, but missing persons. Or....

3.) Whether we're talking about MikMik here? In which case he just needs a little beer air lifted in, 'cause it's to nasty to get out and get some more way up there where he's at!

Rocky

[paulhiles]

- and if you think this is bad you should hear my theory about jello and ghostsSeems like this thread will never quite be laid to rest! :c)
A Jello ghost story (http://www.ghosts.org/stories/tales/jello-globs.html)
N.B. obviously the names have been changed to protect the innocent...

Paul

[wenwilder]

Paul,

I don't know where you find these stories but that one was GREAT! LOL

I couldn't have told a better Jello story...uhh I mean Ghost story myself. LOL

I'm soooo glad the names were changed. :)

[rocky1]

~~~~ LOL ~~~~

[matauri]

Wen !! Your in print ! ;-)



Cindy

[Greyhawk]

Wen !! Your in print ! ;-)

Cindy

I am soo glad I am not the only one to notice that name thing WENdy.

But they only say she moved to Dublin but there are Dublins down in the states. HMMMM coinsidince? I am not sure.

Greyhawk

[wenwilder]

This sentence right here: "I was used to Wendy being weird, especially when she'd get scared in the night" proves that it is NOT me. :) I'm not weird and I don't get scared.......wait.....what was that noise??????? :p

[mikmik]

Beware the ghosts of flavourless jello ooohhhhooooohhhhhooooohhhh.....

[mikmik]

That says " ooooohhhhoooooohhhhhhooooohhhhh"

[minstrel]

That says " ooooohhhhoooooohhhhhhooooohhhhh"
lol... thanks... for just a moment there, I thought I'd gone blind halfway through your sentence...

[carbonize]

I thought ghosts prefered spookghetti?

Don't think Ghostbusters would of been the same if Dr. Venkman had said

He jelloed me!!!

I am perfectly sane and I guarantee that I'm the only one here with a certificate to prove it.

If you notice this notice you will notice this notice isn't worth noticing!

[Greyhawk]

If you notice this notice you will notice this notice isn't worth noticing!
I noticed it and thought enough to comment on it.

Greyhawk

[matauri]

I am perfectly sane and I guarantee that I'm the only one here with a certificate to prove it.

Certifiable hey? No wonder you're posting in this thread ! ;-)

Cindy

[tertius]

I thought ghosts prefered spookghetti?


And all along I was under the impression it was... 'vaporated milk!!!



I am perfectly sane and I guarantee that I'm the only one here with a certificate to prove it.


What more is there to say, since you admit you've been certified....
(Cindy, you beat me to it!)

[matauri]

What more is there to say, since you admit you've been certified....
(Cindy, you beat me to it!)

What can I say Tertius....it was sitting there begging to be taken ;-)


Cindy

[carbonize]

What can I say Tertius....it was sitting there begging to be taken ;-)


Cindy

Hmmmmm, my mother warned me about people like that.

[matauri]

Should heed your mothers warning hey ;)

Mother knows best :)


Cindy

[minstrel]

I am perfectly sane and I guarantee that I'm the only one here with a certificate to prove it.
errr.... that certificate wasn't real, carbonize... that was meant as a joke... it's not my real signature... and my real first name isn't Sigmund... (hint: the real Sigmund is dead)


"If you notice this notice you will notice this notice isn't worth noticing!"
carbonize provides us with another example of keyword stuffing and spoofing... :-)

[wenwilder]

FINALLY! Looks like this topic is starting to die off. I was beginning to wonder if that would EVER happen. :)

[minstrel]

FINALLY! Looks like this topic is starting to die off. I was beginning to wonder if that would EVER happen. :)
I'm not sure that's true - I count 17-18 posts in the past 24 hours, not counting yours and this one. I think we were all just waiting for you to come back and defend the Jello...

[rocky1]

That's what I've been waiting on!

[wenwilder]

To quote Charlie Brown: (And Minstrel feel free to correct me if I'm wrong :))"Why is everybody always picking on me?"

I can't defend Jello, it's the weekend and my mind IS Jello! And anyway, why should I defend Jello, it's never told me what flavor it is!!!! :)

Ohh that reminds me, well actually the note next to me reminds me :) I bought my puppy a puppy toy and on the package it says: "This is NOT a toy" Now does that make sense or what? Sounds like they've been think like Jello to me! :)

[minstrel]

I bought my puppy a puppy toy and on the package it says: "This is NOT a toy"

