so explain to me why your version of reality is superior to mine

tigereye

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Wed Mar-01-06 01:07 PM
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so explain to me why your version of reality is superior to mine

if you dare.

:D

I have time to kill.

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XNASA

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Wed Mar-01-06 01:14 PM
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1. That's simple.

I'm a guitar player, and you're a drummer.

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tigereye

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Wed Mar-01-06 01:18 PM
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2. next!

Edited on Wed Mar-01-06 01:26 PM by tigereye

drummers are better at math, you know.

edited for hubris...;)

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XNASA

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Wed Mar-01-06 01:19 PM
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3. But not spelling.

:rofl:

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Hugin

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Wed Mar-01-06 01:25 PM
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5. LOL! Seconded!

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realisticphish

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Wed Mar-01-06 01:52 PM
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10. that's not true

drummers are better at EVERYTHING :D

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Susang

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Wed Mar-01-06 02:33 PM
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16. But I'm better than you both

Since I'm the singer! :P

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tigereye

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Wed Mar-01-06 03:24 PM
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18. ah but are your melodious world view

and your mellifluous pipes greater than all other instruments?

well, maybe so! :)

I suppose many would say the voice is the greatest instrument of all.

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Susang

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Wed Mar-01-06 04:37 PM
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33. I don't know about my pipes

But you know what they say about the singer's ego. }(

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AllegroRondo

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Wed Mar-01-06 01:52 PM
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11. Did you hear about the guitar player who locked his keys in his car?

it took an hour to get the drummer out.

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jpgray

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Wed Mar-01-06 03:25 PM
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19. What do you call a drummer without a girflriend?

Homeless

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AllegroRondo

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Wed Mar-01-06 03:42 PM
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27. How do you get a drummer off your porch?

pay him for the pizza.

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jpgray

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Wed Mar-01-06 03:50 PM
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29. What do you call a guy who hangs around with musicians all day?

A drummer.

:D

(it's said in love, DU drummers)

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AllegroRondo

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Wed Mar-01-06 04:27 PM
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32. What do you do with a drummer that has no rhythm?

take away one of his sticks, and make him a conductor.

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jpgray

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Wed Mar-01-06 04:53 PM
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34. How do you know a drummer is knocking at your door?

The knocking always speeds up.

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AllegroRondo

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Wed Mar-01-06 04:53 PM
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35. How can you tell if the stage is level?

Drool comes out both sides of the drummer's mouth.

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jpgray

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Wed Mar-01-06 04:58 PM
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36. When does your band play?

About half a beat in front of the drummer.

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AllegroRondo

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Wed Mar-01-06 05:12 PM
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37. What did the drummer get on his IQ test?

drool.

OK, thats my last one, I gotta go.

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jpgray

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Wed Mar-01-06 05:13 PM
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38. I'm out anyway

But nicely played, overall. :toast:

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tigereye

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Wed Mar-01-06 07:08 PM
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42. hey, quit messin up my silly thread with bad drummer jokes!

:spank:

and besides, good drumming is not easy. So there.

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redqueen

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Wed Mar-01-06 01:24 PM
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4. It's easier for me to understand / relate to.

Beat that. :P

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tigereye

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Wed Mar-01-06 01:29 PM
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6. well women are superior in many ways -

But I am wearing a silly fake fur hat.

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redqueen

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Wed Mar-01-06 01:30 PM
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7. Oooh is it a tuque? (sp?)

I want one! Not that I need it here, but still...

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tigereye

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Wed Mar-01-06 01:36 PM
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8. no it's one of those hats that make you look

like you just stepped off the tundra....with earflaps and the like.

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swag

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Wed Mar-01-06 01:49 PM
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9. My version of reality comes with complimentary continental breakfast

from 6 - 10 a.m.

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tigereye

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Wed Mar-01-06 02:03 PM
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13. well, that is certanly hard to dispute

will there be mimosas as well?

Mine would offer poetry readings on demand, I suspect. In one corner, the Bukowski crowd, and in another, the Di Prima crowd. And then the Rimbaud folk would be off wandering around....

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swag

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Wed Mar-01-06 03:49 PM
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28. No mimosas, sorry to say.

But crullers on MWF and bearclaws on TTh.

Sugar donuts daily.

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tigereye

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Wed Mar-01-06 07:11 PM
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43. I do still hope to some day have a drink with you

at that place right across the alley from City LIghts, though. Vesuvio?

(I don't like donuts. I'm more of a bagel gal.)

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swag

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Wed Mar-01-06 08:13 PM
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56. I'm a bagel gal, myself.

All that sugar and fat leaves me feeling sugary and fat.

We'll have our drinks, somewhere or another. It will be fun to hear all about your reality.

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rustydog

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Wed Mar-01-06 01:53 PM
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12. MY version has ME in it and I am soooo cool

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tigereye

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Wed Mar-01-06 02:04 PM
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14. well, that would be a solipsistic view

as I suppose all of them would be! :D

This is in danger of turning into a Zen koan of sorts...

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Beer Snob-50

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Wed Mar-01-06 02:05 PM
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15. I have better drugs.,

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tigereye

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Wed Mar-01-06 03:25 PM
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20. ah but my view of the world is unaffected by said substances

well, excluding caffeine; at least for the last 10 years or so.... ;)

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Strong Atheist

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Wed Mar-01-06 02:33 PM
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17. Because in my

perfect world, there is no war, sickness, racism, sexism, or violence, and all land masses are tropical islands, so no cold :scared: , but lots of sun and beaches.

