From: Twibil on 22 Apr 2010 21:25 On Apr 22, 3:00 pm, "?" <breoganmacbr...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > Pardon me, I think I need a few hours to get over this laughing fit... > > If you never came back, you wouldn't be missed... Sure he would. But if you're wise (oh silly thought) you won't call for a vote on how people feel about *your* presence.
From: Twibil on 22 Apr 2010 21:28 On Apr 22, 4:23 pm, climber <coledenk...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > Soc.101 is a course for nitwits, ed majors, etc. Idiot, it's the required basic course for anyone who's going to be taking more sociology courses later on. Of course someone who dropped -or was thrown- out of junior high school wouldn't know about required courses.
From: ? on 22 Apr 2010 22:06 On Apr 22, 6:25 pm, Twibil <nowayjo...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > But if you're wise (oh silly thought) you won't call for a vote on how > people feel about *your* presence. For your information: The universe is *not* a democracy. You cannot vote me out of existence. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When the gods and the demons, both offspring of Prajapati, fought with each other, the gods took hold of the Udgitha, thinking that with this they would vanquish the demons. ---Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad I, II - Meditation on Om as the Prana, 1 They (i.e. the gods) meditated on the Udgitha (Om) as the prana which functions through the nose. But the demons pierced it (i.e. the prana) with evil. Therefore with it (i.e. the breath) one smells both what is pleasant-smelling and what is foul-smelling. For the breath is pierced by evil. ---Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad I, II - Meditation on Om as the Prana, 2 Then they meditated on the Udgitha as speech. But the demons pierced it with evil. Therefore one speaks both truth and falsehood. For speech is pierced by evil. ---Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad I, II - Meditation on Om as the Prana, 3
From: Twibil on 22 Apr 2010 22:36 On Apr 22, 7:06 pm, "?" <breoganmacbr...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > But if you're wise (oh silly thought) you won't call for a vote on how > > people feel about *your* presence. > > The universe is *not* a democracy. You cannot vote me out of > existence. Who said anything about voting you out of existence? Not I. That's just your unjustifiably inflated ego talking. What we were speaking of was how many people will miss you when you go, and the answer is "none". In fact, when we consider how many will instead be quietly glad, it brings the old phrase "mass-tap-dance on his grave" pleasantly to mind.
From: Bob Myers on 26 Apr 2010 13:37
On 4/23/2010 12:18 PM, ? wrote: > On Apr 23, 9:54 am, Bob Myers<nospample...(a)address.invalid> wrote: > > >> But Pete makes a good point: you're very fond of making statements about >> how various people "wouldn't be missed" - but WOULD you want to put that >> little claim to the test, vs. the degree of regret your own sudden existence >> failure would cause? >> > I suppose that you've never noticed that the nym "krusty" frequently > appears in threads to which I've not posted a single word. > > You've also probably never noticed that nobody ever refers to *you* in > such threads. > > This indicates that I have achieved a certain level of notoriety in > comparison to your own lack of name recognition. > > I suspect that reekyites will talk about "krusty" for years after I'm > gone, as they still talk about "The Sheriff." > And if that's the sort of legacy you wish to leave, you are more than welcome to it. I have precisely zero interest in "name recognition" here, other than to the point that when people do see my name on a post, they will think that it comes from a rational and reasonably civil person. And I note, again, that you failed to answer the question posed. I have to assume that you would NOT be interested in putting you claim to the test, then, right? Bob M. |