Only in Nebrasqua :-)

That's a little like a radio ad for "hassle free no strings no gimmicks loans" I heard the other day, which ended with the guy saying, very rapidly and quietly, "some conditions apply".

But I must say I don't understand how a toy cannot be a toy, even when it's a puppy toy...

[wenwilder]

I don't get that one either Minstrel, but then you know what they say....Life is to short to be funny...or is that Life is to funny to be short? I'm just short either way and it's not always funny. :)



"Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup!"

This quote reminds me of one of my favorite quotes:

"I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves."

I just wish I knew who said it. I also like:

"You're slower than a herd of turtles stampeding through peanut butter."

[matauri]

"You're slower than a herd of turtles stampeding through peanut butter."
There are 548 peanuts in a 12-ounce jar of peanut butter, so that's pretty tough work to stampede thru them ;-)


Why don't blondes eat jello?

Because they can't figure out how to fit the two cups of water into that little package.

;-)


Cindy

[wenwilder]

Why don't blondes eat jello?

Because they can't figure out how to fit the two cups of water into that little package.

;-)


Cindy

I thought that was Kool-aid? I've heard it both ways and it's just as funny, but then I like blonde jokes! :)

Hey, why did the turtle lose the race against the snail?

[rocky1]

Hey, why did the turtle lose the race against the snail?

I don't know! I'm still trying to figure out who counted all those peanuts mentioned there above! Because in order to state that with some degree of tact, one would have to count the peanuts in numerous jars and determine an average.

Likewise I was wondering why a toy for a dog would be labeled "This is NOT a toy." You have to wonder how people find jobs doing such things. I mean really folks, somewhere out there in the world, there is Doggy Toy Engineer laughing his ass off over this one! He's sitting there saying "I just designed a toy that isn't a toy, and everyone's going to buy it thinking it is!" Then there is the marketing genius sitting back behind him saying, "Well that isn't a toy we must warn everyone and put "This is NOT a toy!" on this package containing a doggy toy." And, both of these people are still employed!!!

Speaking of which, Do you know what the all time ultimate greatest job in the world is?

[tertius]

Hey, why did the turtle lose the race against the snail?

Because the turtle let the snail pick the 19th alphabetized racecar and then was helpless as he watched that S car go!!!

[paulhiles]

"I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves."

I just wish I knew who said it.
Hi Wen,

that quote was from August Strindberg (http://www.extrapris.com/astrindberg.html).

Another doggy sentiment...
"Whoever said you can't buy happiness forgot about puppies." ~ Gene Hill

Paul

PS. I've also got a recipe for uncooked jello if you really need it! ;-)

[Greyhawk]

OK you want to talk stupid warnins on things here is a list;

Children's asprin: Warning Keep away from Children
Don't put objects other than toilet paper in toilet
On Curling Iron: Do not use while sleeping.
On a blanket from Taiwan NOT TO BE USED AS PROTECTION FROM A TORNADO
candle warning: WARNING, A BURNING CANDLE IS FIRE
Hair dryer: Do not use while swimming or bathing
On a cardboard windshield sun shade: "Warning: Do Not Drive With Sun Shield in Place
On an infant's bathtub: Do not throw baby out with bath water.
On a Magic 8 Ball: Not advised for use as a home pregnancy test.
On a prescription of sleeping pills, "Warning: May cause drowsiness"
On some Swann frozen dinners' Serving suggestion: Defrost.
On Tesco's Tiramisu dessert' (printed on bottom of box) Do not turn upside down.
On Marks & Spencer Bread Pudding, Product will be hot after heating.
On packaging for a Rownta iron, Do not iron clothes on body.
On Boot's Children's cough medicine, Do not drive car or operate machinery.


And my personal favorite on a tube of Preperation H
"Not to be taken oraly"

No you have to know some one tried that, probably a Blonde.

Greyhawk

[carbonize]

You missed off my personal favourites:

On a packet of salted peanuts Warning, product may contain traces of nut

On sleeping tablets Caution, may cause drowsiness


If you want a laugh at the expense of others I highly recommend http://www.darwinawards.com the award they give to the person that most benefitted the human gene pool by removing themselves from it.