PS: Built this over many years, in my head. A nice place to visit, to get away from THIS world occasionally.... sigh. Back to reality...:(

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Deja Q

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Wed Mar-01-06 03:26 PM
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21. Because I'm single and therefore have more time to think about metaphysics

:rofl:

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tigereye

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Wed Mar-01-06 07:12 PM
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44. that's pretty good Hypno

I'm pretty philosophical for a married mom, though.

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ZombieNixon

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Wed Mar-01-06 03:26 PM
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22. Because my version of reality is fake and doesn't hurt as much.

Edited on Wed Mar-01-06 03:27 PM by ZombieNixon

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Strong Atheist

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Wed Mar-01-06 03:28 PM
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23. Agreed. nt.

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johnnie

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Wed Mar-01-06 03:37 PM
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24. Are we supposed to have a version of reality?

Crap.. I better get one first before I try to explain it.

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tigereye

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Wed Mar-01-06 07:14 PM
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46. butyou have met a lot of really cool guitarists

so that does count for something.

Actually your version of reality would probably be quite interesting...

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Ravenseye

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Wed Mar-01-06 03:39 PM
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25. Lots of Reasons

..but i'm particular to the chocolate chip trees and being able to go see a movie after 6pm for only a quarter.

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tigereye

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Wed Mar-01-06 07:14 PM
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47. wow!

I wanna live on your planet.

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Benfea

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Wed Mar-01-06 03:41 PM
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26. I refuse to believe in the existence of this "reality" thing.

As far as I'm concerned, I'm a brain in a vat being fed the horrific images of this "world" by roving herds of angry gnomes.

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tigereye

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Wed Mar-01-06 07:15 PM
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48. ha ha

that reminds me of a song my band used to do:

I'm a brain in a vat
And I don't like that.

;)

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Benfea

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Thu Mar-02-06 02:32 AM
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57. "Brain in a vat" is a philosophical reference.

Specifically Jonathan Dancy:

"You do not know that you are not a brain, suspended in a vat full of liquid in a laboratory, and wired to a computer which is feeding you your current experiences under the control of some ingenious technician scientist (benevolent or malevolent according to taste). For if you were such a brain, then, provided that the scientist is successful, nothing in your experience could possibly reveal that you were; for your experience is ex hypothesi identical with that of something which is not a brain in a vat. Since you have only your own experience to appeal to, and that experience is the same in either situation, nothing can reveal to you which situation is the actual one." (Introduction to Contemporary Epistemology, 10)

Which is itself descended from Descartes' existential musings about daemons, which ultimately goes back to Plato's Cave.

Lots of existential silliness available here.

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kwassa

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Wed Mar-01-06 03:52 PM
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30. Because I've had a lobotomy.

Though I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy.

as the saying goes.

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hfojvt

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Wed Mar-01-06 04:00 PM
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31. I have the latest reality XE version 7.0

and you are still using a Mac and linux.

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tigereye

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Wed Mar-01-06 07:16 PM
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49. hmmmm

I'll have to have the famiy software guy field that one... no Macs here, though.

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bridgit

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Wed Mar-01-06 05:16 PM
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39. i would never presume...

:-)

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Magrittes Pipe

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Wed Mar-01-06 05:20 PM
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40. That's just the way it is.

Some things will never change.

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tigereye

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Wed Mar-01-06 07:18 PM
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50. well

you do have a unique world view, hedges, and matching Pabst wedding rings to boot, no?

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Initech

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Wed Mar-01-06 05:22 PM
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41. Two words: no advertising

No TV or radio commercials, no internet banners, no billboards... my version of reality is 120% ad free!

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Shine

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Wed Mar-01-06 07:13 PM
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45. I don't think my version or reality is any more superior than yours

it's just different, that's all.

Whatever "reality" is, we're All in this TOGETHER, right?
:grouphug:

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tigereye

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Wed Mar-01-06 07:25 PM
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51. just being a smartass

too much time on my hands this afternoon.... I thought I would offer up a conundrum for pondering....

:hi:

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Shine

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Wed Mar-01-06 07:28 PM
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52. I know you were, tigereye. I just wanted to pop in and give my 2cents

esp. since I don't see you starting threads very often.

Good job! :thumbsup:

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tigereye

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Wed Mar-01-06 07:33 PM
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54. thanks

I haven't had much to say lately and was preoccupied for a month or two with family crises and work stuff. I wanted to see if I can still get a silly, yet somewhat philosophical post going.

What's new? How was that dance your young one went to... I don't think I heard. :)

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Shine

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Wed Mar-01-06 07:43 PM
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55. Hey, thanks for asking!

Yes, he went to the dance and actually danced four dances! I found this out over several days, afterwards. He was soo funny in how he would eek out the information. Apparently, an 8th grader girl (he's in 6th) asked him to dance and he turned her down!! I gave him some good mom-coaching on that one. heheheh.

It's so weird to watch him march towards teenage-hood.

Hope things continue to improve on your end. :hi:

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TallahasseeGrannie

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Wed Mar-01-06 07:31 PM
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53. Because it is mine

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amitten

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Thu Mar-02-06 02:37 AM
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58. Because I have a cuter ass.

Sorry but...we all know it's true.

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tigereye

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Thu Mar-02-06 10:29 AM
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60. I'm not sure that a cute ass constitutes a view of reality

but you are probably right. I suspect mine is way past the "cute" stage.

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SofaKingLiberal

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Thu Mar-02-06 02:49 AM
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59. Because you are just a figment of my imagination.

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Tikki

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Thu Mar-02-06 10:41 AM
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61. We are all just a part of a.....

Polish Farmer's Dream.....

....and remember~don't forget Poland.

Tikki

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tigereye

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Thu Mar-02-06 12:25 PM
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62. mmm

makes me think of the end of St. Elsewhere for some reason.

That's a pretty neat idea.

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