I occasionally am given to ponder:
"If my wife says something, and I am not around to hear it, am I still wrong?"
en(un)lightened
I occasionally am given to ponder:
"If my wife says something, and I am not around to hear it, am I still wrong?"
"Researchers have already cast much darkness on the subject, and if they continue their investigations, we shall soon know nothing at all about it."
-Mark Twain
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Perhaps you should rely a bit more on the Oxford and/or Cambridge dictionaries, like I suggested, instead of that obscure American one.Originally posted by tite-wad@21 July 2003 - 16:08
I on the other hand, often have to ponder for a while to be able to express myself in a similar fashion.
That is why I feel that your vocab is better than mine - perhaps it is rather more your "command of the language" of which I refer.
What's it called? Oh yeah,.... right........., Websters.
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Only if your opinion contradicts hers j2k4.Originally posted by j2k4@21 July 2003 - 16:47
I occasionally am given to ponder:
"If my wife says something, and I am not around to hear it, am I still wrong?"
We all know that's a yes. No great mystery there.Originally posted by j2k4@21 July 2003 - 15:47
I occasionally am given to ponder:
"If my wife says something, and I am not around to hear it, am I still wrong?"
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Excellent point Ron!!!Originally posted by Ron@21 July 2003 - 09:43
And oh yes, the falling is relatively silent, is the landing that causes all that racket.
@ j2k4 - In her mind? ... Definitely!!!
The reverse is true as well. If you speak and she doesn't hear it - she is still right!
re-member
BT Rep: +1
I think the silent falling tree was caused by alien influence.
re-member
BT Rep: +1
More proof of alien intervention, my last post was not showing.
I think the very nature of a koan makes every spelling form correct!!Originally posted by nigel123@21 July 2003 - 15:41
Koans are the folk stories of Zen Buddhism, metaphorical narratives that particularize essential nature. Each koan is a window that show the whole truth but just from a single vantage. It is limited in perspective.One hundred koans give one hundred vantages. When they are enriched with insightful comments and poems, then you have ten thousand vantages. There is no end to this process of enrichment." (Aitken 1990b:ix)
I think the very nature of a koan makes every spelling form correct!!
Can I just say, in all seriousness, that was wonderful
en(un)lightened
Just so-Originally posted by tite-wad@21 July 2003 - 09:51
@ j2k4 - In her mind? ... Definitely!!!
The reverse is true as well. If you speak and she doesn't hear it - she is still right!
"Researchers have already cast much darkness on the subject, and if they continue their investigations, we shall soon know nothing at all about it."
-Mark Twain
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You all miss the point. If the tree was being watched, (either by human or electromechanical means), it would not fall. But as soon as you ceased to watch it (or the batteries in your camcorder failed) down it would come.
.Political correctness is based on the principle that it's possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.
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