[Greyhawk]

On sleeping tablets Caution, may cause drowsiness

Nope This one I have:

On a prescription of sleeping pills, "Warning: May cause drowsiness

Greyhawk

[carbonize]

ADHD strikes again lol. I really should stop myself form speed reading forums.

[matauri]

ADHD strikes again lol.

I thought the nurses took care of medication once you were certified ;-)


I really should stop myself form speed reading forums

From staring at all those white backgrounds hey ;-)


Cindy

[wenwilder]

I really should stop myself form speed reading forums.

With some forums, not this one of course, it is best to speed read them. They make more sense and are definately more entertaining.

This forum is just wonderfully informative, entertaining, and.......entertaining. :) I was going to put insane, but I've got to stop talking about myself that way it's starting to drive me sane! ;)

[minstrel]

How close is this thread to the record for "The Thread That Wouldn't Die"?

Personally, I blame Wen - I mean, first it was time-shifting, then it was Jello with EEG, and then it was questions about insanity... I mean, we're only human here... how are we supposed to resist?

[wenwilder]

How close is this thread to the record for "The Thread That Wouldn't Die"?

Personally, I blame Wen - I mean, first it was time-shifting, then it was Jello with EEG, and then it was questions about insanity... I mean, we're only human here... how are we supposed to resist?

Oh sure, blame me! Rocky1 is the one I blame, if he wouldn't keep picking on me I wouldn't have to keep coming back! :)

Anyway, you can't blame it on me, I've stopped posting my theories and just sat back and watched ya'll pick on each other, it is rather amusing or none of us would keep the thread going. :)

[minstrel]

first it was time-shifting, then it was Jello with EEG, and then it was questions about insanity... I mean, we're only human here... how are we supposed to resist?
Oh sure, blame me! Rocky1 is the one I blame

Won't work - I grant you that Rocky is the kinda guy who will fan the flames (it gets darn cold standing out there in them thar rivers) but it was definitely you who introduced the topics...

[matauri]

You could say it has been adopted as the Generation X chatroom ;-)




Cindy

[rocky1]

first it was time-shifting, then it was Jello with EEG, and then it was questions about insanity... I mean, we're only human here... how are we supposed to resist?
Oh sure, blame me! Rocky1 is the one I blame

Won't work - I grant you that Rocky is the kinda guy who will fan the flames (it gets darn cold standing out there in them thar rivers) but it was definitely you who introduced the topics...

Who ME? All I did was embellish upon a few of the thoughts previously offered and try to interpret, interject, and infer some degree of rationale, theorum, and/or logic into each. Having found that shit wasn't working at all! I simply fanned the flames as Minstrel states!

As for how long this thread of non-sense might run, I stopped the other day to check on the chatroom and it appeared there are 18,000 plus cases of people addressing an empty room asking if anyone was there, (Hello? Hello? Is any one there?). No really folks, we're doing good here, at least we carry on a conversation! Even if it isn't always logical!

You guys that are moderating really should leave the lights on in the chatroom however, so folks can see if anyone's there! We might have surpassed chatroom traffic here on this thread, were it not for everyone standing around in the dark asking if anyone's home in the chatroom! Of course come to think of it, maybe Wen got locked in there for a day or two with the lights off, and that's why she's had these delusions of Jello, and Ghosts, and lack of gravity, and time standing still and such! You might want to make a point of checking before you lock them chatroom doors at night from now on Minstrel.

Rocky

[paulhiles]

You guys that are moderating really should leave the lights on in the chatroom however, so folks can see if anyone's there! We might have surpassed chatroom traffic here on this thread, were it not for everyone standing around in the dark asking if anyone's home in the chatroom! Of course come to think of it, maybe Wen got locked in there for a day or two with the lights off, and that's why she's had these delusions of Jello, and Ghosts, and lack of gravity, and time standing still and such! You might want to make a point of checking before you lock them chatroom doors at night from now on Minstrel.
Some of the Chat Room conversations definitely show signs of sensory deprivation ... so maybe you've got a point there, Rocky! :c) I don't even know how they get in and out... I've been standing in this hallway for the past few weeks, and I haven't seen a soul come in or out of that room.. beats me how they're getting in!! :c)

I did overhear that the Supreme Beings have plans for changing the Chat Room... not sure whether this includes the provision of electric light! - don't quote me on this! ;-)

Paul

[Narasinha]

I did overhear that the Supreme Beings have plans for changing the Chat Room... not sure whether this includes the provision of electric light! - don't quote me on this! ;-)

Paul

Reminded me of this...

How many system administrators does it take to change a light bulb?

None. They just deny everyone's access to the area where the bulb is burned out.

[matauri]

I've been standing in this hallway for the past few weeks, and I haven't seen a soul come in or out of that room.. beats me how they're getting in!! :c)

That's coz their GHOSTS! ;-)



Cindy

[Greyhawk]

No Cindy they are Jello Ghosts that defy gravity.

Greyhawk

[rocky1]

Some of the Chat Room conversations definitely show signs of sensory deprivation ... so maybe you've got a point there, Rocky! :c) I don't even know how they get in and out... I've been standing in this hallway for the past few weeks, and I haven't seen a soul come in or out of that room.. beats me how they're getting in!! :c)


I'm glad you said that! I was trying to be nice....would concurr on Cindy's ghost comments above as cause for them sneaking by also! And... I'm still more than a little suspicious Wen got lost in there for awhile with the lights out, and that caused those strange visions she's been having, that started this thread!



I did overhear that the Supreme Beings have plans for changing the Chat Room... not sure whether this includes the provision of electric light! - don't quote me on this! ;-)


The "Supreme Beings" might want to at least consider a night light for Wen's, and the puppy's sake! Would hate to see the poor dog come out of there chasing ghosts, and barking at Jell-O!

Rocky

[wenwilder]

The "Supreme Beings" might want to at least consider a night light for Wen's, and the puppy's sake! Would hate to see the poor dog come out of there chasing ghosts, and barking at Jell-O!

Rocky

My puppy doesn't bark at Jello or ghosts, she prefers slippers and dog toys that are not toys. :)


I don't even know how they get in and out... I've been standing in this hallway for the past few weeks, and I haven't seen a soul come in or out of that room.. beats me how they're getting in!! :c)

I'm beginning to wonder how all of us get let in here and why? There are some crazy, even certifiable people in here, you know that right? :)

Now that it is the holiday's, or close to it. I bet no one, who's read this thread, will be able to look at any Jello desert and not smile. :)

[tertius]

Now that it is the holiday's, or close to it. I bet no one, who's read this thread, will be able to look at any Jello desert and not smile. :)

Or maybe attach 2 EEG sensors to the quivering mass before setting it on the table at the office party--either as a conversation starter, or to take readings right before serving it up (and see if one could document an out-of-body ghost-type reading for the jello as it's being scooped onto the plates)!

[rocky1]

Now that it is the holiday's, or close to it. I bet no one, who's read this thread, will be able to look at any Jello desert and not smile. :)


AP World Headlines - 12/26/2003 - Late Breaking News Flash

NEW COMPUTER VIRUS ON THE RISE - THREAT - WELL... MAYBE?

In late breaking news a strange new computer virus is suspected that affects only those that design web pages and eat Jell-O. Webmasters all over the world were reported running from the Dinner Table screaming hysterically on Christmas Day, when the popular dish was placed before them.

Similar incidence was reported at Thanksgiving, however at that time the outbreak was limited only to the US, where authorities believe the virus originated, apparently propagating in the midwest. At the time of this report it was still uncertain, however it is believed it likely originated somewhere in the state of Nebraska.

Brittany Thompson, the "Supreme Being" at WPW.com, indicated that there appeared to be a substantial reprieve in spread of the virus immediately following the Thanksgiving holiday, as only a limited number of cases had been reported. Authorities stated they believed they had contained the virus, and things were under control, until Christmas day when a second more substantial outbreak was seen over much of the world. The recent outbreak affected webmasters throughout neighboring Canada and as far away as Australia, South America, the UK, and the Netherlands.

It is still unclear what exactly causes the virus. Eye witness reports indicate that all victims ran screaming incoherrantly from the room, about ghosts in the Jell-o, and time standing still, at site of the age old Holiday dish. It was reported that some likewise were ranting about short blonde aliens, with small dogs as well, but this was only seen in limited cases.

Authorities stated that although it is unclear at this point what exactly the purpose of targeting these particular webmasters might be, it is clearly evident this is an attempt to overthrow the World Wide Web as we know it today, in on-going skirmish between Microsoft and militant extremists that have attempted to make the industry comply totally with W3C standards.

If you have any information regarding the source of this recent outbreak, please contact the Supreme Beings at the Web Pro World Break Room Forum, http://www.webproworld.com/viewtopic.php?t=7679&start=225 where it is believed for some odd reason that the members have been targeted!

And, now back to your local news.

[matauri]

Webmasters all over the world were reported running from the Dinner Table screaming hysterically on Christmas Day, when the popular dish was placed before them.

Alas...I will never be able to look at trifle in the same way again....**sobs**....and I so look forward to it at Xmas time too :-(

;-)


Cindy

[minstrel]

My puppy doesn't bark at Jello or ghosts, she prefers slippers and dog toys that are not toys.
Be warned - once she starts teething, for a few months she will gnaw on anything she can find, including shoes, remote controls, ice scrapers, and children under 4.

[wenwilder]

Alas...I will never be able to look at trifle in the same way again....**sobs**....and I so look forward to it at Xmas time too :-(

;-)


Cindy

I actually had to look Trifle up! A dessert typically consisting of plain or sponge cake soaked in sherry, rum, or brandy and topped with layers of jam or jelly, custard, and whipped cream.

If you like that then you'd love my chocolate covered cherry cake. :) It's pound cake soaked in a combination of ammaretto, rum, and grenadine, layered with chocolate mousse and cherries, covered with a hard shell of pure chocolate. I love to cook I just don't like to eat what I cook. Thank goodness my family loves to eat but hates to cook. I've had a couple of restaurants ask for the recipe for the cake and my banana splits, but they are out of luck. :) A woman has to have her secrets ya know. ;)

[matauri]

If you like that then you'd love my chocolate covered cherry cake. :)

Wennnnnn.....Ya just can't talk about scrummy things like that so close to Xmas & Summer ! One thing you have as an advantage at this time of year....being able to hide all the Xmas yummies under bulky sweaters ! No such luck here! So we eat & regret...then suffer ;-)

Trifle is a Xmas favourite here, and I LOVE it...which means I try to go to as least many Xmas dinners as I can ;-)


Cindy

[wenwilder]

I try to avoid Christmas dinners, my family hasn't gotten the whole vegetarian thing. They're still convinced that I just don't like to eat with them, or I don't like their company. I haven't told them differently, when they're right they're right. :)

[matauri]

I try to avoid Christmas dinners, my family hasn't gotten the whole vegetarian thing. They're still convinced that I just don't like to eat with them, or I don't like their company. I haven't told them differently, when they're right they're right. :)

How true ! I'm not a meat eater, but I love seafood. Usually every Xmas it's eating salads at everyones house, because BBQ's are pretty much the Xmas dinner here. Every year I say I'm having Xmas at home, and every year I get made to feel guilty & get sucked into same trap of having to be at this place & that place. This year I was ABSOLUTELY determined to spend it at home..yet here we are a month before & again I got pressured into external Xmas dinnners!

I keep repeating to myself.... "tiz the season to be jolly" ;-)



Cindy

[mikmik]

rocky1
AP World Headlines - 12/26/2003 - Late Breaking News Flash

Speaking of christmas, Ahhh - what a nice prescience!

And I only brought trifle flavored jello for the dogs.

[Greyhawk]

Cindy here is the solution to your worries.

At the next Xmas dinner chew with your mouth open, spit your food, curse at your host, then get really drunk and throw up on their nice new rug...oh never mind I just remebered that is standard for Ausies.

Oh well just a thought.

Greyhawk

[minstrel]

You go away for a few hours and they start swapping recipes!

Speaking of which:

Evan and Dai were lost in the desert, and were dying of thirst. All at once they saw a collection of tents and market stalls in the distance. They rushed into the first and asked if they sold water.

"No," replied the Arab within, "We only have custard."

The men went into the next tent and asked the same question.

"I'm sorry," said the second Arab, "We only sell jelly."

Perplexed, the men went to the last stall in the market, once again asking if there was any water to spare.

"A thousand apologies," said the Arab, "We only have sponge cakes."

The men left, disappointed and a little confused.

"That was weird," said Evan.

"Yes," replied Dai, "It was a trifle bazaar."

[minstrel]

Advice for Avoiding Supernatural Disasters

- Never read a book of demon summoning aloud, even as a joke.
- Do not search the basement, especially if the power has just gone out.
- When it appears that you have killed the monster, *never* check to see if it's really dead.
- If you find that your house is built upon or near a cemetery, was once a church that was used for black masses, had previous inhabitants who went mad or committed suicide or died in some horrible fashion, or had inhabitants who performed necrophilia or satanic practices in your house move away immediately.
- If your friends speak to you in Latin or any other language that they do not know, or if they speak to you using a voice which is other than their own, shoot them immediately. It will save you a lot of grief in the long run. NOTE: It will probably take several rounds to kill them, so be prepared.
- When you have the benefit of numbers, *never* pair off or go it alone.
- As a general rule, don't solve puzzles that open portals to Hell.
- Never stand in, on, above, below, beside, or anywhere near a grave, tomb, crypt, mausoleum, or other house of the dead.
- If you're searching for something which caused a noise and find out that "it's just the cat," leave the room immediately if you value your life.
- If appliances start operating by themselves, move out.
- Do not take *anything* from the dead.
- If you find a town that looks deserted, it's probably for a reason. Take the hint and stay away.
- Don't fool with recombinant DNA technology unless you're sure you know what you are doing.
- If you're running from the monster, expect to trip or fall down at least twice, more if you are of the female persuasion. Also note that, despite the fact that you are running and the monster is merely shambling along, it's still moving fast enough to catch up with you.
- If your companions suddenly begin to exhibit uncharacteristic behavior such as hissing, fascination for blood, glowing eyes, increasing hairiness, and so on, get away from them as fast as possible.
- Stay away from certain geographical locations, some of which are listed here: Amityville, Elm Street, Transylvania, Nilbog (God help you if you recognize this one), the Bermuda Triangle, or any small town in Maine.
- If your car runs out of gas at night, do not go to the nearby deserted-looking house to phone for help.

[mikmik]

Never laugh at the 'very old' black maid when she tell's a curse story

[rocky1]

"Yes," replied Dai, "It was a trifle bazaar."

Oooooooooooooo! That was bad; but I loved it! LOL!!!


As for you two ladies up there, arguin over who's house yer gonna eat at! Why is it you always need men to tell you how to fix problems of this nature?!

Simply invite all your relatives to your house, tell them they need not bring anything, and serve them a gourgeous salad only meal! Next year when they invite you over, say "NO. Let's get together at my place again!" They'll quickly change the subject, only those that enjoy a good salad will show, and the rest, you won't be bothered with! Simple solution!